Four Steps to making Spiritual Lemonade
If you have a situation or problem that is bothering you, the best way to make it better is to make spiritual lemonade.
All of my life, I have heard that I should take the lemons that come into my life and make lemonade. But, until the last few years I did not know what that meant or how to do it.
I have found a recipe that works for me and thought that I would share it with you.
1. Shop for your ingredients (identify your lemon).
When we create a dish or a drink, we begin by getting the recipe that tells us to get the ingredients. So, the first thing is to pick out the lemon that is currently the one that is creating the biggest bad taste in my life.
2. Prepare the ingredients (open up the lemon and peel away the rind)
Next, the items that are to be use must be opened up (remove the egg shell, open the bag) so we can get down to the “meat” of the ingredient (core of the problem)
3. Mix the proper items per the recipe (add love and forgiveness)
Something that has been left out of all of the recipes that I have found in the past is love and forgiveness. If we are making lemonade, most people want it to be fairly sweet. These two items can sweeten any lemon.
4. Stir and chill (let it go)
Once the lemonade has been made, then it needs to be set aside to chill. It only gets better with age (setting aside or letting it go).
In the book “Zero Limits” by Joe Vitale, he references a way to add love and forgiveness to any situation. He suggests that we look at anything that causes us discomfort and say (either in our mind or out loud):
I am sorry
Please forgive me
Thank you
I love you
Doing this on a regular basis will make your life a lot better.
Here is how some others handle their load of lemons…
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When ya got lemons, make lemonade… - We awoke this morning to a very chilly and cloudy August morning. After getting our chores, aka work at the Giftshop done, we decided to have a cool weather adventure. We went to the local “kids country” for a good time of kiddie rides … Are You A Stumbling Block or a Stepping Stone? - I was the “life hands you lemons, make lemonade” person. But from each stumbling block, there was a lesson to be learned and I took the lesson with me and used it through my life whenever there was a need. … To Make Lemonade….. - You need one willing volunteer. A smiling three year old will do. About six lemons (enough to make one cup of juice). And an electric juicer. If you don’t have one, get one now. I love mine. When I was pregnant with my girls, … When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. So to speak. - There’s a little gardening proverb that goes something like, “One for the birds, one for the weather, and one for yourself.” With that in mind, I planted six tomato plants in the one tiny patch of full sun that reaches my little Long … |
Life is as good as I allow it to be.
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Healing Prayer
Lord God you are my Creator.
I love you.
I am part of you, therefore, I cannot fail because you cannot fail.
I am capable of everything, ultimate health, happiness and success because I am part of you, and you are completely capable.
Every good wish I have, I can have because you wish it for me.
I will not linger in darkness and doubt becuase the spirit of your light illuminates my way.
You are in me and I am one with you.
Together we can accomplish miracles.
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The Rocking Chair Test
A lot of people I have known have regrets about their life.
They say that they wish they had:
- gone to school
- traveled the world
- entered/exited a relationship
- and many other things
When I hear these comments, it reminds me of something I heard many years ago called the rocking chair test.
The way it works is when you are trying to decide whether or not to do something ask this question: When I am old and grey sitting on my front porch in my rocking chair will I say “I wish I would have done it or I’m glad I did it”?
A lot of the regrets that we have stem from of outside pressures (friends, relatives). We want to please others and think that will make us happy.
The sobriety chips that are given out at AA meetings have one statement that says it all “To thine own self be true”. If we cannot act truthfully on our own feelings (wants and desires) then how can we be true to someone else?
So, the next time you are standing at a fork in the road, consider the rocking chair test.
Life is as good as I allow it to be.
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I Love You
Whoever is happy will make others happy too. -Mark Twain
This is just another example of what I have been hearing for years. That what we send out is what we get back.
If this is true, then I want to send out lots of good stuff (gratitude, happiness, joy) so that I can get lots of good stuff back.
I recently listened to a message from Joe Vitale that suggests sending love to everyone. He believes that by sending out this emotion on a regular basis, we can have anything that we want.
AA teaches that “love and tolerance of others is our code”. One of the things taught in the Bible is to “love thy neighbor”.
It just seems reasonable to me that if “what goes round, comes round” is accurate, I want good things to be what goes round.
So, I am starting to have in my daily meditation the over riding thought of “I Love You” to be sent out.
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Tap O’ the Morning’
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