Imagine that there is a huge hurricane flooding a town. People are ordered to evacuate. A bus approaches a house and tells the owner to get on the bus. The owner says “No – God will save me”. The waters continue to rise until the owner is forced to the second floor. A boat approaches the windows and the driver says “Get in!”. The owner replied “No – God will save me”. The house is completely under water and the owner is clinging to the chimney. A rescue helicopter approaches and lowers a ladder. “Grab the ladder!” the pilot said over the speaker. “No – God will save me”, replied the owner. After he drowned, he saw God. He asked God “Why didn’t you save me?”. God replied “I sent you a bus, a boat and a helicopter! What more do you want?”

As you are focusing on manifesting your goals, are you listening? Chances are, the opportunity to achieve your goal is right in front of you. The key is to be open enough to realize that the opportunity might not come in the form you thought it would. If you are waiting for the opportunity to present itself directly to you, say “Here I am – this is your opportunity!”, you will miss out on the other opportunities that require your action to take advantage of them.