Moments ago, I was walking my dog thinking about how hard work and manifesting something in my life has played out for me. As I was pondering this topic, I looked up towards the trees that blocked my full view of the moon- in hopes that I would start this blog out with something inspirational to say. But as much as I’d like to open up with something enlightening about the moonlight, about how enchanting it appeared and tie in a stoic metaphor- humor won and here I am describing my thought process.
Originally, I thought about the relationship between hard work and manifestation in one’s life. However, I started giving myself examples from my own life and realized that even though I have worked both hard and have manifested things for my life- I have gotten lucky on some occasions.
Now if only I could win the lottery or something.
Let’s dive into hard work. Hard work is defined as “a great deal of effort or endurance.” So, if you want something in your life that has potential obstacles, chances are you are going to have to work to achieve it. As I write this I think, perhaps I am writing about these three words in the opposite order. Should I start with manifesting then lead into hard work and throw some luck sprinkles into the conversation….
I don’t think there is a certain order for the three. By working hard for something, chances are you are presumably manifesting something because you are working towards something. However, to play devil’s advocate, you could also be manifesting something unbeknownst to yourself by working hard. Or, you could just get lucky and achieve something much greater than you thought you would originally.
For example, my dog Miley is a soul that I am incredibly grateful to know. She is smart, goofy, my unlicensed therapy dog and much more. She has this charisma about life that I appreciate. She gets compliments all of the time about how well behaved she is, etc.. Sure, I did put in a lot of training with her so she would know what her expectations are- but I think I just got lucky with having an amazing dog.
I remember when I got out of a situation in life to only find myself questioning another situation I got into. Full disclosure- it was a job. Even after having reservations about this position only months in- I stayed a bit. I had been looking for a job for months while the job satisfaction was becoming less than spectacular in the position, I was in.
Towards the end, everyone was either bailing ship, or being let go because of mysterious reasons. A lot of ‘stuff’ went down and now that I look back, there should have been other changes made that were not even options on the table. After getting out of that predicament, I found myself with PTSD from that job placement. I put in hard work in at that job in different ways, but when you have so many forces working against you- sometimes hard work is not enough and you have to shift. Sometimes what feels like the world ending leads to a better job offering. Luck and a whole lot of manifesting.
So here is the deal. You will need all three in life. I think there is a balance having all three. Work hard. Manifest it. Then hope to whatever god or no god you believe in, pulls a few lucky strings for you.
Danae Decker 