Day 137: Tiny Shifts in Perspective Can Change Your Entire Life

Henry David Thoreau said, “Our truest life is when we are in dreams awake.”

We spend one-third of our lives sleeping and dreaming, where we can transcend any limits to be and do anything, even move beyond time and space. We can fly in our dreams, become someone else. 



And it takes no additional effort to do any of those things.



What if we took that same focus we have in our dreams to imagine and create, or manifest, what we want, and used it during our waking hours to build a beautiful life.



Then we can be in dreams awake.



Without realizing it, I had one of those moments where I had the momentary clarity of knowing what I wanted my life to look like.



And I almost dismissed it as soon as the feeling, and a possible future flashed into my mind.



But I didn’t yet believe because I know from experience that these crazy, impossible thoughts can become real if we choose them.



Four years ago, I was on a vacation several hours north of Cabo and took a drive north of there to a place I always loved to stop and just take in the incredible pristine beauty of the area on the drive up and down the Baja.



I can’t even describe the uniqueness of this area and its beauty. Only those who drive the Baja get to witness it.



This time, because it was January, there were several RV’s parked along the beach and I saw an older man and his dog out on his paddleboard.



His wife was in the RV, just him and his dog out for an early morning paddle. No towns, no civilization anywhere near this. Just the ocean and the mountains and the islands off shore.



The moment is frozen in my mind. It’s like the Universe said, “Let me snap a pic for you. I know you’re going to want to keep this.”



That put the seed of an RV in my mind. And also the desire to spend more time in isolated areas of natural beauty.



But how? Given my local work and everything in my life, it just didn’t seem possible.



I just kept telling myself, I wouldn’t have been impacted by that scene the way I was it wasn’t a real catalyst.



The thing is, it’s not possible for us to stay stuck or remain frozen because energy is always in motion.



Look around you. Life is movement. 



Everything in life is in constant movement. The wind moves, the ocean moves, the leaves on the trees move, and even the energy moving through our bodies is constantly shifting and adapting.

There is constant, natural movement. And much of it is not visible to the eye. 



The cells of our body aren’t quietly sitting around waiting for something worth moving for. They are in constant movement.



That’s why it actually takes an enormous amount of effort for humans to stay emotionally, mentally, or spiritually stuck in the same place.



Staying stuck goes against the natural flow of life itself.



Imagine what could be accomplished if the amount of effort it takes to stay in one place was put into the possibilities to be found by moving forward.



I just kept asking that question, how?


Things are constantly changing. It’s the nature of our world and the electrical energy field that is inside our bodies and extending outside the planet and to the deepest core of the earth.



Everything is energy that is constantly moving, adapting, changing.



While everything is in constant movement, by a person only having the same thoughts over and over, it appears things are staying the same for you and you're stuck.



To shift this, all you have to do is begin to entertain new thoughts.



Look at one little thing in your life and simply shift your perspective. Ask yourself a question about it that you don’t normally ask.



That creates a new thought.



And those thoughts build.



I went from how, to where could I have something like this closer to where I am right now?



It really doesn’t take much of a shift in perspective to open your mind to new possibilities.



And every little thought that takes you in a new direction from the old repetitive thoughts shifts your trajectory, so that when you look out in the future, you can be somewhere completely different if you choose to be.



If a plane changes course by just a little bit, during a flight of several hours, that tiny shift in trajectory widens every second until it takes them to San Diego when they thought they were going to Seattle.



Tiny shifts in trajectory feel like magic powers to me when you understand what a small shift can accomplish over time.



The shift from how to where took me on a search for places nearby, and still away from a place with a lot of people.



I kept asking questions in my mind, and when the time was right, an RV showed up on my phone.

I opened up Facebook, and it was staring at me.



The next week it was mine. And it was already in a place that fit my criteria.

People may think that staying the same is easy, but it actually takes more effort to stay planted than it does to grow and change.



It’s just a matter of shifting how the energy is used.



Having the RV was not the end of the story.



There was still the issue of how to shift my life to be able to spend more time there and still serve my local clients.



I’ve been continuing to ask better questions and making small shifts.

Now, the big results are actually happening.



And it’s because of what was set in motion 4 years ago, and me paying attention to a little nudge that seemed impossible, that I didn’t dismiss.



Today’s Gentle Practice

Pay attention today to one thought, desire, or idea you normally dismiss as unrealistic, impossible, or impractical.

Instead of immediately shutting it down, sit with it for a moment.

Ask yourself:

“What if this thought came to me for a reason?”

You don’t have to figure out the entire path forward.

Just allow yourself to entertain a new possibility.

Sometimes a tiny shift in perspective is all it takes to change the trajectory of your life over time.



With you,

Lynn