It’s hard for most of us to let go. We want to be proactive, hands-on, and fully involved.

But when we try to hard, overthink, and just refuse to let go and allow things to flow, we risk pinching ourselves off from the source of all abundance. Life is not meant to be a dire struggle, yet many of us are addicted to the idea of struggling, pushing, and working hard to “make things happen”.

When I was younger I didn’t care much about money or responsibility. To be honest I spent most of my days drinking beer, chasing women (most of whom ignored me), and just goofing off.

I had fun. And I never went without anything.

In fact things just had a way of coming into my life. I always had enough money to get by, people gave me cars, and food & shelter were always plentiful.

Of course I eventually started thinking about having more money. And I decided to “grow up” and start working hard.

I made many big changes in my life, but the going was rough. While I was making substantial progress, it seemed there was a ceiling on how good things could get.

After a few years of traditional J-O-Bs I was able to start working from home. And I made more and more money each year.

But at the same time, I was never able to really break free and experience the kind of abundance I wanted. Money would come in, stay for a while, then vanish and I’d really have to struggle to get it back.

This went on for a long time. Then one day as I reflected on my “past life” as a drunken couch surfer with no worries, I had an epiphany.

No, I didn’t decide to start drinking again and shut down my business. I just realized that I had forgotten how to relax and allow blessings to flow to me in the natural manner.

It wasn’t until I really began to let go of my own need to control things that my life began to unfold in the wonderful way I truly wanted. Hard work, goals, and discipline are great, and all have their place in this life.

But more important than all of these is the ability to trust the greatest good to flow through our lives. Our dreams begin to manifest when we can focus on what we want, put in a little hard work to get it, and then let go and allow things to come together without micro-managing.

Every great teacher of manifestation talks about letting go and allowing. Yet somehow these concepts are easily lost, as we strive to work work work and push things forward, so to speak.

I’m reminded of a passage from the Tao Te Ching:

“Good work is done and then forgotten, and thus it lasts forever.”

I thought I understood this verse long ago. But now, having actively studied the laws of attraction and abundance for some time, I see these wonderful words with a new and powerful clarity.

My highest aspiration now is to trust, allow, and let the great life I want manifest. Does this mean I’m all done working and setting goals?

OF COURSE NOT!

But rather than work and strain under the guidance of my ego mind, I must allow inspiration to lead my efforts. When I move from my intuitive center I am always on track to create the best possible results.

At the same time, when I expect miracles in my daily life, and wake up each day with the utmost faith that incredible things are going to happen all around me, I am harnessing the power to build worlds within my small corner of creation.

Do you find yourself often furrowing your brow, tensing up at the shoulders, and really leaning into your work with a kind of tired resignation, yet feeling always as if your dreams are just out of reach? If so begin to cultivate hte practice of just letting go and trusting the greatest good to flow naturally.

It’s incredible what happens within a small frame of time when you combine this kind of relaxed faith with confident visualization and moment-by-moment gratitude. The world has a way of opening up when you are in alignment with this simple philosophy…

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