THE STEPS IN-BETWEEN

Recently, I was listening to a popular podcast where the host was interviewing a best selling author and expert on the power of your mind and mindfulness. He was explaining how there is nothing really woo-woo about manifestation, and that it is actually more scientific. Essentially it is about committing something to memory by focusing your attention on what you want. When the host asked him to explain further he said something along the lines of: write your intention down, repeat it to yourself and visualize it, then rinse and repeat until it is committed to memory.

I have no issue with this concept, because I believe the very principles of Feng Shui and the cures that are used to help bring us into balance and manifest what we want in our lives, operate quite similarly. They help to remind and keep us focused on the changes we are trying to bring forth in our lives.

As the guest went on to talk abut how he had manifested all these wonderful things in his life, cars, career as a doctor and multiple homes, to name a few, I was left wondering, yeah that’s fantastic, but what happened in the in-between moments? What actually showed up to help you get to the end point?

As Megan Gilbride from Nine Red Envelopes and I spoke about on our podcast “Let’s Keep Going” episode one – No Mundane, No Magic –  sometime we don’t recognize how the universe is showing up to try and help us achieve our goals. 

We set an intention for a new car, but we only achieve it after our best friend shows up to help us create a budget to better manage our finances. Or, we set an intention to improve our relationships or find a new partner, but then a co-worker encourages us to sign up for a self-help class to learn how to set better boundaries and be a better friend to ourselves. And then, when that special someone does show up, we are better able to welcome them into our lives.

What is often overlooked are the stories in-between the setting of the intention, the placing of the cure or rituals and the end result. Because a lot of stuff does happen in the middle, and if you are listening, that is where the stories of the real power of intention lie.

The final results may very well be the change that we were hoping to manifest in our lives, but it just may not look that way on the steps in-between. When we can see the way it shows up for others, it helps to better understand how it might be showing up for us. Because it is in the ordinary moments that the real magic happens.