Because time is an issue for me and because I am choosing to let that idea go, I asked for guidance as to how to see this differently, and one day, I was given an idea that inspired me. It started when I had a free day, no appointments, no work, nothing particular on my calendar. I thought of all the things I have been trying to do but didn’t have time for, and was trying to decide what to do first and wondering how many I could get done. I noticed that I was starting to feel pressured for time, just as I had been during a regular day.
I didn’t want to do that. I didn’t want this to be just another day trying to beat the clock. Then I noticed a thought; “Today I am going to be retired and so I have all the time in the world.” You see, I am always saying that when I retire I will not have to rush through everything, I can just take my time and enjoy each thing I do. So I decided to take that thought seriously and as guidance, and act as if I was retired. I could go back to being not retired the next day. It worked perfectly!
Since then the thought has come again at times. Sometimes it is just for an hour or so. I will be working frantically to finish something and feeling stressed. Then the thought will appear that I am retired for now and I will slow down as I realize I have all the time in the world to get this done. In this relaxed state, the job flows easily and I enjoy it. I could have dismissed this idea as not relevant because it did not appear to be true, but because I chose to follow guidance without question, I discovered that it is the belief that time is real and therefore fixed that isn’t true. Jesus has offered to manipulate time for us if we ask, and I have learned to ask.