You’ve got spam!
Today, I came into the blog to do an article called “Knowledge doesn’t happen in a silo”, which you’ll probably see tomorrow or the next day.
What greeted me was a bunch of spam caught by the spam catcher. It’s not the first time, but the number of spam on the list is definitely growing. And I got excited!!!!
WOW! it just points out to me that in the absence of positive feedback, ANY acknowlegement will do. Even the presence of mindless, off-handed, life-clogging spam!
I know it takes time for any blog to catch on and be consistently read by people. The way it’s set up, I only know when someone comments or signs up for the email subscription to “Touchpoints to Wholeness”. I also know that large gaps in time between posts doesn’t help to spread the word.
I know ALL that. Yet, I got happy when I saw the spam. And it’s human nature to want to experience that happiness again. So, if I start focusing on getting spam, guess what I’ll get more of? Yep, more spam! This is EXACTLY how we create our own reality. What we focus on, whether positive or negative, is what we call forth into our life.
The incident with the spam this morning points out, again, how 2 seconds can alter the course of your future! Pay attention to when you feel “acknowledged” or “recognized”. Is it all positive? Is some of it negative, but feels better than “none”? How can you shift the negative attention to positive, at least in your head? Let me know what you come up with!
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January 25th, 2009 at 11:21 pm
I’ve seen this on televison and it left me with a great feeling. It’s a great example of parenting – turning what could have been a punitive reaction into a positive one! Don’t we all wish our parents had reacted like this mom when we had our little accidents or did not always act “perfectly”? I think if my parents had learned to “lighten up” more in the face of these little incidents and had not been so quick with punishment, whether verbal or physical, it would have averted quite a bit of grief for all, and, as you noted, possibly years of analysis. But I think society has learned quite a bit about how to raise kids since then, although, hopefully, more parents have come to (or will) try to use this approach in these types of situations.
January 26th, 2009 at 3:27 am
So true, Rgail! And it’s not just limited to parenting. If we were more conscious of the impact of our responses in ALL our interactions, how different would our lives be!