Charla Reads Chapters 7–12 in “Split-Second Transformation~Change Your Words, Change Your Life
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Introduction
Good, beautiful day, beautiful, beautiful souls! This is Charla Anderson, host of the Charla Anderson Show~Collector & Connector of Fascinating People (& EVERYONE is Fascinating!), especially you.
Yeah. Every month I have a Charla’s Chat, just my solo show. It’s the fourth Wednesday when I record it generally. And last month I began reading from my little book, Split Second Transformation. Change Your Words, Change Your Life, 31 Daily Practices. And I read the first six chapters, I believe, last month. So I want you to go back. I think it’s called Every Word Matters, because every word matters. So I want you to go back and find that episode, watch those first six chapters, and today we’re going to read a few more.
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We’re going to do my 22-second mini vacation, that little Breathing exercise, be still and know. So, if you’ll just join me for just 22 seconds, let’s breathe in some calm and breathe out gratitude. So here we go. Breathe in your calm. Hold. Relax, release. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Be still. Listen to that still, small voice. The world is so busy. Take a moment a few times a day to do that, right? Okay, so here we’re going to read my second book, which is Split Second Transformation, Change Your Words, Change Your Life. 31 Daily Practices was released on my 70th birthday, November 30th, 2023. And I haven’t read this out loud on my show, we’ve talked about it multiple times, and also my candy bar hugs. It doesn’t take much to make a difference. That’s a tiny book with a big message that I certainly have referred to often in here. I want to just get into this today. We’re going to the first three chapters. So the most important thing is gratitude.
So I have three chapters in here. And by the way, I do want to show this as my autographed copy from my three year old granddaughter. A little scribble in my book. So I’m going to read, just read and comment here and there on this, on these next few chapters. But the next three that are on chapter 7 through 9 are about gratitude. Three different chapters on that. That’s it, it’s that important. So here we go. I’m going to get right into chapter number 7. It’s called Gratitude and Everything Give Thanks, part 1. Here we go.
What if there is just one simple secret to assessing happiness? Gratitude is the key to unlocking abundant blessings in everything. Give thanks. Most days, my first groggy thought is, thank you, thank you, thank you, before I’m awake enough to know what I might be thankful for. Awakening with gratitude is your very first thought, and it opens the door to a brighter day.
And having thank you as your constant mantra, so to speak, can truly bring unimagined blessings. If I drop my pencil and it lands on the chair, I say thank you that it didn’t have to bend to the floor. If it lands on the floor, I’m thankful that I got a bit of exercise, stretching. It’s a simple example, but a reminder to be thankful in everything. In a more impactful example, if you get pulled over by the police officers, consider thanking them for stopping you, because in divine timing, he may have prevented something worse from happening down the road, or perhaps there’s a bigger reason that we may never know. Or maybe you two needed to meet so you can bless him. Who knows? Thanking Him for His service, thanking Him whether you get a ticket or not, and blessing Him will leave both of you with a more peaceful outlook and truly cause a shift in attitude and the environment. The more thankful we are in the harshest of circumstances will help us seek a speck of joy in that this exact space we are in right now is the only place we have to take the next step from. If we are breathing free oxygen, as my mentor, Vincent Agbatorgo says, and are on this side of the dirt, we have everything to be thankful for. Being thankful and saying thank you can change your world in one split second. In everything, give thanks. It’s in chapter eight, Gratitude in Everything, Give Thanks, Part Two. Perhaps one of the most mysterious lessons I’ve learned is that instead of asking or begging, repeatedly praying the same request over and over, simply saying thank you for whatever it is that you want in advance and believing that it is done, is all you have to do and then release it. Thank you for your Psalm 91, God’s umbrella protection over fill in the blank over my home, my car. Thank you, thank you, thank you for your protection over my family, my home, my business, my vehicles, et cetera, and let it be. Believe that God is smart enough to hear you and know your heart. All of the protection promises in the Bible are compiled into one chapter, Psalm 91. I pray it over my family every day, always while I’m driving, certainly, and anytime there are storms, Psalm 91. amazing protection promises. Remember that Jesus said that we can do what he did and even more.
That’s in John 14:12 if you didn’t know it, and a few other places. I walk with that as a core of my being which truly opens the door to miracles of every sort. Once I was given the word that I am a clearing for miracles. Ask, believe, receive. I don’t question it. I believe. I ask and then let it go, laying it at his feet. There are some that call me the weather guru. I do believe. Do I believe that we can control the weather? Yes. I’ve had too many miracles to think otherwise. There is no arrogance when I say that. None. just believing the authority that we all have been granted to calm the seas, move the mountains, divert tornadoes and blizzards, protect our properties during hurricanes, etc. There are many stories about all of that, and I have many of my own with witnesses. Bold faith.
