“Don’t worry. Be happy.”
–Bobby McFerrin
Okay, so you’ve made some goals, set some intentions. But, so far, nothing has shown up. Wanna know why?
You’re trying too hard. You’re trying to force things instead of just relaxing and connecting with the power and genius of the universe.
See this picture. It’s green bean seeds from Experiment No# 6 (The Superhero Principle) in my book, E-Squared.
The reader who sent me this picture made the intention that the back row of seeds would grow faster than the front row.
It worked like a charm, because she knew there was nothing she could personally do to make those green beans grow faster. Except be willing. She had to surrender and believe that her focus and attention was enough.
With most goals and intentions, the ones where there’s something we perceive we should do, we think surrender is not an option. We insist on trying to make our intentions happen. We use force, we manipulate. We get personally involved instead of letting go and letting the majesty of the universe do its glorious thing. The tactic of aggressiveness sometimes works, but it invariably employs “weak energy,” an energy that will always play second fiddle to the simple power of willingness.
Willingness brings openness and flexibility and new possibilities. It’s the prerequisite for changing anything in your life, the starting point for manifesting goodness.
I understand your desire to push, to go, go, go. It’s the cultural norm. We’ve all heard some version of these statements:
“You have to fight for what you want in this world.”
“You have to put your nose to the grindstone.”
“Nothing comes easy.”
“If it was easy, everybody would be doing it.”
But there is another way. And it’s simple willingness.
By cultivating a willing mind and being willing to approach things in a new way, you’ll come from a place of power. You’ll find an energy that unifies, that encourages wholeness.
Yes, this energy is invisible (making it a lot harder to trust for some folks), but, in reality, it’s more tangible and powerful than forcing and grunting and groaning will ever be.
To change your life for the better, you simply connect with the power of the universe and then step back and allow it all to unfold with ease and grace.
Pam Grout is the author of E-Squared: 9 Do-it-Yourself Energy Experiments that Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality.
As Abraham Hicks says there’s a difference between motivation and inspiration. motivation is kind of forced, it’s action you do to get something however inspiration is very chilled out and pure. It’s more effective. Things really do come to us, we just have to relax and let things pan out in their own way. I would tell myself I have to be searching for jobs everyday and doing something “productive” to get employed and have money. However in the past 3 months I have learned so much about relaxing and enjoying the ride. I have now had job opportunities come up without me searching and money flowing randomly from people
By: resilienceandlove on March 2, 2013
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