This is what my hole puncher looks like, only mine is fancier. It has little lights on either side that look red when the paper is not inserted properly. However, when you insert paper that is perfectly aligned in the hole punch, you get the green light. I was so excited to realize this today after not noticing it at all since I bought it four months ago. What a goof! So easily amused or entertained by a hole punch! Gotta love Swingline, even if I do feel like Milton in Office Space.
One of my friends, Laura, commented, "See, even the hold puncher has to be aligned properly to work." She said it because everything has been aligned for me lately and things have been falling into my life as if by magic as a result. I'm loving it and I can certainly share how it's happened, but I will tell you that one of the most important principles involved has to do with what the Swingline hole punch demonstrates with just a simple device. Crooked, kinked or half in, red light. Perfectly lined up, green light!
It's a metaphor for the type of alignment we require in our lives to get the green light from the Universe to go forward with all of our desires. If you step into a place of knowing that what you want is possible, envisioning it happening, and acting like it has already happened or it is already yours, being open to all the right people, places and circumstances, and being thankful for all the great things you already have the Universe is going to give you the green light.
Keeping a positive attitude while living the life you have can be tough when you want it to look different than it does right now. Ignoring reality isn't always an option. You still have to go about your normal business until you begin to see the changes you want. Choosing to do it with a light and easy attitude helps line you up to all that you deserve.
The hole punch is a perfect illustration of this principle, in part because it won't punch unless it's lined up, and in part because I got a giggle out of realizing that. I can't be the only one, because lots of folks commented on my Facebook page about it too. It's a cute reminder of how neat even the littlest things can be in life, and how much we can enjoy our days even when we have to go to a job we don't like while we wait for the one we are creating that hasn't arrived yet.
What are you doing to line it up?
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I love this post, Dana. And that it was inspired by, of all things, a hole punch, is fantastic. Thank you.
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