Artificial Dates

Did you ever notice that your life is dictated by an artificial calendar? Find out how to outgrow being a slave to meaningless dates.

Grasshopper Notes are the writings from America's Best Known Hypnotherapist John Morgan. His podcasts contain his most responded to essays and blog posts from the past two decades. 

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Transcript

Artificial Dates

Here we are, smack dab in the summer season. And it seems we have categorized Memorial Day as the unofficial beginning of summer and Labor Day as the unofficially end. We rush it in and then push it out.

We’re like the horticulturist who forces flowers to bloom early for the February flower show in the wintery northeast. It's become second nature for us to rush a natural cycle. Reminds me of an expression my mother-in-law had. She'd say that fever blisters were “3 days coming, 3 days here, and 3 days going.” Have you noticed how many ineffective potions there are on the market to try and rush that cycle?

We're such an impatient species. We want to be millionaires by the time we’re 40 or have children before a certain age. And we put way too much pressure on ourselves to produce magic by a magic date.

Dates are also the artificial cloak of cultural conditioning. How many ads have you seen or heard with the words “Summer Fun?” The presupposition is that when Summer is over, the fun goes out the window. Fall type ads remind us to keep our hair from changing color. Botox is used to keep winter away. And Viagra is an artificial attempt to elongate spring among other things.

We expend so much energy in not being where we are. It’s no wonder the groundhog is camera shy.

Take a moment today and just appreciate something about the day. In fact, if you’re looking for real magic, do that at least once a day, everyday – no matter what.

What does this day have to offer you that you can get nowhere else but right now? Seize the opportunity to celebrate the moment no matter what the calendar says.

As the Grasshopper has reminded us, “A quality life is made of quality moments.” Stop looking at the calendar and begin feeling what's going on right now. It has a way of making time stand still.

All the best,

John