On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know that how bad things may look right now means nothing. It’s how good you know they can look with God’s help that counts.
Neale Donald Walsch
Are you focused on the problem or are you focused on expanding your belief and knowing that everything is always working out for you?
If you said, “Yes, but” or wanted to explain to me how things really aren’t working out for you, then you’re focused on the problem. And you are getting more of what you’re focused on.
Achieving anything first begins with the belief that it is possible. If you don’t believe it, how hard are you going to work? How much are you willing to try before you give up? How much will you sabotage your own efforts to prove yourself right?
One of the most famous examples of this is Thomas Edison. It would take him almost two years of failed attempts, new discoveries and prototypes before he would find success in creating the carbon filament light bulb.
After Edison’s seven-hundredth unsuccessful attempt, he was asked by a New York Times reporter, “How does it feel to have failed 700 times?”
He responded, “I have not failed 700 times. I have not failed once. I have succeeded in proving that those 700 ways will not work. When I have eliminated the ways that will not work, I will find the way that will work.” It is said he tried over 6,000 different carbonized plant fibers looking for a carbon filament for his light bulb.
Do you think he would have continued undaunted if he didn’t believe that he would ultimately find the solution that would work?
How can you begin stretching your beliefs to accept that wellness and wellbeing—or the essence of whatever it is that you want—are possible?
There are many, many ways, but here are a few:
- Disregard what others have told you. Unless it is a Universal Truth, meaning it is true no matter who, no matter where, no matter how, then it does not have to be true for you.
- Stop struggling. Relax and just accept that where you are is just where you are in the journey. Things are shifting and changing, even if you can’t see it.
- Expect a different outcome. Just because you’ve tried something in the past doesn’t mean you shouldn’t try again. Analyze what didn’t work before and try again with the new information.
- Have a little faith. Trust that All-That-Is (God, the Universe, Source Energy, Higher Coach—whatever works for you) not only has the power to make the planet rotate so perfectly that we can predict when the sun will rise and set and the pattern of stars across the night sky, but also can bring about the solution that is best for everyone involved.
What can you do to begin stretching your beliefs to accept that what you want is possible? What happens to your actions when you begin to believe and then know? How much more fun is the journey to where you want to go?
Together we can do it!
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Very sound advice. I have always loved the Edison quote!
Me, too! Thanks for commenting!
Wonderful advice. I love the story about Edison.
Thank you! Appreciate your comments!
Yoda hits Luke with this concept, too; Luke, “I don’t believe it”, Yoda, “That is why you fail”. We find it so much easier to believe in what we CAN’T do than what we CAN do. Once again a timely and spot on message!
Yes, Yoda is wise indeed! I also like, “There is no try. There is only do or do not.” Glad it was a timely message. Thanks for commenting! Love you!
I definitely need to remember not to worry so much, as this causes stress I absolutely do not need. Time to focus on being happy, healthy, and positive so I can get more of that in my life. Awesome post, as usual!
Thank you! Here’s to letting go of stress.