The Miracle of Manifestation!

I've always been a big believer in the power of manifesting what you want. I can recall when "The Secret" came out in Jr. high and I wanted to see if it really worked. I sat in an auditorium during an assembly one day, when the person with the microphone announced that he was going to throw out three candy bars to the audience. I looked at my friend and told her I was going to catch one of the candy bars. My friend laughed because she knew the odds were slim to none. I closed my eyes and pictured myself raising my hand and holding the candy bar. When I opened my eyes I saw it coming toward me, held up my hand, and caught the candy bar. I can still remember the shock on my friends face and the excitement I felt that it actually worked. Since that time, I've tried to manifest things I want coming into my life.

Over a year ago I made a vision board for a project I had developed at my job. I was training hundreds of women on the importance of creating a vision board and believing that everything on it would end up happening for them. I found photos on Pinterest of things I wanted to see manifested into my life. After the project was complete, I brought home the vision board and put it on my bedroom wall. I look at it occasionally, but I haven't spent too much time really focused on what is on it. A year has gone by and I am now in a new job. I recently finished months of training and am quite comfortable with my new role. I began feeling like it was time for a vacation. (You know how when you invest so much mental energy into learning something new, that after awhile your mind just needs a break. That's how I was feeling.) I called my friend who lives in London and asked her if she was able to take time off work and go on a trip with me. She said yes. So I booked a flight and four weeks later I was headed to London. During our trip planning, we decided we would go to the Amalfi Coast in Italy. She had recommended it and I had never been.

So we went to the Amalfi Coast and it was stunning! Seriously, even photos don't do it justice. It is beautiful! I found a hotel where my friend and I wanted to have something to drink and enjoy the view. There is a place at the hotel where we were able to take some beautiful photos of the colorful homes against the mountain. I loved it! Well, fast forward to tonight when I was organizing my room and noticed my vision board. I looked at one of the photos and realized it was the EXACT same photo as the one I had just taken at the hotel. Literally I was standing in the same spot as whoever had taken the photo on my board. My mind was blown. I immediately sent a message to my family of the photo on the vision board along with the photo I took. They also found it amazing!






I realized once again the power of having a vision board. I also recognize the significance of deciding what you want to see happen, believing it is yours, and then not obsessing over it. There is power in just knowing it is on its way to you and not worrying about the "how".  I can't help but tie this into my belief in God, because I think they go hand in hand. I believe that God knows what we want. I think prayer is a form of manifesting. We often ask God for something and then we have to choose to believe He will give it to us. Yet sometimes we find ourselves doubting because we don't see how it can happen. We try to control it ourselves, and in the process, we get in the way of it manifesting into our lives. I've learned, that similar to the vision board, when we pray for something, we need to believe that God will work out the details. We need to keep moving forward while choosing to believe it is already ours. You see, this is where I think faith comes in.

Its easy to believe something when you can already see it. The real test of faith is choosing to believe when you have no physical proof in front of you. Our minds are powerful and they are often quite logical. If you can't see it, it doesn't exist. Yet, I believe that faith is the catalyst for manifestation. Faith is the trigger to make it unfold. Faith is always required before something is manifested. It takes practice to re-train our minds to believe that good things are coming to us.  Most people have an easier time believing that things won't work out and we won't get what we want. Why? Why is it easier for us to doubt that good things can be ours and that life can be full of joy? I think we live in a world where we are taught that we aren't enough. We feel like we don't deserve happiness as much as someone else. You guys... let me just tell you right now... that is a LIE! A huge LIE! As soon as we can recognize the lie for what it is, we can stop buying into it. We can create anything we want in our lives. There are no limits!

We are all deserving of joy. We are all enough just the way we are. We can have anything and everything we want, the key is choosing to believe it... not just saying we believe it, but really believing it! Like I said, I think it takes practice, but it is possible for all of us. Whatever you want to put on your vision board can also become a reality. Choose to believe, believe it is yours. Know that God will work out the details. All you have to do is have faith and know it is on its way to you.

Gah... I love this concept so much. I know it works! I hope you can also find something you want to see happen in your future and manifest it into your life. When we live from a place of abundance, we see miracles. :) We see that there are no limits to the things we can create in our future!