I had a revelation recently. There is no magic to creating what you want in life. You simply have to want it, totally, purely, absolutely, and then, more importantly, you have to know that you can have it.

Believe me, this realization came as something of a shock after years of rubbing crystals, chanting mantras, making list after list of 'Things I Want to Create', buying self-help books by the armload, taking untold numbers of workshops, praying, meditating, and doing whatever I could to make miracles. Could manifesting really be so simple? The thought seemed not only suspicious, but like some grand karmic joke.

Because God has a sense of humor about these things, I had to go through a certain amount of writhing before I could really get the point. For years and years, my dream was to make my living as a writer. And for years and years, I did exactly that. The only problem was that I was writing toothpaste commercials and ads for hemorrhoid preparations. I was left feeling pretty empty at the end of the day, and soon became a disgruntled ad hack who longed for a career as a 'real writer' -- one who wrote books and essays that were beautiful, moving and funny. I yearned to take my place in the world as the writer I was meant to be, but the more I slogged along in advertising, the less my dream seemed possible. Doubt permeated my spirit; I began to believe that I would never be a 'real writer', after all. I'd forgotten that I deserved what I wanted.

Eventually some sense of deserving began to seep in; I got married. I had children. A career coach talked me into writing a novel that got published...

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© Copyright Suzanne Falter-Barns. This article was originally published at our website, SoulfulLiving.com, in June 2001, as part of Soulful Living's "Affirmations/Visualization" Issue.

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