I Got This

One beautiful summer day while babysitting for our granddaughter, my husband and I took her over to our neighborhood park. She became very excited when she saw all the new playground equipment she had never explored before. There was a building structure with lots of steps to climb, monkey bars, walkways to traverse across, big and small slides to enjoy and a rockclimbing wall. She had fun testing her abilities out on everything. The last thing she eagerly decided to try was the rockclimbing wall.

As she began climbing, her feet often slipped and of course grandpa was always right behind her catching her when necessary. By the time she was halfway up the wall grandpa noticed her hesitating and asked her if she wanted some help? She answered confidently, “No Grandpa, I got this!” And without any more help from him, she continued to intently focus on each new hand and foot movement. She also began to say to herself “I can do it” until she finally reached the top on her own. It made me smile and it warmed my heart to see her confidently believe in herself and not give her power away to any thoughts of fear. I also felt very proud of my son and his wife, having realized that they had been teaching our granddaughter how to use the power of positive self-talk every time she stepped into a new experience.

A few days after our granddaughter had gone home, I returned to my morning habit of journaling outside when weather permitted it. I have a wonderful little spider friend who often entertains me while I’m writing. She’s constantly spinning an intricate web that extends from the side of my house over to a pine tree. On bad weather days I often see her web get torn apart by the wind and rain. What I love about my spider friend is she never gives her power away to outside circumstances. She always shows up for herself and begins spinning a new web. Even when her home seems to get destroyed every few days, she picks herself up and she’s back creating what she wants, designing a new web in which she can live and nourish herself. One morning she blessed me with the sight of the largest and most gorgeous web I’d ever seen that was three feet in diameter. I instantly thought: Thank you my wonderful spider friend for never giving up on yourself. Though she’s only an insect, she knows intuitively “I got this” and she rebuilds her home no matter what. Just like my little granddaughter, she sets her intention and creates the results she wants.

Flashback to 2004 when I was introduced to the law of attraction. I had my doubts about it but within three years of continual practice I proved to myself that it really did work. Sometimes I manifested things I wanted and other times (when I wasn't paying attention to what I was focusing on) I manifested things I did not want. Through this experience, I proved to myself that the law of attraction is always working. It has no prejudice when it comes to helping us manifest things as it always responds to whatever vibration we're emitting. Thankfully with each passing year, I’ve learned how to quickly readjust my thoughts when I'm out of alignment and pick myself back up off the ground.

However, when the pandemic hit, I must confess, I fell into the trap of becoming afraid of the unknown. After many months of living in fear, I finally admitted to myself that I was sick and tired of feeling like my life was out of control. Everything I’d learned about the law of attraction has fallen by the wayside. I realized after listening to the news day in and day out, I kept attracting more worrisome thoughts into my mind. I set my intention to take my power back. I began using all the law of attraction principles I shared in my book (Steppingintoalifeofjoy.com) to bring me new and different results. Despite the pandemic I found peace and comfort in my own personal life because, just like my granddaughter and my little spider friend, I set my intention and thought to myself “I got this”.

As we move into the holiday season, and we find ourselves beginning to feel stressed out, let’s remember Dr. Wayne Dyer’s famous quote: When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. During the rest of 2024 may we all choose the high road and remember how it feels to be an innocent child and every time we face a new challenge, we say to ourselves, I got this

Suzanne Young is an intuitive life coach who specializes in the Law of Attraction. She is also an inspirational speaker, author, and co-owner of Personal Success Programs, since 2007, with her husband Kevin Young. You can email her at suzanne@psprograms. com and their website is www.psprograms. com. Her office number is 248.349.6225.