I Hate Mondays!

I love it when I have an “Aha” moment. I had one after reading the Daily Word from Tuesday, May 15, 2018, which begins,

Spiritual prosperity is like electricity that powers a light. When I flip the switch off and the light goes away, the electricity is still present, flowing out of my sight. I have simply cut off the current so it cannot light the bulb…

My “Aha” was the reminder that I have authority over the switch. The current is always flowing. I get to determine the level at which it flows through my life. Further, I was once again reminded that the switch is controlled by my thinking. I have dominion over my thinking. It is what I teach and what I do my best to live, but yes, sometimes I need reminders.

My realization, while seemingly simple, was impactful for me. It was powerful because it clearly revealed to me a thought that I have been hanging on to and allowing to limit my good for most of my life. That one thought is “I Hate Mondays!”

When I became consciously aware of that thought, I reeled with the recollection of the number of times I have said those words, either aloud or silently to myself, even recently. I had said them just the day before - Monday!

I didn’t need to delve too deeply to discover where that thought originated and how it has been perpetuated. When I was a school-age child I dreaded Mondays. It meant that I would have to leave whatever fun I was having and go to school. I didn’t mind school. I was a good student. It was never that difficult for me, but I hated Mondays. And, like many children that age, I lived for Fridays and holidays.

Then, when I entered the corporate workforce, Monday was again just the beginning of the five-day drudgery leading to Friday. I, along with millions of others I’m sure, often proclaimed “I Hate Mondays!”

I can easily understand all of that, but I did not so easily connect with the reason why “I Hate Mondays” has been resonating with me lately. It is not because Monday is the beginning of my workweek. I take Mondays off. Well, I am supposed to take Mondays off, and I usually do. Still, “I Hate Monday!” was resonating in my mind.

Again, “Aha!” Like all thoughts, until they are questioned, understood and challenged they hang around.

When I recognized this limiting, life-draining thought, I claimed my power to release it and choose another one. Using my power of release, I said “the thought that I hate Mondays is not true and I deny any power I have given it to limit my enjoyment of Mondays.” I used my power of dominion to proclaim, “Mondays are days for my rest, renewal, rejuvenation and restoration. I welcome Mondays!”

As I said, it may appear simple, but even the smallest and seemly absurd thought has energy that can limit our expression of the Allness that God is in us. Charles Fillmore, cofounder of Unity, once said that self-awareness is the prelude to Christ consciousness. Only when we are aware, can we make the choice to choose something different and move into greater alignment with the power within us.

Rather than waiting 50 years to change a limiting thought as I did, I encourage us to invite self-awareness. Take time to feel into your energy, question your thoughts, and when you find that they are limiting use your powers to release them and choose again.

Join us on Sunday, May 20, at Unity Spiritual Center Denver. We welcome musicians Bettman & Halpin at our 10:00 service. My lesson is based on one of their songs, “It All Comes Back to Love.”