How to Keep Hope Alive and Don't Quit

Have you given up hope that you will ever manifest true love, abundance, health and the live of your dreams?  If you are feeling hopeless in any area of your life, this podcast episode is for you.   Tune in and learn specific steps to keep moving forward, get motivated and inspired again and don't quit.   You will learn how to connect with Spirit, ask for support and begin developing small baby steps that will get you inspired to keep moving forward.  Constance shares 7 steps to staying in hope and faith to manifest your wildest dreams.   

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Welcome to the Divine Manifestation Pathway Podcast, where we explore the power of faith, mindset, and manifestation to help you create the life you were designed to live. Your host, Constance Arnold, is a renowned global podcaster, author, and spiritual teacher. And together, we'll learn how to shift our thinking, align with divine guidance, and intentionally create a life of abundance, purpose, and joy. So take a deep breath, get present, and let's step into the pathway of divine manifestation.

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Well, hello, powerful manifestor, and welcome to the Divine Manifestation Pathway podcast with your very uh gracious host, Constance Arnold. I'm so grateful, so thankful that you made a decision to tune in today. And you know something, you better get excited. You get it, you better get ready. I got that out because God has something, Spirit, the universe has something specifically customized and designed uh for you today that's going to give you hope, inspiration, and motivation. Well, how are you doing today? It is a beautiful but rainy day here in the ATL. And what about the weather where you are? Uh, it's so interesting. I was talking to one of my clients who lives in Australia, and she was saying, uh, well, you know, winter is coming here, they're on a different hemisphere. And I said, Wow, spring is, excuse me, summer is approaching here. So all over the world today, wherever you're listening, no matter what season you are in, or whatever season you are entering, it is the right season for you. Well, today I am going to be teaching. Yes, I'm going to be teaching you on how to keep hope alive and keep going, or I may call it uh what to do when you just want to give up and quit. I was not going to teach today, but I felt led of the spirit to do so. So something is waiting for you. So, guys, follow me on social media, uh, the divine manifestation pathway on uh i IG Instagram, that's Facebook or my YouTube channel. Let's see what else. Instagram, YouTube, uh TikTok is uh the divine manifestation path. Didn't have enough room for pathways, so just put in Constance Arnold. So that's on my YouTube, uh, on my LinkedIn, it's Constance Arnold, of course. And then I'm just going over it, guys, again. Uh, on my Instagram, on my Facebook, and on my IG. It's the Divine Manifestation Pathway. 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Also, you guys can get my books on Amazon, my best-selling book, How to Attract and Manifest Genuine Love. And I'm looking at my other book, Secrets of Success. Well, it's a powerful workbook. I cover everything from what's impacting you, what is your thinking, what do you need to live in your past, how did your family, uh, how's your family's beliefs impacting you now? I go into depth on getting clear about what you want, defining your dream strategies to move you forward. Wow, that's 20 years worth of my work right there. So you can go on Amazon and get those. Are we ready, everybody? Let's see what God has to say. Take a deep breath in, let it out. Deep breath in, let it out. So here we go. I'm going to be talking to you about how do you keep hope alive and keep going. Uh, what do you do when you want to give up, when you've tried everything, and you know, constant things are just not working. You know, there's so much going on globally in the world, in our lives. There's war, there's that there's uh uh transitions. A lot of people have been released from their jobs in your life right now. You might be going through a phase where uh the children have grown up and gone. Who are you now? Uh, maybe you're moving out of your beautiful home. Uh, I know of somebody, uh, she's a star, she was living in a $110 million home, but her husband died. Her children are grown and gone, and even though it's a fabulous home, you know, we got to learn when this what the seasons are are in our lives. She said that season for her life is over. So, you know, I don't know what you're feeling. Maybe it feels really heavy. Maybe you feel like you've been studying the law of attraction, but things seem to be moving very slowly. Uh, you might even be saying to me, constants, I'm just not motivated. I'm not motivated to do anything, I'm not motivated to exercise. I tried the law of attraction in a specific area. You know, I'm should I just give up? You know, what should I do? And so, guess what, everybody? I feel you. Been there and done that. So I want to share with you a quick story about when I wanted to give up. Cave in quit. I had a friend that used to say, throw the towel in. He said, I threw the towel in and God threw it back. So uh this was a some years