Cow Dung

December 16th, 2013

Let’s say you have a jar and it is filled right up to the very tippy top with gold dust. Now suppose that someone wanted to put some cow dung in your jar. What would happen? Absolutely nothing because there would be no room. Now suppose that your jar was only a half or a quarter full and someone wanted to put some cow dung in there. Why, there would be plenty of room and while the gold dust would still be valuable, it would stink as much as the cow dung around it. What does this have to do with you?

When we consider ourselves to be complete, when we are filled with self love and gratitude, there is no room for anyone to put their dung in our lives. When we realize our own divinity and know that the kingdom is within us, there is no room for anything else. When we doubt, when we lose faith in ourselves, when we lose faith in faith, when we can no longer see the good, when we turn away from the positives in our own life, then we leave room for things that do not serve us to enter our lives and stink up our thoughts.

For whatever reason, there are toxic people out there. It is part of everyone’s DNA to share what they have. They will share their toxicity and you will share your love. If they are full of toxicity they will not have room for your love. If you are filled with love you will not have room for their toxins.

If you find yourself recalling hurtful words that were said to you or endlessly replaying the videos of hurtful things that were done to you, you are diminishing your love of your life and making room for their dung.

Anyone who has done any canning will tell you that you don’t leave room at the top of the jar or bacteria will grow and spoil everything inside. Stay full. Think so many positive thoughts of love and gratitude that you absolutely overflow. Stay filled with the joy and wonder of life. Walk your talk and live your truths and when someone tries to give you some dung, just honestly say “No thanks. I have no room for that”.

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THAT day

December 9th, 2013

Let today be “THAT” day. You always said to yourself that you wanted to be more grateful. Let today be that day. You told yourself that there would come a time when you would stop worrying because it really never has helped. Let today be that day. You said that you really wanted to stop responding with anger or worse yet, indifference. Let today be that day. You told yourself that there would come a day when you would be kind, supportive, congenial, and forgiving. Let today be that day.

Look around at every single one of your possessions right now. Look at what you are wearing right now. Everything you have was, for a moment, what you wanted. It was the thing or the article or the silly tchotchka that made you feel good, that made you smile. You even told yourself that you would feel so good in the future when you wore it or watched it or held it or drove it. Let today be that day.

Think of all of the people in your life. Think of the ones that mean the most to you. Remember when you said that someday you would tell them exactly how you feel? You always said that you could love more and that you would when all the other stuff didn’t take all your attention. Remember when you said you would do something to honor the ones that shaped your life but are not here any more? Let today be that day.

You said that one day you would start eating better, dressing better, being a better person, loving more, yelling less, meditating more, criticizing less, praying more. Remember when you told yourself that you would be so courageous that even if you blushed and stuttered, you would finally speak up? Remember when you said you would love yourself more? Let today be that day.

Every morning when you wake up, it’s “THAT” day. If you woke up this morning, guess what? It’s that day! Walk your talk. Live your heart. Go easy on yourself. Stand up tall. Breathe deep and smile, because you just remembered, it’s that day.

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What you don’t have

December 2nd, 2013

You work on being grateful for all the things you have but there are three things that you don’t have.

You don’t have the ability to change anyone else. No matter how much you love them or how much you want them to see it your way, the decisions are always theirs and not yours.

You don’t have a magic wand to wipe away all the hurts in your life. They are a permanent part of you.

You don’t have a way to stop time. No matter how good things are at any moment, it too will pass.

Sometimes what you don’t have is the biggest gift of all. If you could change people, you would spend all of your time changing them and not you. You are here to learn and to adapt and to allow that in others.

If you could wipe away all past hurts, you would soon be free of compassion but it is in seeing the pain that you once felt in another person’s eyes that grows your heart.

If you could stop time, you probably would have stopped it when you got your first cookie or your first kiss. You would have missed so much if you would have stopped there.

What you do have and what you don’t have are both incredible gifts. Obviously, you are one of the luckiest people in the world. Enjoy!

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