Put Feet To Your Faith

YOUR ABUNDANCE JOURNEY BEGINS ON SUNDAYS

Think about prayer. You may believe prayer connects you with God, or you may believe it connects you with the deepest wisdom within yourself. You may think of it as meditation, focused intention, or simply taking a moment to stop the noise long enough to become clear about what matters. You may not believe in prayer at all. The label matters far less to me than the practice and what happens when we engage in it.

In Unity, we teach affirmative prayer. The purpose isn’t to convince some external God to change the circumstances of our lives. Prayer changes us in the circumstances. When we stop, become still, direct our attention, and consciously focus on what we want to experience and who we want to be, we begin to notice different possibilities, make different choices, and respond to life differently. But then something else has to happen. There comes a moment when the prayer has been prayed, the meditation completed, the vision created, and the affirmation spoken.

Eventually, we have to get off the meditation cushion and do something. We have to put feet to our faith-or, if the word faith doesn’t work for you, put action to your intention. This is why Step Three in Unapologetic Manifestation is Take Concrete Steps.

Manifestation is not sitting at home visualizing the life we want and waiting for the Universe to deliver it to the front door. Our spiritual practices can give us clarity, help us release fear, direct our attention, and allow us to recognize possibilities we couldn’t see before. But then we have to move.

Sometimes that movement is incredibly small. Enroll in the class. Make the phone call. Send the email. Buy the domain name. Fill out the application. Ask for help. Write the first paragraph. Have the conversation you’ve been avoiding. None of these actions may seem particularly profound, but each one moves something from the realm of possibility into the physical world.

When I moved to New York to pursue a life in the theater, I didn’t know exactly how it would unfold. I certainly couldn’t see that decades later the skills I developed in rehearsal rooms, theaters, and performance spaces would become part of my ministry. I simply knew the next step, and after I took it, another one appeared. That’s how manifestation often works. We become clear about the direction, take the step we can see, and trust that movement will reveal something that standing still cannot.

There is a Japanese concept called kaizen, which means continuous improvement. The idea is wonderfully simple: meaningful change doesn’t always require enormous action. Small improvements, repeated consistently, can produce extraordinary results over time. I think this is a profoundly spiritual idea, and you don’t have to call it spiritual for it to work. So think about something you have been wanting to create. Perhaps you’ve been praying about it, meditating on it, visualizing it, or simply thinking about it for months or even years. Instead of asking yourself how you are ever going to make the whole thing happen, ask a much simpler question: What is one concrete thing I can do today?

Don’t wait until you have more money, until you’re less afraid, or until everything is perfectly aligned. The action may seem almost ridiculously small. Take it anyway. The moment you move in the direction of your dream, something changes. You are no longer simply wishing for a different life; you are participating in creating one.

Call it faith, intention, conscious creation, or simply living deliberately. The name isn’t nearly as important as what you do next. Put feet to it, and take the next step.

PRACTICE FOR THE WEEK: One Concrete Step 

Choose one dream, goal, or desire that matters to you. Each morning, take a moment to become still.

Pray, meditate, breathe, journal, or simply sit quietly and ask yourself: What is one concrete step I can take today?

Make the step small enough that you can actually do it, and then do it. At the end of the day, acknowledge yourself for having moved in the direction of your dream. The next morning, ask the question again.

RESOURCES TO EXPLORE

⭐ Building Habits: The Key to Lasting Behavior Change – Stanford Graduate School of Business – BJ Fogg explains why making a desired behavior easier and allowing ourselves to feel successful can help turn intention into habit.

⭐The Science of Willpower – Stanford Medicine – An exploration of why connecting a big vision with achievable small steps can make change more sustainable.

Quote of the week (from Unapologetic Manifestation)

“Your dream does not require you to know every step. It requires you to take the one that is yours today.”

Life is too short to play small.
with gratitude, Ken Daigle