How can anyone really believe that the world is a ghetto? I’ve heard that said before… and I heard it again, just this morning. If you look for darkness, dirt and decrepit conditions, you will surely find them. Now look for the Light, the Extraordinary… the Miracles… and you will find those as well. When all one has to do is concentrate on the beauty that surrounds us in every moment…
As I was talking to a friend today, I was lamenting about the snow, the cold winds and the ice that’s everywhere. My friend however, has a different outlook upon this winter. Sure, she wishes it was spring or summer as much as I do… but she managed to see the beauty in her current situation. Shes’ not going to see spring any quicker than I will, but she’s able to see the beauty in this moment…
Here’s her beautiful watercolour of “icy river” …by Mary-Margaret Heron. It stopped me in my tracks when she sent it to me. We’re both talking about winter…. how I wished it was finished… and how she pictured the absolute beauty in a scene of nature, laden with snow… and a river, partially covered in ice.
Tony Robbins had a great practice about observing your environment and being present. The practice went something like this:
“Wherever you are at this very moment… have a good look around you and observe everything that you can see. Take 10-15 seconds and notice everything. Take particular notice of anything that is the colour ‘blue’. Ok… now close your eyes and tell me everything that was the colour… ‘green’. That’s right, I said green. It’s thrown you off a little hasn’t it. Why? …because you were only looking for something ‘blue’.
Without opening your eyes… What about everything that is the colour… ‘brown’?”
Now he would go on to say that if you went around in life looking for everything that is the colour ‘brown’… (which he likened to looking for feces…) you are going to find it…. because that is what you are focusing on!
So …you have choices as to what and where you put your attention. Wherever you put your focus… like the “brown” in life… make NO MISTAKE – that is the energy that will be coming towards you.
You are in fact… the Captain of Your Own Destiny – no one else can do anything to change that unless you first permit it to occur. Be Here in the moment… take appropriate action to advance yourself towards your goals and without a doubt you’ll be the Master of Your Own Fate.








