\u201cHere comes the sun\u2026 do do\u00a0do do<\/p>\n
Here comes the sun, and I say<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s all right\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve all been waiting for summer or even spring-like weather, haven\u2019t we? My housewarming party was scheduled two weeks out\u2026 and it snowed the next day. So I watched the forecast. It was supposed to be sunny. The extended forecast said so. But then, this is Montana weather we are talking about. We can have all four seasons in one day!<\/p>\n
As the May 4th<\/sup> date approached the forecast changed from sunny and warm to rainy. Rain! Yikes! Not good for a party meant to be held outdoors! I kept saying \u201cIt\u2019ll clear.\u201d Saturday morning dawned clear and crisp and cool, with scattered clouds on the horizon\u2026. I kept saying\u2026 \u201cIt\u2019ll clear.\u201d As 3:30 rolled in, so did the clouds. It started to rain. The party was supposed to begin at 4:00! What would I do?<\/p>\n I had set up speakers outside under a 10\u2019 by 10\u2019 shade cover \u2013 or in this case \u2013 rain cover.\u00a0 I went inside and sat at the DJ seat and scanned the computer. The Beach Boys had been playing, but somehow thoughts of the beach weren\u2019t what I wanted\u2026 then I spotted it \u2013 the Beatles! \u201cHere comes the sun\u2026.\u00a0 Here comes the sun\u2026. and I say\u2026 It\u2019s all right\u2026..\u201d I turned up the volume and went outside and sang along, staring at the sky\u2026. \u201cHere comes the sun\u2026. and I say\u2026. It\u2019s all right\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n At 4:00 O\u2019clock the doorbell rang. It was the first set of guests, arriving together. That\u2019s when I noticed \u2013 it had stopped raining! It continued to get warmer and cleared off and the party was a great success! \u201cIt\u2019s all right.\u201d<\/p>\n My fellow Toastmasters\u2026. Guests \u2013 is it just possible\u2026 that our intentions in the space can actually affect our experience? Could our attitude change the weather?\u00a0 \u201cAnd I say\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Did I mention that actually getting approval for the mortgage for the new home was a long tedious process? Made especially so due to my recent divorce decree.\u00a0 My credit was great \u2013 around 800 \u2013 but\u2026. I now had an alimony payment, a child support payment, mandatory Blue Cross Blue Shield medical insurance payment, and some debt on my credit card, due partly to the cost of the divorce\u2026.<\/p>\n There were times that I had doubts\u2026. And I had to keep clearing my thoughts\u2026 \u201cYes, the mortgage will be approved.\u201d My son and I started hanging out at the house at lunch time. I\u2019d pick him up at CMR at noon, run over to Burger King, get some chow, and then go park in the driveway and eat on the back patio of the house.\u00a0 I took a couple of lawn chairs over and left them there just for this purpose. We let the dog run around in the yard. And we imagined the feeling if this were our house\u2026. And we never gave up the thought that \u2018this is our house.\u2019 And then, five days before the scheduled closing date, the \u201cProcessors\u201d finally approved the mortgage! \u201cIt\u2019s all right\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n Did I mention that it is a great house, and it was a great party?<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s all right\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been asked more than once how I come up with ideas for a speech. My answer? I just look at what I\u2019m living. The answer \u2013 the question \u2013 the idea \u2013 is always present.\u00a0 I don\u2019t go thinking hard about what I might want to say. I let it bubble up from what I am living. And the ideas bubble up through a filter that I like to refer to as \u201cIntention.\u201d I have a singular intention to stay \u2018present.\u2019 In this the past falls away.<\/p>\n Doubts arise from where? The past.\u00a0 Fears arise from what? The past.\u00a0 Joy is experienced when? Now.\u00a0 You said it because you know it to be true. Within each of us IS the answer to every question, and the guide to every present moment.\u00a0 We just need to drop our ideas of the past being \u201cnow\u201d and not let the rain of doubt and fear dampen our parade!<\/p>\n When Joan asked me to give a speech, I said: \u201cIt\u2019s all right.\u201d<\/p>\n When thoughts take us down \u2013 we know it, don\u2019t we? We can feel it. It doesn\u2019t FEEL happy. So when it doesn\u2019t feel happy, let\u2019s make a vow to do this:<\/p>\n Turn up the volume, and hold this thought:<\/p>\n \u201cHere comes the sun\u2026. it\u2019s all right\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u201cHere comes the sun\u2026 do do\u00a0do do Here comes the sun, and I say \u201cIt\u2019s all right\u2026\u201d We\u2019ve all been waiting for summer or even spring-like weather, haven\u2019t we? 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\nAnd then there would be some other paperwork to get \u2013 like a certified copy of the divorce decree \u2013 a sealed document that the bank HAD to have\u2026. And I didn\u2019t even have a copy!<\/p>\n