Mindhacks

Happiness should be like television. If I don’t get instant gratification, I should be able to change channels with a zap.

Hey! Why not?

David Leonhardt has to be one of the funniest and most insightful writers for the NYTimes — his takes on urban living as well as his quirky views on 21st century over-convienience is not only refreshing, but definitely food for thought.

ZAP!

Thanks to the remote control, affectionately known by its technical term – the doodadder – we can flip channels at a relaxed pace of 15 to 20 per minute without even breaking into a sweat. Imagine our body odor if we had to extract our posteriors from the couch each time we change channels!

“Ugh. No like show. Change channels.”

“That thing rock.”

“Rock need more channels. This play only test pattern.”

Happiness should be like television. If I don’t get instant gratification, I should be able to change channels with a zap.

The checkout clerk who doesn’t care…ZAP!

The driver kissing my rear bumper…ZAP!

The loudmouth yakking in the cinema…ZAP!

The telemarketer who calls during dinner…ZAP!

Come to think of it, all those annoying people in my way at the grocery store, at the ticket booth, in the parking lot, in the waiting room…ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! ZAP!

“Miss Wooly no give me mammoth burger.”

“What you do?”

“I zap her with club. Take mammoth burger.”

“Ugh. You invent self-serve.”

Sigh. Happiness is not like a microwave oven. Nor like the Internet. Not even like a doodadder. Happiness does not run on the instant gratification system. Happiness takes patience. Lord, please grant me the patience I lack…and I want it now!

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Like David’s couch potato with a remote control, we are no longer ‘victimized’ by bad television — we just change the channel. Easy.

We are constantly placed in situations where we can choose either to be victimized or choosing NOT to be victimized.

I’m a victim of my lousy job.
I’m a victim of my obesity.
I’m a victim of my procrastination.
I’m a victim of my family.
etc. etc. etc.
Victim. Victim. Victim.

You can either take the active role, get out of the metaphorical couch and actually DO something to NOT be a victim. Or you can be a helplessly bound up by a mental trap of your own creation.

YOU CHOOSE TO MANIFEST YOUR OWN REALITIES THE WAY YOU WANT IT TO BE MANIFESTED.

So, if you are living your lives on auto-pilot and feeding your ego with the idea that the entire planet has decided to make your life miserable. Stop.

Change the channel. STOP ATTRACTING NEGATIVITY.

If your interested in finding out more, check out our post from Law of Attraction teacher, Esther Hicks.

Happy Zapping!