This past Christmas Eve morning, with fifteen dinner guests due to come in 10 hours, I ventured out first to have breakfast and then lunch with people whom I wouldn’t see otherwise. I almost canceled both appointments when my breath caught on the amount of preparation I still had to do. My list was long and included grocery shopping, hanging outdoor decorations, and breading fish, not to mention cooking a roast so large it seemed to want to be in the oven all day, ruining any option of leaving the house.

To cancel is easy. To figure out a plan to work it all in requires Divine Guidance. In my huffing and puffing, while tying giant red and white plastic balls onto a tree in the rain, I realized I could do it all if I just stopped giving energy to worrying I couldn’t. Everything would get done on time. And it did. Beautifully so.

Shifting my focus from what I couldn’t do to what I could, and trusting that all would work out, I created the space to make it all work. I took a breath and a step back, I stated exactly what I wanted to happen, and I gave into Trust. Believing and Trusting is key. So is being specific.

Now to apply this to other areas of my life, like writing this blog. I can write weekly like I promised myself over and over again. I have both topics and time to write about. So many topics and so much time. The variety of topics fit all aspects of being the Largest Ball of Twine. I will stop editing myself from ideas that pop up. And the time to write will appear. Also, in writing weekly, my readership will grow, inspiring me to write more.

My other writings—mainly my novels—will see the published light of day. This year, they will be received in a ready format and sold. Instead of worrying about them not being quite right, I trust they will find their way into the right hands who will right them where need be. And these right hands will find other right hands. And so it grows.

My website will launch. My publishing company will soar. And my weight will even go down naturally on its own. (Vanity still has its place, you know.)

May you who is reading this feel a surge of excitement. Kiss your worry and set it free. Write down exactly what you want for yourself. Write it down right now. If you can’t believe it’s this simple, start small. You will see results. Then ask for your real dreams. If you can’t, ask what is keeping you from them? Most likely the answer is You. You are keeping yourself from what you really want. Get out of your own way. It’s time to believe and trust.