Trying Too Hard

I was blessed last night with a phone call from a virtual friend. It was our first verbal conversation, as we normally interact via the internet. From the first moment, speaking with Dottie was pure joy. She is a warm, loving woman with a contagious laugh and a wonderful attitude. Dottie has learned how to surrender, and part of our conversation reminded me that trying too hard is detrimental to getting what we want because it blocks effortless attraction.

It's a natural human response to push on when we believe we need to take action in order to make something happen. When we see no sign of the desired results, we push a little harder, labouring under the misapprehension that if we just do more, we can force the outcome we want. What in fact happens, is exactly the opposite.

Any of the following symptoms sound familiar?

• Nothing seems to be working right
• You're acting out of frustration or desperation rather than Divine guidance
• Stress levels are high
• Focus and clarity have been replaced with fatigue, confusion and scattered-ness

Trying too hard essentially blocks the flow and is a form of resistance. It creates a dam between you and your desire.

If you really want the most magnificent results as quickly as possible, you have to stop trying to control how things happen. Let go. Ask the Universe for what you want with as much clarity as you can and know that everything will be taken care of. Surrender the 'how' and follow your inner guidance so that you can take advantage of Spirit's willingness and ability to bring you everything you need to achieve your goals.

Thank-you, Dottie Angel, for reminding me that effortless attraction works so much better than trying too hard. Love ya, my friend!

Messages from Spirit via Human Angels

I love synchronicity. Those meaningful coincidences that come out of the blue at just the right time delight me. They can take any form and it's always what we need in the way we need to receive it.

One example of synchronicity is the appearance of someone who gives a message that helps us with something we are trying to work out or achieve in our current life. It may be said directly to us or it may be a case of us overhearing someone. I call these messengers Human Angels. Oh, they may not have wings and a halo but they pass on to us valuable insight, guidance or words of comfort just when we need them most. The only thing we have to do is listen and use the information in a way that feels right.

Think of it as co-ordinates for our inner GPS.

When we receive Messages from Spirit via Human Angels, we are being blessed and our prayers are in the process of being answered. It's a nice gesture to ask that the person delivering the message be blessed, too.

We need to be grateful and attentive when we receive a gift like this from Spirit and know that we have been or will be an angel to someone ourselves. We may never be aware of when we perform this service for another person but we will. We are all angels to one another. It's one of the ways that Spirit works through us.

Be blessed today!

Do You Have Deserving Issues?

Have you heard stories of people who have won the lottery and were broke again a year later? You probably think that wouldn't happen to you. Think again. If you are aligned with lack or deserving issues, it could happen easier than you think.

If we do not believe that we deserve to prosper, it doesn't matter how much money falls into our laps, we are energetically repelling it. Circumstances will ensure that it disappears pretty quickly. Law of Attraction will see to it that we have evidence of our inner beliefs. The Universe never judges us, it just takes us at our word.

Our level of prosperity is a state a mind that is reflected in our financial health. The good news is that we can change it if it's not what we want it to be.

If you want to begin changing your prosperity for the better, take an honest look at where you might be fostering feelings of being undeserving. Are you rejecting abundance and sabotaging your financial flow?

 Say Thank-you Often ! 

 

Expressing Gratitude

Expressing gratitude is a good way to start to move past any deserving issues. Nothing is too big or too small to be grateful for. Offer blessings to any and all (you don't need to do this out loud) and accept gifts graciously. Start the flow moving and keep it going. You will see improvement as soon as your beliefs and energy start to change.

Open and flowing works so well. Know in your heart that there's plenty for everyone and that you deserve to have everything you want. Don't feel guilty or wonder why, just accept it and be grateful and keep the flow moving.

Blessings to you all!

Quote: Wallace D. Wattles

"The ownership of money and property comes as a result of doing things in a certain way. Those who do things in this certain way, whether on purpose or accidentally, get rich. Those who do not do things in this certain way, no matter how hard they work or how able they are, remain poor. It is a natural law that like causes always produce like effects. Therefore, any man or woman who learns to do things in this certain way will infallibly get rich."

Changing Jobs Can Mean Changing Vibration

Feeling stuck

When we first start a new job, we feel a little nervous but enthusiastic. Over time and often without noticing when it starts, we can become bored or dissatisfied. We may even develop problems with our boss or a co-worker. We want out but feel stuck where we are.

I have worked with people who dislike their job yet remain in the same place for years. They've had a variety of reasons:

- They've put in their time and don't want to start over
- They think they're too old
- They're afraid of losing benefits
- They're afraid that they won't get a better situation

Notice that all the excuses to stay in an unhappy environment are based on fear. Typically, the longer the situation goes on, the harder it is to see a way out. At this point, these thoughts and feelings have become the dominant vibration. Unless that changes, those beliefs will only attract more of the same.

How to Change Your Vibration? 

