Universal Law of Attraction

Your card today was drawn from the 'Universal Laws of Conscious Creation' deck, authored by Lara Solara, Dana DaPointe, and Marlene Chapman.  Your card today is the 'Law of Attraction' card and the photo above was taken with a blooming cactus in the front yard of our Arizona home.  The message from the guidebook for the 'Law of Attraction' card is this:
"The Law of Attraction states that like attracts like.  Thoughts and feelings have energy frequencies that attract from the Universe the people, things and circumstances that are of similar frequencies.  The Law of Attraction is a magnetic power that will draw to you the external experiences that correspond with your internal state of being.  The Law of Attraction is always operational; you cannot expect that you will attract people and conditions to you only when you are meditating or visualizing.  The thoughts and feelings you entertain as you move through your day also direct the Law of Attraction.  It is important to remember that the Law of Attraction will draw to you all the quality and content you focus on, whether or not this is ultimately what you want for yourself.  To consciously control what you attract, first define clearly what it is you really want and then spend time each day visualizing your desires as manifest.  Second, move through your day in a state of gratitude, detachment, and positive expectation.  Instead of trying to make everything happen, know that the Law of Attraction will naturally draw people, events, circumstances, opportunities, ideas, inspiration, and synchronicities to you.  This card reminds you that the things that you have been focusing on are on their way."

My message for you today is this:
One of the greatest misconceptions about the Law of Attraction that was further perpetuated unintentionally, in my opinion, by the book and DVD 'The Secret', was the necessity to TAKE GUIDED ACTION!  Simply visualizing and residing in the energy of your desired outcome without taking the necessary action steps to manifest your desires is an unreal expectation in our physical experience here on Earth.  It is absolutely KEY to align yourself energetically and thereby attract what you wish to draw into your life; but then, when the Universe presents to you the circumstances, opportunities, people, etc. that will lead to the manifestation of your desires, you MUST take the action necessary to bring it to fruition!  Manifestation is an ACTIVE not a PASSIVE process!  The beautiful bloom on the cactus in the photo above is constantly in motion, even if we can't see it happening with our naked eye... Louis Schwartzberg, a gifted cinematographer who specializes in time-lapse photography, was featured on OWN's Super Soul Sunday recently. His gift of capturing nature's wonders has allowed us to witness the entire process of a flower coming into bloom and he says that in truth, flowers are always 'dancing'.  This bloom is attempting to ATTRACT the insects and birds necessary to keep the plant alive...and although it would seem to us that it is PASSIVE in implementing the Law of Attraction, it is actually in MOTION.  
Another important aspect to the Law of Attraction brought to your attention in the message above is to feel and act as though what you desire is already here.  A client who came to me for a reading was a wonderful teacher for me in that regard...  A few years ago, I had acquired a new Mac laptop and had been struggling with transferring and burning CD's of my client's sessions from my MP3 player, using this new device.  My tag line used to be 'I am making friends with technology', but my client reminded me that this proclamation kept my desires in the FUTURE and that my affirmation needed to be stated in the NOW in order to manifest my desire to have a compatible relationship with that darned laptop!  'I am a tech Goddess!' is what you will now hear me say, when I am striving to navigate my way through any technological endeavor!  Let's face it---I am never going to be your 'go-to girl' when it comes to technology, but it is my desire that the tasks I need to utilize my laptop, etc. for will happen with ease and grace!  (Dare I say that I really do believe that I HAVE manifested that in many ways!)
I also want to remind you today that just because you don't see physical evidence in your life right at this moment in time that you are attracting your desires to you does not mean that the Universe isn't working 'behind the scenes' on your behalf!  Remember...'Rome wasn't built in a day'!   Choose to reside in gratitude, even if it would seem that your prayers haven't been answered yet!  I have spoken many times about the powerful manifestation energy of gratitude and this is a huge component of the Law of Attraction.  
What do you choose to attract into your life?  THAT is how you consciously script your own life!
Blessed be...