ago, decades ago. I had lost my contract. You guys know I had major contracts with the state of Georgia. My mortgage was behind. That contract stopped suddenly, you know, because I didn't even have to apply for the contracts because my work spoke for itself. And so they just renewed my contract, lots of money, lots of travel, but I lost my contract and I had just spended spending money, did not invest properly. Uh, my mortgage was behind, my car, my car note. Uh, I felt so shame. Everybody say shame about the way I had handled my money. Uh I was anxious. I couldn't sleep. I prayed, but I just felt like, God, where are you? You're not speaking to me. And you know, this is what I want to say to you right now. You might be feeling that way, but you're one with God. You're not separate from God and or spirit's wisdom. But I get where you're coming from. So I just isolated myself. I felt shame. I I didn't uh uh I didn't tell my friends uh I couldn't buy my good old organic food that I'm accustomed to eating. And I just looked at at TV. I'm not even a TV person, y'all. I got Netflix and I had to remind myself to watch it. I feel like I was such a certain really experiencing low grade depression. And you know, another reason why I'm teaching this because May is mental health awareness month. And we don't talk about mental health, we just talk about success and making it, but I'm just gonna show you how to uh navigate life and how to keep moving forward. And I didn't tell any of my friends and was so shame around money. I think one time I had five dollars. So what am I gonna do with five dollars? I'm driving a Mercedes, I'm doing all it just the shame behind that. Oh, constantly, you should have saved more money, you should have handled your money differently, and that was true, but that's just an example of my story. But look at me now. How God brought me out, spirit brought me out, made made a way for me is going to make a way uh for you. So so there was such shame um in our lives when we're not quote unquote, I gotta sneeze, y'all. Excuse me. I told you, there's such shame in our lives around not having our game together, and there's such unforgiveness, you know. You made poor churches. How come you're not like Mary Jane? Such judgment for not having it together because everything you see on social media is you gotta have it together, you gotta be a boss, you gotta be a baller, and all of that is good. But this podcast, this is a place that's gonna show you grace, mercy, understanding, and faith. But then I'm gonna share with you stuff where you can begin to change. Everybody ready? So I want you to open up your heart to receive this motivation today. I want you to believe that you're gonna receive hope, inspiration, and just what you need from the spirit. So, what does the Bible say about hope or not giving up? I'm gonna give you a couple of verses. Uh, in Galatians, it says, Don't be weary or don't be, don't give up uh in doing good, because at the proper time you're gonna reap a harvest if you don't give up. That is so good. It's kind of like if if I go outside, or if you go outside and plant some corn seeds, it may not look like anything is happening, but I tell you what, the sun is gonna go on that corn seed, and and water, rain is gonna go, and eventually the Bible says, first the seed, then the blade, then the full ear. So no matter what you've been doing, you may have to shift and change some things, but things will happen for you. Uh, in Joshua, it says, be strong and courageous, don't be afraid or don't be encouraged, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. So, right now, you may not feel like I'm not strong, Constance. That's okay. I'm not courageous, I'm scared. That's okay. What you got the higher power, you got the God of the universe, you're one with God. As I close my show every week, I always say the same God, spirits, force, power that's holding the galaxies together is on the inside of you. So everybody say, I have the mind of Christ, I have the wisdom of Christ. And so, even though you may not know what to do right now, don't give up because that download could come in the next moment. And then in Isaiah, I think this is the last one I'm going to share with you. Those who hope in the Lord, not hope in yourself, not hope in Mary, not hope in Johnny, but those who hope in God or higher power or source shall renew their strength. They were soar on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint. So, what I did during that season of my life and what I had done, what I have done during difficult season in my life, I realized that I I'm kind of like, I'm gonna make things happen. But self-help alone, y'all, is not enough. You're gonna need a power, a force, a God, a a universe, whatever you believe in that's higher than you, that's going to give you the strength that you need. All right. So, what's the first thing you could do if you feel like giving up? I'm gonna say something. I'm gonna say, I want you to pray. You say, Well, Constant, I tried that. Okay, just listen. So, pray is a is a call out to God or to make a petition. I'm not gonna go into the different areas of petition, but just this one four-letter word, help, is one of the most powerful prayers that you can pray. Now, if your if you got a little