Open the Toolbox

I had to laugh at myself the other day. I realized that I had the tool I needed for the last six months, but didn’t use it. It’s not that I didn’t have the time or opportunity to use it. I just didn’t feel like it. I kept putting it off. A lot of things could have gone much differently if I had taken the time to get the tool out of my toolbox and used it.

The tool I’m talking about is meditation, but you could probably think of several others that fit this scenario. The silly thing is that I know how good it is. I know that when I meditate, I feel peaceful, centered, clear, and joyful. Why wouldn’t I want to use it?

It came down to some old programming still running in my unconscious. It was the one that says that I am not good enough, that I don’t deserve to be happy. What a crock! Everyone deserves happiness, even me. Everyone is “good enough” just by being. I was glad to see evidence of the old program because it gave me a chance to change it.

It takes awareness, determination, and diligence to change old programs, but its worth the effort. Sometimes, we change them just by being persistent with new actions. Committing myself to meditate daily, regardless of how I feel or what I’m doing, is changing my old programs. I’ve done the same with some of my other dusty tools, like my exercise equipment. I want to be fit. They help me be fit, and they are effective tools…when I use them. Now where is my duster? 

What are the tools that you need to get out of your toolbox and dust off?
Jstone