When Reality Declines Your Offer

I made some offers to reality this year that it declined. My declined offers included planned trips to Portland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Milwaukee, Chicago, and Costa Rica. If the original plans held up, Rachelle and I would be embarking on about 30 days of travel starting later this month, including two wonderful multi-day events with different groups of friends, lots of touristy activities, probably an Irish excursion, and our first time at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Additionally I intended to do an all new public workshop in Las Vegas in October, perhaps even a Halloween-overlapping one like we did in 2010. And we’d be doing more ayahuasca ceremonies with friends in the Fall as well. In January we were set up for a very creative year with lots of fun travel and social experiences, just the level of stimulation we like. But then reality looked at our beautiful plans and said, “Nope!” Reality can do that of course. We co-create our lives with reality. We can set goals and make grand plans, but reality always gets a say. It may allow your plans to unfold. It may actively support and enhance your plans with extra cooperation. Or it may decline your plans altogether and throw you for a loop. Our January trip to Panama happened as planned. It was exciting to see ships going through the Panama Canal for the first time. The bug bites were vicious, but that just adds to the shared memories. Then sometime in February, our awareness of the corona...
Source: Steve Pavlina's Personal Development Blog - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Creating Reality Lifestyle Source Type: blogs