"The
Chinese characters for crisis mean both danger
and opportunity.
Whether you spin a crisis into an opportunity is
up to you."
The other day
I was reading a magazine in a doctor's office,
and these sentences seemed to pop off the page,
right into my heart.
That's exactly
what we are doing during each "30-Day Miracle
Experiment" at the Law of Attraction Training
Center. We are setting our intention to spin
every crisis into an opportunity with this
affirmation:
Even
though this situation looks bad (or hopeless or
endless)
I am opening a Window of Possibility to an
unexpected outcome.
Would you
like to become a "Spin Doctor?" That's what
my friends call me, because it seems not to
matter how bleak the situation, I manage to find
a way to spin it to an advantage or gain. For
example:
About a year
after I received an excellent divorce
settlement, my former husband appealed the
ruling and in so doing, my income was reduced by
66%. At the same time, I was denied child
support for our Downs Syndrome child, Sarah.
Either of these judgments would be challenging,
and together they came as quite a blow to me
financially. Now, our daughter is quite
intelligent and she knew that I was asking for
child support and we both fully expected to
receive it.
I also
realized that how I presented this
"bad news" would be very important to her self
esteem, her sense of self-worth and to her
future relationship with her father. So as much
as I wanted to BMW about it
(Bitch, Moan and Whine) I
waited until I was able to put a good "spin" on
it.
A few days
later, I told Sarah, "Well, I have some good
news and some bad news about the child support."
Sarah looked at me with a bit of fear in her
eyes.
"The bad news
is the judge has turned us down for Child
Support." Her gaze fell to the
ground.
"The good news
is…CONGRATULATIONS, Sarah," I reached out
to shake her hand. "You are officially an adult!
The judge has declared you are an adult." At
age 24 and able to live on her own with a little
extra support, she was indeed now a full fledged
adult. Her entire countenance changed! Her
eyes twinkled, her dimples deepened and she held
her head up high!
A few days
later, she was registering for a bowling league,
when the registrar asked:
"Sarah, how
old are you?"
"I'm 24," she
replied.
"Oh, then you
can't bowl in the Youth League, you have to bowl
with the adults!"
I had to
chuckle, since this seemed like "bad news" at
first, but it was very confirming of the judge's
decree. I whispered in her ear, "See? You ARE
and adult." Once more she squared her
shoulders, lifted her head proudly and promptly
registered for the Adult Bowling
League.
About a week
before receiving the "bad news" about my spousal
support, the idea and plan for creating the
Law of Attraction Training Center had
begun to form in my mind. Putting a positive
spin on the Child Support issue enabled me to
look for the "opportunity" in my own financial
situation and guess what! I was able to see
the truth that I AM able to successfully create
a business that I love and one that supports me!
Are you ready to become a "Spin Doctor?"
If so, consider taking our Certified
LOA Practitioner's
Program.
While you're visiting that webpage, listen to a
free 45 minute sample of Class 1, Module 1 of
the training program. Or call our Student
Services Coordinator, Lynn Ahearn, at
401.219.9199.
