I was watching one of Eric’s videos and he said something that REALLY clicked for me. You may not be able to control the first thought that pops into your head, but you can control the second thought. And the third, and the fourth, and every thought after that. Let’s say you’re manifesting your SP and suddenly they ghost you, or you find out they’re talking to someone else. Your immediate thought might be, “Damn, he didn’t choose me.” Okay. That thought happened. But what happens next is up to you. You have the ability to catch yourself and go, “Actually, no. I’m perfection. I’m his dream girl. I’m the love of his life. He’s madly in love with me. He’s deeply devoted to me. I’m the one and only. He only wants me. He has eyes for me and me only because I’m THAT bitch. I’m THAT girl.” THAT is persistence. Persistence isn’t never having a negative thought. It isn’t never reacting to your circumstances or pretending you don’t have human emotions. You can see something you don’t like and cry your fucking eyes out. You can be angry. You can feel like shit. Feel it. Cry it out. Let yourself be human. And then come back to your story. Your initial reaction doesn’t have to become your identity. One unwanted thought doesn’t have to turn into an entire week of you telling yourself you’re unwanted, unchosen, broke, unsuccessful, or whatever else contradicts what you’ve decided for yourself. This applies to ANYTHING: SPs, money, jobs, appearance, success, whatever. You don’t “ruin” everything because you cried or had a bad thought. The issue is when you continuously go back and forth between claiming what you want and then spending the rest of your time reinforcing the opposite story. If you say, “I have my SP,” but then spend the entire week complaining about how you don’t have them, you’re constantly returning to the old story. So if the first thought is, “I wasn’t chosen,” let it be a thought. The next one can be, “Girl, be fucking serious. Of course I’m chosen.” And then keep choosing that story again and again and again. THAT is consistency. THAT is persistence. Feel your feelings, let them pass, and then remind yourself who the fuck you are.