child and they're outside riding their bike and you hear them say, Mommy, help, daddy, help, what are you gonna do? You're gonna run out there and help them. So pray for a help. If that's all you can say is help. You know, my grandmother used to say back in the slavery days, they would say, God help me, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy. Whatever you can say, know that help is one of the most powerful prayers. I have prayed and asked that, God, show me a sign. Send your angels down low what I need. Y'all have heard me talk about angels before. Somebody did research and said we have thousands of angels that are waiting for us to command them and tell them what to do. I didn't say pray for angels. I've never prayed to angels, but but the Bible says we may we've been made a little higher than angels. So if we have authority, uh uh uh it says that angels are here to aid or support heirs of salvation. So just this week I said, angels, go north, west, east, and south. Bring to me the right situations, the right people, the right business, the right relationships. You see, so you you're giving your angels assignment, so you're getting the help that you need. So prayer is one thing. This is what you can do to keep hope alive. I'm gonna say the next thing is get the help that you need, get wise counsel. Uh, you know, in the Bible it says there is safety in a multitude of counselors. And it's just something very interesting about that. Talk to somebody. When you when you share what's really going on with you, you break the back of shame. Shame has to take a back seat. When you are vulnerable and honest about your current situation, you put shame in the back seat. Let somebody know how you feel. Uh, and you never know. Uh, that person can give you a glimmer of hope. Sometimes I have been in really tough situations, and and one of my uh counselors or mentor just gave me a word. We've heard it said one word from God can change your life, one download. Um, I think her name is Sarah Blakely, who is it Sarah Blakely? Uh, y'all Google it, the lady who uh designed Spanks, she said, God give me one million dollar idea. So, and she received it, and now I think she sold the company worth multi millions. So, coach or counsel with somebody with wisdom. You know, we were never meant by God to carry the weight of our problems, guys, to walk around with worry and with shame and with guilt. You know, shame says it's something wrong with you. Guilt says you did something wrong. So get the help that you need in your business. Maybe you've been doing your business and what you used to do doesn't work. I know somebody they used to do just podcasting alone, but they realize we need to go live now. And I realize that. I know you guys love my podcast, but I went live on TikTok this week. And every week I choose platforms that I'm on. So get the help that you need in your business. In your marriage, maybe the the the the fire is gone. There's somebody who can help you with that with weight loss. They got all kinds of stuff for weight loss now. So reach out and get the help that you need. There is an expert that you can rely on. Resources are available to you. All right. We're talking about things that you can do to keep hope alive, to not quit, give up, stop, etc. So the next thing is you're gonna make a decision that you're gonna change. You know, you're gonna have to change. A lot of people are tripping because of chat GPT. That's it, right? Because of chat, y'all know what I'm talking about. But things are changing. Make a decision. I'm gonna change. I'm afraid, I don't know all the steps, uh, but I'm gonna change. So all change begins with a decision. It begins with the decision about your relationship. You know something? I've outgrown this relationship, this friendship. I'm gonna release it and let it go. Maybe your children are grown and gone. I have a client, her child just graduated from high school. She poured all of her life into her child. Who is she now? What is she gonna do with her life now? Those are all big life changes that you have to navigate. So maybe you're living in a big old house. You heard me say about the country singer who was living this in this $110 million house, and and everybody's grown and gone. And she made a decision. I'm just gonna get me a beautiful home in Nashville. So you got to make a decision to change. It might be your church. Maybe you've outgrown your church. Maybe you've been going to church all of your life, but then on Sundays, when you do go, you're bored because you know that there's something bigger. God is bigger than the Bible. Don't y'all cut me out because I say that. God is bigger, spirit is bigger. You know that. So maybe that needs to be a change in what you do on Sunday. What about your job? You already know that jobs are changing. I know a lot of people who work for big uh tech companies who have gotten laid off. They don't know what to do with themselves. So in business, you change. So I just use me for an example. You guys know I was on a platform for 18 years, 17 or 18 years. I knew that in my spirit it was time for a change. I'm not mad at that platform. I'm not upset because everything that I learned there was God repositioning me. But I knew that it was time for a change. When you change on