What’s on Your Radar Screen?

This article was originally published in the Autumn 2016 issue of Choices Magazine.  To view the published format, please click here.

There is a lot of talk out there about the Law of Attraction. In a nutshell, it says that what you put out is what you receive. I like to think of it as a radar screen. A radar screen is set up to monitor and look for the frequencies it is programmed to search and detect. As it encounters these frequencies it sends back a signal to the source alerting of its detection. We have a similar system within us and our attitude has a huge impact on it.

Have you ever dreamed, researched or obsessed about a big purchase like a car? I have found when looking for my next vehicle I start seeing them everywhere! It’s like the manufacturer has amped up production and sometimes even in the color I’m thinking about! How do they do that?!? Now, logic prevails, they’re probably not making more of them months before so its only that my radar sensors are heightened. My radar screen is seeking out searching when it spots something I’m tracking (thinking or giving my attention too) setting off beeps to get me focused on the screen.

Now, if this can be true of a car, could it be true of our thoughts as well? If we go out everyday and say traffic is horrible and drivers are terrible, we are more likely to find evidence to prove our point. See, our thoughts are directed to the frequency we are tuned into. If, we go out looking for say rainbows and unicorns, we are likely to see evidence of them as well. If this is true, then why do we focus on those things that make us unhappy? Habit.

It takes practice and awareness to change our thoughts. If you find you are seeking the negative (and finding evidence of it everywhere) its time to shift! The fastest way to shift your thinking and realign your radar is with gratitude. Start today putting out the frequency of gratitude how your screen lights up! With a replacement of attitude with gratitude, you can start seeing evidence of unicorns (or whatever makes you happy) everywhere. What have you got to lose but a few bad thoughts? Start sending out the signal you want to receive and see how your attitude improves when you start hearing all those great beeps!