What You Want Wants You
What you want wants you. I’ve heard this before and thought, “What a cute little way to look at things!” It made me smile a superficial smile, not fully grasping the depth and meaning.
Too often a really meaningful Truth can be overlooked as a quaint and adorable uplifting thought that quickly gets pushed aside for the serious stuff. We get fixated on repairing what’s broken and healing our wounds and solving problems and even looking for the problems so we can solve them. Do you know what I mean?
The ego can and does begin to use personal development as just another way to get stuck in fearful thoughts. We don’t allow ourselves to see the goodness in everything because we’re so obsessed with changing it. We use the tools of personal and spiritual development to get more stuff and change our current circumstances but we rarely really allow ourselves to reap the benefits of what this work is supposed to give us.
Life is supposed to be good. So good! And it is, right now, whether you decide to see it that way or not. But you won’t experience it that way unless you see it first.
So back to “what you want wants you!”. This is more than just a cute idea. It’s more than just a way of uplifting you when you’re discouraged and unable to manifest the physical version of your desires.
It is a universal truth that, when you feel into it and understand it, will open your eyes and draw your desires even closer to you.
What you want wants you. The reason why you desire something is because the invisible version of that desire is calling you. Your desire wanted you even before you wanted it. It started calling to you and then you realized you wanted it. Your desire is literally calling out, “Manifest me! Realize me! Breathe life into me!”
And you get excited for a moment as it makes contact with your heart. The moment you get excited about that desire, you have made contact with it. That feeling of excitement IS your alignment with it. If you could just stay there, it would be in your experience very quickly.
But instead of allowing the universe to work the magic in the infinite ways It knows how, you start to get all heady and try to figure it out.
How the heck will that happen?
I can’t afford that!
I would never be able to do that!
Wouldn’t that be nice? (With the undertone of, “but it will never happen!”)
And then you lose contact. The higher version of you is living that dream. The dream is alive and present but you’re not vibing with it anymore. And in the moment that you no longer feel good. Not because it isn’t possible. It is possible. It’s actually happening!
The real reason you feel bad is because you’re not vibing with the truth. Your vibrational energy knows when you’re aligned with truth and when you’re not. And you know too by the way you feel.
When you feel the excitement of a desire, remember:
- This desire isn’t new. It’s been forming and manifesting in vibrational form for a while now. The fact that you’re now aware of it means that it’s so close! It’s knocking at your door and asking for you to see it through with the power of your focus.
- Say “Yes!” Let go of doubt. Release your need to figure out how. It’s already done!
- The universe has the ability to manifest your desires, and all you have to do is take inspired action when you get the nudge.
Isn’t this exciting to know? Doesn’t it make you feel way lighter about your desires? Doesn’t it make co-creating with the universe a lot easier?
Just say yes and know that what you want wants you!
Are You Denying Your Soul’s Calling?
You’ve always know it was true. It’s amazing that you played yourself this long, really. Aren’t you tired of the games? Aren’t you done pretending you are someone you aren’t? Isn’t it tiring running around in all different directions and putting on this act and practically forgetting who you really are?
You’ve always know it was true. That you were different. An outsider. You denied it because it seemed so lonely. So distant. So outcast.
So scary. “What if nobody likes me? What if I steal the show and someone else hates me for it? What if I don’t deserve it?” These thoughts that fill your mind and practically drown out the voice of Truth.
And what if you were wrong? What if you weren’t that different after all? What if you thought you had something unique but it turns out you’re just like the rest of them, dreaming forever and never really succeeding?
But you’ve always know it was true. And that part of you that knows will never forget….will never let you forget.
I think it’s time that you drop the bullshit and stop selling yourself short, stop settling, stop living small. Stop questioning yourself, wondering if it’s possible, if you really have what it takes.
You want it, right? You feel the tugging at your heart? It’s this very physical pulling that almost feels like pushing, like it’s going to burst out from you if you don’t get a handle on it.
That’s all you need in order to know that it’s real….meant to be. The feeling you get when you see someone else doing it. Where you get triggered AF because it’s what you want to be doing. That’s your sign.
Who’s going to win? The fear or the vision? The uncertainty or the part of you who has always known. The part of you that has to have everything figured out first before you take an itsy bitsy baby step or the part who just leaps because there’s always miracles unfolding beneath your feet?
I guess it comes down to what you’re willing to live for. On that day that when you transition from earth to ether, what do you want to remember?
Do you want to remember making the decision to live like you meant it? To meet the calling of your soul? To just get over yourself and do what you do because that’s what you were born to do?
Or do you want to remember always wishing it would be different? That you knew you were born for something great but you never really did figure it out because you just never found the time, the resources, the courage.
Don’t you want to feel, even just for a flicker of a moment, what it really feels like to be alive? To be beyond human. To give up the façade, take off the mask, turn towards the sun and be taken over by it all?
You decide. But don’t wait too long. Life is happening as you sit and wait. And think. Why not just jump? Miracles are unfolding beneath your very feet you know.
The Unsexy Yet Powerful Way to Live In Peace and Alignment
Much of the inner work that we do to experience more wealth, joy, health, and success has to do with realigning our thoughts about ourselves, our worthiness, our ability to create with the Truth of unlimited possibility. Super exciting, right? We get to empower ourselves with owning our thoughts, and choosing again when we detour into fear.
But one of the less appealing yet ever healing methods for transforming your life and living in grace and goodness is forgiving.
Ahhhh!! I can already feel the resistance. That word is such a trigger when you’re holding onto resentment towards someone who has most definitely done you wrong. You could tell your story to 100 people and 100 out of 100 would tell you your feelings are justified.
And still, practicing forgiveness, no matter how much of an asshole they were, is always, Always, ALWAYS necessary in order to live in peace.
Forgiveness isn’t intended to let the other person off the hook. It’s not supposed to profess the action as acceptable. Forgiveness is simply releasing the energy that you’re giving by hanging onto and revisiting the story.
Forgiving someone is saying, “I release you. I no longer allow my peace to be determined by your actions.”
(Forgiving doesn’t necessarily mean accepting that person back into your life either. Creating boundaries is one of the most loving things you can do for yourself and the other person.)
So how the hell do you actually practice the art of forgiveness?
I do believe it is an art. A beautiful practice that doesn’t happen one time and then you’re forever free. Forgiveness is a practice that happens daily, over and over again.
That doesn’t mean it has to be difficult or take a ton of time. Handing your thoughts over to God is a very simple and peaceful practice. But it takes the releasing of your ego and choosing higher thoughts.
Next time you have a thought towards someone that is anything less than love, try taking these steps to return from your thoughts of judgement back to thoughts of love.
- WAIT! What Am I Thinking? You are the thinker of your thoughts. In the present moment, the person who hurt you is only in your mind. Stop the thoughts and you stop the pain.
- Be willing to forgive. Maybe you don’t think you could possibly let go of the anger, resentment, or hurt but you’re willing to see things differently. This willingness is everything. As you hand over your attachment to these feelings, you allow God to work miracles on your behalf.
- Look for the blessing or lesson in everything. This step can take some work. And if you’re not ready yet, just give it over to the loving Universe who can help show you when the time is right. As soon as you can see that there is a spiritual lesson in every situation, you will free yourself from the bondage of the pain.
Remember that forgiveness is not for the other person. It is for you. Unforgiveness is like drinking poison expecting it to kill the other person. It is only killing you. Let go my love! Let go and let love.
Have you found liberation in forgiveness? Share your experience!