Question:

Like many people who write to you, I have issues around work/money. I am trying to make a living as a fiction writer, and thus far I have been unsuccessful. I work a job with long hours and lots of stress, and I'm still not sure what to do to get out of the situation and do what I lovefor a living.

I want to quit my job, but I also have a lot of pressure from my family (my parents) to stay with the job until I can support myself with my writing. I'm nervous about not having a steady income, but also don't feel I can accomplish my goals working a job and writing in my free time, which is sparse.

I have your book The Journey, but still feel like I need clarification as to what to do.

 

Answer:

You consider yourself unsuccessful because you have not achieved what you believe you set out to accomplish. However, your perception of yourself as unsuccessful is inaccurate. You are experiencing precisely what you set out to experience. And, your misperception is intentional as a way to keep the truth of your original intention hidden from you.

What has been your original intention? The answer is: to hide your true power and keep it hidden in the very situations you are complaining about. In a very clever way, the complaining supports you in keeping the power hidden. (Whatever we judge is held in place by our judgment.)

The power you hid in the beliefs and the situations you have created is keeping these beliefs and situations alive. They are not real. Their seeming reality is your remarkable achievement, not your failure.

When your inner motivation to reclaim this power grows to an irresistible level, you will know how to proceed.

I suggest that you read the Q&A posted as the July 28, 2003 Weekly Message and then reread THE JOURNEY. Feel the power and the knowing growing within.