 

* Start where you are. Realize that it's just a stepping stone to what you really want to do. If you already know what that is, hold it in your sights and imagine how it will be BUT visualize and think of yourself as already there.

* Change your dominant vibration. Start feeling grateful and blessed for every aspect of your current job. Nothing is too small - customers, co-workers, your desk and computer, the building you work in. Let yourself feel happy that it's all leading you to the job you really want. If you can do this while being clear about where you want to be, you'll make great strides towards your ideal employment.

* Be willing to release everything about the job that makes you unhappy. That may mean the job itself. Feel glad that it's going to someone for whom it's ideal.

* Hold thoughts that you and your perfect employment are being brought together.

If you can change your feelings and beliefs about your job, you'll change your vibration and attract something different. Law of Attraction guarantees it!

Profile: Bob Proctor

Bob Proctor is an author, lecturer, counselor, business consultant, entrepreneur, and teacher. He is a leader in positive thinking, self-motivation and maximizing human potential, following in the footsteps of such motivational giants as Napoleon Hill, Earl Nightingale and Wallace D. Wattles.

His extraordinary teaching ability has won Proctor acclaim around the globe and has carried the Canadian-born motivator to the far reaches of the earth. He is as well known in Australia and Malaysia as he is in Alberta and Mississippi.

Born in a little town in northern Ontario, Canada with the low self-esteem that often befalls a family's middle child, he performed poorly in school, dropped out and did a hitch in the navy. Afterward he drifted from one dead-end job to another until a friend introduced Bob to the concept of self-development through Napoleon Hill's classic Think and Grow Rich.

With the spark generated by Hill's words, Proctor found the initiative to start an office cleaning business which he grew to international scope in his first year of operation. From that experience - after seeing what he had been able to accomplish with just a rudimentary knowledge of personal motivation and goal-setting - he hungered for more information.

His quest took him to the Nightingale-Conant organization to study under his mentor, Earl Nightingale. Once on board, he rose swiftly through the ranks. Eventually, while the Nightingale-Conant organization assumed the forefront in wide-scale distribution of personal development programs, Bob felt the need to take his ideas and methods directly to the individual, to the one-on-one level which had proved so successful for himself.
In the mid 1970's, Proctor established his own seminar company and secured a contract to work with a few hundred agents of Prudential Life Insurance Co. of America in Chicago. During his first seminar Bob made the suggestion that any agent present could write $5 million in business that year if the agent made a decision to do so.

The fact that the seminar took place in July with the year half over and that no agent in that region had ever written so much business in the 100-year history of the company made Bob's suggestion appear to be outrageous. However, when the performance level of the entire division increased substantially with more than one agent actually accomplishing the deed, Bob's reputation as a motivator was established.

Over the ensuing years, Proctor has shared his special message and expertise with hundreds of business entities worldwide and, through a program of live seminars, with thousands of people of all ages in all walks of life.

Meanwhile, in addition to his international best-seller You Were Born Rich, he found time to author other works as well, including Mission in Commission, The Winner's Image, The Goal Achiever, The Success Series, The Success Puzzle, The Recruiting Puzzle, and Being Your Very Best. He is also one of the teachers from The Secret who shows others how to make the Law of Attraction work for them through The Science of Getting Rich program.

Profile: Jack Canfield

Jack Canfield is a well recognized American motivational speaker, trainer and author. He is the founder, and together with Mark Victor Hansen the co-creator of The New York Times No. 1 best-selling "Chicken Soup for the Soul" book series. The book currently has over 65 titles and 80 million copies in print in over 37 languages.

According to USA Today, Canfield and Hansen collaboratively were the top-selling authors in the United States in 1997.

Bending the Law of Attraction

Vibrational resonance

The Law of Attraction (LOA) guarantees that we attract what we are a vibrational match with. Sometimes, when we get frustrated because we're not getting what we want, we try to turn things around, take control and make the Universe do our bidding by force of action, thought and intention.

But bending the Law of Attraction won't work any more than defying gravity will. At least, not the way we want it to.

It can be disheartening when we think we're doing everything right but not seeing the results we've been expecting. While frustration is a perfectly human reaction, it won't change the situation in the way we really want it to. Why? Because all of the emotions mentioned are fear based.

When we are feeling these things, there is more than those emotions going on with our energy:

- We are vibrating from a place of lack
- We are blocking flow and guidance
- We are maintaining a lower vibratory rate

If we try to bend the Law of Attraction, we can feel sad and alone

The effects of this use of our energy may not be what we hope for:

- We attract more lack
- We feel alone, don't know what to do or feel stuck. Everything seems like a struggle
- We keep the same cycle going. It will keep repeating until we vibrate differently

When we're feeling low, it can be difficult to muster up lighter, higher vibrations. It is necessary though, to find a way in order to make changes.

After all, if you always do what you did, you'll always get what you got.

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