the inside, everything around you will change. That means your choices, the people you're around, etc. So make a decision. Wow, I really need to change, and then get the help that you need. Next thing you can do, you gotta surrender. All you folk that used to be in control, it's not gonna work doing times like these. No, no, no, no. Uh it's it's not gonna work doing times like these. So you gotta say, God, even though I'm frustrated, because I'm still here, I believe you got a purpose and a destiny for me. Show me the way. Why would a loving, giving spirit not give you direction? You know, even when you get in your car, you know, you can put it uh your directions in your GPS. And you're driving, you go the wrong way. It'll say, redirection, turn around. Uh, one of my uh maps says to me, You're going over railroad tracks. It would also say, five miles ahead, there is a policeman, or there is a wreck, or or this direction has lighter traffic. If your GPS gives you that, why wouldn't a loving, giving spirit also give you direction during these times when your life is changing? Also give you what you need. So wrap your mind around that. Just this week, I was meditating and I thought of this one person. And I'm not the kind of person that calls and say, the said God. But he kept coming across my mind. So I'm like, no, I'm not gonna say nothing. This is a person I don't even hardly talk to often, maybe once a year. But I sent him a recording and he said to me, Thank you so much, Constance. He said, just this morning, no, he said, I would, he said, 20 minutes ago, I was just praying to my spiritual guide and his confirmation. So what I said to him was what he had been praying about. And so I'm just simply saying, God's gonna get your solution, your directions, your whatever you need when you surrender, because you believe that God has your highest good. We're talking about things that you can do to not just quit, stop, cave in, give up, say, what's life all about, etc. So the next thing you can do while you're in this unknown time, somebody said, you may be in an unknown time, but you're serving an all-knowing God. And I change it up a little bit. You may be in a in times of the unknown, but the God that is on the inside of you knows all things. So, what's another thing you can do when you're going through navigation, change, transition? You gotta guard your mind, you gotta watch what you listen to. You've heard me talk about this. You gotta watch your eye gate, that's what you look at. You gotta watch your ear gate, that's what you're listening to. You gotta watch what comes out of your mouth. I have somebody on one of my platforms say to me, you know, in my DM, I'm always broke, and I don't ever have money. And if that person not judging is saying that, you're getting more of that. So guard your mind on social media. You can't scroll for four and five hours. I know that's not easy. Sometimes I'll get on there and start looking at little white dogs, and I just scroll. So guard your mind, feed your mind, feed your spirit. I'm gonna get to that in a minute. Guard your mind to who you're listening to, what you're listening to, and even what you are saying, uh, what what others are saying to you about your situation. Next thing you can do, stop comparing yourself and your life to other people. Oh, I wish I had done this. Oh, look at Jane Doe. She has all her money together. Look at John, he got a thriving business. Look at this person, they seem so happy. Don't believe everything you see on social media. So stop comparing yourself. You did the best you could with the wisdom that you had at the time. Now that you know better, now that you are receiving uh different uh downloads, you can change your life. Forgive yourself, stop judging yourself, stop comparing yourself and knowing that you're not starting over, you're starting from where you are. Well, the comparison thing is really big because you know uh somebody said that I was reading this week that your brain processes images 60,000 times faster than your words. So that means if you're on social media and you see somebody in a Rolls Royce $10 million house, a happily married, cute dog, you know, whatever, then you can look at that and your brain will process that 60,000 times faster than words. So images, what you look at, I'm not gonna go into this, how you see yourself. So even in the middle of difficult times of navigating your life, a transition, just begin to take three to five minutes of what you want your life to look and feel like. You may not know how you're gonna get there, but just do that. I'm not gonna stay on that long. Okay, next thing. I think I said that look at some motivational stuff even though you don't feel it. Look at some motivational stuff even though you don't feel it. Put me on. Uh put me on. Uh put somebody else on who you vibe with, and just begin to listen. Uh, I remember times when I would just like, uh, and I'd be in one place working, and I may hear one word, one sentence, one motivation that will really shift and change me. And so just start listening to something motivational. Go to sleep with something motivational on. And as you go to sleep, uh, you know that when we're sleeping, that whatever we're listening to, it gets down in um our subconscious. So you're