Would you consider yourself someone who reacts to things, people, or situations? Do you feel too busy to deal with life’s little interruptions? What if those interruptions were really a gift?
Too Busy To Receive the Gift
Picture this: you are sitting down, perhaps in your office, at your desk, concentrating on completing a project. You’re on deadline. You’re under pressure. People are counting on you. Deep in thought, the phone rings. You don’t wish to be disturbed, and yet here is this interruption. How does this affect you?
This scenario happened to me this week in fact. I picked up the phone, and though I wasn’t angry, I wasn’t really responsive to the caller either.
Initially I was just going through the motions of the conversation. It turned out that the person on the other end of the phone was actually kind, gently, and very helpful. They called to offer me a solution…one that would allow me to complete my deadline sensitive project that much quicker.
In the end, that “interruption” was actually a sort of salvation. The interruption allowed me to return to my tasks, with more focus, more ideas, and a higher state of consciousness. So what was my deal? Why did I react so negatively to the phone ringing in the first place? It was as if my ego had taken over and I thought “Can’t so-and-so SEE that I’m extremely busy? Can’t they see I don’t have time for this?” Wow, not the greatest reaction. And kind of silly when I think about it.
As you go about your day and you’re met with unexpected interruptions: the phone rings, someone’s at the door, you’re needed in a meeting…Reflect on this: Nobody comes into your life today without a purpose!
Every Situation Can Be a Blessing
Everybody comes into your life to bring you a blessing. If you simply react to that blessing, you stand to lose it. Whereas, if you respond to each person that comes into your life with love and warmth, then you attract a similar response from them, bringing opportunities for positive feelings, experiences and emotions to manifest for you.
Don’t be “too busy” to receive the blessings that come into your life today. Respond to each person that crosses your path with the knowledge that they are coming into your life to offer you something.
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I have found, through meditative practice, whether that be sitting or standing or walking, that a mindful approach to all that I say and do, to all that I give and receive, is key to having that frame of mind which continues to be receptive, moment to moment, to this flow that I call my life, including the ripples.
Especially the ripples. Let’s not be too busy for the ripples.
All the experiences in life are gifts in disguise. Say yes to the situation, embrace it with your awareness, find a way to like it, and you will unwrap the package and take the gift out of it.