Aspire Magazine: Inspiration for a Woman's Soul.(TM) Oct/Nov 2017 Aspire Mag Full Issue: Feminine Wisdo | Page 36

and love. This will raise your overall vibration, and bring you closer to the vision you hold for your ideal life. you are literally tuning yourself in to the Universal channel of “Yes! Thank you! I’ll have more of that!” There’s another side to this, too: the side of what happens inside us when we celebrate our own success. Celebrate Your Wins Even if we have already been treating the Universe as a friend, how about the way we treat ourselves? When we breeze past our own accomplishments without acknowledging them, we are essentially saying, “What I’ve created is not big enough, grand enough, or just plain enough to merit my full attention and gratitude.” We give ourselves the cold shoulder that we would never give to our friends. This creates an overall vibration of “never enough”―which, as we know, will prompt our amazingly sensitive Universe to give us exactly what we’re broadcasting: never enough. When we don’t stop to celebrate, we can lose track of why we are working so hard in the first place. We can get so caught up in the work of creating our lives that the creation itself becomes secondary. But if we don’t pause to enjoy the fruits of our labor, we will soon become burned out and disillusioned. The creations we worked so hard to manifest will start to feel like burdens instead, and our optimism will nosedive into bitterness. However, if we take the time to enjoy the journey, with rest stops, celebrations, and feelings of gratitude along the way, we will stay attuned to the essence of our vision for a wealthy, healthy, happy life. This is why celebration is every bit as vital to the process of creating your life as your desire, vision, actions, and accountability. When you celebrate your manifesting wins, 36 How you celebrate each step toward your dream life depends on what feels like “celebration” to you. It’s all about creating that vibration of gratitude. Your celebration doesn’t have to be flamboyant or expensive―in fact, if part of your vision for your dream life includes getting out of debt or getting a handle on your finances, costly celebrations might actually set you back and re-trigger a lack mentality. Nor does your celebration have to involve others (unless you want it to). It simply needs to allow you to revel in your accomplishment and hold the intention of honoring your creation process and what has shown up for you as a result of your desire, vision, action, and accountability. Here are a few ideas for celebrating your wins: • Take a hot bath with candles and essential oils. Focus on how amazing you feel about your recent accomplishments. •  Get together with friends and toast one another’s accomplishments. •  Take yourself out for tea, coffee, or a meal as a treat. • Book your dream vacation. •  Open that nice bottle of wine you’ve been saving for a “special occasion.” www.AspireMAG.net | October / November 2017