Related blog post: Call Reluctance
Previously on Manifestation Stories I had written a post about Call Reluctance and chose to set an intention to overcome my fears of calling strangers. The following was my intention:
I intend to call all 8 women who were so kind to pass me their business cards to help me. I have a strong desire to reach them on the phone and have a 5 minute discussion with them regarding their book keeping practices. I intend to have a great experience calling these women and I feel great about myself.
The results were mixed, some of my intentions were manifested and some weren’t.
I went on to calling everyone I had intended to call. I was very proud of my self because I was plowing through the business cards and feeling great when I got someone on the other end. I chatted with them like I knew them for years and I felt great about myself.
However, I was only able to reach 3 women out of 8 and 2 of their secretaries. Out of the 3 women I got to speak to, one person was just starting her engine to start driving and asked me to call back next week, 2 people were not my ideal clients to speak to because they didn’t do their own book keeping.
So, perhaps I should re-examine my intention again. I had said:
1. Intend to call all 8 women who passed me their business cards to help me – manifested.
2. I have a strong desire to reach them on the phone and have a 5 minute discussion with them. Whoops. That didn’t happen.
3. I intend to have a great experience calling these women and I feel great about myself – manifested.
The issue here seemed to be Number 2, where I had a “strong desire” to reach them on the phone and have a 5 minute discussion with them. Perhaps a strong desire was NOT sufficient to warrant manifestation. I mean, what the hell is a strong desire anyways? Perhaps there was still some fear and reservation in my subconscious mind that I hesitated to make that an intention. I will definitely have to examine my deep rooted fears and beliefs before trying again next week. I wonder if I really believed (on a subconscious level) people would be available and ready to speak to me on a Friday afternoon…hmmm…
What is most important out of this manifestation exercise is that I felt great about myself. Perhaps feeling great is the first step in getting what I want and I just need to trust that the universe will line things up for me when it is appropriate :)
