Over the past many years, I've read and heard a lot of talk about manifesting. People talk or write about manifesting what they want in their lives, manifesting relationships, and manifesting dreams.
I know that this idea is empowering for many people, and if that's the case for you, I respect that. I have indeed seen people I love manifest some cool things.
However, the word has gotten to be a little bit annoying for me, perhaps because it's been so overused. I support the underlying concept, but I need to give it my own twist.
Whereas manifesting seems to be more about thinking things into existence, saying out loud what we really want feels more powerful to me. I say things out loud to myself, and I'm inspired; I say things out loud to you and the universe, and the energy in the air changes.
It's like talking about recovery. I share messages about recovery out loud, and it furthers my ownership of recovery.