I’ll Believe it…
Remember me talking about malaprops?
Ringo Starr once came out with the phrase:
“It’s been a hard day’s night.”
I love that.
It’s so descriptive about working late and working hard. It totally gets the mind creating visual images—plus it gives us a bit of the origin of the song.
I imagine the Beatles working like dogs to get to where they were in their careers at that time. I think they may have been working more than 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Oh wait… Is there another touch of wordplay here—a bit of hyperbole?
We often find ourselves hearing the phrase 24/7.
I know I have. I recently stopped working for a client that seemed to need my attention 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Boy did I carry that weight a long time!
But back to 24/7.
The Beatles took it one step further—of course they did. They were pioneers in so many ways.
“Eight days a week, I love you…”
What a great twist of phrase.
To me, that is saying:
I’ve got so much love.
So much intention.
So much “belief” that I can stretch time and offer you not one, not three, but eight days a week to love you.
And I do feel sometimes that there is never enough time.
That I can’t do something until I’m fully able to find the time.
And something changes with the belief that says, “No! I will find enough love to fill up eight days in a week.”
Well, these types of little sayings always make me smile.
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The other day, Ceci and Sarah and I were in the car driving back from somewhere. Sarah was relaying a story about one of her students and the change they were promising to make.
“You made me promises, promises…” I can’t help thinking in song lyrics.
And I think you can already hear that statement in your own mind…
“I’ll believe it when I see it.”
Haven’t we all said that?
That little bit of doubt.
The not-quite-belief in someone.
Sure, actions totally can speak louder than words.
And sometimes the words of others can leave us jaded—especially if they say it but don’t follow up with action.
I know Sarah likes hard evidence.
If I say something, I need to start taking the actions to follow through.
I’ve even heard her say this to me:
“I’ll believe it when I see it.”
Sometimes I need someone to believe in me.
To hear my words.
To know that I am mustering the resources to be able to put these thoughts or words into action.
And I’m sure you’ve felt that way too.
You have these ideas or lofty goals, and you may have verbalized them, but you don’t know how to put them into action—YET.
And sometimes we even say it to ourselves subtly:
“I’ll believe it when I see it.”
And I sometimes wonder how that belief can limit me. Even in small amounts, doubt can grow strong.
Let me tell you, when I was younger, I really believed I could fly—or at least defy gravity.
But that umbrella that I saw Mary Poppins use…
Well, I’ll tell you that it did not slow my descent to the ground one bit when I jumped off the roof!
But there was a brief moment there when I truly believed I could fly.
And then, back to the drive home, Sarah made her own Ringo Starr malaprop.
It made my day.
She mistakenly said:
“I’ll see it when I believe it.”
And I had to stop right there—but I was driving, and she hates when I stop in the middle of traffic.
So do the people around me.
But this was almost a call to stop EVERYTHING!
I’ll see it when I believe it.
That got my brain working. You could almost hear the wheels turning—it’s a bit rusty up there at times.
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I remember growing up in the religious tradition I was raised in.
There were some amazing things about it.
Have faith and your problems will subside.
Pray and you’ll be comforted.
Devote yourself and you’ll have eternal life.
As a child, that seemed problematic and cool at the same time.
Maybe there was too much discipline involved to reach those states.
But I sure could have used a little ease in my life during some of those early childhood times.
And who doesn’t love a miracle or pray for one?
Oh, my prayers would be strong for the Dodgers to win the World Series or that new drum set to come my way.
But then… “I’ll believe it when I see it.”
And as I got older, I kind of swapped that early faith system for another faith system.
And the more I studied,
the more I practiced,
the more I kept seeing my faith system in everything.
The more I believed it had influence over my life and was guiding my choices, the more I could see it showing up in my life.
I’ll see it when I believe it.
That started becoming more true.
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For me, that’s also the heart of manifestation.
Of getting quiet and asking ourselves, “What do I want to see in my life?”
I started asking myself, “How do I wanna feel at the end of the day?”
Which is different than, “What do I want to DO with my life?”
When I explore how I want to feel about my day or life, that opens up MANY MORE DOORS for achieving that feeling.
I can find satisfaction in more places than fixing computers and teaching wellness.
And when I become still and quiet in that place, I start to see the things that I believe are possible.
Coming back to faith, it’s not something I can see or touch directly, but I can see its influence.
And when I get quiet enough, I can see the actions I can take to move toward that feeling of satisfaction, of joy.
I’ll see it when I believe it.
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ROAR with Love,
Danny
The Emotional Driver
“Emotion Is the Note. You Are the Song.”
