{"id":2245,"date":"2015-01-09T06:24:55","date_gmt":"2015-01-09T11:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.livelifemadetoorder.com\/blog\/blog\/?p=2245"},"modified":"2021-08-02T06:09:26","modified_gmt":"2021-08-02T06:09:26","slug":"law-attraction-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livelifemadetoorder.com\/blog\/law-attraction-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Law of Attraction Lessons from My Landing a Four Month Housesit in Bali"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, yeah, as you can see from the title, my next adventure is a four month housesit in Bali, to commence the beginning of February–we can stay even longer if we want, but not sure yet. When reflecting back on this manifestation, I saw so many great law of attraction lessons, and I think using this concrete example to illustrate the different points is very helpful for grasping the various ‘nuances’ of the manifesting process and seeing how a particular manifestation came together.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, we are super-excited because Bali is one of our favorite destinations in the whole world. And the assignment is in one of our favorite parts of the island. While I do my best to maintain equanimity in my life, and not let my emotions swing too high in either direction, I am super-excited, not going to lie. And, I’m not going to lie about the fact that most of the time, I am not great at maintaining said equanimity. So, who I am I kidding? I’m going to be excited damn it.<\/span><\/p>\n

You Don’t Need to Always Think about What You Want to Get It<\/span><\/h2>\n

You hear a lot about visualizing about what you want and holding good thoughts around it. Don’t get me wrong…this is really helpful much of the time. Visualizing helps us discover any blocks we have, because as most of us know, attempting to picture our desire often brings up all sorts of gross feelings that ultimately amount to us not thinking this is actually possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

Visualizing helps us shape our desire, and come up with scenarios that feel good, and we can get behind emotionally. When doing it feels good, visualizing is one of the best ways to build some positive momentum behind what we want, and strengthen the belief we can have it.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, think about all the times you may have gotten something you said you wanted, but hadn’t given much thought to. Think of how many people consciously working with law of attraction relay this same experience. If all this focus was an absolute requirement for manifestation, these things couldn’t have happened.<\/span><\/p>\n

As for this housesit, we had mentioned a few times in passing how it would be cool to get one in Bali because we love it so much there. There were no strong intentions set, no picturing myself seeing an ad, talking to an owner, or living in Bali. No affirmations, vision boards, or other tools employed to make it happen.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now, I get that this total detachment may not be as easy for things that are really important to us, like finding a husband or making our fledgling business a success. We really want these things, we feel we absolutely need these things. They are just not casual desires that would be nice. Because we have so much ‘charge’ around certain desires, and lots of beliefs that may be blocking them, we usually have to do some work to shift our energy, and this naturally is going to make us think about these things.<\/span><\/p>\n

That’s okay But, just know that you don’t have to think about it as much as you probably are now. The thinking isn’t what is creating it, it is the feeling and belief. The Universe knows what you want, your higher self knows what you want. The order has been placed.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a fun experiment, write down a list of things you would like to manifest, but are not a super-big deal, that are not central to your happiness. I’ll bet you many of these things will come to fruition. Maybe not today or tomorrow, but at some point.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0Follow Your Intuition<\/span><\/h2>\n

There were a couple of different things that happened during this process that demonstrate the importance of following your intuition. As someone obsessed with traveling, I am usually thinking about my next destination before I have barely settled into my current one. I’ll admit that one of my big challenges is fully enjoying the moment. There is just so much fun in planning stuff, and having something to look forward to. If you have this tendency as well, I would suggest working on it like I am…it can be a major happiness saboteur.<\/span><\/p>\n

I am currently in the US and we knew several months back that we would be coming here during this time period. Naturally, we were discussing what we would do next, and decided to explore a different part of the world. I really liked Central America, and Ryan had never been except CR, so we decided on Mexico and there. We speak pretty good Spanish and it would have been a nice, short flight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Normally, I would have jumped right on setting all that up as soon as it was decided, but for some reason, I hesitated in booking anything, it just didn’t feel like something I had to do right then. I did my normal research, getting my usual ‘high’ from looking at flights and perusing rentals on AirBNB, but didn’t do my usual pouncing. And this was in spite of having decided for sure we would take this trip. There was nowhere else we were thinking about going, and we knew for sure we weren’t going to come back to Asia.<\/span><\/p>\n

Second intuition experience was actually coming upon the listing for the assignment. The site it was listed on allows you to sign up for country specific notifications, so I never<\/b><\/i> check the general listings where you can find every available assignment that is currently open. You can also make a calendar showing your availability, and if the dates of the assignment were in the time frame when you weren’t free, you would not receive the notification. Because I knew we would be in the US for the holidays, I put us as unavailable until the beginning of January.<\/span><\/p>\n

Because the owner listed the assignment as starting in the beginning of December, I did not receive a notification. But, one day, I felt a nudge to check the general listing page just to see what sorts of jobs were being posted, and there it was.<\/span><\/p>\n

Even though we weren’t available for that time, I decided to email anyway just in case there was any flexibility with the start date. Well, turns out there was, and the dates we were looking to come were perfectly fine with her. There is currently staff, and a neighbor, keeping an eye on the pets and house, and it wasn’t imperative someone be there right at that time.<\/span><\/p>\n

Start paying attention to any nudges you get to do certain things, or to not do certain things, as was the case for me in not booking that other trip. Do your best to keep logic out. The more you allow yourself to listen to your intuitive nudges, the ‘louder’ they will get and the more confident you will be in honoring your intuition, which is that part of you that is connected to ‘all that is.’ Deep, I know.<\/span><\/p>\n

When You are Aligned with What You Want, Nothing Will Keep it From You<\/span><\/h2>\n

