When I work with clients who haven’t yet reached their desired goals in life, I will have them write a manifesto.
This is a letter of fully felt desire to an extreme state of feeling. I wrote a manifesto multiple times in my life. My first one was when I was around 25 years old. After that, I wrote another around 30. I am nearly 35 and I think it’s time for the next.
When I look back at the Manifesto in my 20’s, I desired wealth. I remember writing about how I would wake up and get on the phone with my managers of multiple businesses and discuss the day. Here I am doing just that.
In my 30’s it became all about lifestyle. I desired a certain caliber of friend and life experience. It’s all played out.
In this manifesto, I think I want to go a little deeper. I debated whether or not I wanted to share it publicly, because there are rules to engagement when it comes to manifestation in general. Part of that is simply, energetic. Whomever engages in your manifestation must share a level of faith equal if not greater than your own.
“When two or more come together it shall be done…” is the saying that I clung to in my work. The reality I have found is that if one of them lacks faith, they cannot be involved.
Now you see where the dilemma arises? Most of you have been on this ride with me before the first mural festival. Many of you have watched all the miracles unfold just as I have. However, some of you are new to this journey.
This leads me to my next point. If you don’t have the faith, will you have the respect to look away now? If you cannot put full faith in this journey with me just yet, would you mind just tucking this email into your archive folder until further notice? But if you are a believer in miracles, have full faith in what can happen when we set our minds to something and are willing to join me as I vulnerably express my manifesto, then here we go. Please, let’s do this together. Take out a sheet of paper and explore your deepest hearts desire. If you could ask God for anything and it be granted in this lifetime what would it be?
May 17, 2024. MY MANIFESTO
I, Paige Elliott Vidrine, have stepped into my full purpose divinely inspired by the deep soul calling that was placed in me by the Holy Spirit before conception. My internal, spiritual essence is so radiant that my presence is commanding. I do not sway in understanding, power or purpose. I am living my destiny every single day as I step out in firm and unwavering movement. I make my own path, carve my own way as I have learned to listen to the deepest parts of my soul which is in constant communion with the Spirit of the Most High. I live every single day full of energy, vibrant and healthy. Day by day, I become more and more loving, wise and caring towards myself and others. My life’s work is healing, changing people’s lives and helping people to truly embrace their power. I know when to pause and when to go. I am fully unlocked in my ability to create and I harness that power with self control and reverence for the highest intention for all of those around me. I create with clarity and inexhaustible energy. I am fully supported by family and loved ones who are equally as powerful in their own ways. We have a community of masterful individuals who work together to bring health, wholeness, spiritual maturity, balance and harmony to our neighborhoods, cities, states and the world. I will recreate the way that I share my knowledge and wisdom so that it is received by those who value the communion I share with the Holy Spirit. Everyone called into my life gets better and better as we amplify the purity within one another. The more lives who are touched by my commitment to service, the more I am able to create a world around me that benefits my internal essence. I am able to travel with flexibility and ease. I work in harmony with my internal landscape, ebbing and flowing as needed in order to stay in optimum health and wholeness. With the wealth that I attract, I contribute to every community that I move through. My legacy will speak of harmony, ease, passion, inspiration and excellence. I walk in purpose, joy and grace. Everything that I touch radiates the abundance of life force within itself.
So it is,
Paige Elliott Vidrine 34 years.
I had thought about starting this email off by saying “Here are 5 Ways to Create Your Own Manifesto”
However, I cant stand the ‘cookie cutter, pulled the info off the internet to sound like I know’, way of doing things.
I have committed to sharing my story and this is it. In every word written from a place of truth within the Spirit of the artist, there is life. Living word is one that speaks to the depth of the reader.
It inspires, ignites. It moves those called to action within themselves.
That is my goal with my art, to move your spirit to its highest alignment.
Whether you understand now or not is not my concern. Your soul knows and that is enough to keep my fingers stroking the keyboard without pause, question or concern.
