The Importance of Molten Glass

The Importance of Molten Glass

The author tells the story of a woman he met at a store checkout line and an important tool to use for being grateful.

I received an e-mail the other night from a woman, I’ll call her Sally for ease of reference, that wanted to know more about the business I was in. However, she was immediately setting up for the “I can’t afford it” mindset, and I could see it. She said she had six children and a disabled husband and she had no idea how she was going to be able to participate in a business from home when she could barely get by with her family problems.

This is a very substantial mountain to climb, to be sure. I felt for her, as I always do for those that are in unfortunate circumstances, but there was little I could do to help her out so I gave her my empathy and left it at that. It got me thinking, however, about my own life and the things in it I sometimes take for granted. I try not to, I try to give thanks for everything I have every single day, but sometimes even then I overlook those more obvious things that we can be fortunate to have.

It brought my attention back to an item I have sitting on my desk, one I haven’t looked at in nearly three months. See, about seven years ago when I started my first job while in college, my mother found this shiny, polished, transparent stone on the road. It was really the most unique rock I’d ever seen, and I soon realized that it was actually a globule of molten glass that had cooled. How it got on the road, or where it came from, I couldn’t guess. However, I decided that this was a special rock. I know, a bit corny, maybe a bit syrupy. Yes, a bit corn syrupy in fact. Nonetheless, I decided that this little blob of formerly molten glass was going to be my boon companion. Every time I touched or looked at this rock, it would be a magic stone of reminding. I would think back upon all the good things that I’ve done or experienced and be thankful.

When The Secret came out and I finally got my copy, I was floored that a gentleman on the DVD had a very similar idea! I knew I was doing something right. This little rock has been with me through two jobs, my bachelor’s degree, my game company start up and now my internet business beginnings. It’s funny how such a small object can have a profound effect on you when you assign it a certain role. Looking at this oblong piece of glass and holding its smooth, oddly warm form in my hand, I can turn my mood from being blank or cloudy to thankful and content in just a few moments of reflection.

So if you’re someone that has problems in your life, serious debt or other negative things in your life that you find yourself focusing on and getting in the way of your success, here’s what I want you to do. Find something. Anything, I don’t care what it is as long as it’s fairly benign and small enough to fit in your hand, and I want you to carry it with you everywhere you go. When something good happens, I want you to take that object out, hold it in your hand and mentally record that memory into the surface of that object. Then start thinking about the good things you have. You might have no money, but you have children. You might be sick, but you have your husband. You might feel poor, but at least you’re eating regularly and have some sort of shelter. As bad as your situation might be, I can almost promise you that there are people in the world that wish they were in your place instead of where they are.

These ideas are nothing new, and I don’t write with the intention of being groundbreaking or revolutionary. Many, many people before me have used this same idea and done similar things. If, however, one person that reads this has never heard this idea and they use it to do good things in their life, well, that’s worth sharing my experience. The most important part of your success is focusing on the positive, on what you want, where you want to be, and to tell those people that try to drag you down to step off. Then take out your little glass stone, hold it in your hand, and be thankful that your attitude is stronger than their negativity and that your will power will someday reward you with the success you deserve.

And that, in my life, is the importance of molten glass.

About Author

Jeremy is an online business coach, game studio CEO, and an online entrepreneur that specializes in teaching people how to personally brand their own online businesses as well as how to leverage automated systems online for their own wealth building. To check the system Jeremy uses to build wealth at the present time, go to http://www.WhatIsTheRFS.com.

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