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I’ve heard
estimates, from those who engage in such accounting practices, that the
average adult has approximately 60,000 separate thoughts in a 24-hour
period. Even more startling is that we think the same 60,000 thoughts
today that we had yesterday and will have tomorrow. Thus, many of us go
through our daily lives in a habituated pattern, endlessly repeating the
same thoughts over and over again!
Now let me add a bit of fuel to this firestorm. I suggest that the vast
majority of those continually reiterated notions, particularly those that
fall into the excuse category, are very likely untrue. It then follows that
we use our incomparably brilliant minds to obliviously process false
thoughts on a daily basis. Is
it true? has to be the first challenge to this repetitious,
habitual, and unconscious activity of making excuses.
This first question will lead you to an awareness of the personal nature of
your justifications. When you discover how your mind selects untrue
thoughts to guide you, you’ll also reveal a major impetus to ending that
habit that has held you back from so much in life.
“No One Will Help Me”
This excuse belongs in the blame category. Is it always someone else’s
fault that you’re unable to manifest the happiness, success, and health
you’d like? Do other people keep letting you down? Does it seem as if it’s
next to impossible to get things done because you can’t find anybody to
lend you a hand? I’m not suggesting that you’re unable to accomplish your
dreams without the assistance of others; rather, I’d like you to consider
the validity of the premise that there’s no one there to help you.
Put this excuse to the truth test. Ask yourself if you can be 100 percent
certain that there won’t be anyone out there to help you or that you’re in
this all alone. If any possibility at all exists that there are people to
help you, then you must reject this belief as a falsehood that you’ve
chosen to use as a guidepost for your life. The fact is that there’s a
limitless number of potential helpers out there, but they may be kept away
from you because you keep trying to validate an incorrect belief. Revise
this excuse by affirming: Whatever
help I require will show up when I need it, and I trust that it is already
here and on its way to help me fulfill my highest good. This
kind of thinking is just as likely to be true or false as your original
excuse is, so why not go with it? Such a favorable notion aligns you with
how the universe truly works.
There are billions of human beings on this planet, so why conclude that
there’s no one to help you accomplish what you feel called upon to create?
The answer lies in the blame game, which is a meme planted in your mind by
others who have been plagued by mind viruses, too. It’s just as likely that
aid will be there when you need it as it is that it won’t be there. So
what’s the point of using precious mental energy on an excuse that’s much
more likely to produce an undesirable outcome? You have the option of using
that same energy to produce a desirable outcome.
Shift your focus off of yourself and your ego desires and on to How may I serve? When
you want for others what you’d like to have for yourself, you’ll find that
there’s never a shortage of helpful, friendly, kind, understanding folks
who can’t seem to do enough for you. For every act of evil, anger, hatred,
or indifference in the world, there are a million acts of kindness,
assistance, and love. Choose to place your attention on all that is good
and be done with this falsehood: No
one will help me. If you’re looking for “no one” to support
you, I can guarantee you that the universe will present you with
experiences mirroring your low expectations. On the other hand, if you
believe that you’re aligned with supportive energy, that’s what will show
up.
Let go of this excuse by recognizing and reminding yourself that the belief
that no one will be there for you does not hold up to the test of truth:
there’s no one to blame, and there are thousands of people out there who
would love to offer you the aid and guidance you desire. Choose instead to
know that you live in a universe that supports you at all times.
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