Your Daily Focus: Stories
If you are going to make up a story, you might as well make it a good one.
Most of the time the story we are telling of our life is simply made up. The way we remember the past is really biased. No two people ever give the exact same account of something they both witnessed. The way we imagine the future is completely creative thinking. We have no way of knowing for sure. And certainly we can never really have any way of knowing what any other person is feeling or thinking.
Each of us, all 6.8 billion of us, all perceive differently. Our senses; sight, hearing, taste, smell, and touch; are all slightly different from each other. We see colors differently, we have different favorite fragrances, we have different favorite foods. And Lord knows we have different feelings.
Based on our personality type, our thoughts, our experiences, our family, our culture, our language, our climate… there are endless variations creating endless differences in how we feel.
So now think about the story we tell about how others perceive us. Do they like us? Do they dislike us? Do they simply tolerate us? Do they adore us? Who could ever possibly know for sure? Based on all the variations of feelings, yours and theirs, there is no way you can really know precisely how another feels about you. What you believe to be true is really just creative thinking.
So here’s what I suggest. If you are going to make up a story of what another thinks of you, choose a positive one. Better yet, choose an “off the charts” good one. Why imagine they disapprove when you can just as easily imagine they approve. Why imagine they dislike you when you can just as easily imagine they love you. Choose the story that makes you feel the best!
Here’s my story: each and every one of you is madly in love with me! Mmmm, I like THAT story.
Dear Dr. Rick:
I am an 83 year old woman, and through the years, I have, unknowingly, used all your suggestions to achieve my goals except for one – and that is a healing of my hearing disability. For the last 11 years my hearing has been steadily worst and each new and more advanced hearing aid,after a while, is no longer effective. At the same time I faithfully followed the Law of Attraction process, and still my hearing was not healed. I have been trying to self heal my hearing loss for almost two years, after reading “The Secret.” What am I doing wrong? At first I was confident the Law of Attraction would work, but as my hearing continued to deteriorate, I lost my confidence. What am I doing wrong? Have I reached the point of acceptance?
I think you are doing a great service with your daily emails! Those that follow your suggestions should have success. Thank you!
Stories: I really liked what you had to say in this daily e-mail on Jan. 28th…always find something valuable in every daily but just wanted to comment on this one. Thanks, Rick!
Hi Rick, very true, i guess its important that at a point we must come to terms that we really are toooooo damn elaborate with negatives in our past. I totally agree with you, its from the inside out. About the last part of your message ” we fall madly in love with you ” i guess thats why we keep opening all your mails. I got the trick!