Here is an excerpt from WINS: Manifestation Stories from the Intenders. We intend that it serves you.

What with so many people buying into the prevailing media hype that says times are hard and getting harder, we are frequently asked in our Intenders workshops if we can still manifest our dreams in the face of such resistance.

The answer, of course, is yes. Each and every one of us has the God-given ability to create the world of our choosing. All possibilities are available to us in every moment of our lives. Our thoughts, regardless of what those who would have us believe otherwise, always have and always will create our material experiences. That is our saving grace.

The trick is to know, beyond any doubt whatsoever, that you are a conscious co-creator / mighty manifestor, no matter what anyone else tells you. Then, hold a vision of that which you would create for yourself in your mind until it reveals itself to you in 3-D.

These times are meant to test us. If we can hold onto our confidence in the magical workings of the Laws of Manifestation, we can create anything. A new and better reality is ours for the intending. Lasting peace; conscious, benevolent leaders; clean air, food, and water; complete and total harmony among all men and women; and freedom beyond anything we have ever known are all equally available to us - as long as we believe we can have them.

So, yes, for some, times may be hard. But for you, times are what you make of them. You, who carry the torch for a new day; who dream of all those who walk this Earth being happy and fulfilled; who trust in the Highest Good, you are the example-setters, the hope of mankind. You are up to the task before you, and, as surely as the morning sun follows the darkest of nights, you shall prevail.