Man, there is a lot of limited thinking and negative messaging out there in the world.

I don’t cast judgement upon these sources of low vibes, I just notice that they exist and what comes at me when I’m within earshot.

Life sucks. Getting to work sucks. Being at work sucks. They suck. That sucked. That’s going to suck. That is going to be so much better because this sucks.

Spewing out these negative vibes can transform us into “human energy hoovers” as we remove all the positive vibes within a 250 meter radius. Do you know or work with someone who sucks?

Sometimes we get competitive with our negativity. My life sucks. Oh no, my life sucks way more than your life sucks. We actually try to out-negative each other. Bless us.

And then we have our radio DJs. Have you noticed the stuff they before and after they play the hits of yesterday and today? Along with sounding like they’ve just done their third line of coke of the day, they also propagate the thinking that daily life (especially the hours spent at our God forsaken jobs) is a total pain in the ass and it all being drudgery is quite inevitable. Listen to what these guys and gals say on the airwaves. “We’ll get you through your work day.” “I hope you’re surviving this Monday morning.” And my least favourite of them all….”THANK GOD IT’S FRIDAY!!!” Really? Is that what we ought to thank God for? Why would we thank God for the fact that we now have five days less here on earth? The only fact surrounding Friday is that time has passed. The rest is a negative message that in order to enjoy our lives, the weekend must be at hand.

This negativity and limited view of life coming at us from every airwave and angle sucks. (please do ignore my blatant hypocrisy right about now)

Let’s move beyond noticing this negativity and let’s challenge it. Noticing and challenging old ways of thinking and being and then choosing something else that makes our light shine a bit brighter is the very definition of en-light-enment.

Is daily life something to get through, endure, or survive? Well, that is up to you, but consider that the word, “challenge” is not synonymous with “struggle”. With every really cold day, really hot day, really busy day, really challenging day, comes opportunities for you to be a source of love (to yourself and all others) in this world. Consider that it’s through these “tough times” that we are provided with chances to remember and express who we really are.

Life doesn’t suck when we are only sent angels.

The negative and limited gems that DJs or anyone else hand out for our listening pleasure are really a product of long-standing collective beliefs that have been fed to us over our lifetime and the lifetimes of those before us. I have listed some of my faves below and behold my opposing views beside them…

Better safe than sorry. (Better happier than sorry.)

The clothes make the man. (Clothes may enhance our sense of self (ego), but you are not what you have.)

Opposites attract. (We attract who is perfect for our evolution.)

There’s no such thing as a free lunch. (Sure there is. It’s called your childhood.)

You can’t have your cake and eat it too. (You can actually. It might not be the highest expression of who you are, but you can do what ever the hell you want.)

Don’t count your chickens before they’re hatched. (Go ahead. In fact, I encourage it. It’s called intention. Live as though it were true.)

Money doesn’t grow on trees. (Okay, well, it’s true, it doesn’t…but abundance is all around us – there is no lack – lack is a byproduct of a limited mindset.)

Nice guys finish last. (What the hell does, “last” mean? Answer that sans ego and you’ll see how untrue this one is.)

It’s every man for himself. (Quite the bloody opposite. We are all connected. We are ONE. We are here to be of service to one another.)

Our society has created this big, imaginary law book of collective beliefs that keep us small and scared. It’s not the truth, but we’ve heard this stuff for so long that it can easily appear as the truth.

The truth is that aside from what’s in the law books, everything else in life is optional.

You can throw out the negativity and the limited thinking and see your life surrounded by lightness and magic. See how that feels.

I have found it all rather enlightening.

Big Love,

susan