In an e-newsletter I get, there was a
link to a site so that one could get a 'soap opera' name. Of course
I had to try it. (My soap name is 'Nivea Killington.') This
brought up a memory of being in a Tee shirt shop, and laughing
hysterically at a pink one with a big silver star, and the words
"Starring in My Own Soap Opera."
How true this is! We're not only
living in our own soap opera, we're living in our family's soap, our
communities soap, our place of employments soap, our countries soap,
etc. etc. Layers upon layers of story created by and for us, to
have an interesting experience of this particular dimension.
Someone asked me the other day "Why
can't our lives just be peaceful - why do they have to have drama?"
I thought about a rejection letter I received once -- on it the
editor had written, "add some tension, some drama, and it will
be sellable.' After I got over being rejected, I thought about it.
I mean really - would you watch a TV show if it didn't have any
drama? In other words, there's nothing wrong with drama -- just
don't get carried away with it.
In New Thought we're told we're the
author, the director, the actor, and the critic of the story of our
lives. Perhaps we could ask ourselves:
Am I owning my stories, or thinking
someone else is causing them?
We are the meaning givers. No matter
what is happening in our story, or who is participating - we are the
ones who are giving it meaning. Change the meaning, change the
experience.
How much attention am I giving to
the story?
Am I replaying the
story over and over again? Is it taking precedence over everything
else in my life? How many people have I told? Stop focusing on it!
Come back into the present moment.
How much longer am I willing to live
in the story?
Years ago, I heard loud banging noises
one night and discovered my garage was being broken into. I called
the police. They told me thieves often return to the scene of the
crime. I ended up not being able to sleep that night, or many nights
after. Finally I called a dear friend. After I told him the story,
he asked me “How long was the actual experience of discovering the
break in?” I thought about it and answered “60 seconds.” He
then asked me “How long are you going to let 60 seconds ruin your
life?” I started laughing. I realized that a 60 second memory
was affecting my health and my sanity and had been for two weeks!
From that moment, all fear was gone.
Some dramas are a lot longer – like
the fires in Colorado, the hurricane in Florida, no power in
Maryland, the starvation in Somalia and the wars in Syria, etc..
These things are all real, yet the same questions can be asked.
The Truth is, there's only One Story,
and that's a Divine Story, with an infinite number of ways of
expressing it. No matter how desperate or dramatic a soap opera it
is, it’s always a story about returning to one’s Self. Let's be
gentle with ourselves while in the process, yet remembering we're
always coming 'home'.
SPIRITUAL MIND TREATMENT:
We live in an infinite field of
potentiality. A field that is Divine Energy - everywhere present,
all powerful and all knowing. This Energy is our life force. It
animates our bodies, and is used by us
though our thoughts and feelings.
Remembering this, I now declare my
'soap operas' are fear-free. I focus on the good, the exciting and
the True. I create stories that bless myself and others, and are
wonderful experiences for all.
I also declare that when I forget and
find myself in the midst of a painful soap opera, I can rely on the
Divine Presence Within to gently and humorously remind me of who I
am, and guide me back to my right and perfect Path.
How grateful I am to know every story,
no matter how peaceful or painful, is leading me back to my Real
Self.
I release these words into the Law of
Mind, knowing they are so, and so it is.
