Thursday 2 January 2014

Hold Thoughts In A "God Box"

"I am God. Today I will be handling all of your problems.  Please remember that I do not need your help. If life happens to deliver a situation to you that you cannot handle, do not attempt to resolve it. Kindly put it in the SFGTD (something for God to do) box.  It will be addressed in My time, not yours.  Once the matter is placed into the box, do not hold onto it...." (Internet chain letter by unknown author).  

Have you ever had a thought that continually creeps into your mind and you can't seem to let it go? A God Box is a tool that I recently learned about and that I've started to use in my life. I wish I had known about it when we were struggling to deal with Alzheimer's disease. There were so many times that we felt a lack of control and worried about the unpredictable nature of the disease and the uncertainty of the future. How does one deal with that?  The use of a God Box (or any other name if "God" doesn't resonate with you) is a wonderful solution.
   
A God Box is a place that you can write down your fears, worries,  or prayers on a piece of paper and pop it in the box to let it go and turn it over to a higher power or something other than yourself. Whenever you find yourself mulling something over in your mind and can't seem to let it go, there is something really powerful about writing it down and putting it in a box. It doesn't have to be a fancy box,  just anything that will hold your thoughts.
   
The neat thing about a God Box is that you don't need to believe in God to use it or get the benefit from it. The catch is that once you write it down and pop it in the box, you need to let it go. This is not an easy thing to do, but with practice you can get better at it. If something keeps coming up in my mind after I've put it in my God Box, I remind myself that it's in the box so I don't need to think about it.
   
The kinds of things you put in your God Box is really a personal thing.  I sometimes put things I'm worried about, or other times I put prayers or wishes for other people who may be struggling, or I put some sort of positive affirmation that I want to manifest in my life. One thing for sure, anything that can be written down and released will create space in your mind and thinking for creative solutions and problem solving. Focusing on the same old problems with the same old thinking, doesn't serve us well!!
   
Wendy Leung wrote a nice little article in The Globe and Mail, called "The God Box: transferring your troubles to a higher authority." She also includes the dos and don'ts of keeping a God Box. If you're into electronic tools, there's an app which offers a virtual God Box to keep track of your worries.

If you've ever used a God Box or an equivalent, I'd love to hear from you. Has a God Box made a difference in your life?


6 comments:

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  2. Thanks for sharing this very informative and spiritual article.
    spiritual thoughts

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    1. Hi ren, thank you for your thoughtful comment!!

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  4. In my own case it was just over four years ago when my Mum began to sound different on the phone. She lived back East with my siblings and my husband and I were living on the West coast and in phone calls it became apparent that my Mum's voice no longer had the same tones of excitement and humor that she used to; and instead it was very flat. At the same time she began to tell us about a situation at work that just didn't seem possible; she was complaining that a group of fellow workers were conspiring to get her. Although Mum had much academic success as a teenager, her behavior had become increasingly odd during the past years. She quit seeing her friends and no longer seemed to care about her appearance or social pursuits. She began wearing the same clothes each day and seldom bathed. She lived with several family members but rarely spoke to any of us. Obviously this whole story seemed very unbelievable and we sensed something was wrong but had no clue as to what it could be. We recommended that my Mum quit her job and look for something else - as we began to wonder if she had a "mental breakdown" and would get better once out of the stressful job situation.
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