Shifting Focus

When our personal space feels as if there is no control over its arrangements—the who, what, when, where, and how—the awareness arises that our sense of comfort and security feels diminished. No one can feel comfortable when there is a feeling of powerlessness in the decisions being made about our personal environments. However, you now know more fully what you would desire your personal spaces to become. Have within your reach a few things that bring ease into your experience; music, books, pictures, candles, and whatever else brings forth your sense of Well-Being. Shifting your focus from what you do not like about your situation to what you do have in the Now will actually allow the Universe to synchronize the events that can lead to the changes you desire. Of course you must take action when you’re inspired and guided to do so, but your attention to the positive will set the wheels in motion.

from the app The Sourcerer

Reminder of the Day

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.

Alice Walker

Reality is Reality

All our lives we're told, You can do anything you set your mind to! But you can't. If that were true, we'd all be movie stars, pro athletes, and presidents. Personally, I'd be this year's Super Bowl MVP.
This form of self-delusion was launched as a major crusade in psychology in 1950s, with the advent of the power-of-positive-thinking movement. It was a good idea, but some people now take positive thinking all the way to la-la land. They say things like, "You create your own reality." Sorry. Not on this planet. You create your own perception and your own meaning, but reality is reality.

From the book What Happy People Know, by Dan Baker