Esther Hicks Quotes

If something you want is slow to come to you, it can be for only one reason: You are spending more time focused upon its absence than you are about its presence. If

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• If something you want is slow to come to you, it can be for only one reason: You are spending more time focused upon its absence than you are about its presence. If

  

  Esther Hicks
  • Reason
  • Focused
  • Absence