Have you ever reached for something so difficult to grasp you nearly fell over or felt like you would snap from stretching so hard? It is easy to become blinded by our desire for something. Not just material things, but things like relationships, success, and happiness.

It is a very important part of living to work hard for something we desire-to wish and wish and wish.

It seems quite popular these days that in order to experience the manifestation of material things we desire, as well as the non-material things, we just need to really believe in our ability to have them. The universe wants to give to us, in fact, there isn’t even any sort of giving involved. The universe has already given us everything we desire, it is already there, already in our possession.

Then why do we so often feel like what we want is just out of our reach?

That is a difficult question to answer. And in fact, there are possibly many different answers to that one question. I don’t believe the reaching is the problem. I do believe that a very important part of life is working in a meaningful way for the things that have value to us.

Maybe from a spiritual perspective we shouldn’t have to work hard, but since we are material beings living a material expression, the working hard part seems to be a very valuable aspect of our current state of consciousness and development. We put value on those things we have to work to get, things that require our attention, discipline, devotion, and maybe even sacrifice and pain-and a bit of stretching to reach for.

If reaching for what you want isn’t the problem, then what is?

Maybe it is how we may become distraught, disappointed, or develop feelings of unworthiness if what we are reaching for doesn’t come into our grasp within what we determine to be a reasonable period of time.

Is it possible to stay in a space of peace and contentment even if what we think we need so much doesn’t manifest after much hard work and determination? Surely being disappointed is also part of being a human being, and as such it is just as divine as being joyous. However, much of that disappointment may come from being in a false place of fear, or from a false feeling of unworthiness. Since these conclusions are essential illusory, as they come as a result of early childhood development issues, or other such things that we may have been taught, or inclined to believe about ourselves due to erroneous perceptions-they are then illusions, or “false beliefs” that do us no service and block the universe’s abundance from manifesting in our lives.

Of course this state of affairs my also be a valuable opportunity for growth and enlightenment. And although many of us may remain ignorant and unconscious of these illusions even for our entire lifetime, they do often prove to be advantageous in taking us to the next step in our development as human beings and vessels for the expression of love in the world.

So reach for the stars, reach beyond the stars, and be content that divinity may be present in the sheer act of reaching. Be joyous for what you do grasp, but also be thankful for the opportunity itself to stand on your tiptoes and dream.