Go for Wow, not How

Even if I have not made a complete and wholehearted attempt at living by the principles of the Law of Attraction in the past, I have definitely tried to incorporate the ideas and tenents at different levels and different times in my life. There were times that I thought perhaps my efforts were working, but then it usually came crashing down and reinforced what I always believed: I have bad financial luck.

The more I read and the more I work at it now, however, the more I realize what I was doing wrong. I did a lot wrong.

The biggest problem with my approach before was that I always needed to know HOW. Its part of my nature and it is very hard for me to shake. Heck, even my facebook page sites "how to" books as my favorite "because I always like to know how." When I say to myself I am financially abundant, I can't just leave it at that. If I don't have the complete road map in front of me, I am unsettled and grow uncertain. I see a problem that needs to be solved, and my mind works continuously on figuring it out.  When I don't find the answer, I doubt the path and the destination. Then fear and anxiety set in and I see no way forward. I am trapped.

What I am starting to really understand is how important it is to let go of how. I don't need to see the whole path in front of me. I don't even need to always know what the next step is at every moment. It goes totally against the grain of the strategic planning, goal setting mentality I have been trained to use.

It doesn't, however, go against the fabric of my faith. Since I have always had trouble reconciling my faith with the my need for financial relief and success, holding the tenants of the Law of Attraction in the same way I hold my faith that I will be cared for by God takes some work and getting used to. I am now trying to have faith in my future at every level.

This time around I have been using the affirmation "the path towards greater abundance is forming before me," and "I am guided toward greater abundance." It isn't easy to relax and wait for things to happen as I continue affirmations and visualize my intentions, but at the very least it keeps me from falling into the anxiety trap.

Little by little I have been getting inspired moments with ideas and directions flashing before me. This blog came at one such time, and I am dedicating myself to it even if I can't see where it will lead me or how exactly anything will come from it that will help me meet my goals. Today I was putting my toddler down for a nap and another inspiration came to me. Its a big one, but I think it is a good one. Something that really fits for me on so many levels. If it will ever come to fruition, some minor miracles are going to have to occur. I am not going to worry about that this time around. I won't get my brain into a tizzy trying to produce the entire road map of how I will get there in one fell swoop. I am going to live with this inspiration and instead of focusing on HOW, I am just going to sit back and say WOW!