Three Questions 04/12/2010
 
How Are You Feeling Right Now?
Where Is Your Attention?
What Is The Blessing?

These three questions are chapter titles from my book and they are questions that I ask myself often on a daily basis.  The answers are always different each time I ask because I am changing from moment to moment.  By asking these questions and identifying my answer, I become more aware of my state of being and I even get the opportunity to affect my perspective and to consci0usly change my answer.  If I don't like what I am focusing my attention upon, I can focus it somewhere else, giving my mind and my emotions a break from the thoughts that had previously held my attention.  By finding the blessing in all that comes up for me and being grateful for it, I can experience a new perspective in my emotional state of being.  

Don't take my word for it.  Try it for yourself.  Ask yourself these questions and see what comes up for you.
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I am becoming a most willing student again.  In recent years, I have been called "the expert" or "the authority" on a a few subjects in my field.  It is very bolstering to the ego to hear such labels, but it can also get in the way of learning new things.  There is so much to learn in this world in such a variety of areas that somewhere along the way your cup has to be empty in order to fill up with something new.  So, I've emptied my cup in the areas of my life where I want to learn something more, something, as of yet, unknown to me.  I'm taking on a few teachers and mentors to help me in this venture.  My intention along the way is to do this with the image of the empty cup in my hand, patiently waiting as it is filled.  There is a great deal that I know in the subjects in which I am well-versed, but there is still so much to learn in other areas of interest.  I feel excitement, inspiration, and a bit of relief at this new venture.  When you are "the expert" or "the authority" you are expected to know the answers.  When you are "the student" there are a multitude of answers just waiting to be discovered.  This freedom and this anticipation bring a curious smile to my face.
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