The key is gratitude, being thankful, and understanding your faith. And I’m not referring to religion here. in everything give thanks in advance no stress no worry no right or wrong it is sometimes called the law of attraction it is a law like gravity is a law believe it and it feels like peace gratitude is the door to unlocking your abundant blessings i want to say something about this chapter about the weather guru i don’t change the weather absolutely not but i believe that we have given the gift to ask.
You know, Jesus said, you can do what I did and even more. I don’t, he wasn’t a wimpy Jesus. He didn’t beg, beg, beg, beg, beg. He didn’t, please, please, please God, please help me heal this man. No, he, his response was, thank you. With the authority and heal that man or fed the fish, you know, whatever it was, his miracle of the moment. was in gratitude with authority. And he said, we can do that too. So when they, the weather, you know, the Main Street Arts Festival, I was like, I think the weather will be fine. And they were concerned. And I was like, well, I don’t change the weather, but I ask for what I want, the protection of my city or the protection of my house.
So these are just food for thought. You might try it sometime because I’ve literally had the tornado sirens and I go out and I speak Psalm 91 all to that storm. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for that, it’s already done. Thank you for your shield of protection. That’s the way I walk every day. Okay. Chapter nine, gratitude and everything. Good. Thanks. Part three. Sometimes it just helps to have examples of verbiage to give some ideas of words to use. Pray as if. It’s already done. Here are a few ways that I express gratitude in my daily rounds, and when I need to be there, and who… Oh, let me start that over again. Thank you for… Here are a few ways that I express gratitude in my daily rounds.
Thank you for redeeming my time. You know where I need to be, and when I need to be there, and who I need to bless, or maybe can bless along the way, Hmm. Or be blessed by, yeah. Your timing is perfect. Mine’s not so much. I release my anxiousness and enjoy the journey. That may just be the secret to the secret. Relax, release, let it go. So many examples of time being warped, or whatever you want to call it, have blessed me over and over. On one occasion, many, many years ago, I took off on a four-hour drive to an important meeting, allowing only three and a half hours or so.
I spoke that prayer and released it. That prayer is, thank you for redeeming my time. You know where I need to be and when I need to be there. and who I need to bless along the way or be blessed by. I lay it at your feet. So that’s, I’m repeating the prayer. These three and a half hours. Okay, I spoke that prayer and released it. Then a detour and my bladder added to the mix. I prayed again, this time about my bladder. Thank you for creating my body and for the functions that work. Thank you for controlling my need to go to the bathroom. You are in control, and your timing is perfect. Miraculously,
I made it to the south side of Houston from Fort Worth and into that meeting exactly on time before racing to the bathroom without stress or without watching the speedometer or clock. I’ve also used that prayer when I’m running late to the airport or to commute to work and need just one standby seat. Releasing the stress and drama around time has been a blessing on many, many occasions.
Thank you for bold faith, no fear, and supernatural protection. Thank you for my restored family. Thank you for my dream house or even better. Gratitude is a constant current in my daily life. Always be in thanks. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. Those three gratitude chapters, I hope they bless you. And I’m going to just take a mini moment here, just a mini moment to talk about one of my most treasured favorite products and a little mini commercial for you by showing you, you know, here’s crunchy cells and squishy cells and how much difference it makes in your inflammation and in your body. And we’re going to talk about that with Zenzino, my most favorite product right now, because it reduces inflammation and balances your omegas.
We’ll be right back with chapter 10. Thank you for that patience there. And here’s chapter 10. As we move forward, this one is called, May You Be Blessed.
I’ll just say, all this reading, my eyesight is getting better all the time, right? I mean, I’m claiming that, but it isn’t always great right now. Author and spiritual teacher Matt Kahn says, a master is one who blesses. When I heard that, I said, well, then I’m a master. That makes me a master, because gratitude, my next, besides, oh. Pardon me here. Sorry that when I heard that I said then I’m a master because because gratitude my next most common saying is may you be blessed. May you be blessed. May you be blessed when driving after the split second initial reaction of upset. I shift and say, may you be blessed to anyone and everyone in every situation. If there is an emergency vehicles,
I express blessings to everyone involved. If there is an accident, I send blessings to all involved and all those inconvenienced behind them. If someone is getting a ticket or on the side of the road, they receive my blessings. If the construction crews, may you be blessed. Upset draws upset. So what you give out is what you receive back. What kind of world would this be if instead of anger or defensiveness or revenge, we would send blessings? How much less stress?
