Energy for this coming week - Tarot Card - 5 of Cups!

 5 of cups  - The spilled milk card! 

 

 

Oh! That’s not good you might say when you see this image.  And yes, you do have a point, like many cards in the tarot deck, they show up to teach us, to give us direction and a huge pep talk. This card is no different.  The 5 of cups has many lessons in it, many lectures but many good things to show us.  It shows up many times when we need a good kick in the arse.  

 

We all have those moments in our life (and if you don’t bravo!), when something negative is happening.  That negativity pulls us down a path that is dark, and then it weaves its way into our mindset, whispering rude and unsettling thoughts into our ears.  You suck, you’re not worthy, nothing will ever work out for you, no one likes you.  The list of negative thoughts is endless and can be put into any situation, whether that’s career, romance, friendship, family, self-growth (diet/fitness), etc.  

 

Many of us know how important mindset is and that we shouldn’t allow negative thoughts or situations to stop or slow us down but they, like many lessons in life, have this sneaky way of twisting into our lives in the most creative way.  After all, we do have emotions, we are not robots, and we have our ups and downs.   There are going to be moments in our lives when we have certain expectations and desires, we do the work and yet things are just not working out the way “we” thought it should.  And those are the moments when we are vulnerable, and Mr. Doubt and his friends show up to whisper their poison into our ears. 

 

As annoying as it is, and even as I’m writing this, I’m rolling my eyes, BUT everything in life is a lesson.  Everything happens for a reason.  It sucks and we often look at others and say to ourselves, well they don’t seem to have as many lessons as I have.  Which may be very true, but does that change things? No!  This is your life, and it can be glorious.  And whatever is happening, or in this case not happening, there is a reason behind it.  The craziest thing is the reason it may not be happening is because there is something better waiting for you and the universe is closing that door, so you are forced to move forward towards that opened door!  

 

I think the hardest part when this card shows up, is the feeling of the unknown.  The card is telling us to shake it off, don’t get stuck in the negativity and to move forward, good things are waiting.  But move forward towards what?  And that is the lesson!  Trust the process, trust that as long as you are moving forward with what you can do in the now the universe will do its part and direct you towards that open door. 

 

Do something every day to improve your life and move you in the direction you wish to go in, baby steps are powerful steps!  One of the major factors in taking those baby steps is “not crying over the split milk”!

 

Manifesting - Does It Work?

 

     We have all been there, working at being positive, working at having the right mindset, working at sending out to the universe what it is that we want in our life.  Then we sit, and we wait, and nothing happens.  If we are focused on a specific time and event, that comes and goes and still no results.  And that is when we throw all our manifesting books in the garbage, delete The Secret from our audiobook list and our Netflix my list.  Our mindset flips and our belief that this whole manifesting thing works, crashes and breaks into a million pieces.  But here is the biggest and hardest part of manifesting; it’s all about knowing and trusting you will receive the best version of what you are manifesting and not EXPECTING it to happen.  

 

     Manifesting does not work if you EXPECT the universe to reward you.  It’s about knowing and trusting the universe will reward you.  Knowing and trusting that the universe will provide you with what you are manifesting when it’s the right time and it will be exactly what you need not what you want. 

 

     The key is to continue to manifest, continue to have a positive attitude, and continue to walk forward towards your goals.  When I first started to enhance my abilities, I heard a lot about “Let Go, Let God/Let Universe.” Manifesting is one part of the action in Let Go, Let Universe.  Manifesting is more about a perspective and mindset than it is about actually receiving what you are trying to manifest.  

 

     When you switch your mindset, you switch your perspective.  When you switch your perspective, you look at things completely differently. What that does, is it creates your energy to change from one of negativity and being a victim to the universe, to one of a Magnet, attracting positive things to you.  The whole like attracts like theory.   

 

     Manifesting is not just about faking it to make it or just switching the words you use verbally or in your mind.  That is just a start to flip your perspective.  Those steps are the exercises you have to do to work out your brain.  And by exercising it every day your brain will become strong and your perspective will completely change.  And then your life will completely change!

 

     This perspective is all about positivity and looking at life from that perspective.  And NO that does not mean you have to be happy all the time or cheesy positive or nice all the time.  It’s not about viewing life with rose coloured glasses on.  This perspective is about gratitude, it’s about appreciating everything, good and bad.  It’s about looking at things that happen and not saying “why me”, it’s about saying “what is this teaching me and how can I use that to reach my goals”.  And then it is about continuing to move forward towards what it is you want in your life and how you want your life to look like.   

 

    So, where does that leave us when we are about to throw all our manifesting books out the window?  Take a deep breath and keep going.  Put the books back on your shelf for you to reference again, create a gratitude journal and make a to do list that leads you towards your goals.  

You CAN DO THIS, and the universe will help and reward your hard work.  It just may not be when you want it and look exactly like you think it will.  Chances are it will be 100% better than you are asking for! 

 

People think of manifesting like a diet, you do it for a bit to get results and then life will be awesome!  Manifesting is a lifestyle, just like improving your health, it’s not something that you do for a few weeks and all will be wonderful in your world.  It’s about changing your lifestyle, changing your perspective and mindset forever and then your view of the world changes and because of that positive things start to happen in your life.

 

Manifesting is a lifestyle and when you approach it that way you will be successful in reaching all your goals and bringing in the positive changes you want in your life.  Manifesting is a way of being not a quick fix.