Funny how a “spiritual path” doesn’t always look like I expect it to look – when I was new to all of this, I thought someone was going to suggest that I get up, look in the mirror every morning, and repeat affirmations. I was half right – she (someone I looked to for spiritual guidance) DID suggest that I use the mirror… and red lipstick… to write “YOU’RE WRONG BETH” in big letters!!

As unexpected as the advice was, the result was even more unexpected. If someone had told me how much THINKING I could do between opening my eyes in the morning and wandering into the bathroom, I wouldn’t have believed them. But there it was!

Every morning I would open my eyes, and start thinking about my day – never about what a great day it was going to be, but about what was going to go wrong, when, and with whom… I was screwed for the day and I hadn’t even walked 10 feet yet!! But then, as I walked by the mirror, I would look up, and there it was! YOU’RE WRONG BETH!!  What?? Oh yeah!! I’m wrong!! I’m allowed to be wrong!! I don’t have to ride every negative thought into oblivion any more…

There is freedom in being able to be wrong – my mantra was always “never never never never NEVER never never admit to ANYONE that you have made a mistake” — and then suddenly, three simple words (in red lipstick no less)  not only made me laugh, but changed the direction of my whole day.