There are times when WAITING is an important part of the process of accessing abundance.  Too often, we try to force things and “make things happen” according to our time schedule instead of having FAITH and trusting Divine timing and being part of the flow.

But there are other times when WAITING is the very thing that gets in the way of us having what we want…

Like the Spring of my freshman year, in Confirmation class, when we were told we had to pick our Sponsor.

I immediately KNEW I wanted it to be Mrs. O’Brien – or “Mrs. O” for short.  She had been my teacher and basketball coach in grade school.  She was young and pretty, had a wicked sense of humor, and was generous and kind.

But as soon as I thought of asking her, I was filled with insecurity, doubt and fear. 

 “What if she says NO?”    I would feel so disappointed and hurt.  Rejected.

So I WAITED.

I kept trying to figure out the right thing to say.  “If I say it right, she’ll say YES.”

Then I kept waiting for the right time to ask.   “She’s busy now. I don’t want to bother her.”

Then I wondered about the right way to ask her.    

“Should I call her on the phone? Should I walk over to her house?” “Maybe I should wait until Sunday and ask her after Mass.” 

I kept WAITING…

Until I couldn’t wait any longer – names were due at the next class.  

I walked over to her house – praying profusely that she would be outside because I didn’t have  the nerve to ring her doorbell.

Phew!  She was working in her front yard.

 “Hey Teresa!” she smiled.  “What are you doing out tonight?”

“Hi Mrs. O”.  

I paused, took a deep breath and blurted…

“I came to ask you if you would be my confirmation sponsor.”

She smiled her BIG smile at me.

“I would LOVE to be your confirmation sponsor…”

My hopes soared.

“But I can’t.   Bridget asked me last week and I told her YES.”

My heart sank.  Not wanting Mrs. O to know how disappointed I was, I put on a brave smile and said…

“That’s okay.  I can ask someone else.”

She smiled her bright smile, “Do you have someone else in mind?”

I nodded, although I didn’t have a clue. 

It was all I could do not to cry.

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I hadn’t thought of this for DECADES until this morning, when I realized I was doing the same thing  – only this time it was with YOU.

I have been WAITING to reconnect with you (and the others on my mailing list) until I knew the RIGHT thing to write about.  Until the timing was RIGHT.  Until I had the RIGHT subject line that would have you open the email.  LOL!

And the longer I waited, the more stressed and guilty I felt – knowing that me not being in communications with you doesn’t support you  or me.  After all, – you signed up to be on my mailing list for a reason.

And that reason is because you want to experience LESS struggle, pressure, stress, fear, lack (aka “scarcity”) and MORE peace, joy, freedom, ease and plenty (aka “abundance”) – in your life AND in your bank account.

So I’m writing to support you now.

You see, I’m going to BET that, like me, there is some action you know to take that would support you  to have what you want.  Only you’re WAITING…

Waiting until you know the RIGHT way, the RIGHT time, the RIGHT place to take that action…

Waiting in reaction to FEAR.   Fear of what people will think.  Fear that it won’t work.  Fear that you may do it wrong, be rejected, humiliated.   Fear that it won’t be good enough.  Fear of disappointment.

And the WAITING, my friend, is what’s getting in your way.  

You’ve probably heard of The Law of Attraction. 

But here’s the thing about it that too many people forget…

Without action, there is no attraction.

Literally.  Look at the word…

ATTR-ACTION.

Take away the ACTION and all you have left is ATTR – in other words, NOTHING. 

So I just took ACTION by writing you – without any guarantee that you will open this email, read it, like it or resonate with it.   You may even choose to unsubscribe.

But writing you – reconnecting with you after such a long time – was the ACTION for me to take.  No more waiting.

And I challenge you to do the same.  TODAY. 

Whatever that thing is that you’ve been WAITING to take action on, take ONE step today.

If it’s making that phone call to someone who could be instrumental in your business, make the CALL.

If it’s getting clarity about how much credit card debt you’ve accumulated, get the balance on ONE credit  card.

If there’s an email YOU need to send, keep it simple and send it today.

If you’ve been waiting to do a Facebook-Live, write a blog or post on Social Media, do ONE today.

If it's calling that friend or going for a walk to get exercise, do it TODAY.

If it’s asking someone for help or support, ASK today.

Trust me, when you are in ACTION for what you want – despite your fear, doubt and insecurity – you will feel SO MUCH BETTER than when you keep waiting.

You’ve got this! And if I can support you, let me know!

Oh… and THANKS for reading this email!  J   I’ll write again soon!

With MUCH gratitude~

Teresa

P.S.  If you recognize that waiting (out of fear) is one of your patterns, you might also relate and get a lot out of a story I recently posted on Facebook.  This waiting was the result of my fear of “not being good enough”. You can read it here: