Question: Remember how the Course says: “The waves bow down before you and the trees extend their arms to shield you from the heat, and lay their leaves for you on the ground that you may walk in softness, while the wind sinks to a whisper around your holy head.” (Lesson 156)?
Feeling like that today? I’m not.
But I got to thinking, what if I could practice that feeling and get better at it? Because our view of ourselves attracts the physical reality we see and experience. And even though, when we finally see ourselves differently, the tasks of our daily life aren’t going to immediately change (I mean, someone still has to take out the trash), we are assured that our world will change to match what we believe. So why not bless myself with an identity of abundance no matter the circumstances?
That’s where the Disney Princess game comes in – a trick to feeling blessed when we haven’t yet gone full Atonement mode. In this game I re-interpret everything as a gift of abundance bestowed upon me just because I am a Disney Princess (in full pumpkin mode, not waif-in-the-attic-wearing-rags mode).
For example: me loading the dishwasher – “Oh my! I have so many cups and bowls! And a dishwasher? I must be royalty because I am so well for provided for!” Me trying to fix a broken water pipe – “Oh my! Running water comes right to my house! I am truly blessed and live in abundance!”
I know some situations are a lot more challenging. But instead of saying, “If I were a Princess this wouldn’t be happening,” I can start saying “I AM a Princess and here is the abundance that proves it.”
Let’s go full pumpkin!