“Everything is ecstasy, inside. We just don’t know it because of our thinking-minds.” –Jack Kerouac
Interviewers often ask me, “What changed?” Why did my book, God Doesn’t Have Bad Hair Days, clumsily nosedive into the remainders bin when E-Squared, essentially the same book, hit #1 on the New York Times bestsellers list.
I can name several reasons. I changed the title. I had a different publisher.
But mostly, I attribute it to my energetic imprint, the frequency at which I was vibrating. That sounds pretty woo-woo, but in essence I changed how I saw myself, how I saw the world.
I began saying thank you for everything. For the sky, for the garbage collector who picks up the trash each week, for friends, for the cream puffs my friend’s husband made for our book group, for the chair I’m sitting on. I might have even gone so far as to bow to the chair before gracing it with my backside.
There was no longer a giant wall of resistance.
Oh, and yeah there was this tiny fact that Jack Canfield was kind enough to write a killer endorsement. Which certainly didn’t hurt.
I listened to an interview with Jack the other day. He said something that really hit me. It explained why one book, really the same book, flopped and the other got translated into 40 languages.
People, he said, often set an intention for something, but immediately focus on its opposite. It’s like calling Domino’s Pizza and then calling 5 minutes later to cancel the order and then 30 minutes later wondering why your peperoni pie hasn’t arrived.
There’s static in the frequency. Conflicting wishes erect big orange traffic cones to all the good that wants to come our way.
Or, as I started to notice when I began giving thanks like a crazy woman, that GOOD was already here. So many things I took for granted sprang to life. Including my intention to write bestselling books.
So thank you, Jack. Thank you, readers. Thank you, chair (I know, I already said that) and thank you universe for being such a consistent ally in showing me exactly what to do, where to go and what to say.
#222 Forever!
Pam Grout is the author of 20 books including E-Squared, E-Cubed, Thank & Grow Rich and her latest book, The Course in Miracles Experiment: A Starter Kit for Rewiring Your Mind (And Therefore Your World).
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Thank you, Pam Grout, for being such an incredible (and fun) inspiration for all of us.
Wishing everyone a day filled with Glorious Goodness!
xox
Glorious goodness–you’re talking my language, sister!
Wow Pam, That is a stop me in my tracks comment by Jack C. Thank you so much! Kate in Carmel
Always a treat to see your name in the comments. Thanks, friend!
Beautiful reminder; thank you, merci, gracias, etc.
We are alive, we are free☮️💕🥰
Amen to that!
Thank you Pam!!🙏🏻
You always help to remind me of all of the possibilities that I could never imagine or at least to go looking😉
BIG Appreciation for you and All that you share💗💗💗
Thanks, Jennifer!
So excited for your next book!
Me, too! It will be out soon!!
MERCI BEAUCOUP💗
Je vous en prie!
Locking in the pizza order!!
I hear the delivery guy pulling into the driveway!
Thank you Pam, for your writing and positivity. It means so much! Your work is a tonic for the soul ✨
Glad to hear it, Claude! Thanks!
Thank you for the excellent reminder!!!
Thank you for this excellent compliment!
Hello from Brazil, Pam! I hope everything is well with you!
I’d like to share something that happened to me yesterday with you and your followers:
A few weeks ago I went to the market near my house, where my wife had ordered a chicken pie for our family dinner. When I arrived at the market, however, the employee from whom my wife had ordered the pie had had a personal problem and ended up forgetting to make the pie… in fact, she wasn’t even at the market; it was a colleague of hers who gave me the bad news.
I didn’t argue with anyone, because we all have setbacks, right? I just tried to come up with a plan B for our dinner.
Cut to yesterday: I went to the market again to buy other things, and I didn’t even remember what had happened. When I went to the bakery at the market, the employee who served me — and who, “by chance,” was the same one from whom my wife had ordered the ill-fated cake (and whom I didn’t know personally, but who knew me) — simply told me to choose a cake, birthday style, to make up for the pie from a few weeks ago.
I accepted, of course, because when the Universe decides to give you a gift, you accept it.
By the way: my birthday is in three days (but I don’t think the cake will survive until then).
Beautiful! And happy birthday in three days!
And Thank You Pam!
De nada!
Thank you, Pam. You always seem to show up with a wonderful reminder just when I need it most. I know that’s not by accident! I am lifted and I’m gonna pass it on.
Ah thanks, Susie!!
Thank you Pam – for the fabulous quote by Jack Kerouac, for reminding us our energy and attention make all the difference, and also for reminding us that gratitude is key in helping us unlock the door to all the good already waiting on the doorstep for us, if only we would get out of our own way! 🙏🏼🥳 I am so grateful for YOU and your inspiring, uplifting and delightful posts that help us change our minds and “change the colour of our day”! (That quote comes from an old Aussie advertisement for a chocolate bar back in the 80’s I think, but it seems very appropriate for what we’re talking about here and now! 😁) Here’s to a day that’s vibrant and brightly coloured exactly as we each choose! 💃🌈🕺 Love you Pam! 🥰
Awesome!!!
Thank you for sharing your benefitting for giving thanks story, Pam. 🙂 Great to hear the connecting points of goodness 👏
Love it! And thank YOU Pam for always being a beacon of positivity, joy and endless possibilities. Gratitude really is key and I’m with you all the way!
Thank you Pam, I really appreciate the fabulous experiments, uplifting true stories and attitude of gratitude you bring to my world, bless you. ❤️✨️👏
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Thank you for always having awesome messages exactly when I need them. I so needed this to adjust my attitude today. Thank you, Thank you , Thank you 🤗💗
So I wondered why when I went out garage saling every Saturday and I visualized whatbi wanted before I went I got it. Then I visualized getting an answer before I went, and found your book E squared. Now I am hooked non all your books and I understand why visualization always worked! Thank you Pam.