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Change requires action
Once, I needed money to clear a debt. I set my vibration high and ensured I
was feeling good. But I didn’t take action. I just expected money to come to
me.
During this time, I won a free watch in an online competition. I didn’t usually
enter competitions because I’d never won anything in the past, but I was
feeling optimistic and so I entered. I was grateful that I won the watch, but it
wasn’t what I needed at this time. I needed money.
As time dragged on, the money I needed didn’t appear and I began to get
disheartened. I was certain it was going to come, so why didn’t it? Well, you
see: I hadn’t noticed the opportunity the Universe had given me to take
action. I’d won a prize and I didn’t consider that it could help me on my way.
Yes – I could have sold it! As soon as I realized my mistake, I 
did
sell it, and
made the money I needed to pay off my debt.
Sometimes, steps towards your goals come disguised as opportunities to take
action. If you don’t take action, you’ll miss out on the reward. Expecting
change to happen when you don’t change anything yourself is like making
chocolate raspberry cake in the exact same way, every single day, and
expecting it to turn into a chocolate strawberry cake. If you don’t add
strawberries to the cake instead of raspberries, then it won’t change! It sounds
a bit silly and obvious, right? But so many people go through their lives
expecting change when they’re doing the same things every day. They feed
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all this positive energy via their thoughts, words and emotions, but take no
action, which is vibratory in itself.
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The easy route
I find that a lot people know what to do, but they still don’t do it. They rely
on justification or an easier solution because the real solution seems too long-
winded. Some people would rather use their energy to find a way to use less
effort for the same result. Working smarter is essential for effective
productivity, but even finding a solution to work smarter requires a lot of
effort. We must come to terms with the idea that some things have to be done
the 
difficult
way.
For example, if you want to lose weight, you have to create a calorie deficit
by either increasing physical activity, improving your diet, or both. Most
people know they need to do these things but they don’t commit to them.
Instead, they’ll look for a magic pill or another shortcut to solve their
problem. They spend excessive time, energy and money on trying out
different miracle cures, when they could have achieved much more if they
simply decided to apply some effort.
Other people in this situation may do nothing at all. They want to lose weight
and they’ll moan about it, but they don’t take any action. Many of us will
label these people as lazy. People usually act in this way because of two
things. One is that they simply don’t believe that they can achieve the results
that they want to, so they’re defeated by the idea of it straight away. The
second is that they find the idea of working for the result too painful. People
won’t want to take action on things if they perceive the process of achieving
the results as being too hard. The idea of going to the gym or eating healthily
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may seem much more painful than remaining how they are. So these people
take no action. They tend to stick with easier and more comfortable options –
but rarely do we grow within our comfort zone.
Sadly, many will wait until they have no other option before they commit to
changes, when you see your current situation as being more painful than
going through whatever it takes to get what you desire. Great pain and
pressure can force great changes to occur. This is the same reason why
people will put up with toxic relationships until they reach breaking point.
They may find the idea of being single and lonely more daunting than putting
up with their abusive partner.
Step out of your comfort zone
and face your fears. Growth takes
place when you are challenged,
not when you are comfortable.
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If you want something enough, you’ll take action on it. But don’t wait for
your pain threshold to be tested. This will only delay results in the
manifestation process. Start asking yourself how badly you want to achieve
your goals. Do you want them more than you fear the process of getting
there?
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