I like to watch people - see how they conduct themselves, and how they interact with others. I have many well meaning friends that seem to create absolute havoc in their lives from time to time. I started to think about just why that might be.

I noticed that my friends that were eperiencing the havoc in their lives had one thing in common - the were unknowingly allowing their fears to run their lives. They were focusing on what they did not want to happen, rather than what they wanted to happen.

Instead on focusing their thinking on "How can I best address my work issues?", they were thinking "Please don't let me lose this job!" They were so afraidof what they did not want to lose (whether it was a job, a relationship or something else) that they were indeed drawing it to them.

These are smart people, and they would never do this on purpose. They were creating a shell of energy around them that was reaching out and grabbing exactly that which they did not want.

How can we counteract this type of thinking? The first thing that we need to do is recognize that this is what we are doing. The next thing that we need to do is each time we hear the negative thinking pattern in our mind, we need to stop ourselves and consciously replace it with positive thinking.

We may need to do this many times, because patterns once formed are not easily broken. We need to become very clear in our own mind abut exactly what it is that we want to manifest in our lives. Then we need to form a positive affirmation - a statement made in the present tense, in a positive manner, that affirms that we already have that which we are wishing to manifest.

What are you wishing to manifest? Write out a short affirmation, and repeat it to yourself (in your mind, or aloud) throughout the day.

You can have the life that you wish!