It’s difficult to manifest what you want in life if you are
continually harboring the idea that it won’t ever happen. Effortlessly
fulfilling your heart’s desires generally requires a more positive mindset—an
attitude of expectancy at the very least.
But how do you get beyond an underlying sense that the eventual
fulfillment of your desire is in doubt? One answer is to take a baby step, and just
begin to focus on the possibility of
your desire being fulfilled. Years ago I came across a good technique for doing
just that. It was in the book, “Ask and It Is Given,” which came out six months
after I published “Row, Row, Row Your Boat.”
The technique is simple. You just ask yourself one basic question:
“Wouldn’t it be nice if my desire was
fulfilled?” More specifically, you might ask: “Wouldn’t it be nice if I reclaimed the healthy weight I had 10 years
ago?” “Wouldn’t it be nice if I received the perfect job offer this month?”
“Wouldn’t it be nice if we moved into our dream house this year?”
The beauty of reflecting on this question is threefold:
First, it shifts your attention
away from what you believe is impeding the fulfillment of your desire and
directs it toward the possibility your
desire’s fulfillment.
Second, it takes any feelings of
discouragement or frustration you might be experiencing and replaces them with better
feelings—“nice” ones.
And third, it is a very gentle approach
to focusing on your desire, so you are less likely to slip into a demanding or
controlling frame of mind. The details for fulfilling your desire are left up
to The Divine, which is always the most beneficial way to manifest what you
want.
As helpful as this technique is, though, it is still a baby
step—a step in the right direction, but a baby step nonetheless. Once you accept
the possibility that your desire can be fulfilled, you are ready for the next
step—a bigger step. That step is to acknowledge the absolute certainty of your desire’s fulfillment.
Again, there is a helpful technique for doing that. Only
this time it is not from the book, “Ask and It Is Given.” It was created by a
friend of mine named Joanne Patek, who has helped numerous people accomplish
their goals and realize their dreams by using this powerful, self-directed
question: “Won’t it be wonderful when my
desire is fulfilled with ease, and I give thanks?” Whether your desire is for
a wounded relationship to be healed or a long-lost heirloom to be found, I
think you can see the superiority in the way this question is worded.
For one thing, the fulfillment of your desire is no longer a
question of “if.” It is now just a matter of “when.” And that sense of surety
puts you in a very powerful position to manifest what you want. Why? Because
when you are absolutely certain your desire will be fulfilled, you automatically make the kind of choices
and take the kind of actions that lead to that fulfillment. If, instead, your
mind is conflicted or full of doubt, many of your decisions can be
self-sabotaging.
Notice, too, the phrase, “with ease.” Many desires can be
fulfilled through struggle, strain, perseverance, or pain. But why forecast
that kind of difficulty for yourself? Other than having to practice a little
patience, you want your desire to be fulfilled effortlessly, right?
And how do you want to feel when your desire is fulfilled? Don’t
you want to feel “wonderful?” Said another way, don’t you want to be full of wonder? Don’t you want to marvel at the manner in
which your desire manifested? Sure you do! And it’s only fitting to be filled with
a sense of awe and wonderment. Because when you ask yourself “Won’t it be wonderful when . . . ?” you
are—in a way—invoking a miracle.
When you ask yourself “Won’t
it be wonderful when . . . ?” you get the sense that the fulfillment of
your desire is not something that is going to require an undue amount of
planning, hard work, and determination on your part. No, you get the sense that
a Higher Power will be orchestrating the
fulfillment of your desire, and little—if anything—will be required of you.
When you ask yourself “Won’t
it be wonderful when . . . ?” you are acknowledging that you have Divine
assistance in this life, and you are fully anticipating the moment when you
will “give thanks” for that celestial support . . . and that’s assuming you
haven’t already given thanks in advance,
showing just how confident you are that your desire is going to be fulfilled.
Here is just one example Joanne shared with me that
demonstrates the power of this technique:
Joanne had traveled out of town to
be a guest speaker at a church. Her host for the weekend was a woman who lived
on a rural road—a road that was full of pits and peaks and potholes. The woman
wanted to have the road graded, but was bemoaning the fact that getting the
road graded would be a huge effort, requiring the local sheriff’s approval, securing
a permit from the county, and so on.
Joanne reminded her host that
figuring out exactly how to get the
road graded was not her primary job. Her primary job was to focus only on the
final fulfillment of her desire, fully expecting it to be completed with ease.
In other words, her job was to simply reflect on the question: “Won’t it be wonderful when this road is
graded with ease, and I give thanks?”
Sensing the power in that question,
the woman began to let go of her concerns, and together she and Joanne began to
joyfully anticipate the grading of the road. They didn’t have to wait long for
it to happen. In fact, the very next day—Sunday morning—Joanne and her host
were navigating the bumpy road to church when they came across a man on a
tractor. And guess what that man doing? Of course! He was grading the road! In
less than 24 hours the woman’s desire was being fulfilled—effortlessly. You can
imagine how filled with wonder and reverently thankful that woman must have
been in that marvelous and miraculous moment.
So, my friends, do you have a desire you want to fulfill? Do
you have a goal you want to accomplish or a dream you want to realize? If the
fulfillment of your desire seems doubtful, then take a step in the right
direction by entertaining the possibility
of it happening. But don’t stop there. Take the next step, as well, by fully anticipating it happening—easily! Won’t
it be wonderful when it does? You bet it will. It will be wonderful, indeed!
Steven
© 2015 by Steven Lane Taylor
Steven Lane Taylor LLC
