My husband came home in the car yesterday afternoon and told me the car was broken. “There was a big bang and then the steering started to sound dodgy”. I sighed and immediately felt my mood shift into victim mentality. Some of the thoughts that went through my head included : “how much is that gonna cost? ; typical! It’s because I’ve saved some money for our holiday and the universe only ever gives me enough, so it’s stealing this money back ; I’m stranded without a car ; this is just one more thing I’ll have to try sort out, as if I’ve not got enough to do ; this has ruined my weekend;

This morning when I woke up, my thoughts went to the car again. And once again, my mood dipped immediately, and it threatened to ruin my day. So I decided, consciously, to flip the switch on it. I decided to think about the abundance there is in my life, not only with regards to my car but with regards to everything else in life that was working out perfectly. I pondered how fortunate I was to even own a car, when so many people couldn’t afford one. I pondered how I would save fuel from not driving around in it today. I pondered how beautiful the car is and how blessed I am to have had it working so well, for so long. I pondered how this meant a day at home, in the garden, rather than having to head out somewhere. I pondered how fortunate it was for the car to breakdown now, whilst I’m not having to travel to work or school.