Since getting what we want is all about being aligned, believing we will get it, and said want, is a good representation of our desire, nothing outside of our own energy can ever affect the outcome. It is easy to think certain elements must be present, or certain things must happen for a situation to work out, but that is not how it really goes.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are really vibing high about your search for a new job, for example, a typo in your resume, or not having the exact desired experience, is not going to keep that perfect company from calling you; flubbing the interview a bit won’t really matter\u2014they are going to think you are great and know you are the person they need to hire.<\/span><\/p>\n

Housesitting is freaking awesome, and as such, there are oodles of people looking to do it, from location independent folk like Ryan and I, to those trying to to save for a house of their own.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, the average assignment is going to attract a lot of interest. Only one applicant is going to get picked, maybe a few, if it is a longer term assignment.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have applied to a handful of assignments, and in order to give a bit more pop to our inquiry, I always like to include links to our Facebook pages and blogs to show more of who we are and what we are like. In all my excitement about this potential gem, I realized I forgot to do this about a day after.<\/span><\/p>\n

And I got a bit worried, thinking that I missed a chance to help us stand out a bit more, that some piece of information contained within these pages might have made us seem more appealing, and now we might miss out. Obviously that didn’t matter because they picked us. We were aligned, and there was nothing that would have stood in the way of that. <\/span>And if we hadn’t gotten picked, it would have had nothing to do with my forgetting to add those links.<\/p>\n

Which brings me to my next point\u2014there is no such thing as competition, only unlimited abundance of all kinds, and the ability to create what we want. Many people lament their inability to find a housesit because of the competition. <\/span><\/p>\n

While we certainly have not been offered every assignment we have applied for, I would say landing long-term assignments in Fiji and Bali shows we are aligned quite nicely. The owner of this house said that within three hours of posting, 25 people had emailed her, and many more over the next couple of days. I remember the owners of of the Fiji house said that over 40 people contacted them. These people liked us best..don’t know why, who we were up against or whatever else was factored in, but ultimately it doesn’t matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pursue the Opportunity But Don’t Get Attached<\/span><\/h2>\n

Not getting attached to opportunities that present themselves is super-important but also super hard at times, no? We are doing this whole attraction work to change our day to day reality. When something pops up that promises to do just that, being as cool as a cucumber, regardless of the outcome, can be quite the challenge. We want this thing, we want it so, so bad. The reason that getting attached is so problematic, however, is because it demonstrates a belief this might be our only shot, and another opportunity may not come along again. This thing is just what we want, and no way something similar or even better could materialize.<\/span><\/p>\n

When I saw this assignment, I won’t lie, I got pretty excited. This was the exact situation I had always said would be great, and to see it pop up, especially when it was something that I had not given any thought to, was really cool. This whole making a statement in passing, and then just letting it go, without any sort of attachment or thinking about it, is really the best way to go about getting stuff in my opinion.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, I did my best to rein myself in. I sent my email and worked on cultivating a sense of detachment. She got back to us within a couple of days and did an interview. It went very well. It sounded good for us, but more people to be interviewed, and she would get back in touch. More time passed than I had thought, and I was getting a bit antsy. I kind of needed to know whether this was going to happen so I could proceed with other plans if not. But, I kept my cool, and eventually she got back in touch. Lots of stuff going on with her, and that is why she hadn’t emailed sooner.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, it worked out, but if it didn’t, that would have been okay too, which brings me to my next point…..<\/span><\/p>\n

When One Thing Doesn’t Work Out, It Usually Means Something Else is in the Works<\/span><\/h2>\n

Because we were planning on going to Mexico and Central America, I was very keen to land some house sits in this part of the world. A few showed up for Mexico, but with the exception of one, I never heard back from the homeowner. We were set to take the one we were offered, but the couple decided to change their travel plans and didn’t know when they would actually take their trip. A bit disappointed, but ultimately, I knew it happened for a reason. <\/span><\/p>\n

The reason was because Bali was lining up for us. This was the same reason that even though we decided to do this other trip, and were super-excited about it, something was holding me back from booking houses and plane tickets. <\/span><\/p>\n

Now, I know that some of you are probably thinking about the times when we attract things that don’t quite work out because it is there to show us blocks, strengthen our sense of contrast to help us figure out what we want, or give us some sort of clarity about the situation. All of this does not seem to be indicative of something else lining up in the way I am talking about it now, and you may be right about that.<\/span><\/p>\n

But, remember we are always<\/b><\/i> moving towards what we want, and everything that happens is always serving that end. So regardless of why<\/b><\/i> something ‘unwanted’ may have happened, it will never keep you from your desired manifestation; it is irrelevant, as far as ultimately letting this this thing in, is concerned. It is never meant as some sort of message from the Universe that you can’t have it, so you best be setting your sights on something else. <\/span><\/p>\n

So, when something doesn’t work out, it’s all good. This isn’t the end all be all. What you want is not off the table. Things can always go your way, you just need to cultivate some more trust and not get too attached to any one thing. <\/span><\/p>\n

In Closing…<\/span><\/h2>\n

I hope you enjoyed the post. I know it was heavy on relating my experience, and not as much on the ‘theory,’ but I thought it would help see a concrete example of the various aspects of attraction, the stuff that is ‘between the lines’ of ask and it is given, and these other simplistic statements about how LOA works. It really is that simple, but as we all know, in practice, we can struggle a bit.<\/span><\/p>\n

Your Turn…<\/span><\/h2>\n

What did you think of the post? Did my experience help clarify these five lessons contained within this manifestation? Did you read anything that really clicked with you in terms of things you are looking to manifest right now? Do you have any examples of these lessons to share? Looking forward to hearing from you so we can have a nice chat!<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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