A Lesson From My Broken Shampoo Bottle

A while ago I had bought a new bottle of shampoo and set it on the ledge in the shower. It was almost too big to fit but I thought it would be better than on the floor and didn't think more about it. A day or two later I was washing my laundry in a bucket in the shower and surprise! the movement caused it to fall down, landing on the cap and thus breaking it. While the pump can still be used, it squeezes out one small drop at a time...

Fast forward to tonight I was in the shower still basking in the wonderful energy of our Embracing Boundlessness group that had just ended less than an hour before. I bent down to get some shampoo to wash my hair when suddenly, almost on a subconscious level, it felt like one of my interdimensional friends was suggesting that I can choose whether I will become frustrated with the slowness of the pump or whether I will accept it as an invitation to slow down. I wasn't thinking about being frustrated. In fact, my mind was totally in another place. As the suggestion registered in my consciousness, I burst out laughing so hard! Somehow it just struck my funny bone. Then in the fun of the moment, now that my attention was focused on what I was actually doing, I asked myself: How slow can I really go? amidst peals of laughter.

In this 3D world of hurry and worry, we as a species tend to get frustrated and upset when things don't go the way we expected or wanted them to go. What if we began looking at these situations as invitations to slow down? Invitations to see what beauty we can find to be grateful for and enjoy in the situation? How would it change our perspectives in life? Would we enjoy life more? Would we be able to see the good sooner in situations we would have judged as negative beforehand? What if these "negative" situations are actually something good disguised as "bad"? How would it change us on a personal level if we began to see things as invitations to slow down instead of frustrating and upsetting? So many curious questions swirl about in my mind as I head to bed...