To manifest a dream, you must become the person who can receive it.
That means aligning your self-image—the way you see yourself—with the life you would love living. Because here’s the truth:
If you secretly believe you don’t deserve the good your dream offers, you’ll block it. You’ll resist it.
And without even realizing it, you’ll sabotage the very life you say you want.
If your sense of deserving isn’t wide and deep enough to hold your dream, no amount of effort will be enough. Because the moment that dream starts to come near… you’ll find ways to push it away.
So how do you know if you deserve your dream?
If you are breathing, you are worthy.
If your heart is still beating, you’re deserving of your heart’s desires. You wouldn’t feel the longing in your soul if you weren’t fully capable of bringing it into being.
You were designed to dream—and equipped to receive.
But if there’s a part of you that still struggles to feel worthy of the good you imagine, here are three key practices to expand your sense of deserving—and to stop self-sabotage in its tracks:
1. Focus on the good.
Circumstances are only “bad” if we perceive them that way. The next time life throws you a curve, instead of panicking, pause. Invite God, Spirit, or your Higher Self to reveal the good inside it.
And then—give yourself that same grace.
You are inherently good. Not because of what you’ve done or haven’t done, but because you were created by a power that doesn’t make mistakes.
2. Let go of past mistakes.
You can’t soar into the life you long for while dragging around emotional baggage.
Shame. Regret. Old wounds.
They’ll weigh you down and block your forward motion.
If you’re still carrying a belief that you’re unlovable, undeserving, or broken… you have no room for the greater good that’s trying to make its way to you.
Release the past. Name your pain. And then—gently let it go. You are not your history.
3. Practice gratitude to grow your sense of deserving.
Gratitude anchors us in abundance. It shifts our attention from what’s missing to what’s already here—and that creates space for more good to flow.
Try this:
Spend a day giving thanks for people or situations you’ve criticized. Then, make gratitude a daily ritual.
As you begin to genuinely appreciate what—and who—you once overlooked or resented, you’ll expand your field of receiving. And what you appreciate? It multiplies.
When you live these three principles—focusing on the good, releasing the past, and grounding yourself in gratitude—your sense of deserving will expand. And as it does, you’ll notice something powerful:
Good things begin to show up.
Doors open.
Help arrives.
Opportunities align.
Not because you worked harder—but because you finally believed you were worthy of receiving.
And you are.
You are worthy of every good thing your heart desires.
You are enough.
Right now.
Just as you are.
So let go of the old story that says you don’t deserve it.
And start living into the one that knows—you do