Halibut moments

Last week was a bit of a shocker. Everything was 'new': new shopping cart, new computer, and therefore new hassles that needed sorting. Aargh! It seems I have an old lingering belief about computers being hard to work with and difficult to solve problems. Computers = angst.

And mucho angst was filling my days. I was short on the phone to friends, I was snappy to Rob, and I felt awful. Knot-in-stomach kind of awful. I was in full worry/resistance mode.

Then Rob and I were out shopping and, noticing the grim grey cloud hovering over me, he asked if I was ok. I replied, "No I'm not. First of all, there's a glitch my newsletter list, then there's shopping cart issues, and then - ". He interrupted me with, "That's right, why don't you list absolutely everything that went wrong this week. That will surely help. Go on. Let's have a big whinge."

Now I usually don't abide well with sarcasm. But this time his words hit me like a wet dead halibut straight in the chops.

Of course. I was on a negative rant. This was not going to help anyone, least of all me, my mood, and my relationship with my lovely hubby. Not to mention attracting more of the heebie jeebies I was trying to shirk.

So I dropped it. No litany of woes came forth. Instead, I focussed on how much I appreciated what WAS working in my life.

Next, I did one of my favourite Abraham-Hicks process - the place mat. I divided a piece of paper in two, with the left listing 'things I will take care of today', and the other side, 'things I will allow the Universe to take care of'.

Ahhh...the rush of relief. Like flipping a switch.

And the computer problems? I've worked through them all without any of the knot-in-stomach angst.

When I reported this to Rob, he said, "That's good. You should practice what you teach others more often."

Now if I'd had a dead halibut I might have whacked him on the noggin for that cheeky remark! But he's right. We teach others what we most need to know.

Onwards.