Rubyslippers44
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WE CREATE THE "NOISES" IN OUR LIVES
Monday, December 14, 2009, 10:41 AM
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I believe in the concept that our thoughts do indeed create our reality. Because of that, I also believe that whatever "noise" we attract in our lives, it is "noise" that we have caused. "Noise," as I use it here, means any unwanted disturbance that is upsetting the applecart of our lives.
This concept was recently brought home to me in an interesting, and funny, way. I was in the garage and I was looking through 3 plastic storage boxes where I keep my tools, nuts, bolts and assorted fix-it items. I had not shut the lid on one box completely, and I put another box on top of it. While I was looking through the third box, I leaned on the other two boxes to keep my balance. Then I began hearing a "hiss." A strange and curious "hiss."
I immediately looked over at the hot water tank, fearful that I might have a gas leak or something. Then I looked at the two cars. Was something leaking from them? I picked up my arms and began moving in their direction. The "hiss" stopped. That's odd, I thought. I stood and listened for a moment--nothing. So I returned to my previous position and my previous task of hunting through Storage Box #3. No sooner had I done that, when I heard "hiss." There it was again. Hiss. Hiss. I jumped back up and started looking around the garage, determined to find the source of this annoying noise. Perhaps it was a ghost? A dead relative trying to tell me something? But, when I moved, the noise stopped. It was silent.
What was it that George Bush once said, "Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice....uh, huh, uh"? LOL Well, the lightbulb went on in my head and I returned to my storage boxes. I watched and listened as I leaned my weight on the the two boxes piled atop each other. When I did, there it was: hiss. I immediately took Box #2 off of Box #1 and removed the lid that I hadn't put back on correctly. There it was: a can of WD-40, without its cap on, its valve sticking out of the box just enough so that when the crooked lid went down and hit it, from the pressure of my weight on it, it discharged its oil with a hiss. No ghost. No gas leak. Just an open can of WD-40 with me leaning on it! Despite the greasy mess that had to be wiped off the lid, it made me laugh. I was the source of the strange "hiss."
Just a couple days later, I was re-hanging a bulletin board that had fallen off the laundry room wall. This bulletin board is where we hang our car keys, as well as notes, doctor appointment cards, and important telephone numbers. I took some items off the board and placed them on top of the clothes dryer, then turned the bulletin board over so I could work on the back, replacing the hanging hooks. As I did so, I began hearing a "beep." It sounded like the beep that comes from a smoke alarm battery that needs replaced. I stopped my task, stepped into the family room and listened. Which room was it coming from? But, there was no more beeping. Thinking it was my imagination, I returned to working on the bulletin board. Beep. Beep. There it was again! This time it sounded like it was coming from the garage.
I swung the door to the garage open and listened. It was quiet and dark. I turned on the light and looked around. Nothing. That's odd, I thought. I returned back to my bulletin board task. (Now, don't get ahead of me here, people! LOL) Yes, when I returned to my task, I was reminded of my previous encounter with the errant WD-40 can. Was it something I was doing to cause this disturbance? I lifted the bulletin board up, and under it I saw my car keys with the remote to lock and unlock the car doors. I began laughing. I picked them up and hit the lock button. Beep. Beep. I swung open the door to the garage and could still see the parking lights going out. Once again, I had been the source of this "noise" in my life.
Gets you to thinking. Before blaming someone else--or ghosts, or dead relatives, or live relatives, or even God--for the disturbances, upsets, and "noises" in your life, look instead to YOURSELF. Perhaps YOU are the real cause of the "noise." Maybe there is an easy fix for that "noise," as well, if you just recognize the cause. Cause and effect. That is what creating your own reality is all about. Change your thoughts and your actions to clear the "noise" out of your life. Stop the "hissing" and "beeping" that you cause yourself daily. You have more power over things in your life than you realize.
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