Day 195: It Took 3 Years. Or It Took 30 Minutes.

There are times when everything is going great and you're on top of the world and there are other times where nearly every aspect of life feels like trudging through molasses.

I see it as the natural ebb and flow of things.

Once I'm flying high because I've learned the previous lessons that were bogging me down, it's time for the next lessons.

I watch the same patterns with Youtube views and the stock market.

It's like riding waves. You can't get the big wave unless you wait through the tide to go out a few times before the right one shows up.

And you get the joy of riding it because you were ready, watching and waiting.

It doesn't matter if it's little things or major life changing events. They all follow the same pattern.

Sometimes things happen quickly for us and other times it feels like it takes forever. And there are also times where it's so close, you were sure it was here and then it takes a little longer.

Yesterday was one of those "it took forever" days.

I was so happy because my new handyman, Fidel, came and took out a very comfortable swivel rocker/recliner that I have wanted out of the motorhome since day 1.

It's too big, and I need that space for storage.

For at least a year I've been looking at RV forums and Facebook groups, trying to figure out how to get something this big out of a 21" wide door.

I've even asked ChatGPT, who thought that if we took the leather off the back there might be a way to take it apart.

So, Fidel turned it over and after about 30 minutes of us both scratching our heads looking for something that had screws we could take out, we took off the circle base it sat on.

Just taking that off allowed it to fit through the door sideways and he and his son set it outside for me.

That was a small victory a long time coming. Now I have a bookcase type thing with storage bins and open shelves and I made sure it was exactly deep enough to hold the feet of my tv and not a bit more.

The extra storage space and floor space is something I've been visualizing for a long time.

I bought the stand last October. Before I knew how the space would open up.

It doesn't have to be writing a bestseller or winning the lottery for visualization to matter.

You can use visualization as part of your manifesting process for any little thing your heart desires.

I'm also very aware that everything thought I have impacts my life, whether it's fleeting or constantly on a loop.

Each thought has energy to it. The question is how much.

That depends on if I feed that thought or dismiss it.

If I would have said, "Why did I buy that thing? I've had it for 9 months and I still can't figure out how to get that chair out of here," that would have counteracted my visualizing myself sitting on the sofa enjoying watching TV and having that space cleared.

How likely would it be for that to happen if I'm sabotaging myself by those negative thoughts repeating on a loop?

Looking at the evidence, those thoughts seemed true.

Until yesterday.

Someone had recently said that exact negative thing to me, and I just brushed it off. I wan't going to give it any time in my brain.

Thoughts, whether planted by us or others, either strengthen or weaken us. They shift our energy field quickly.

It depends on how you choose to look at things.

You could say it took 3 years to get that chair out.

You could say it took 9 months to finally use the stand I bought, not knowing for sure the chair would ever be removed. But, I had faith and proceeded based on that.

Or you could say that I attracted someone who could help me, and in 30 minutes the chair was gone.

And then it took him an hour to figure out how to put the stand together.

It's all the perspective we choose to filter life through.

All of it is true. It's just a matter of what we focus on.

For me, I like the whole story because it shows that I had a vision and I followed it through. It took 3 years, but I didn't lose faith and give up. Instead a bought the stand and waited another 9 months.

And now I walk into my living area and it's exactly as I pictured it.

Some things show up in minutes, and some take longer.

Some things look like they're delayed when they're really still lining up.

The person, the tool, the timing, the opening.

All of it.

That's why the story we tell while we're waiting matters so much.

We can keep saying it hasn't happened yet.

Or we can keep holding the vision and trust that when the right piece shows up, it may only take 30 minutes for everything to change.

Today's Gentle Practice

Think of one thing you've been waiting on longer than you expected.

Ask yourself:

Am I telling the story in a way that strengthens my faith or weakens it?

You don't have to pretend you aren't tired of waiting.

Just notice whether your current thought is helping you stay open or closing the door before life has finished lining things up.

With you,

Lynn