The Shift: Transformed by Renewing Your Mind

Making Waves

It is one of the largest, most powerful natural forces on the planet.  It remains practically imperceptible until it reaches the shore.  And where did it originate?  Deep in the center of the ocean, the crust of the earth shifts a mere four inches and, out of that four-inch shift a wave begins, building momentum, crossing a thousand miles of ocean at six hundred miles per hour, towering one-hundred feet as it rapidly approaches the shore.  From an imperceptible four-inch shift comes a massive, overwhelming force. A tsunami.

A Different Kind of Wave

So, I know, you’re saying, “Brad a tsunami, tidal wave, a.k.a. massive wall of ocean racing toward those on the land, is destructive!”  Yes, I get it.  The point is that out of a small shift comes massive momentum and force.  We are called to be a different kind of tsunami, by changing our minds about who we are, why we are, when we are.  Just a slight shift in the way we see the world and our place in it creates momentum and a force for positive change in our lives and the lives of those with whom we have relationships.

When you make The Shift you change your mind about whom you are capable of being and what you are capable of accomplishing.  When you make The Shift, you begin to value significance over success.  When you make The Shift, you stop seeing with your eyes and start seeing with your heart.  When you make The Shift, you stop seeing things as they are and start seeing things as they could be.  When you make The Shift, you stop focusing on the probable, and you start focusing on the possible.  When you make The Shift you turn your maybe into will be.

Super Computer

It is the most powerful processor, working a trillion computations in any given second.  No super computer comes close to its potential computations.  What is this super computer?  Your brain!  And, like the shift of the crust of the earth deep in the center of the ocean that brings massive momentum and overwhelming force in the form of a tsunami, the time has come to make The Shift in your mind!

Remember that Cave from my blog entry entitled "Spelunking: Escaping the Cave of Illusion" (https://discoveringyourgreatness.blogspot.com/2018/07/spelunking-escaping-cave-and-illusion.html)?  It’s time to break free of the shackles holding you in the bottom of the cave of illusion, to make an about face, to see and hear the truth with new eyes and ears.  Remember the metamorphosis of the caterpillar to butterfly from my blog entry entitled "Transformation:  What Do You Intend?" (https://discoveringyourgreatness.blogspot.com/2018/07/transformation-what-do-you-intend.html)?  It’s time to begin to knit your own cocoon and be transformed into the person you truly are. It’s time to make The Shift.

Change your mind, and realize who you truly are!  Access your untapped potential and unlock your Greatness!  Become a tsunami of positivity, impacting your future and the future of others in your life.  Become a gift and a blessing to the community and world you inhabit by seeing the blessing in every situation.

Decide Now!

            So, what is The Shift?  It is changing your mind!  And guess what?  You can do that in an instant!  Right now!  I’m not kidding.  You can do it right now!

When you look at your life, what do you think?  What thoughts do you replay every day about who you are, why you are, when you are?  Are they positive or negative?  Do they tell you, “Impossible!”  Or do they tell you, “I’m possible”?  Do they keep you from manifesting your Dream?  Or do they spur you on to living who you are?  Because the truth is you control your mind.  You decide what you think.  You get to choose how you see yourself and the world around you.

When my son, Ben, was in tenth grade, he struggled with seeing the world, his situation, and his schooling from middle school on positively, so much so that my wife and I had to have several talks with him about what was going on.  We were deeply concerned and expressed that to him, saying we were willing to do whatever it took to help him with shifting his perspective.  Then, what seemed overnight, our bright, happy, positive Benjamin showed up one day!  When I asked him what changed, he said, “I was tired of being negative, so I decided to be happy.”  And that was it.  He simply made a decision and acted upon it.

            A little four-inch Shift in your mind is all it takes to walk in your Greatness.  Just a simple change in thinking.  It moves us from a seeing-is-believing to a believing-is-seeing mind set, from a fixed mind-set to a growth mind-set.