When a farmer plants a crop, *as long as the soil is fertile*, he knows to *expect* a harvest in good time.

He knows to expect multiples of what he's planted.

He knows to patiently nurture the soil, keeping it watered and nourished while he waits to reap what he's sown.

Notice that he doesn't agitate over how soon his harvest shows up. He knows it's going to show up in good time, as long as the environment remains conducive. He doesn't worry about 'if' it's going to show up. He *knows* it will.

How does that apply to you?

Well let me ask you: have you ever felt discouraged because things weren't happening as fast as you'd like? Perhaps you're doing all the things you should: you've written your goals, made plans that you're following, faithfully affirming and visualizing daily, practicing daily gratitude, etc.

Still nothing seems to be happening, and you're starting to wonder if you should quit. Perhaps you're starting to wonder if your goal was worth going for after all. You've probably told yourself that the goal was too big for you anyway.

If this is you, listen: learn from the farmer. You don't know exactly when your harvest will manifest, but realize one thing: the moment you put that goal on paper and started working towards it, you set a chain of activity in motion - activity which will end up as your goal becoming real.

Think about it. When a farmer plants a seed, he doesn't see the shoot the next day does he? Yet the moment that seed is in the soil, the growth and manifestation process begins. Right at that instant. This initial phase is invisible to us on the outside but that doesn't change the fact that it's happening.

When you set a goal, and you've written it down and are focusing on it, *know* that (as long as you satisfy the right conditions), your desires will take on physical form in good time. The moment you decide on something, the moment you think it, you set in motion activities geared towards bringing that thought to form.

Your idea/desire/goal, is a 'seed' from your conscious mind. Your subconscious mind is the 'soil' in which you plant this seed. By natural law, the moment you plant a seed in soil, everything necessary for that seed to bring forth multiple fruit starts happening. That's all soil knows to do - grow stuff.

Your subconscious mind works the same way: all it knows to do is manifest stuff - it brings about the physical manifestation of any thought you plant in it. Note that it doesn't matter what you plant in it (read: "it doesn't matter what you ask for" or "it doesn't matter how big or small your goals are" - as long as you work in harmony with Universal laws, they will become physically real).

This physical manifestation does *not* happen overnight, however.

That's what I want you to remember: as long as you're doing what you know to do, and you're staying focused on your desired outcome, rest assured that at the appropriate time, your vision *will* be made real.

That is what the law of Gestation (one of the Universal Laws) is all about: it refers to the period between the planting of a seed and the harvest/birth/end result.

According to this Law, there is a period of time that must elapse before that thought will manifest in form. The length of that time is dependent on the magnitude and intensity of the energy of the thought.

When you understand this Law, you'll find it easy to go about your business with full faith, expectation and gratitude that your vision is daily becoming real.

Think of a pregnant woman. Once fertilization happens, and she's conceived, even though it takes months for any evidence of all that activity to become visible, you know that there's a miracle taking place the whole time. And if all goes well in that pregnancy, she knows to expect a healthy baby at the end of 9 months (her gestation period).

Your goals have gestation periods too.

Don't give up prematurely. *Persist* in doing the right things, fully *expecting* your desired result, and fully *grateful* for that result being already present.

By law (as you work in obedience to Law), it has to happen. Your goals and desires must manifest, for the Universal laws are precise. They never fail.

So anytime you are tempted to get discouraged at the way things are going, stop and remember the farmer (and the pregnant woman:). Then get up and keep going forward until you reach your goal.

As your Coach, I can show you some neat tricks and techniques to help you master this way of thinking such that you begin to attract some amazing results into your life with minimal effort. If this sounds like something you'd like to explore, send an email to coach@successeminars.com and tell me what you're looking to achieve.