gonna look at something inspirational, motivational, and you're gonna read something. Now, when we read, it rewires our brain. So they're saying, the scientists are saying that when we read and we speak out loud what we are reading, that within 25 days, excuse me, 21 days, we are rewriting our story, we're rewriting our DNA and rewiring it. That's how powerful you are, because even in the midst, even in the midst of what's going on, boy, you can say, I'm gonna read it to you, Lena. Things always get good for me, things always happen for me. Yada yada yada. Just begin to say something. You see that? Read it and speak it out loud. That's how powerful you are. Expect expect I got to expect slow down constantly, expect for stuff to change. You don't have to know how. This is one way you can remember. Go back and remember all of the times that it looked like you were stuck, you didn't know how doors were gonna open, but it did. Wow, I remember when I got my divorce. I remember I was sitting in church and I said, God, will I ever love again? I I can see it in my mind now. I got my eyes closed, y'all. I could see it in my mind, and I just heard a low whisper. I never heard a loud voice said, You will. And I just couldn't comprehend it, I just couldn't conceive of it. But but but over time, I loved. And over time, I was loved, and over time I chose to love. I didn't know how. Remember, God has a million ways to open you up and get stuff to you and all of that. So I want you to. I talked about speaking out loud what you're reading, and I think I talked about look around and be grateful for what you do have. Start being grateful, and that will open doors for you. Y'all, gratitude is big. So if you're in the middle of a funk, what do you have? God thank you for what? I think I told you last with this one guy. He walks around, he's looking for 300 things he can be grateful for. I thank you for my house, I thank you for my car that I do have. He used to say, I thank you for my car that I do have. I can't pay the car note, but I thank you for my car that I do have. All right. And so be grateful. Yeah, it's something about gratitude. I don't know if I can even articulate it. If you just begin to be grateful, it'll pull you out, it'll help you. Uh uh, somebody said that when you are grateful, it brings joy and strength to you. So just try it. We're talking about even though things may not be going good for you. Do you have a job? Has God ever opened up a door for you to get a job, etc. So these are all things that you can do. These are all things that you can do to really uh keep hope alive. You don't know how you're tapping into the mysteries of the spirit, everything that I've shared with you. Maybe you can't do some of the steps, but you can be grateful. Maybe you can read something inspirational out loud, know that you are rewiring uh and and uh re uh igniting and and restoring your DNA. Maybe all you can pray is help, help, whatever it is. I want you to do that, but I want you to remember, everybody repeat that to me, it always gets good and everything always works out for me. Oh, that's good. Say that with me. It always gets good and everything always works out for me. Life is not happening to me, it's happening through and for me. God's love is working on my behalf all of the time. Y'all say that. Infinite love and the grace of God has unlimited possibilities and unlimited ways to resolve my issues. Somebody need to say that again. The infinite love and grace of God has unlimited possibilities and ways to resolve any of my issues. I can't quit. That's hopeful, isn't it? And so uh, God, I'm gonna rest in the love of God, knowing that the supernatural favor of God can take me beyond what I feel. That's a whole nother show, everybody. So we're resting in that grace, in that goodness, knowing that God has unlimited possibilities to resolve all of your stuff. That makes me want to just get up and run around the room. That the same creative power that created you and the universe and the sun and the galaxies is loving you right now and is helping you with anything in your life. And and I think that that's all I'm gonna say. So, can you see how just by beginning to activate and implement uh anything that I shared during the show today, guys? Anybody who you know is struggling, who's going through a tough time, please share this show with them. And you know, and let them know that everything is getting better, bigger, and more. More flow, more grace, more money, more love. Let them know that. And uh let them listen to this over and over again. This is so good. OMG. So everybody, I want you to share it on your timeline, share it with your coworkers, with your family members, with your partner who might be struggling. Somebody said to me, I thought I could change my partner. I'm like, girl, what do you mean? The only person you can change is yourself. Now you can influence your partner, but listen to this over and over again, and you're renewing your mind. So, so grateful that you tuned in. And as I say every week, the same power, love, energy, and grace that is holding the sun together, the galaxies together, the solar systems together. That love, that power, that grace is on the inside of you and is working in and for you behind the scenes. Expect miracles.