Manifestation often gets painted as this grand act of creation—where you decide what you want, claim it as yours, and shut out everything else.

But here's the thing, it's actually way simpler and more gentle than that.

When you imagine something and feel that desire bubbling up inside you, it's because that something already exists in the universe.

You're just yearning to experience it.

And guess what? All you have to do is choose to experience it. That's it.

So many people are hustling hard to manifest their dreams—affirming all day, visualizing, vision boarding—but here's the scoop: The envisioning is already done, the affirming is done.

Otherwise, you wouldn't have even connected with that desire.

The only thing left is to choose it and release any resistance you have to choosing it.

Here's a fun and easy exercise for you: Take a look around at all the things you love in your reality right now—your relationships, your home, your job, the beauty of nature surrounding you ever...