This week I began Scroll II from Og Mandino’s The Greatest Salesman. The second scroll reads faster, but the lines about keeping love in my heart, even with the challenges I’ve endured, have brought me to tears. Because the pain of what I’ve lived through still weighs heavy on my chest.
“I will greet this day with love in my heart.
And how will I speak? I will laud mine enemies and they will become friends…
When I am tempted to criticize I will bite my tongue…”
Simultaneously, in Chapter 6 of The Master Key System, Haanel says in Note 59:
“Thoughts are causes. Conditions are effects. If we can control the cause, we can also control the effect.”
That hit me deeply: I have been hurt and abused. And right now I still have to communicate with the same people who abused me, because they have my assets and will gloat over my loss. That is emotionally very hard to navigate through.
I also know that wishing ill on these people would only poison me. It will not change them and it will not serve my future. But the truth is: dealing with them still makes me feel sick in my stomach. So I remind myself continually: trust the process. This too will pass. My prayers have come in helpful during these times. My prayers have strengthened and have become consistant for the last 4 months where I have shown up on time and consistantly.
Even inside the pain and pressure, I am choosing my vision.
I created a much clearer, more focused movie board with my shapes tied directly to my goals. I recorded my Definite Major Purpose in my own voice, and I listen to it each day. That practice helps me self-regulate, reconnect to what is mine, and move from cause and not reaction.
Like Mark said: “the tools take a few minutes to create, but they become automatic with daily use.”
I kept all my promises this week. The days ahead may challenge me, especially with the mental diet — but I know that this discipline will serve my highest good as I move through the legal path required to protect and serve my investors.
