Yar! Gravedigger alert!
I've spent a bunch more time thinking about this and my conclusion is now ridiculously simple. A very important key/part of IM is to:
Let go and trust.
Different people express it differently. Chopra says to let go and trust in the wisdom of uncertainty. Others above have essentially said that one has to let go and trust that it is coming to you. Trust that it will manifest. Believe and trust are synonyms in this case, although I like trust better.
Thank you all very much. Sometimes ideas have to be presented in a particular way for me to get it.
Some more info here:
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Another thing I'm realizing and is helping me is to be more playful. Life's a game and I'm just trying out a new way to play. It'll all turn out ok.
Happy manifesting!