Windshield
Wipers
“Most
of us have crabby days and an abundance of our own feelings to deal
with. We don't need to let others splash their negative energy on us.
We don't need to pick it up and carry it around. If someone splashes
your windshield with mud while you're driving down the road, what do
you do? You wash it off and go on your way.”
Melody
Beattie (Journey to the Heart)
Thoughts,
like everything else in this universe, are energy, and energy doesn't
stop at solid barriers. In fact, there are no solid barriers when it
comes to energy. Thought energy can pass right into us and swamp us
in a nanosecond. It can move us from being in a perfectly good and
positive mood into a hostile one in no time at all. Sometimes,
there's just free-floating negativity all around us, and we
unknowingly pick it up. Do you ever have days when you wake up
grouchy, and all day long you're asking yourself, “What is the
MATTER with me?” That's what I'm talking about.
This
time of year, everyone seems to be rushed and irritable—more so
than usual. They turn left in front of us, snatch the parking space
we're waiting for, and glare at perfect strangers as though they're
the bottom of the food chain. I can't explain why the “Season of
Joy” brings out the worst in some folks, but it does. We can begin
to shield ourselves from that by simply being conscious of it.
Working with images is something I like to do, too. I used to tell my
students to imagine being inside a golden egg of light, a shimmering
oval force field. It repels negative energy. We hold the intention of
being impervious to other people's “mud,” and then bring the
image to mind of being surrounded by light, and that protects us. Energy follows intention.
The
other thing we can do, as Melody Beattie says, is just wash it off.
When you encounter hostility in other people or in yourself, just
imagine a fine spray, or a gentle rain washing it away. I know all
this sounds like magical thinking, but it isn't. In the same way we
take responsibility for monitoring our words, and deeds, we can also
take responsibility for the energy we put out, and take in. We do
that with consciousness and intention.
Affirmation:
“Today, I will wash other people's mud off my windshield and keep
on going.”
In
the Spirit,
Jane
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