Perhaps a lover or two rejected you, so now you think, "I have no luck in love; my partners leave me." But in fact, what you're probably saying is that some people left you while others would have overcharged their credit cards to have tea with you in Timbuktu. But your ego just loves to go for that negative thought! That's the same ego that set you up to fail with the ones who left, now contextualizing the situation in such a way as to make sure it happens again. The ego's dictate in love is "Seek, but do not find."
You could say to yourself instead, "I'm totally attractive, and the most wonderful people in the world think I'm the most wonderful person to be with." And you know why? Because the most wonderful people for you really would think that! But your thoughts that such people don't exist, or would reject you, are literally keeping them at bay. There is no magnetic force calling them toward you if you deny that they exist.
If you're thinking thoughts like, "Men reject me," then I doubt your energy is exactly reading, "Hot babe." If your energy just confirms a past condition, then expect the condition to remain. But you can inwardly prepare for what you want rather than always affirming what has been. You can practice the life you want. "If life were what I wanted it to be today, what would I think and do? Where would I go? How would I handle myself?" It's like the movie Field of Dreams: "If you build it, they will come." Time and space are not what they appear to be; you are not at their effect unless you choose to be. God placed you on the earth to be a master of your own destiny, not a slave to the material world.
It helps to ask ourselves why we choose to play so small when we don't have to. Belief is powerful, and whatever we believe, we will subconsciously make manifest. So why do we hold on to core beliefs about ourselves that are so demeaning? When we ask that question, the answers emerge: "My family told me it wasn't okay to think I was a big deal." "I thought people wouldn't like me if I 'had it all.'" "I thought it might hurt my father's feelings if I made more money than he did."
Yet whatever pain we might experience at others' negative reactions to our spreading our wings, is nothing compared to the pain we cause ourselves by clipping them. At this time on the planet, no one can feel good about withholding their magnificence. Expressing your full potential is not just your right; it's your responsibility.
As long as you keep thinking in limited terms, disbelieving in the possibility of infinite possibility in your life, then you will never experience the miracles God has in store for you. You will deny His gifts, taking on the ego's servitude instead. In a world such as this, fear is often the path of least resistance. If you want a miracle, you have to consciously claim it. And for everyone out there who might say, "How dare you?" there are at least two more who will say, "Thank you for showing me how."
"The Gift of Change"
Chapter Six
From Living in the Past and Future
to Living in the Present
Author: Marianne Williamson
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