Wow! We’ll leave it at that and let you have an opinion on my Wow!
I drove 90 km (about 55 miles) to drop off the finished product from yesterday. Since the radio is inoperable in this vehicle I listened to Wayne Dyer’s Excuses Be Gone (on Audible) using my phone and a little portable speaker. No traffic – got there in just over an hour. Stopped on the highway to call to get directions and it turns out I stopped just before the exit I would need.
Decided to hang out at a mall I’ve never been to. Initially challenged to find any parking space but found one right outside the Bay doors. Had lunch. Did a bit of Christmas shopping. The mall was quite calm and when there was a line up, it did not appear to be more than any other day.
Drove 90 km back all while listening to Wayne again. Went grocery shopping (but could not find my vision list which Walter made sure I wrote before I left). Popped into the dollar store for stocking stuffers. While there was a huge line in this shop they had 6 cashiers…so what could have been daunting was quite quick.
Hustled over to use the facilities at the coffee shop on the other side of the mall and found a parking spot immediately out front – one of only 4 spots in that location. Decided to purchase muffins as a treat for tomorrow’s breakfast. Dropped by the liquor store after getting a parking spot immediately out front. At check out I managed to walk into the shortest line in the store. I forgot my “air mile” card so offered to the fellow in front of me to stay and swipe his card to collect the points – which he did.
Popped over to Walmart to finish off the last few items needed to bake and found a parking spot close to the entrance (are you seeing a pattern?). Found almost everything I needed and when I went to the cashier there was only 1 person in front of me!
Detoured to the Bulk Barn to pick up shaved coconut. Found really cool candy I love in the bulk bin right at the front!
Now…not sure if you observe anything about the above but I do. I don’t listen to the “news” much as it’s hard to filter all the not-so-good stuff – but for some reason it was on in the other car when I was driving 2 day ago….and they said:
I did not consider the magnitude of what I could be stepping out into today. On reflection it was quite calm, with minimum fuss and overall a very rewarding day with a lot accomplished!
I started to title today’s DoWoo “Expect the Unexpected”. However, that would mean I may have had a preconceived opinion of how today may proceed or I could have anticipated the opposite in the hopes of manifesting what I received.
Either my whole environment chose to shop elsewhere on the busiest day of the year (not sure I have THAT kind of pull) or my positive energy kept placing me exactly where I needed to be in order to maximize my experience!
I believe what happened is…I just “allowed”.
And for the few minor moments which may have made the old me take pause (my old blue print) I calmly (but quickly) considered my options and made light of the particular moment – choosing to perceive what was going on as being exactly as it was meant to be.
Wayne makes mention of “Choosing rather than Excusing”. Today was my “Choose to Allow; With no concern for the How”.
What an absolutely glorious day! I am most grateful.
Were you out there today? If so, how did it go for you??
