The question that you are probably asking yourself is, what in the world is alignment? You are in alignment when you are a vibrational match to your desires. What this means is that you must focus on feeling good and stay there in order to achieve what you want. Some may say, this is easier said than done, especially with all the negativity surrounding us in the world today, in addition to the challenges we may face day in and day out. Additionally, it may take some time to undo years of negative conditioning and retrain yourself to act and think in more positive ways. My advice to you would be to try not to place too much stress on yourself. Make this a fun and enjoyable experience and you will notice that with practice, coming into alignment will flow to you like water. For me, I know that I’m in alignment when my creative juices are flowing, whether it be seeking an answer to a question I have, and the Universe provides me with the answer, or when I’m writing and ideas are flowing to me quicker than a ray of light.
Let Your Inner Being Be Your Guide 
Before I delve any further, let me explain the process of getting into alignment. As mentioned in my previous blog, visualization is a huge part of the alignment process. First, set your goal, visualize about it daily (without presenting any resistant thoughts about it) until it comes to fruition. This means that you are in alignment with your desires. Second, you will come into alignment when you’re following your intuition and only acting on what feels right. If your inner being is telling you that something is not in your best interest, pay attention, for your decision can either make you or break you. When you follow your gut feeling, the Universe will begin to send you signs confirming that you are in alignment or in other words, on the right track. These signs can present themselves to you in a variety of ways (I will discuss this in my next blog).
To explain this process further, Oprah Winfrey’s success story is a prime example of how listening to your inner being can be the best decision of your life. She was only 19 when she started her first gig as a night anchor on WLAC-TV in Nashville, Tennessee. She was so good at reciting the news on camera, that she soon received an offer from a TV station in Atlanta which offered to triple her salary to $40,000 per year. Moreover, she was so skilled at her job that her manager tried to keep her and told her, “You need to stay here until you can perfect your craft as a journalist.” Although, she was confident in her skills, she decided to stay, not because she was afraid to take on new challenges but because, as she stated, “I could feel inside myself, that he was absolutely right.” While working as a reporter, she often brought blankets to fire victims, only to be reprimanded by her supervisors for her generosity. It was at this point that she knew this was not her true calling, but she did not know what was. She further expressed, “Knowing what you don’t want to do is the best possible place to be if you don’t know what to do, because knowing what you don’t want to do leads you to figure out what it is you really want.” From that moment on she stated, “I started listening to what felt like truth to me.” Bottom line, if it doesn’t feel right, 9 times out of 10 it’s not. For as long as we can remember, someone is always telling us to “trust your intuition”, but we tend to ignore these feelings because we are so caught up in the moment and the undeniable feeling that “thing” brings us. If you are experiencing negative emotions about something, this means that you are not in alignment. It usually isn’t till later down the road, that we kick ourselves for not being obedient to our inner being. As mentioned previously, the Universe is constantly sending us signs/signals, but are you paying attention?
The Universe Is Always Working In Your Favor
Oprah’s path to landing her own talk show came only after she was demoted from a position of a news anchor in Baltimore to work on what was a failing talk show at the time, People Are Talking, at the same TV station. Initially, she was completely distraught by the sudden news. Yet, this was truly a blessing in disguise because the moment she started interviewing guests on her new talk show, she realized that she had found her calling! In fact, everyone but her best friend, Gayle King, told her that she would fail at her new gig. Despite the lack of support, this same “failing talk show”, went on to be one of the most popular talk shows of all time, The Oprah Winfrey Show, as you know it!
Further, during a student led interview at Stanford Graduate School of Business, she shared some powerful words of wisdom with the crowd. She said to them, “The truth is, I have from the very beginning listened to my instincts. All of my best decisions in life have come because I was attuned to what really felt like the next right move for me.” Being in “tune” with the Universe is a crucial component to coming into complete alignment with what is best for you and what it is that you truly desire. Although Oprah faced many hardships along her journey, they were all necessary steps that led her to become as successful as she is today, as well as one of the wealthiest women in the world and one of its most powerful philanthropists. Overall, listening to your inner being at all times will be a guide in ensuring that you are on the right path.
Abundance Reigns Supreme 