It’s Not Magic
You have to actually change the way you think and feel for the world to change the way it responds to you. If you have less than you want in your life, it’s because you’re unconsciously projecting lack outward — even if you don’t notice it.
The first step is to notice it. The second step is to make halting, awkward changes to how you feel — not how you act to cover up the way you feel. That’s just more lack.
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