She thought for a time, then said slowly, "Oh, I see, the words do not have any legs under them."
"Legs?" I questioned.
"Without legs," she replied, "they can not move."
A truly wonderful and accurate explanation!
Such words as dream, hope, if, maybe, perhaps, pray, try and wonder are No-Legs words.
I overheard an excellent example in a store. One woman said to another, "If my husband ever makes any money, maybe, someday, perhaps, we could ~ ." Her complaining affirmations can only delay, if not stop, the wished for project.
Plan the project, do not wait for the money (or whatever is needed) to come before detailing the venture. A famous quote, "Step out in faith, knowing that that for which you affirm will become so." Stepping out in faith, proclaiming it, knowing with a certainty that it will become so ~ makes it become so ~ if, of course, it is for the highest good of all concerned.
Are you one of those people who say, "I've been sort of dreaming about someday maybe going to a Caribbean Island during the winter sometime." Focus, direct your attention to the project. Look at a calendar, decide on feasible dates. Read books about the subject, write your itinerary, make a list of the clothes and things that you will take with you and purchase something to be used only for the trip. Be exact in your affirmations. For example, "Next February 3rd. I will be flying to Barbados for an enjoyable two-week vacation." Purchase a manila envelope, then on both sides write the trip destination in bold black letters. Devise a system to get money into the envelope. For example, every time you get change that includes three five dollar bills, put one into the trip envelope saying firmly with conviction, "This is for my trip to Barbados next February." Avoid saying No-Legs sentences such as, "This will never be enough."
~ For it is the intent that brings about reality.
I heard about a woman, Helen, who suddenly began to have increasingly strong feelings that she should go to Egypt, although she had never traveled or ever been especially interested in doing so. She was a single mother on a tight budget, even so, she purchased a large map of Egypt and laid it out on the dining room table. She and her two sons began to read and to focus on Egypt. One of the children did a school project on Egypt. Helen started saying regularly to herself and others, "I don't know how I'm going to get to Egypt, but I will get there." The children told many, "Mom's going to Egypt."
Several months later, about a week and a half before a school vacation, she received a telephone call from a history teacher in another town. Helen was told that a group of students was going on a trip to Egypt for two weeks and that one of the chaperons had just notified them that she was unable to go. They were frantically looking for a replacement, but everyone they had telephoned had other plans. Was there any chance that she would like to go to Egypt? Someone had told him that Helen was good with children. The caller proceeded to tell Helen that there would be no expense to her, only what she might want to use for stray meals or to purchase gifts.
While she was recovering from this amazing news, a friend telephoned to tell Helen that during school vacation, she, her husband and their son were going to their vacation house and to invite Helen's two sons to go with them. When told of the trip, the friend said that they would be glad to keep the boys another week.
Helen worked in a school office so she already had one week of vacation and knew that she should be able to get another week. Then her neighbor came over and asked if she could borrow Helen's cat for a few days while her granddaughter was visiting. Suddenly, within an hour's time, Helen was going to Egypt and everything was arranged! ~ And ~ none of those people knew of Helen's Egyptian Affirmations.
Some With-Legs Words are: absolutely, can, definitely and will.
One more wonderful quote from my friend, Mary Lou Clarke, who is always so interested in hearing about my many and varied projects. "You have feet under your dreams."
Make certain that the words, phrases and sentences that you say
are not the sitting or lying down variety
but are rather the type With-Legs (and/or feet)
and that they move.
