Three Simple Piles

Ever get stressed out because there's just too much competing for your attention? When that happens I often end up doing little or nothing.

Fortunately I've learned a great strategy for prioritizing: do it now, do it later or decide not to do it at all.

It's amazing how much stress this simple strategy can remove. Firstly, by letting me drop some stuff immediately when I decide that I really don't need to give it my attention, ever. And then by encouraging me to sort the rest into now or later. I'm then able to focus on a small part and get it done without getting all stressed out about what I'm not addressing at that moment. Works like a charm!

Enough

Why do so many of us go through the world acting as though there's not enough to go around? Enough love, attention, praise, opportunity? It's like we're standing in water and wondering how we're going to rehydrate.

If we're just able to let go a little and trust that we can have what we need, we can begin to experience the incredible abundance that surrounds us all. We begin to see the many ways our needs are met when we challenge our feelings of scarcity and lack. I'm reminded of how many times I've praised someone and they respond as though they haven't heard me. It's like we're so focused on how limited things are (including ourselves) that we can only focus on examples of how we can't have what we need.

We can have what we need! And flexibility and openness are powerful allies in recognizing abundance. When I decide precisely what I want, I can blind myself to opportunities that present themselves in other guises. As someone once said, opportunity will knock but you have to open the door.

Believe there are doors, trust there are doors, recognize the doors, hear the knock, and open to opportunity. There is enough!