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Flow with the Universe
Embrace good vibes and learn to let
things flow. There is no need to force
outcomes. Once you are in harmony
with the Universe, what’s meant
to be yours will come to you.
No one in the world has always manifested every single goal they’ve wanted
in the time they’ve desired. You can change outcomes through your vibe, but
you must accept that things will unfold in their own time and for your highest
good – which sometimes means in a way you hadn’t imagined.
Once you’ve learned to hone your manifestation skills, you must let go of
your attachment to the goal. By trying to force or control the outcome, you
breed resistance by feeding fear and doubt. When your heart is in something,
only good things can follow.
Now, this may not always seem true. But remember that rejections are just
redirections to better things. Setbacks are pauses for thought, opportunities to
alter your plans – for the better. And however big any failure may feel at the
time, there’s 
always
a lesson to learn. Only with faith can we recognize the
value of our apparent downfalls. What we truly want often comes wrapped in
different packaging.
Learn to let go and let things flow. As I mentioned at the beginning of this
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book, the concepts of action and inaction must be balanced. Your job is to do
the best you can to achieve this.
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PART SEVEN
Pain and Purpose
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Introduction
Life doesn’t battle you because you’re
weak, it battles you because you’re
strong. It knows that if it gives you
pain, you’ll realize your power.
The great Greek philosopher Aristotle claimed that everything happens for a
reason. You can apply this when you consider that every experience in your
life is designed to shape you and help you grow into the highest and mightiest
version of yourself. This means that even a negative experience can be seen
as an opportunity for growth, rather than a time for suffering. (This doesn’t
mean that we shouldn’t grieve or feel down when we do go through painful
life experiences, and it’s important to give yourself time to heal after such
events.) If you always play the victim when something goes wrong, life will
always treat you like one. Don’t let your circumstances define your future.
Aristotle’s belief may make people think, ‘Yes! I feel that!’, give them hope
or slightly annoy them. I understand why some might find the phrase
irritating; when someone goes through a horrific experience it’s very difficult
to see reason for it. All they feel is pain, and they may feel that by saying
this, you’re demonstrating your ignorance about their situation.
However, the majority of us go through at least one period in our lives that
we find very tough. So we can relate to someone’s low points to some extent,
even if we don’t understand them exactly, because we have felt low
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ourselves.
Sometimes we just have to believe there’s a good reason behind it that will
reveal itself to us when we’re ready to acknowledge it.
A schoolteacher of mine once told me a story about how his brother missed
the last train from the town he was studying in to go home for the holiday
season. When the brother missed the train, he was devastated and angry with
himself.
However, later that evening he learned that train he was meant to have taken
had tragically crashed and nearly all the passengers had died. Upon hearing
this, he thanked God for saving him from what could have been his last
breath, and he said, ‘Everything happens for a reason.’ I’m sure the friends
and family of the deceased passengers wouldn’t have agreed, but from the
brother’s perspective the phrase made perfect sense.
Just because you can’t see the
point behind a challenging time,
doesn’t mean there isn’t one.
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If it hadn’t been for my father’s death early in my life, I wouldn’t be sitting
here trying to inspire people; I’d have entirely different stories to tell because
my experiences would’ve been different. This doesn’t make the fact that he’s
gone any better; with my father around, I might have avoided many of my
hardships. But the phrase gives you an empowering perspective so you can
move forward with your life.
The past cannot be changed; only our perception of it can. By creating this
shift in mindset, we start to trust that everything that happens 
to
us also
happens 
for
us. As we begin to change our perception to a positive one, our
life improves. If we don’t change it, we lose our joy and are consigned to low
vibrational states.
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