"So, for an observer, the better it gets, the better it gets; or the worse it gets, the worse it gets. However, one who is a visionary thrives in all times." ~ Esther & Jerry Hicks from Ask and It Is Given

I love this. It's a twist on the classic psychological idea of where we put our locus of control. You've probably heard it before. Perhaps many times. Simply, in any given moment, we can choose to be creators of our reality or passive observers/victims of our reality.

You can pretty much determine, scientifically, whether someone is consistently happy or not based on where they put control. Tell me where you put control and we'll tell you how happy you are.

If we put control outside of ourselves (external locus of control)—meaning we blame a bad economy or bad relationship or someone's bad breath for all our problems, then guess what? We're going to go up and down with the circumstances of your world: economy is good... we're good (or at least better). Relationship is good... we're good. Turn it around and eek! There we go. Our life sucks. As Esther and Jerry say: "...the better it gets, the better it gets; or the worse it gets, the worse it gets."

Now, juxtapose that with a creator, a visionary, someone who realizes they can choose how they will look at the world and how they will interpret every event (internal locus of control). They are independent of the ups and downs of his or her outside world and, you guessed it: they're much (!!) more consistently happy.

As Esther and Jerry say: "One who is a visionary thrives in all times."

How about you? Where's your locus of control? Their book is all about empowering us to step into our role as a conscious creator of our reality. It's an incredibly powerful thing to do. ESPECIALLY in today's world.

* nudges you toward being a pure creator*

:)