Tuning to a new station

The radio wave is a precise frequency of high-vibration energy that carries specific packets of information. 

We take it for granted that to find a particular transmission, we must turn a dial to move across the frequency spectrum. A broadcast on the FM band is fundamentally different from one on the AM band.

Take Classic FM, for example. It transmits a specific genre of music. If you want to listen to classical music, that is exactly where you tune your radio. 

However, if you are looking for African house music or techno-trance, Classic FM is never going to satisfy that desire. 

You could write a letter to their management demanding to know why they don't play electronic tracks, but you already know the response they would offer: Classic FM plays classical music.

There are other stations transmitting African house and techno. 

There is simply no point in looking for a broadcast on a frequency where it doesn't exist.

Instead, you use the dial to navigate the spectrum toward the sound you actually want.

As you get closer to your destination, the static fades, the transmission becomes clear, and you lock the receiver onto that precise frequency. 

That is the fundamental purpose of the dial: to tune into the broadcast you want to hear.

How is this like life?

Sometimes, our daily experience doesn't match our preferences. We love stories of people fighting against "reality" to shape their circumstances, pushing against the world to force it to change. We call it a struggle, and it is aptly named because it is exhausting work.

But what if the struggle is unnecessary? What if our experience is simply a frequency selection process—one chosen entirely by us?

When we find ourselves trapped in a broadcast we don't prefer, we can complain. 

Or, we can realize that we are the ones who tuned into this frequency in the first place, and changing our experience is as simple as turning the dial.

If this were true, what would you consciously choose to tune into right now?

If something in your current experience isn't working for you, consider what you actually want. 

What is the feeling you are seeking? 

Let that feeling be your radio dial, and adjust your frequency until the static clears.

If you could turn the dial and change one thing in your current experience today, what frequency would you tune into? Let me know in the comments below!