What You Bring Matters

What you bring with you leaks out whether you want it to or not.

 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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"The Grasshopper" is the part of you that whispers pearls of wisdom that  seem to pop into your mind from out of the blue. John's essays and blog posts are his interpretations of these "Nips of Nectar." Others have labeled his writings as timeless wisdom. 

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• Mindfulness
• Peace of mind
• Creativity
• How to stay in the present moment
• Spirituality
• Behavior improvement

And stories that transform you to a wider sense of awareness that presents more options. And isn't that what we all want, more options? 

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Transcript

What You Bring Matters

Ever go out to eat with someone who can find something wrong with every restaurant?

Doesn’t matter where you go – the place, the service, the food—it’s always something. And if you’re being honest . . . they didn’t walk in happy to begin with.

As my sainted mother used to say, “It’s not the menu that’s got their ass in an uproar.”

I learned a long time ago, if I showed up somewhere expecting to be entertained, I was probably going to be disappointed . . . unless I brought a little entertainment with me.

Same goes the other way.

You know people you can predict, almost to the minute, are going to flash some anger – even at the calmest little get-together.

That’s not the party causing that.

They brought that with them.

And give it a little time . . . they’ll find a reason to let it out.

Now here’s where it gets interesting.

If you walk into a room with an agenda—whatever that is—it’s not going to stay hidden. It leaks. Sometimes it explodes.

I remember something Dr. Robert Anthony said many years ago: “You’re never upset for the reason you think.”

“Never” might be a strong word . . . but he’s not far off.

Most of us are carrying something in—and then complaining what happens once we get there.

There’s a story I’ve always loved that nails this.

A guy pulls up next to a farmer and says, “I’m thinking about moving here. What kind of people live around here?”

The farmer asks, “What kind of people are where you live now?”

The guy says, “Ah, they’re a bunch of back-biting scoundrels.”

The farmer nods and says, “Well . . . that’s what you’ll find here too.”

A little while later, another driver pulls up and asks the same question.

The farmer asks him, “What are people like where you are now?”

The man says, “They’re kind. Neighborly. Good people.”

The farmer smiles and says, “That’s what you’ll find here too.”

Funny how that works, isn’t it?

So here’s the real question – What are you bringing with you?

Because whatever it is . . . you’re probably going to find more of it.

Might be worth doing a quick check before you walk in the door. Otherwise, you could be bringing ants to the picnic and wondering why things aren’t going so well.

I had a teacher once tell me, “Check your belief system at the door. You can always pick it up on your way out.”

I like that.

Same idea with this—

If you bring a gun to a party . . . there’s always a chance it goes off. But if you check it at the door? Now you’re free to explore something else.

Here’s a hard truth –

If you bring a bad time with you, plan on not having a good one.

And f you can't bring good cheer visiting someone in the hospital, stay home.

People don’t need your agenda. As Uma Thurman once put it: “Save your drama for your mama.”

At the end of the day, it’s simple.

If you bring a hammer . . . everything starts to look like a nail.

So just pause for a second before your next interaction and ask yourself – What am I bringing into this?

Is it going to add something . . . or take something away?

Because once you know that, you’ve got a pretty good idea of what you bring matters.

All the best,

John