A mantra that I have lived by for 20 plus years now, “Name it and Claim it” is embedded into my psyche. I first came across this phrase long before I heard of the “The Law of Attraction”. It was part of a very poignant church service talking about manifesting the blessing you dream about by living every moment of your life in gratitude for the things that you want to “claim”. Over the years this has become so much more than a silly cliché as I saw first-hand the power these words held.
The concept of manifesting your dreams is really quite simple. You live in the belief that the things that seem so out of reach for you right now, whether that be a better home, a new car, the perfect partner are all right in front of you. It is an idea that no matter what your current reality is, those beautiful dreams are yours for the taking. An example of this is in my own life. I was morbidly obese and although highly educated, was stagnating in life. I had never had the confidence to live as fully as I dreamed. I lived just under the radar. It was a safe place where I felt familiar, never rocked the boat and just “lived to work”. Inside I longed for it to be different. In my heart I knew there was something bigger out there for me, but I thought it was out of reach.
I had 100’s of excuses as to why it was forever out of my reach. I was very good at advising others about the power of gratitude, but when it came to my own life I had become content to sit and watch as the months and years ticked by without making any particular mark on the world. One day I started thinking about my life and although I had revisited the concept of “Name it and Claim” over the years, for the first time something snapped within me and I thought about all the things I was missing out on. I really looked at what I craved out of life. I wanted good health, happiness, money and more than anything I wanted to set a good example for my children.
First step, I named it. It is simple and went a bit like this; I am so happy to be at the perfect weight for ME. Today I am in gratitude to God for my good health and praise you for giving me the opportunity to be at MY perfect weight. For this exercise you will use your personal spiritual beliefs. From that day forward I lived it. An amazing opportunity came from my mother who allowed me to have weight loss surgery and over the following 18 months I lost 170 pounds. Obviously, my first goal was about weight. But, that which you claim is personal to you! Since losing weight I have used this concept to attract not only the weight I wanted to be, but the body I wanted, a new career and even as I write this I am manifesting a further dream which was to have my writing published. But, you have to “walk the talk”.
The most important point in this process is that your goals are sitting right in front of you every single day. I offer pre-programming that keeps us from being the person we want to be. There is no limit to what can be accomplished if you truly live inside gratitude. The universe doesn’t have a personal stake in holding you back. The energy you give out every single minute of every single day is working. Do you want it working with you or against you? You very much have a choice in this scenario. You can choose to live in misery, which, let’s be honest, is not really living. Or you can live fully and happily manifesting the things you want.
Every single morning when you wake up, you have a choice. I know what it is like to experience pain, anger, bitterness, disappointment and heartbreak. But, you can choose to let those things define you or you can start every morning and say “in the name of God (adjust to your own beliefs) I am so grateful for the beautiful blessings I am receiving today”. It is not complicated and is accessible to everyone. There is something really amazing that happens once you start naming and claiming the things you want. They actually start manifesting! I am not saying that there is no work involved as you are still an active participant in the process. But, the work becomes a pleasure as you are seeing the fruits of your labour. If you knew every day that you had the power to change your life by making some small adjustments to your beliefs would that seem like too much work? Of course not.
This is an extract from a chapter in the book Believe And Succeed: The Law of Attraction Uncovered.
Written by thought leaders from all over the world, Believe And Succeed: The Law Of Attraction Uncovered will equip you with the tools you need to take charge of your life and take the first step towards a more rewarding and fulfilling future.
This is a practical, insightful and valuable guide to the phenomenon called the Law of Attraction. A phenomenon that is shaping the world around us with the power of thought and visualization.
The Thought Leaders That Have Contributed To This Book:
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Faith McCune Alyce Pilgrim
Candace L. Talmadge Melissa Foreman
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