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Tuesday Inspiration - 15 December 2009
by Catherine Newton
Do You Know What You Want For Christmas?
 It’s almost Christmas and this is the time of year we get asked by our loved ones “What is the one thing you would really like for Christmas?” Do you know the answer? It’s easy to think of what we want in terms of gifts. We ask for it, and if we are lucky enough, we get it. Right?
So now I’m asking you what is it that you want to have in your life, but up until this point didn't think was possible. Dream a little here, like you did when you were a kid...like it’s Christmas and you could ask for anything you want!
Do you have something?
Ok...now, go and get it! Make it happen right now!
What? Did you just ask "how"?
If you did ask "HOW", it is because of a learned habit.
All your life you have been conditioned to ask "How do I do something (or get something) when I don’t know how to do it (or get it)?
Here is what I have discovered:
Firstly, before you can get the "HOW" figured out, you must first make a decision of what it is you want.
OK, got that? Great!
Now take baby steps towards making it happen. This is what I call aligned action. It’s when you make that phone call, enrol in that course, accept that job offer, join that Mastermind group, say yes to that going to that Seminar ...whatever it takes to create some forward momentum.
You are making a decision to take action where you say, "no matter what, I am going to do this or that."
Then, and only then, will the way to manifest that idea come into your view.
It’s the forward momentum that shows the Universe that you are serious about making it happen. That’s when the Universe sees you making the effort, it hears you thinking about it, it feels your energy poured into it, and it aligns itself with you to make doors open, opportunities abound and evidence happen.
In this way you are leaving space for the Universe to reveal the "HOW"!
You are going about your life, your path with a clear focus and a specific destination, and you are determined, but you are not desperate. Determination is centred, certain and focused and it produces results. Desperation causes you to linger in fear and blocks the flow of energy.
Consider this; all of the ‘successes’ we have around us did not always exist. Right? But most of what you see around you was created by people just like you – because they had a great idea, and they acted upon it.
If they had to know how to do it first, they could not have done anything because the idea and the clarity of what they want has to come first.
The next step is to let go.
You’ve heard this before I know. And I hear your question again. “Yes, but HOW?”
Abraham Hicks sums it up beautifully “Breathe. Sit every day for 15 minutes with the intention of filling your body full of air. 15 minutes in and 15 minutes out, with appreciation for this delicious oxygen. If you would just do that, your chaotic world would smooth out. It would. It is the exercise of allowing above all exercises of allowing."
So as the Christmas season is upon us, take time out of your busy day to just breathe. And as you determinedly take those baby steps, focusing on what you want, be open to the possibilities that await. Surrender to the outcome and know that is always in divine right order.
May you all manifest your Christmas wishes!
Catherine
 About Catherine NewtonCatherine is a Wealth and Abundance Coach and Law of Attraction Practitioner, as well as being a contributing writer for NZ’s ‘Rainbow News’. Catherine is committed to helping people consciously attract Wealth and Abundance into all areas of their lives. Her success strategies are based on empowering people to spend more time doing what they love and less time 'hunting' for success.
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