We can work at something for a long time.

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Putting a lot of effort into it.

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Showing up over and over again to do our work.

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It may sometimes seem like we are not getting very far.

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As if our progress is minimal or non-existent.

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Day by day we keep at and still feel like we are getting nowhere.

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That is when we begin to doubt ourselves.

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Is this all just wasted effort?

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The time, the money, and the energy we are investing, seems to be in vain.

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We may even begin to feel like we should stop.

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That maybe we made a mistake.

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And that all this effort is for nothing.

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If we do give up then everything we have done feels like a loss.

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So we keep going.

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No really knowing why we are still putting so much into the venture.

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Yet we continue on the path life has put in front of us.

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We have faith that somehow, someway, things will work out.

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Even when we can't see how.

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So we just keep going.

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And just when it seems like everything we've done is about to fall apart, the magic happens.

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That unforeseen event, or that chance meeting falls into our lap.

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Seemingly from out of nowhere, that magic event happens.

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And suddenly, almost in the blink of an eye, everything changes.

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The rewards of our effort start to show up.

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We begin to experience something we've been waiting so long for.

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Everything suddenly makes sense.

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It is as if the whole world comes into alignment.

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And now we can reap what we have sown for so long.

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Perhaps the benefits that come our way start as just a trickle.

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Not that much to get excited about.

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Yet they are an indication of where things are going.

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A changing of the tide in our favor.

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What started as a trickle soon turns in something a little more substantial.

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All the while new opportunities and new rewards such up in the most unexpected ways.

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It is hard to believe.

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For after working for so long , with so little coming back to us, we got used to just putting our effort in without any result.

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And now that has changed.

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Now we find ourselves in the position of receiving so much.

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The proverbial over night success that was years in the making.

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Others only see the results we have received.

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They do not remember how long and how much we put into it.

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We do.

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And we know that all that is now coming to us has been on its way for a very long time.

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So we learn to embrace our new found riches.

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They may not be physical riches.

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Yet they are all the more dear to us regardless.

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And if they are physical riches, we learn to enjoy they for the prize that they are.

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We thank life for not letting us give up too soon.

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All those who stood by us when times were lean are all given their due.

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Our hearts are full with the satisfaction of now living in the abundance we created.

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Although it was not so long ago we were doubting ourselves, it now feels like ages ago.

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And what joy it all brings to our hearts.

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So do you have something you've been working on a long time that you have yet to see the rewards of?

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What can you do to give yourself the encouragement to keep going?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour