Lockdown Day294

Lockdown Day 294 - 14 January 2021

Joy week. Thursday. 

Deciding this is joy week was easy. But nobody said it would be plain sailing. It's as if the whole universe was notified. And now I stand tested. Little niggly things creep up and try to throw me off course. And most of these things happen in my brain where my "thinker" or Corpus Callosum is situated. The link between the left and right hemispheres of the brain. In the front of this thinker is my Free Will, where the fastest of fast decisions are made millions of times throughout the day. 

Free Will is mostly dependent on choice. An example: You arrive at the pay point inside your favourite shop where you have shopped at your own pace and, for once, actually enjoyed ticking all the things off your list. But turning the corner at the pay point you realise why the shop seemed so quiet; the length of the queue instantly demoralising.

Your first instinct (while seeing how your planned me-time goes out the window) is to can(cel) it all and leave your semi-full trolley in the wake of your anger/irritation and go home to me-time. At this point I need to remind you that no-one around you has an idea of this inner conversation going on.

Question 1 is,"would it really be worth it?" It would mean you have to return to shop again. 

Question 2 is, "Are you going to let it steal your joy?" Will you stay and be disgruntled and off-balance?

But the actual question you need to ask is, "What am I supposed to do/learn while waiting in the queue?"

In the case scenario, your me-time is the issue. And if you decide to stay, you have to immediately decide to switch mode. To joy-mode. The joy you can't explain. Your thinker needs to be trained to always choose joy. By default. This choice will determine how these kinds of scenarios play out in your physical world. 

So, if you choose joy, the world around you will be as it is, unperturbed by your inner conflict, no crashes and burns to be seen. But, believe me, should you not choose joy, irrespective of the choice you make at that moment, your environment will change and it will respond. And you can expect mini crashes or large fires. Guaranteed.  

So tonight I am pleased that my thinker mostly chose correctly, albeit under strict supervision of my spirit, and guided by God's Spirit. I pray He will keep walking with me. Because it is never too late to change mode and choose joy! He has definitely got this.