I Got My Entire Wish List! …once I stayed with it
From Margot M.
Note: Judy Goodman mentioned here is at the core of Manifesting 123.
Ken Elliott first introduced me to the concept of Manifesting in February of 2013 when we met to discuss a painting commission for a client of mine. Over the course of several more meetings regarding the painting, he continued to elaborate on his own fruitful experiences with manifesting and those of his friends who had also seen positive results. While the power of positive thought was not new to me, engaging it with an intent for results was. As it was less than a year into launching my art consulting firm, and being very determined to gain traction in the competitive market, I figured, “Why the heck not?” and decided to give it a whirl.
Using the instructions in the book, I began to formulate “my perfect future” movie — what that looked like, who was in it, and how it felt. It didn’t take long before I was playing my movie in my mind’s eye almost daily. The movie included my driving a new mid-size SUV up to my home with a fabulous new landscape design, a constant flow of client checks in the mailbox, the kitchen of my dreams, a strong healthy marriage with my amazing husband, and being surrounded by family and dear friends. In my movie I am overwhelmed with gratitude and joy, secure in the knowing that this abundance was well-earned, is here to stay and will only expand. Each time I engaged in this few-minute ritual, it ended with a big smile on my face and warmth in my heart. If nothing were to come of playing my “movie” regularly, at least it was a few minutes of feeling REALLY good each day.
Well, most of 2013 turned out to be an incredibly challenging year for my marriage, my business, and me personally. At times I felt like throwing in the towel on all of it. There were many hard lessons learned that made my “movie” feel like a complete joke and a waste of time. I was sure that I wasn’t “special enough,” “deserving enough” or “pure enough” to receive the blessings that Ken had claimed were possible. By mid-year, unable to piece my “movie” back together after it had been shattered, or to script a new one, I closed the curtain on manifesting…until November.
In early November 2013, Ken’s dear friend Judy Goodman came to Denver to conduct a one-day workshop. This wasn’t my first experience listening to and openly absorbing, Judy’s life-changing guidance and wisdom, but that day reignited my manifesting fire. I went back at it full force, with the same “movie” I had been playing all year.
Within a few days, my husband, with whom I had never shared the contents of my “movie,” said, “Let’s start figuring out what it would cost to remodel our kitchen. If our tax return and my bonus are big enough next year, we should do it!” I was shocked and partly in disbelief because for the past 15 years, we had been putting our tax return toward mortgage payments. We had been envisioning and discussing the possibilities for a major kitchen remodel since the first day we laid eyes on our house and that remodeled kitchen is what I played in my “movie.”
Could this be a sign that manifesting works? It was too early to tell.
Late in November, I received a random call from a notable client requesting a proposal for a very exciting project: my biggest yet. (In fact, the previous year, my firm lost a similarly scaled, but MUCH lower budgeted, project to a competitor.) The first meeting with the new prospect client went exceptionally well, but they wanted to wait until after the holidays to make any decisions. I had to be incredibly patient despite my excitement and confidence that my business would be awarded the project.
With the holidays, naturally came snow and ice here in Colorado. The light on the dash of my 14-year old VW Jetta indicating a problem with the anti-locking breaks had been on since spring. It would cost nearly as much as the car was worth to make the repair. With the business still in its infancy and having to work a part-time job to barely make ends meet, neither the ABS repair nor a new vehicle were financially feasible for me. And sure enough, I endured two incredibly scary situations sliding through busy intersections without breaks. I swore that I would have that new SUV I had been manifesting before the Winter of 2014 came along.
Fast forward to July 2014…….
Our 2013 tax return and my husband’s bonus were just enough to cover the cost of remodeling our kitchen exactly as we had envisioned and we are loving it! It feels like the space it was always meant to be and it finally fits our aesthetic taste and lifestyle.
My business revenue in the first six months of 2014 was equal to that of the last two years combined! With several juicy projects coming in the next few months and with continued manifesting, I know this will turn out to be an excellent year of growth for my art consulting firm.
A month ago I sold my 2000 VW Jetta for a good amount and we purchased a Jeep Grand Cherokee —supremely safe to drive in winter and big enough to haul fairly large works of art. (Up until now, I was regularly spending money on rental vehicles just to transport a few large pieces of art across town.) Although we looked and considered a variety of makes and models, it wasn’t until several days after I drove the Jeep home that I realized I had pasted a picture cut from a magazine of the very same car, in the same color, to my vision board well over a year ago.
Oh…and, as far as my marriage? My amazing husband and I are better and stronger than ever, excited to be celebrating our 17th Anniversary next month! (Thank you, Judy!)
While these four things from my “movie” didn’t come to fruition by unusual or seemingly miraculous means like some other manifestation success stories, they DID come true! And, I couldn’t be more grateful! I express gratitude for these blessings every day, and I am more in-tune than ever to the power of thought. As Judy Goodman says, “What we think and what we say become our reality.”
What I’ve found is like anything worthwhile, manifesting takes a bit of discipline. It can be easy to fall out of habit, to become impatient, to say, “I don’t have the time,” to only do it half-heartedly or to give up. When I think about how much time I spend procrastinating on social media sites, I realize I could be using that time much more effectively manifesting my future and meditating.
It’s not easy to live each day with only positive thoughts flowing through my mind and positive words flowing over my lips. I am human after all, but it’s a goal worth striving for. Oddly, I find more comfort than fear in the understanding that I am in the driver’s seat of my life, and no one can create my destiny but me.
Thank you, Ken Elliott, for sharing your approach to manifesting with me and with others who are ready to change their life. Your generous heart and spirit shine bright, my friend.
Margot made it happen.
A lot of people are excited after reading Manifesting 123 and the stories in this newsletter. Then they do nothing, try it for a time, or stay with it every day. It is human nature to let things slide when you don’t see immediate results. Margot gave it a try and when times got tough, she stopped the manifesting process. I’m glad that her meeting with Judy encouraged Margot to start manifesting the life of her dreams again.
In a matter of months, everything on Margot’s list came to be. She was tremendously successful with very little effort on her part. Without special skills or abilities, she simply imagined her better future every day. Margot makes a number of good points here. It’s a story worth rereading and passing on to friends.
She did have a big advantage though. She learned how her thoughts literally take form as soon as she thinks of them. This is the only book that shows you how it happens.
Learn all about it in the book or listen to my radio interviews. Script the life you want starting now.
Thank you Margot!
Ken
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