Life is hard. Being at the number one HBCU in the world and trying to meet everybody’s, as well as your own, expectations is hard. Being a black woman in a society where, as our brother Malcolm X said, “We are the most disrespected, unprotected, and neglected people in America.” is hard. Knowing that we have to work twice as hard to get half of what the typical white, heterosexual male has; someone who can simply stroke the ego of the patriarchy with a thin smile and firm handshake, is… hard. We know that everybody will have obstacles in their midst, problems that will knock them down, force them to pull themselves up by the bootstraps and try again. And while our actions can reflect how we feel about a given situation, I have come to learn that our beliefs can carry an even greater weight when we want to succeed at a given task. As a black woman in this social, political, economical, and quite frankly global, climate, the power of manifestation should never be underestimated. Whether you’re manifesting your refund check to be more than it was last year or for your wig to stay strong throughout the day in this humidity, we need to start investing more time in manifesting what we want out of life so that our beliefs can directly correlate with our actions.
The act of manifestation can be carried out in multiple ways. In a more religious context, manifesting what you want in life can come in the form of prayer and believing that God will have your back no matter what. Another way you can practice manifestation is through writing down your goals and specifically detailing what you want. For example, when you’re studying, you’re more likely to remember the content you’ve learned if you write it down rather than just reading it. It’s easy to tell ourselves that we’ll remember it later but then when we see that same question on the test, we’re straining to pick our brains and find that information we should’ve written down. The same applies for manifestation. When you write something down, you’re creating a mental connection with that information through the act of making a statement known. You’re literally telling yourself, this is what I want to do and this is how I’m going to accomplish it. Making that information relevant will then drive you to working towards that goal instead of letting it be a wistful dream you wish could’ve been reality.
It’s important to keep a positive mindset which is why I am such an advocate of manifestation. While you can manifest good things to happen, you can manifest bad things to happen too. Have you ever really hoped you didn’t see somebody then when you turned the corner boom, they were right there? You basically manifested them to appear! Thinking positive thoughts can bring what you want out of life to fruition. Don’t be mistaken though, this doesn’t mean you don’t have to put in the work. Always find a balance between what you think and what you do. Give manifestation a try and watch the results blow your mind. It definitely has surprised me in ways I never thought it could.