“That was the world I lived in now. All I had to do was speak, and it was handled”
This week my partner sent me a link to a YouTube video that he found interesting about our brain, our attention and our ability to think. After my post-gym shower, I sat down to watch the 12 minute video, resisting the temptation to watch it at 2x speed (since this was exactly the thing the video was talking about). Thankfully, 12 minutes later, I made it through, attention span in tact 3and heart inspired. To summarize it for you, it advised that one of the best things we can do for our own mind is to start reading more. Shocker, I know, and yet this time it felt different. It felt more important to me, maybe because of where we are in this social media era. I have been aware of the chaos the internet as a whole brings into my life and so I immediately picked out the next book for me to read.
The Inheritance Games, by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
The book is about a girl who becomes a billionaire overnight and finds herself in a world where she can ask for anything and her new team of people can make it happen. The quote stopped me in my tracks when I first read it because this is what the Universe does for us. It handles things on our behalf, no questions asked. All you have to do is speak, and then consider it handled. But how often do we truly trust that things will work out? When it comes to manifesting the things we want in life, believing that it will actually happen is usually where most people get stuck. We say we want something, but deep down, we doubt. We don't trust God. We don't trust the Universe. And most surprisingly, we don't even trust ourselves to be worthy of what we're asking for.
Want to get a fulfilling job? Do you trust God to handle it?
Nervous about an upcoming speaking engagement? Do you trust yourself to be able to handle it?
Some of the most powerful words I ever learned to say are: "I trust myself" because I didn't realize how much I didn't until I forced myself to keep saying it. It shouldn't feel awkward to say that you trust yourself to react the way you want, or to trust yourself not to mess something up. If you find it hard to say "I trust myself to handle this situation" or "I trust myself not to mess this up," that's a sign. A big factor between success and failure is often just your pre-game pep talk.
You think Michael Jordan would be such a great basketball player if he told himself that "he doesn't trust that he can make the shot"?!
The Universe uses the law of attraction to give us what we believe, not what we want. If we want to get the role but we don't believe that we can, guess what's going to happen? That's why learning to trust ourselves - or at least trust in a higher power working in our favor - is key to reaching our goals.
Think of the Universe as your personal assistant. If you say, "I would really love to see my friends soon," consider it handled and watch how things start to align. Suddenly something falls through on your calendar, you message your friend, and they call you just as you were about to hit send. Things will work out when you trust God to handle it.
So the next time doubt creeps in, take a deep breath and remind yourself: "I trust myself." Because just like having the most reliable personal assistant, when you trust in yourself and the Universe, amazing things start falling into place. Now go forth and manifest those dreams - consider them handled!
Yours in self-trust,
Itu
Xx