Tax season was the pits this year. My accountant tried to put a positive spin on that fact I had to write a sizeable check, "Look, Megan, you made more, so you owe more". Yeah, like that makes me feel better.
I reviewed my plans in light of the unexpected expense, deciding what could be cut, modified or moved forward. There was the story that I didn't have the money, or the opposite story that the spending was worthwhile since it would bring in a larger return. The spending story could be told from either perspective, I complained to my husband Joe. What is the truth?
His answer, "What story do you want to live?"
That's the heart of it, isn't it? It's so easy to shut down when we think that we don't have enough of something. That story makes us pull in and hunker down, preparing for a storm. The other story is one of moving forward, of reaching out and up for possibilities.
Is either story the truth?
Nope, I don't think so. The story is just a story. One might feel better than another, but they are still just stories we tell ourselves as we make up reality. But what the heck, if you are going to create a story, it might as well be a good one!
I notice that I have all I need right now. I'm writing this on my deck and the weather is gorgeous--sunshine and 80's with the birds flickering around the feeder, the horses snorting (that's Osirius in the picture) and my black and yellow labs stretched out in a lazy mid-afternoon nap.
Sure, we can tell ourselves a story of abundance or poverty. Or we can just live the truth of reality right now. Then the story writes itself.
May each story you live bring you closer to the one truth that is beyond stories. 
