Change your intention from winning to learning
Our
only problem is thinking we have a problem. The thought that "I don't have
it yet" is the problem. We
need to be enlightened from thinking we need to be enlightened. All that has to
change is that thought, and the thought changes nothing, does nothing, because
we are always already enlightened, always already happy, always already
perfect. God created us that way and we can't change it; all we can do is
forget it and pretend we are something else. ACIM
I went to
Kawanda today, there is a farm facility where crops are grown and tested. It’s
a few hours drive outside Kampala, no roads, more like dirt tracks, the
facilities out there are pretty rural, I can safely say that I was literally in
the bush! So after a long day adnd a long drive I am about 400m away from base,
the police, as usual, steps out of nowhere and stops the vehicle, the driver
gets out and they are discussing in their language and voices started raising.
I put the window down and with my lovely smile I was just about to ask if there
was a problem before I can say anything the police man says “Madam, 50,000
please” I keep smiling and my mind is now racing, do I want to be right or do I
want to go home? I ask, still smiling “50,000 sir, and what may I ask am I
being charged for?” “Madam, 50,000 please you are breaking the law” My mind is
still racing and shouting to me, do you want to argue, or do you want to go
home? Still smiling, I say ok officer, thank you for letting me know but just
for the record, which law exactly am I breaking? He said, your back light does
not work? Oh really officer, I am so sorry, I am just a few meters away from
base, will you just grant me this one bligh oops, discretion, I promise you it
will never happen again as long as I am in this country! He gives me a dirty
look, I am still smiling. He says “Madam, let me never catch you again, I am
coming to see you there tomorrow for some seeds, make sure you have some” Still
smiling, “pull thru officer anytime” What? I mean come and visit anytime you
want! Get on your way madam! David gets in the car “Madam they are looking for
supper and you denied him” I said don’t you know Viv hasn’t taught me how to
cook yet, he can’t get no supper from me!!” I get back to base, the story
spread that I got away from the police without paying! Hero status!!
So what did I
learn today?
I’ve learnt that smiling works! I’ve learnt
that a power struggle collapses when
you withdraw your energy from it. Power struggles become uninteresting to you
when you change your intention from winning to learning! Leave your ego at home
Peace!
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