What, after all do we really need in life other than water, food, shelter and companionship? It would be a wonderful place if this were the case, unfortunately life is not so kind in this modern world. Simplicity has all but vanished, replaced by a system of checks and balances that constrict and confine our thoughts. It is designed to make us believe that we need it, that we cannot live without this system. The problem arrives when we succumb to the demands of society and become complacent. It is then that we can no longer survive without it.
Opportunity arrives before us each day, usually unnoticed. There is always a dream awaiting manifestation and because of out finely tuned schooling and disbelief in miracles, we cannot see these gifts. We manifest nearly every wish we set our minds to, yet when the manifestation appears before us we are too busy with our pre-programed lives to take notice. On the rare occasion when we find ourselves staring at the very thing we have created, we over look it, telling ourselves it does not fit into our lives, rather than embracing the beauty and simplicity of the gift. We are often too busy with more important things to notice at all and the manifestation gets pushed aside, then later overlooked until it may no longer be presenting itself.
Sometimes it is the exact dream we have dreamed a thousand times, and we choose to ignore it because it is one dream and logistics tell us that there is something that does not fit. Other times we reason it away, telling ourselves that it cannot fit into the life we have become comfortable with, a life that if taken apart would be far to complex to understand. So what do we do when the door opens and the offer is gifted to us, sitting there with a sign saying "I am yours, Come take me now?" We tell ourselves that we are not worthy, or that it will hurt someone else, or we make a thousand other excuses to justify the life we have made for ourselves already.
The next time you see even a glimpse of what may be an object of manifestation, Stop! Take a look around you, then sit quietly and look inside. We forget that decisions can be made with more than our logical brain, in fact it is so seldom that we allow our true feelings to get involved that we are losing touch with them. What we feel is reality, not what we conceive with our logical minds. When opportunity knocks, do not treat it as a stranger, but rather a long lost friend. Invite it in and catch up on old times, hear it out and listen with your heart. Give it the time it asks for and then, only after you you can truly tell yourself that it is not what you want, give it a second thought.
Ask opportunity for more time if you truly need it but do not be greedy about it. The world that manifestation lives in does not know time, it only knows your heart. Choose carefully between the two because the next offer will not be the same. When we refuse the things we manifest, we refuse our dreams. You see, it works both ways, because we control our own destiny and if we cannot accept the very things we create for ourselves, we are doomed to follow the ways set forth for us by others.
C.W.Wolf 2009
