“Be a creator, will things into existence,” Jonathan Baker.  Creation is an active step.   We see what we want and we take some action to make it happen.  We are meant to be the designer, the architect of our lives and in order to do that, we need to act on those ideas.  Creativity isn’t always about making things and having more stuff.  It’s more subtle than that at times where we create the feelings we want to have.  We want to be a certain way or feel a certain way.  These things don’t simply fall on our laps and suddenly we are that person, that version of ourselves that we saw.  We have to be that person in order to become that person.  I made the mistake of believing manifestation was about willing things into existence.  The truth is it isn’t about things appearing out of nowhere—it’s about actively creating them from nowhere. We have all the ingredients, we need to put them together and then we need to bake it.  There is a time of preparing, gathering, combining, baking, setting, and then obtaining when it comes to producing these things.  It isn’t magic in the literal sense-it’s the magic of alchemy and action.

That doesn’t mean we aren’t willing things into existence—we are, in fact, taking nothing and making it something through sheer determination and perseverance.  That is what the human species does.  We are driven to create.  This is why it is so key to spend our time in pursuit of the things we love and the things that we are passionate about.  If we waste our time and energy on things that aren’t important to us, we quickly develop a sense of irrelevance, or that the tasks we do are irrelevant.  When we feel no purpose, we give up.  It’s also disheartening when we don’t see the results we want in the time we thought we would.  None of that means things aren’t happening, those are indicators that we need to shift our focus.  If we ever find ourselves in that situation, we need to stop and evaluate the cause—is it lack of clarity?  Is it incorrect expectations?  Is it misaligned action?  Those are all things we can fix.  With some focus and effort, we can easily get back on track toward our pursuits.  We are meant to be the creators of our lives, not the bystanders.  Take an active role and watch how things start appearing.  Energy is pretty magical and we all have the capacity and drive to make it what we want.  Do what we are called to do.