So, I Sat on a Bench with God

By now you’ve probably seen the video. I was in a meditation and suddenly, there I was on a bench with God. Now you can certainly replace Him with whoever is up there for you because for the purposes of this blog post we’re discussing what it means to simply believe: whether that means in yourself or in something greater than you. In either condition, the power of self-belief leads us to create new realities and learn how to embrace circumstances that we once that could not be possibly. I never thought that I would have a day like I did after that meditation. I did not consider that I could have a great day like that, certainly not from the physical perspective. And yet…

Yet it happened. Yet I didn’t plan for it. Yet, it came to fruition and suddenly I had a new reality. That’s the power of belief in both yourself and in change itself. When I think back to all the times I was told I couldn’t change the narrative or I had to accept the status quo, what stands out as most remarkable to me is the fact that I never accepted it. Even in the times when I felt broken and upset, when I didn’t have the physical, mental, emotional or energetic strength to make a move in that moment I still managed to move the dial. Because for every moment I have that I thought would break me, I have the exact same amount of moments I decided that they wouldn’t. Each of those times taught me resiliency, they taught me what it means to have fortitude.

It is fortitude that has then allowed me to change the pace of what it is I’m trying to accomplish. It’s allowed me to approach each new challenge and say absolutely not, this is not the way it’s going to go. This challenge will not be the thing that breaks me and the status quo will not be the thing I need to accept, especially when it comes to my physical health.

This refusal to rest on what’s presented is really my takeaway from that entire original meditation. Had I accepted the status quo I would have told myself it’s A) impossible to see God in a meditation and B) it’s impossible to regain a feeling of total picture perfect health. And yet, I had these experiences and at this exact moment in time I’m not questioning them. They are what they are and what I have now is a new understanding of what’s possible. It’s a new goal to attain and a new challenge to overcome – both of which I’m ready for wholeheartedly.