"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change."

A great quote from Dr. Wayne Dyer.  I have personally been struggling with this for a while.  I want to improve my attitude and focus on my spiritual development, but doing so is re-focusing my attention away from things that used to seem important.

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I am a recovering news junkie.  I just can't get enough of reading news on a daily basis...especially politics.  But, I'm finding the more I meditate and focus on my daily affirmations, this "addiction" is changing dramatically.  I don't care what "what's his name" is doing in the White House.  I don't care who is the "Worst Person in the World" on the countdown any longer.  Politics is a hateful game.  It's not about doing the work of the people.  It's about power.  Those who are in power want to keep it and those who are out of power try to destroy those who are in power.  There is no compromise and members of each party are in attack mode or defense mode.  There is no middle ground.

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So, as I meditate and do this work to become a more loving, peaceful person, I find that I don't really care who has won the election.  I will do my duty by voting my conscience, but then I need to let the universe unfold as it is meant to.  The negativity generated by political theater makes us cynical, combative, and unhappy individuals.  The tide will always turn...this country seems to swing back and forth between liberal and conservative.  The Democrats have their time in the sun for a while and then the Republicans will take over for a while.  And until they learn to work together for the common good, the only thing they will accomplish is partisan bickering and each party will try to undo what the previous party in power put in place.  It's a nasty game and has nothing to do with what's important in our lives.

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I now choose to focus on the gifts I have received from God such as my family, friends, my hubby, my career...these are the things that are important in our lives.  As I work to raise my spiritual vibration to higher levels, I'm leaving this negative political energy behind.  CNN and MSNBC are getting less and less air time in my home because it leads to distrust for other human beings.

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I choose love.  This is the most important thing.