Law of Attraction at the Olympics
Who else watched last night as the Russians ended a 12 time winning streak in Olympic pairs figure skating?
In fact, I can hardly take my eyes off any Olympic coverage - it's so exciting!
One of our Good Vibe U forum members posted about how unhelpful it is when announcers focus on the athletes' limitations and weak points as they're performing. ("Now this is where she's struggled all season, let's see if she can pull it off now.") Not a great focus for supporting success, huh?
Then yesterday afternoon seeing the cross country skiers collapse in exhaustion after crossing the finish line, it was easy to admire the all out effort they gave in an attempt to be recognized as the best at what they do.
It made me wonder about my recent post about how if it feels like work, it doesn't work. Watching those skiers at the extreme of their physical endurance practically put me in the mood to go stretch myself at something!
As I was contemplating the "feel good" of "working hard," I dialed into the pairs figure skating event and watched Kavaguti and Smirnov blow their chances at a gold medal.
The announcer's commentary about the Russian skaters was insightful from a law of attraction perspective.
Before they performed, there were plenty of reasons to expect this couple to do well, including the fact that the Russian dynasty for Olympic gold in this event had been in place since 1964 and that this very couple had an upset win at the European Figure Skating Championships last month.
After they faltered in a performance that cost them the medal, one of the announcers astutely observed:
"There is such a fine line between wanting it and wanting it too much. And squeezing too hard and trying to force it to happen. If they had just trusted what they'd been doing all week."
The second announcer joined in to suggest that the couple had "practiced too hard" and didn't have enough gas to get through it when it counted, despite the fact that they were looking really good prior to competing.
My takeaway from this is that there's nothing wrong with sweating and pushing to our extreme - when it feels good. But paying attention to where our fine line is - which is an individual phenomenon - to know when we cross into territory of resistance and worry and clinging .. that's gotta be our sign toback off and find our way back to good.
I'm sure we'll see more examples of the art of releasing resistance and creating vibrational alignment as the games continue!
Jeannette Maw is the Good Vibe Coach and founder of Good Vibe University. Find more of her manifesting inspiration at Good Vibe Blog.