Pay Forward

Ever feel you've been ripped off? I have. And from a known name in internet marketing that I thought would be safe. Unfortunately their coaching was an upfront payment with no recourse to recovering my funds when they didn't deliver the service.
Ouch! I can tell you that hurt. It still is. And I've certainly felt angry, largely because I was powerless to do anything about it.

My feelings flew in the face of what I believe to be true. That is, through your mindset, you are projecting out energy which will match up with the kind of energy that you are 'looking' for. This thought pattern doesn't and cannot distinguish good from bad and so will match you up with what it's been told to look for. So dwelling on being ripped off only sets me up for more similar experiences I don't want.

They always say, "Seeing is believing." We actually have it the wrong way around. It should actually be quoted as, "Believing is seeing."

Because, what you believe you will see. You must not let unfortunate experiences (which you have attracted to yourself by your thoughts anyway) make you bitter and negative. As tough as it is to let go the desire to 'get even', it is in our own best interests to do so.

An example of this is the movie 'Pay it Forward' where young Trevor McKinney, troubled by his mother's alcoholism and fears of his abusive but absent father, is caught up by an intriguing assignment from his social studies teacher. The assignment: think of something to change the world and put it into action. Trevor conjures the notion of paying a favour not back, but forward - repaying good deeds not with payback, but with new good deeds done to three new people. Trevor's efforts to make good on his idea bring a revolution not only in the lives of himself, his mother and his physically and emotionally scarred teacher, but in those of an ever-widening circle of people completely unknown to him.

Maybe we can keep this in mind and keep on paying the good forward, rather than aiming for payback against those who've hurt us. Maybe the Universe will extract suitable payment from those who've offended us in its own good time. That's Karma!

It starts with each of us! It starts with you!