Do you ever hear yourself thinking “I want it NOW”? When we decide that we really want something, the desire is so strong that often we want it NOW. We don’t want to have to wait for it. So we tell ourselves and we tell the universe, “Okay, I am ready. I want this now.” And then if it doesn’t happen immediately, we might say something like, “Where is it? I am ready. Why isn’t it here yet?”
The problem is that when we want something badly and we want it NOW, it is a good sign that we have gotten attached, i.e., “I have to have it now, and nothing else will do. My happiness and success are dependent on having it now.” That may sound like an exaggeration and you may not use those exact words but that is how people act sometimes. I’ve been there myself on occasion 🙂
And when we are attached, we are tight. And when we are tight, nothing can flow and what we want doesn’t come and then we start focusing on “why isn’t it here yet?”
And when we focus on “why isn’t it here yet,” we are focusing on the fact that it isn’t here, which is what we...