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want it.

if it’s not mine, i don’t want it. i only want what’s mine. this is the mantra, the affirmation, that will simplify your life.

you have to want what you want bad enough that you become unwilling to tolerate what’s not yours. the changeling is a powerful concept that asks if we can tell the difference between what’s ours, what belongs to us, and what’s not. the changeling is what the fairies place in our lives after they’ve taken what’s ours. it looks like ours but it doesn’t feel like ours because nothing can be what it’s not. we are not meant to be content with the substitute or replacement for what belongs to us, and to us alone.

they say that what’s ours is ours, it’s already on the way and what belongs to us won’t miss us. that’s great. but what about us? what if we can’t tell the difference? what if we continue to hold, cling and grasp onto what’s not ours – what belongs to someone else now? what’s ours will have to wait. what belongs to us will remain on the other side of the door.

what stands between us and what’s ours is everything that does not belong to us: the lies, the confusion, the illusions, the limitations, the pain and the fear. it all has to go. we must tolerate the space and uncertainty that comes with releasing what’s not ours. we will experience a temporary emptiness until we can remember there’s nothing we lack.

you want something? say, “God, give me what’s mine and don’t let me waste my own time.” you don’t know why? say, “God, show me what’s meant and do not let me force my intent.” surrender becomes our certainty and that’s how the door opens.