We often want to create magic in our lives.

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To do something special.

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Go beyond the realm of probability.

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So we try to force and push until it happens.

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Yet that usually doesn't work.

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When we push too hard and try to manipulate life into doing what we want, things don't go as planned.

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The very thing we are trying to cultivate eludes us.

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We think we have pay attention to more details.

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Work harder at getting everything right.

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As if magic is something you put into or take out of a box.

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Rarely does it work that way.

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By being too attached to the outcome we miss the main ingredient for real magic.

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The space and openness to allow magic to manifest.

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Magic is not something to be contained or controlled.

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It is the result of being open and trusting.

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Trusting that life will work out.

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That the universe can bring together exactly what is needed in the moment.

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And life will know even better than us what is right.

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It is more difficult to cultivate this kind of magic as it takes changing how we are being, and not focusing on our doing.

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To not to try to control the outcome.

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And more importantly, not to expect the magic in the first place.

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A true paradox.

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To have magic we have to not even consider making it ourselves.

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All we really need to do is to hold the space for all the possibilities of life to occur.

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And let the universe take care of the rest.

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We show up, we do our part.

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After that, we just learn how to be present with what is.

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And maybe, just maybe, the magic will surprise us.

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Is there some place in your own life where you are holding on too tightly for magic to happen?

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Can you lighten your grip and just let go, and allow the real magic to surprise you?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant