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Just because you want it does not mean that you're actually ready for it.

Of course, you guys already know me, Mari Ribeiro, Traveling Trademark Lawyer and Elevation Coach, and I want to explain what I mean by that.

Usually, we have these desires, right? We are emotional beings. We have goals. We have things that we want to bring into our life, whether it be more money, more relationships, or better relationships, better connections, a new opportunity, traveling, a baby… whatever it is that you want to start calling into your life doesn't necessarily mean that you're actually prepared to receive what it is that you desire.

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The gap between people who actually get what they want and people who don't get what they want is whether or not they prepare for actually receiving what it is that they're calling in.

It's easy for so many of us to just want things. Of course, we want to be a millionaire. We want that wonderful house. We want those new clients. We want to travel to Bali. All of us have things we deeply desire. And it's so easy for us to just sit back and want what we want.

However, people who actually get what they want prepare for receiving it. And that is where, in another newsletter, I talked about discipline. And committing to what it is that you are calling into your life and what are the things that you need to do in order to actually have that experience.

So many of us just say that we want something, but then we aren't really willing to do the things necessary to create space for those things to come in. For example, someone who's saying, 'I want to have a fitness goal,' but then they aren't actually creating the time to wake up early, go to the gym, make healthier eating choices and drink more water.

They aren't actually putting things in place to have the experience of having a healthier lifestyle. If you are, for example, saying, 'I want a new car.’ Or ‘I want to have a wonderful vacation.' Are you actually creating the budget to save money for that new car or vacation? If you're saying, 'I really want to call in a new romantic connection,' well, are you actually doing the work to realize what is a real connection and what is just an attachment?

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These are some of the things that I dive into with my clients when we're doing coaching because they say that they have a desire. But then we look at their habits and how they're actually showing up, and you will see that the way they're showing up doesn't allow room for what they're calling in to come into their life because they haven't created space. They haven't taken on the persona or embodied that person who actually gets to experience what they're calling in.

I'm not saying that if want to be a millionaire you start spending a whole bunch of money because that's what millionaires do. Millionaires are very intimately familiar with their own finances, their bills, when they're due, who needs to be paid, what the interest rate is, where is their money being invested? Where is their money leaking? They really know these things intimately.

So, if you are a person who is shying away from looking at your bank account because it gives you anxiety or if you're a person who hates getting your mail because there are going to be bills in there, this is something that millionaires don't actually embody. They start looking forward to what they need to move their money. They start presenting themselves in a different way as it relates to the money to create space for more of that money to come in, just as an example.

This is something where I am always trying to check myself and internalize and seeing, okay, am I showing up in a way that is actually going to be inviting in what I'm asking to come in? Do I have room? Am I showing up responsibly enough to handle what I'm calling in? And this is what I mean. Just because you want it doesn't mean that you are equipped to handle it coming into your life, God only gives you what you can handle. So if you are not preparing for a new skill, learning a new language, or doing something that is going to prepare you to receive that new thing that you're calling in, it's going to be really hard for it to find the space in your life to actually come to you.

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Creating space is what I talk about in my ebook, which I'm leaving the link here in case that is something that you think, 'Hey, I'm actually going through something like this myself. Let me get some resources.' I have something for you. So I'm leaving the link here. This is also something that you can really consider and check for yourself. If I say I want this, what are the things that I need to do to prepare myself to be equipped to handle it when it shows up? I'm interested to see some of the things that you have been calling in and where you've been seeing some of the speed bumps along the way that have maybe causing a delay in what you are looking to experience or have in your life. I love hearing from you guys.

So I'll see you on the next one. I can't wait!