Would there be no road rage just imagine we may not be able to change the world but we can change certainly change our world which changes the world and protect our sanity save our peace by giving up the need to be right and sharing blessings the health benefits would be amazing as well I suspect my mama would say a prayer anytime she heard sirens she was a master When there are people that treat you poorly, send blessings. When you are misunderstood, send blessings. When there is nothing else to do, send blessings. When you feel helpless, perhaps, about world situations, send blessings. Matt Kahn also says, the world needs more love, not less. Isn’t that the truth?
Will you join me in being a master? Will you be one who blesses? May you be abundantly blessed as you become a master at blessings. Chapter 11, Preferences and the Elephant in the Room. This is interesting because last week my guest, Steve Warmer, and I talked about this exact thing. Okay, can you imagine the marriages that would be saved by this one thing, managing our preferences and recognizing them as just that? Nearly everything we get upset about are truly just our choices and preferences, old habits and upbringings. He doesn’t put the toilet seat down. She squeezes toothpaste in the middle. He forgets to call. She takes too long getting dressed. He watches too much TV.
She spends too much dot, dot, dot, dot, and so on. The list is endless. What starts out as an annoyance often becomes a point of contention, which can lead to our thinking that they are doing it on purpose to aggravate us. Hmm. We start taking it personally. What if, as soon as we recognize that something our mate does is starting to annoy us, we step back, consider how and why it is so important to us, and if it is worth a conversation before it begins the path to resentment. With love and empathy and a mature partnership, it is worth the effort to come to an agreement, compromise, and acknowledgment that it is truly just preferences, most often. The key is to nip it at the first sign of the trigger. Consider some simple solutions. Buy two tubes of toothpaste, or both choose to close the lid every time to the toilet.
Choose to love unconditionally over having to have your way. What do you think? This should be a basic lesson in Relationships 101. Create a regular schedule to have a win-win and gratitude session. And a really clever way to address a potentially challenging conversation is to have a stuffed elephant. When either one wants to talk, you know that we need to talk, put the elephant on the table or the bed. Then, when the timing is agreeable to both, you have warning, so no one gets blindsided, right? Have a love and laughter conversation.
If you value the relationship, it’s not only practical, but so worth it. takes only a split second to choose love over my preferences. And we did talk about this last week with Steve Warmer about having, I give it as a wedding gift occasionally. Wouldn’t that be fun? You receive a wedding gift as a newlywed with a little note that says, hey, if you’re starting to notice you’re getting upset, put this elephant out so that when the timing is good for both of you, it’s just a signal.
Anyway, I think it’s kind of fun and clever. And if people really did that, probably save marriages. So that’s just a little idea. OK, and we’re going to read chapter 12. And this, again, will be a fairly short day, usually on Charla’s chat. So are you interested as the title of chapter 12? Since this book is about changing your words, this tidbit may be of interest to you. Probably the most common phrase asked from many that want our business or attention is, would you be interested in trying, buying, listening, owning, joining, et cetera, my product or service? What I have found, what I have found is At least in the English language, the word interested has an automatic no response. When someone asks, are you interested? Our antenna immediately goes up with the thought that I’m getting ready to get sold. Think about your reaction.
Would you be interested in learning more about my program? No, run the other way. The issue most often is that there is no value, benefit, result, connection, or need built up prior to that question. Most of us are not just sitting around waiting for something that we didn’t know we needed to pique our interest. In most cases, it is an interruption, often considered to come from a pushy salesperson. We don’t want to be pushy salespeople. So remove that, are you interested, out of your vocabulary. Don’t be that person. Don’t send that email. Don’t make that call. Don’t ask, would you be interested, period. Build rapport, determine need, make suggestions. At the very least, change it to something like, would you consider, or have you thought of, I notice that you enjoy, may I offer this?
Those are some phrases that are alternatives, right? Refine your words ultimately to be a service to them and their needs, not about you and your need to sell. Choose your words wisely. Other words, otherwise, not interested. Well, that’s all for reading today. I’m just doing about six chapters. They’re so tiny on this, you know, they’re really just tiny chapters, right? That was chapter 12, not even a whole page. And this little split-second transformation, change your words, change your life, 31 daily practices, tiny book, well, pretty tiny, not quite as tiny as Katie Warhug’s. Didn’t take much to make a difference.
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