What Kind of Genius Do You Want to Be?
One of our favorite spiritual teachers, Abraham-Hicks, is fond of saying that genius is nothing more than continued attention to the same topic. In other words, anyone can be a genius at anything given the right focused attention over a long enough period of time.
Now, at the beginning of the year, it is the perfect time to ask yourself the question, “What kind of genius do I want to be?” Do you look at works of art by Van Gogh and wish you could put paint to canvas like he did? Do you look at great business people and wish you had their entrepreneurial talent?
These are, of course, all outer talents that are apparent to everyone who looks. And, as Abraham-Hicks points out, any one of these outer forms of genius are available to anyone to has the desire and will to focus their attention.
But are there other areas-inner areas-in which you might want to be a genius? Maybe you don’t want to become a great artist or business whiz. Maybe instead you’d like to acquire the genius to be comfortable in any situation life throws at you. What about the genius to control the way you interpret events in your life? Would the genius to throw off any and all sorts of negativity be useful in your life?
It really doesn’t matter what you choose, but the idea of becoming the genius of your choosing is certainly attractive. It’s a magnetic idea, isn’t it? The idea that you have the power to become brilliant at anything is an idea that has real power. It’s an idea worth a lot of consideration and focus.
But how can you really focus on anything when life is so distracting? Life seems to constantly throw monkey-wrenches into the best-laid plans. Unexpected events