Give Yourself Permission To Be Wrong

There was a time in my life when I believed I didn't have anything to be grateful for. 

This was the same time I believed the things that would make me grateful could never be mine!

​Anyone who knows anything about the Law of Attraction can see how this flawed belief kept me in a continuous cycle of lack; lack of love, lack of prosperity, lack of self-worth.  Lack became my cycle of attraction!

As a young wife, the thing I prayed for most was a child; the day came when my prayers were answered, twins were on the way, and then they weren't.  So I prayed for another child and that prayer was answered; she was on the way, until she wasn't. 

When my daughter was born, I was so eternally grateful for this third chance, but at the same time, there were so many things I didn't know how to do and fear of failure would often overtake my thoughts.  When the student is ready, the teacher will appear; my desire to be a good mother gave me what I needed to succeed at motherhood.

The thing about getting what you ask for is; once you have it, it can be easy to forget how much you wanted it and the gratitude you felt when you received it.  It's easy to forget because life has a way of getting us to focus on the absence of something rather than the joy of having it.

When we focus on the bills we don't know how we'll pay, the new car we know we'll never be able to afford, the home repairs that seem endless, the arguments with our spouse, the problems with our in-laws, the unbearable co-worker, the unrelenting boss, the vacation we want but can't afford, the romance we yearn for but never receive, and wishing our lives away by waking up every Monday morning and wishing it was Friday because we hate our job, we keep ourselves in a never-ending cycle of the belief that our life can never be more than it is. 

We dwell on everything we don't have until something we do have is taken away from us.  Loss can make us beg and plead to a higher power to give us what we need and want and we don't even stop to realize this very same asking place we were in before we received the thing we just lost.

All too often, this becomes the life habit for so many people. They say they have faith in "what could be" but their faith actually lies in what they believe they can't have. 

When we receive something we've asked for we fear celebrating it because someone has taught us that talking about our prosperity is wrong so we choose not to make a joyful noise.  Instead, we see our good fortune as dumb luck and live in fear of losing what we have.  We continue to follow the rules that everyone seems to adhere to and hide our light.  We hide our light because we fear being "too happy" when we know others are not.  We would not choose to give up being healthy so that all the people who are unhealthy will feel more comfortable around us so why do we insist on downplaying our prosperity?

​We secretly go about wanting more but feeling shameful for wanting it because we are following a misguided belief that wanting more is wrong.  Wanting more can only be wrong because we believe it's wrong.  When we feel shameful or guilty for wanting more, we are unable to remain in a vibration of receiving and the opposite of receiving is losing.

We don't see the habit of experience we are choosing every day because somewhere, someone told us this is the way life is. 

But what if it isn't? 

What if you could be more abundant, more prosperous, more joyful, more happy, more excited about life and all it holds?

Every ending creates a new beginning, a new opportunity a new possibility unless all of your attention, energy and focus is on whatever is ending.

I was blessed with two beautiful daughters and one day they grew up and started their own life.  The ending of having them in my home created a new beginning for them to create the prosperity they continue to bring to our family.

The divorce that devasted me was an ending that created a beginning to the life I now live.  The ending of a job created a beginning for the work I do now.  These new beginnings could only arrive as soon as I was willing to let go of what was and be grateful for what "could be". 

Focusing on what "seemed" to be, only attracted more of what I had.  Focusing on what "could be" attracted more of my desires.

I am the only one who has the power to create my life experiences; both positive and negative.  Being grateful for what I have brings me more of what I desire. Whether I can see it, feeling it, taste it or touch it doesn't matter because I don't know what I don't know and when my desires are flowing to me, I am always blessed with more than what I imagined they would be.

This is why I make a joyful noise about what I have, because there was a time in my life when I believed I didn't have anything to be grateful for and the things that would make me grateful could never be mine! 

I'm happy to let you know I was wrong about this and if you'll give yourself permission to be wrong, you will realize the only place you will find happiness resides within you!

Learn to enjoy life instead of only achieving and you will find happiness instead of always looking for it because it resides within you.  All you need to do is tap into it and let it expand!

Namaste,
Sensei Nancy Mueller ~ Founder at Mastering Your Beliefs
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