I understood how easy this mistake would be to make and had concentrated my efforts on avoiding it. In fact, I had even sent out an E-mail one week prior outlining what must be done to avoid this error from happening.

Then, lo and behold, it happened!! I had focused so much on avoiding the error that my mind was tricked into believing the preventative measures were in place!! Had I just set my goal on achieving the desired result and not tried so hard to avoid a mistake, all would have been well! There is so much deprogramming that must happen for me before life can be enjoyable. Anxiety is constant.

Right now, I suspect my boss is wondering about my mind or even my motives. The whole scenario made me physically ill, but at least awareness of what is wrong is coming to me. I’ve been sick and unable to work the last two days but hope to make it in tomorrow. Also, the environment there alone is hard enough without my own anxieties and negative thoughts complicating the situation even more.

Thanks for the article.

Unfortunately, this is the common way we deal with situations. We focus on what we see because that seems like the larger reality. But there’s so much more to reality…like the fact that we’re perfectly capable of balancing on the ice, the fact that most people don’t fall, the fact that most of the time we don’t fall when we walk on a patch of ice, the fact that we’re capable of getting up if we do fall. It’s like that for everything…there’s always more than what we hone in on, so we have to really adjust our lenses.

Thanks for another marvelous post!
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And i’ve found the more I face this, and let go of the thoughts and emotions around those negative outcomes and replaced them with positive outcomes i’ve been much more positive and productive!

-Ben
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So even when we believe in the power of our thoughts, it still takes some effort to steer them in the right direction, at least it does for me!
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I learned about this before few years back. I cant remember that I actually have learned this until I read your posting again. Thank you very much!

Em, suddenly I thought of something… Probably fear that makes us create things that we don’t want. We fear to fall down, that’s why we focus on the slippery floor. We fear that we can’t pay off the bills, that’s why we focus on the possibility of poverty. In a nutshell, I believe we must overcome fear too

Cheers,
Dennis.