The Power Of Manifesting!

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Ok, guys! I’m gonna get a little woo woo in this episode but I want you to stick with me because I know how powerful this is.

I’ve been studying and practicing the law of attraction and manifesting for quite some time now and just recently was reminded exactly how much power I have through it.

So before I go into the whole story, I want to give you a quick crash course in the law of attraction.

Law of Attraction 101

Basically, it’s the ability to attract into our lives whatever we are focusing on. Meaning that all thoughts turn into things eventually.

So if you focus on negative doom and gloom you will remain under that cloud. If you focus on positive thoughts and have goals that you aim to achieve you will find a way to achieve them with massive and inspired action.

This is something I wholeheartedly believe in.

You are where your attention is! If you are in a negative mindset then negative things tend to happen to you.

We all know that one person that is always focusing on the negative stuff that happens either to them or in the world in general. It’s easy to get wrapped up in those thoughts.

They say misery enjoys company and it’s true. The more you surround yourself with the negative the more negative will come to you.

The same is true for thinking positive and practicing gratitude.

If we can stay in a mindset that is full of gratitude and hopeful positive thoughts then we get more of those good positive vibes and feelings.

The universe/god/the creator whatever you want to call it wants to give us what we want. So if we are in place that is focusing only on the negative then it will help us get more of that and vise versa.

We need to be intentional and clear about what we want and what we focus on. This way the universe knows exactly what we want and will do everything to help us get it.

Do you believe that you can manifest whatever you want?

Let me tell you what just happened to me and why I am recording this episode now.

My hubby and I went up to Durango a couple of weeks ago. If you listen regularly you probably knew that but what you didn’t know was why we went.

We actually went up there to look at a couple of properties that we were interested in. We wanted a vacation home that we could set up as a VRBO.

Well, I love love love Colorado and was pretty sure that I wanted a house there. Until I was there.

While we were seeing the houses, I kept getting this heavy feeling. And thinking about all of the work that goes along with owning a house in a state that is a 12-hour drive or 2-hour plane ride and that deals with lots of weather-related issues.

I decided that I didn’t really want to own a home there. I love to visit but don’t want all of the added work and liability that goes along with owning a home.

So when I got home, I decided to dig a little deeper into my feelings and I realized that it wasn’t about owning a home in Colorado at all. It was about missing and wanting to out in nature more.

You see, I live in Dallas. Well, Plano to be exact and it’s basically a concrete-laden big city with not a lot of the beautiful nature that I grew up with in New Braunfels and Austin.

We don’t have a lot of hiking trails, hills, mountains or rivers here and I really miss that outdoor lifestyle that I loved so much.

I used to go camping a bunch as a kid and young adult. I have some really awesome memories of being off the grid and want my kids to have those too.

My husband never went camping and grew up in the city with immigrant parents who worked all of the time and never did anything outdoorsy.

They were just trying to make it in the US and give their kids a better shot at life. We can’t fault them for that at all. They were in survival mode for most of my husband's youth.

I introduced my outdoor lifestyle to my husband and he fell in love too. Well, mostly anyway. Let’s just say he’s more of a cabin or lodge guy and not a tent camper. LOL

So, in digging deeper into my why, I realized that it was all about missing my connection with nature and not owning and maintaining a vacation home in Colorado.

I did some research decided that I wanted to get a vintage camper and remodel it to fit our family and go on more camping trips.

I’m a pretty handy girl and while this might be a little bit of a stretch for me, I feel totally confident that I can do it.

I basically went on a Pinterest binge of everything vintage camper.

Then, I went onto Craigslist and every other site I could think of and started looking at vintage campers.

I decided on a budget of $4000 for something that I was pretty sure I would need to gut.

Next, I put a couple of pictures together of what I was looking for and sent a text to my friends and family. I asked them if they knew anyone that had one to sell or to be on the lookout for one that they might run across. You never know right?

Within 2 hours of me sending that text and reaching out to a couple of people from their online ads, I had a camper.

Turned out that my neighbor’s stepdad had a vintage 1977 Shasta Starflyte that was just sitting on his property as a storage room.

It was in decent shape and had the super rare extra bunk.

Best of all, he was willing to sell it to me for $800. That’s waaaaay less than some of the other disaster trailers that I was actually considering.

I was sooooo excited. I jumped on it.

There were a couple of issues that came up that could have killed it but possibilities opened up to me when I needed them.

First, we are starting a backyard renovation and I couldn’t actually get the camper until March of next year.

Second, I realized that I wouldn’t be able to get it into my driveway. We have an alley driveway and a sliding gate. There is no way that I could be able to get it back there.

Third, my Honda Odyssey isn’t able to haul anything.

So I asked if I could wait and get the camper in the spring and he said of course. I could store it there as long as I needed. Woohoo!

Then I started looking for a place to store and renovate my camper when I did get it. Well, I found a small self-storage site like a mile from my house that has spaces for campers and RV for less than $75 a month. Woohoo again!

Now for the hauling. I’ve been looking for my next car for while and was so torn on what I wanted to get. Nothing that could fit all 5 of us comfortably really did it for me.

Since I now needed to haul up to 4000 lbs, I was able to quickly decide that I wanted a Toyota Sequoia. Now that I clearly know what and why I want it, I’m sure the right one will pop up soon.

All of those issues could have been a no go on the trailer but I was able to keep the positivity up and was presented with solutions to each of them.

Within 24 hours of me deciding that I wanted a vintage camper so that I could be out in nature more with my family, I had a camper.

And not just any camper. A vintage camper with the rare extra bunk and a bathroom plus it was in decent shape so that I don’t need to completely gut it and it was $3200 under my budget!

If I can manifest this rare vintage camper for that price, I can manifest anything!

So let me recap the steps real quick.

1. Get clear on what you want and why you want it.
2. Do some research to understand all that it entails.
3. Spread the news! Let everyone know what you want.
4. Stay in tune with what and why you want it.
5. Wait for it to present itself. It might not always be in the way that you thought.

If you are interested in learning more about the law of attraction and manifesting then check out Abraham Hicks, James Wedmore or TheLawOfAttraction.com.

Until next time, have a wonderful rest of your week. Bye for now!

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