BUT if I was to give some pointers about what I have learned in this 15 year journey of studying and practicing spiritual principles, this would be it:
- Start out writing about what you want without judging yourself. There are levels to soul discovery. When I was young, I just wanted to be out of debt. The only thing that mattered was my financial independence. I didnt Judge that nor do I judge it now. That is a very real and honorable desire. With financial freedom comes a level of peace that allows deep exploration. Going deeper into that desire, I realized what my soul wanted was peace, ease and adventure. Someone else may desire significance, comfort and power. It’s important to explore yourself without judging what’s deeply rooted. If you find that your deeper desires are not pleasant, then they are most likely rooted in a wound. Much of my desire for success was rooted in me wanting attention from my mom. She was successful and always working. I thought that if I proved myself to her that she would shower her affection on me. As I became more successful, I found out that if you do anything for affirmation, you will be destroyed by criticism. So I didnt judge myself or my wounds. I just brought awareness to them and changed the internal reasons for wanting what I want. Bringing awareness to that alone with the intention to resolve the wound is enough. You don’t have to go down the rabbit hole. The goal is to go from faith to faith. The Spirit will guide you. Trust me, I didnt intellectually know much about this work when I started my manifesto journey. However, once you are on the path, you will be guided.
- Be aware of extremes. Often times in life we have to take massive action in the opposite direction in order to change our lives. For instance, I was in a terribly abusive relationship. In order to get out, I had to block the abuser, go no contact, get an attorney involved and suffer through the healing process. It was a necessary extreme. The problem with extremes is that it’s hard to recognize when youre being extreme and shift it after being that way has served you. Although it does serve a purpose, being extreme is only helpful in getting you safe. It’s important to get centered when you’re safe so that you can cultivate trust for your inner voice so you stop making the decisions that force you to take extreme action.
- Be Specific at First. I was so specific in my younger years and this really helped me to develop a trusting relationship with myself and my ability to make things happen. I always tell people to get clear, more clear and even clearer.
- Get Vague. Once you develop a certain level of faith, you can be vague with your material desires, but specific with the feelings you want to create. If you read over my manifesto above, you can see that I didnt limit God. I kept the spiritual gates open with a clear direction for my intention. In the future, I imagine that I won’t even desire to create a manifesto, because my faith will increase to a point where words aren’t necessary. There are stages to this though. So once your original manifesto appears, try going vague. I used to want to be friends with certain people only to realize those friendships weren’t satisfying. Instead of staying specific about who I wanted to be friends with, I began writing about the character and caliber of person whom I wanted to be close to.
- Readjust. Be wise in this walk. You can be passionate, but slow down sometimes and realize when you’re running too fast and missing your turn. Learn when to push and when to pull. This lesson was a hard one for me because I am extreme by nature. I love to go after what I want. Then I lost my brother and had to Make space for grief. I had to learn that it was okay to pause and readjust my desires. After my abusive relationship, it took me years to unpack the pain. Give yourself grace as you grow.
- You Are Okay! Many people get scared that they are going to mess all of this up. The reality is that we all have a destiny. Some people say “NO! There’s no fate. We create our own destiny!” Some believe that we cant control anything and it’s all written in the stars. I believe both are true. There’s an element of co-creation that exists between fate and will. When I was younger, I woke up with a desire to learn something new. Out of nowhere, I thought it was a good idea to go to Books A Million. I bought a book about growth by John C Maxwell and that was it! My life changed from there. I became hungry, passionate and forceful in my willpower. Where did the thought come from though? You see, the magic happens when we listen to those little internal nudges. It’s a give a take. If we keep ignoring those signs, something extreme will eventually happen that forces us to get on a similar path that we were being called to beforehand. Some people ignore the nudges their whole life and numb themselves. Some go too hard in the opposite direction and become extremists. Some float. I believe in the co-creation between fate and will that allows you to move mountains as you trust the process of life to bring you to your destiny which is essentially in service to humanity in some capacity. Some peoples service is through food drives and humanitarian work. Some people’s service is through art. Some is through business. Regardless, the ultimate path of a soulful destiny is guiding you deeper within in order for you to expand externally.
All of this is in my humble experience of life. May you receive what you wish.
With the Deepest Love,
Paige Vidrine
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