{"id":1195,"date":"2013-02-11T06:58:20","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T06:58:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/areasontosmile\/?p=1195"},"modified":"2013-02-12T03:32:57","modified_gmt":"2013-02-12T03:32:57","slug":"qa-why-didnt-the-law-of-attraction-work-for-me-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/areasontosmile\/2013\/02\/qa-why-didnt-the-law-of-attraction-work-for-me-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Q&A: \u2018Why didn’t the Law of Attraction work for me?\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Question submitted via Formspring<\/a>: \u201cHow can I tell the difference between inspired action and action to “force a result”? I was feeling good and confident on manifesting something into my life, took what I thought was inspired action only to have it blow up in my face. What happened?\u201d<\/p>\n

We talked about this question on a recent episode of my radio show, Rise UP with B. Dave Walters<\/a>, along with:\u00a0Hitting Rock Bottom.
\nWhat to do when you don’t know what to do, how to pick yourself back up again, getting over an abusive past, can sex ever have no strings attached, how men and women see love differently, the Law of Attraction, Q&A, and more!<\/p>\n

We have talked before about how the Law of Attraction does not fail, ever<\/a>.\u00a0 So the better question is what do you mean by \u2018blow up in your face\u2019?<\/p>\n

The \u2018secret\u2019 to the Law of Attraction is to stay in alignment, and keep taking those inspired actions until the result arrives.\u00a0 If you allow yourself to get distracted, or discouraged when it\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0work the way you think it should, then in those moments you are pushing your goal further and further away.\u00a0 If you look at the lives of most people\u00a0who’ve\u00a0been successful at anything, they have worked hard for a very long time.\u00a0 They get knocked down, but they get back up<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Being a conscious creator\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0mean you have a magical wish-granting genie at your disposal.\u00a0 It\u00a0doesn’t\u00a0even mean that things are always going to go your way, or that you\u2019ll never have any problems.\u00a0 What it does mean, is that you are the captain of the ship, rather than a passenger.\u00a0 The \u2018sea\u2019 around you may be smooth, or may be choppy, but you direct your energy, and by extension you direct your life.<\/p>\n

So, if you really did take inspired action, and yet your goal did not manifest, the thing to ask yourself is: What do you need to learn from this situation?\u00a0 Is it possible that the thing you want to be, do, or have, is still in the process of coming to you?\u00a0 Were you unrealistic in your time table? Did you really do ALL you could do to help it show up for you, and what can you do next?<\/p>\n

Remember, it took your entire life for things to become who you are and have the exact life you have right now, and it will take time for things to change in a new direction.\u00a0 As long as you stay focused, and in action, it will show up as fast as it possibly can, but no faster.\u00a0 Every time you give in to fear, doubt, or frustration, you just make the whole thing take that much longer.<\/p>\n

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