I found this funny… I love the original song, so when I saw this, I just had to watch and it cracked me up! There must be a lot of other people who found it funny because it was shared close to 100,000 times within the first day on YouTube! They definitely had too much time on their hands…

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You know how I just LOVVVVVVVVVVVE me some gratitude!

This nice little video just gives you a “feel good” vibe when you watch it. And so I’m taking this chance to share it with you.

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I love books.

For years, I have scoured thrift store shelves, yard sales, etc… for those special finds. I always thought, “If I can get one thing out of this book, then it’s worth buying.” I love being able to just grab a book, open it up and glean something from the pages. A lot of the time, when I do that, I’ll end up with a message that’s relevant to me at that very time. Super cool.

The problem was…time!

I was drowning in books, and didn’t know where to start. (Massive amounts of negative energy)

So, I did what felt right and I went through them, and gave about half of them away. (That’s about 4 huge boxes full)

Out with the old, in with the new. Funny how that works…

It felt really good to pare down the clutter (yes, even beloved books are clutter when they’re not being used!)

Once I got rid of a bunch of books I was doing nothing with, a rare find showed up. A book from 1972, The Think and Grow Rich Action Pack! It’s really interesting. It’s got the book Think and Grow Rich and an action manual all in one. I’ve never heard of this combo before and Think and Grow Rich is one of my favorite books. Amazing how when I got rid of something I no longer wanted or needed, something I could really use just appeared…

Isn’t it interesting how when you really open your eyes to what’s happening in your life, you can really learn from it?

Hmmm… What else in my life should I get rid of???

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I’ve been listening a lot lately to this CD, and in particular, this song, and I just love it! I take spells on the type of music I listen to, but somehow, this CD always ends up back up there with my favorites. I love the guitar and his voice.

If he sounds familiar, you may have heard him in Mama’s Pride years ago…

This particular song just has a great meaning, and it makes me want to do just a little more…

Enjoy!

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To say I have been frazzled the past couple of days with my computer issues would be like saying that Oprah has a dollar or two in her bank accounts.

For the past week or so, my computer has been getting slower and slower. When I would restart it, I would say it took about 30 minutes to load everything on the desktop. Then I would STILL have to wait for Firefox and Thunderbird to come up. So, every morning, I would get up an hour early just to sit and be frustrated with this wonderful invention they call a computer.

Needless to say, it didn’t make for a good day.

I found that every time I would close out of Firefox and try to reopen it, I would get the error message that it was already running; however it didn’t show up in the task manager, so there was no way to open it and I would have to restart the system.

Blog posts weren’t getting created.

Email wasn’t being read.

And my sanity was starting to come into question.

So, last night, I finally gave up trying. I was unable to open a browser, my anti-virus programs weren’t fully loading, and I just said the heck with it.

Game over.

I’m done.

The more I fought against this issue, the worse the problem ended up being.

Sound familiar?

The solution was right there in front of me, and I was focusing so much on the overall issue that I didn’t even see what was causing the problem or that the answer was a few clicks away.

Such is overwhelm……..

This morning, refreshed after a good night’s sleep, the answer came to me.

It was the browser causing all of the issues with my system. Reinstall and it should fix everything.

And it did.

Computer’s buzzing along again like normal.

Seeing the Answer Through the Overwhelm

Until I stepped back and removed my focus from the issue, I remained blind to what was causing the problem. It’s hard to solve a problem when you don’t even see what it is.

But once I just let it go, and backed away slowly, the answer presented itself to me like a holy grail, complete with the golden light and “aaaaaaaahhhhhhh” sound.

Ok, so that was a complete and total fabrication, but that would have been pretty cool.

Seriously, I was shocked at how quickly I thought of the solution when I woke up and viewed the situation through different eyes.

Not the eyes of overwhelm.

The eyes of possibility.

The “what if” eyes.

They’re much easier to deal with.

Isn’t it funny how we get ourselves so worked up over something, and the more we fight against it, the worse it actually gets?

This proves that I’m no exception…

The trick is to catch yourself when you do it.

It’s not easy, but the more you practice catching yourself, the easier it becomes.

You’ll be happy to know, no heads were ripped off in the process of me finding out what was up with my computer.

Even during PMS week! (TMI, I know…………….)

Wrapping It All Up

If you compare my corrupt browser to any issue you have in your life, you’ll find that the way I fought against the overall problem actually made things worse and blocked the core issue. This made it impossible to pinpoint the problem, and thereby fix it.

Just like in life…

I could have generalized and said my system’s f’d (yes, I was thinking that……) but once I stepped back and dropped the generalization, I was able to pinpoint the issue.

My computer = life.

Yeah, I had an issue with it. At first, I placed a meaning on it (it’s screwed) but then I finally quit pressing against it and gave into it and walked away. That changed my meaning I had given to the issue and opened my eyes to the possibility of figuring out the issue. And then it came to me.

Hmmmmmmmmm

Sounds a little like life.

The times I’ve found myself completely overwhelmed by money issues, etc… were the very times I finally gave in and walked away from the issue which ended up being exactly what I needed for the answer to come to me.

I guess my new motto should be:

Walk away and regroup.

So, the next time you find yourself completely overwhelmed by something in your life (or everything in your life) think about me and my browser issue and try reinstalling.

Reinstall your life.

I kinda like that…

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