Accepting Our Good

Last updated on: December 2, 2015 at 3:00 am by Terry Drew Karanen

Accepting Our Good 2015-11-28T16:49:41-07:00 Terry Drew Karanen

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Is there something lacking in your life right now? It could be any number of things: a satisfying relationship, a better or new car, the job/career of your dreams, your bills paid and money in the bank. It could also be peace of mind, free from anxiety or depression.

Our thoughts create our experience and we are responsible for the outcome. Many people balk at this, preferring to blame the Devil, the government, their parents or something else for their woes. Of course, no one plans a miserable life on purpose! But, we really do create our own experience. The problem is that most people do it subconsciously or in some cases, unconsciously.

My father drilled into my mind that I would always have more bills than money and never get ahead in life. Nice, huh? It wasn’t his fault. He believed the future was predicated by the past, recent or distant, and the direction of family wasn’t toward affluence. Heck, we didn’t even have a double-wide in our trailer park!

Dr. Arleen Bump told me she was taught this by one of her teachers:

The world knows you in terms of your history, but God-Mind
only knows you in terms of how you are knowing
yourself at this present moment.

In other words (sorry, Papa), the experience of the past doesn’t have to impact our present or future, unless we allow it to do so. In my case, I’ve battle issues of financial lack for nearly my entire life. I’m finally financially stable, but it’s taken a great deal of energy to get where I am, probably a lot more than was necessary if I’d had a better belief system in place.

The question then is not whether or not our good is available, but rather if we are willing to accept it. How does this lack of acceptance show up?

Someone opens a door for you, but you insist they enter first.
A friend informs you she is picking up the tab for lunch, and you protest.
You can’t afford groceries, but feel worthless when someone brings you bags of food.

Get the picture? Have you passed a penny or a nickel on the street, afraid someone would chide you for stopping to pick up such an insignificant coin? PICK IT UP! Jesus taught us that “Whoever is faithful with little is faithful with much also …” (Luke 16:10, Aramaic Bible in Plain English).

As we become more comfortable with small gifts and demonstrations, more becomes available to us. Begin today to embrace the acceptance of your good, no matter how small and regardless of whether or not you judge yourself worthy of such abundance.

Begin, too, to guard your thinking. This is not about ignoring the facts, but it’s an entirely different thing to dwell on those facts instead of knowing the truth that another situation, circumstance or outcome is possible.

Know this: There is just One Power. That Power is in, through and all around you. That Power is your power. Speak your word for that which you desire. Know without a doubt that the universal consciousness knows how to produce your good and produce it in a way even more wonderful than you expect. Release all doubt and embrace your good by making room for it in your life. Give thanks, knowing that it is already done in the Mind of God. And So It is!

In Spirit, Truth and Playfulness,

Terry

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