I teach people that creating realities takes time.And it does—usually. But sometimes realities change at the drop of a hat (or…more accurately, at the change of a thought). This story is proof.
I traveled to Iceland a couple of summers ago to attend a spiritual workshop. We flew on my husband’s jet, which he flew himself, along with a co-pilot.
A few months prior to the trip, I had met a new friend, Carla, and she was planning on visiting Iceland at the same exact time we were planning our trip, so we invited her to ride along.
Two other friends joined us on the journey, and we enjoyed delicious food, stimulating conversations, and lots of laughter. As we landed we joked that we wanted the flight to last longer— we were having so much fun.
We headed to our workshop. And Carla began her vacation, which, true to her intent, was filled with synchronicities and magical happenings…including viewing an aurora borealis!
After Iceland my husband and I flew on to Copenhagen to begin a 12-day cruise, and Carla headed home—on the airlines—much to her chagrin.
That day happened to be Carla’s birthday, and she wanted the day to be exquisite. But she couldn’t help compare flying commercial to the previous experience she had on our private plane.
She couldn’t imagine it would be anywhere as enjoyable, and yet as she headed to the airport, she began to think that she might be “creating” a disappointing experience with those comparisons.
She decided instead create a wonderful experience for herself, one way or another. She had made certain when she booked the flight to secure a window seat. As a geologist, being able to see the earth’s formations from the sky was a particularly enjoyable part of flying. And as she walked into the terminal, she wondered what other fun things were going to make this journey special.
Sometimes things don’t turn out like we planned
When Carla checked in for her flight, she was told that the airline had changed her seating to a middle seat. Carla was incensed! “How could they do this?” she fumed.
And then a calm settled over her. “I am not a victim,” she remembered, “And this is not going to impact my amazing birthday—no matter what it looks like at the moment.” And she boarded the plane and settled into her middle seat.
She was nestled between a man and a woman and it quickly became obvious that they were together. “Wow! This is going to turn out well, just like I intended,” Carla thought. Sure enough the man soon asked her to switch seats with his wife, who had—you guessed it—the window seat.
Carla was elated!
But alas, her elation was short-lived. “No,” the man’s wife said, “I want to keep the window seat.” But instead of feeling disappointed, Carla was curious, as she switched seats with the man, and settled into the aisle seat. “I wonder what will happen next?” she thought.
And her curious rather than complaining attitude served her well.
Another flight attendant happened to be celebrating his birthday too, so he and Carla were the “special birthday people”. She ended up spending the flight in the back of the plane, partying with the attendants.
They told stories, shared ideas and she even had a bit of a “miles high shopping spree” as they were selling perfume and other gifts on the plane that day. She was given free drinks, first class food and had the time of her life.
To Carla, the long flight from Reykjavik to Denver seemed just as short as the flight over had seemed. She had a grand time.
Everyone can create such realities
Can your outer experience shift that quickly, just by the attitude you hold towards what happens in your life?
Yes. It can. It doesn’t always happen that quickly, but it can. And it absolutely will (eventually) if you give it the space and time it needs to manifest—and have the belief that it will.
You are creating it all—all the time. If you get into the habit of responding to what happens with the knowing that, “no matter what—you will come out of it happier than ever”, then, you will.
