The stench of urine and bleach burns your nostrils.

While the world sleeps in warm beds, you're here, spreading newspapers across cold subway tiles, your five-year-old son trembling against your chest.

His small fingers grip your shirt. His breath comes in soft, confused whispers:

"Daddy, when do we go home?"

You have no answer. Just the weight of his trust crushing your chest.

In eight hours, you need to walk into a boardroom of executives in $3,000 suits and convince them you belong in their world. You have $10 in your pocket. Paint still caked under your fingernails.

This was Chris Gardner's reality in 1981.

Not a movie scene. Not inspiration porn. His actual Tuesday night.

And on Wednesday morning? He showed up anyway. Clean shirt. Straightened tie. The guy next to him on the subway would never guess where he'd slept.

This is the moment most people break.

The moment when your eyes scream "IMPOSSIBLE" but something deeper whispers "keep going."

Most of us surrender to what we can see. We choose the evidence over the vision.

Gardner didn't.

He was running through the streets of San Francisco, that heavy bone density scanner clutched in one hand, tears mixing with sweat.

To everyone watching, he was just another desperate man with junk in his hands.

To him, it was everything - the last tangible piece of his dream.

That's what faith looks like. When you've got nothing left, and still don't quit.

You've felt your own version of this, haven't you?

That moment when you're rowing alone in a pitch-black ocean. No shore in sight. No stars to guide you. Just the sound of waves and your own ragged breathing.

This is where most people abandon ship. This is the void.

Your manifestation is developing like a Polaroid photograph, the image exists the moment you take the picture, but requires time to become visible.

How many of your desires have you given up on, just moments before they were about to show up?

The Abandonment Cycle

The moment faith is most required is exactly when most people abandon their journey.

Picture this:

You have a vision. "I'm earning $10k/month."

At first, it's exhilarating. You wake up with that fire in your belly. Gratitude floods your system. You're crushing days, building momentum.

But then... silence.

No external validation. No "signs" it's working. Just you, alone in that boat, drifting.

No shore. No land. Just you and your thoughts.

And something shifts.

You go from that fearless child with unwavering faith to a scared adult who needs proof.

Just like Gardner in that bathroom. A father with his son's trust in his hands. The weight of potential failure crushing his chest.

The voices start:

You recognize that voice, don't you? That's not you speaking.

That's Mr. Fear, and he's not real.

But when that voice appears, your body doesn't know the difference. Your heart races. Your chest tightens. And sometimes – most times – you give in.

You throw in the towel. Another vision abandoned.

Two weeks later, you're onto something new:

And the cycle repeats: visualize → no immediate results → doubt → abandon → repeat.

With each abandoned vision, your inner child stops believing your promises.

"Sure, we're going to manifest this..." they say, rolling their eyes.

This isn't just missing out on what you want. It's spiritual self-betrayal, choosing what your eyes can see over what your soul knows to be true.

But what if this void, this stretching darkness between vision and manifestation, isn't failure at all?

What if it's the most crucial part of your journey?

What if that Polaroid photograph you just captured is being developed by something greater than you – an unseen intelligence working behind the scenes to bring your vision to life?

The Divine Timing Paradox

"Every vision has its own appointed hour it will flower; if it seems long, wait for it – it is sure and it will not be late." - Neville Goddard

Remember that bathroom floor?

The silence of defeat. The weight of invisibility. A father and son surrounded by strangers' waste and cleaning chemicals.

Most people break here. When life gets this hard, they surrender.

But your lowest physical moment, though it feels like punishment, is actually redirection. It's your resistance to this truth that creates suffering.

We see this pattern repeated in every success story. When your 3D reality looks worst, your manifestation is often closest.

You try to force the timeline:

Gardner was at his lowest when opportunity was closest. Like Stallone who turned down $350,000 when broke because he believed in his vision of something greater (wrote about it here)

But how do you actually maintain that vision when everything around you screams "give up"?

The Faith-Sight Separation Test

Imagine this:

You just spent the night in a public bathroom with your 5-year-old son.

Your body hurts from the hard floor. Your clothes smell of disinfectant and desperation. Your stomach screams from another skipped meal.

And now you're buttoning up your only decent shirt, straightening your tie in a cracked mirror, and walking into a financial firm to compete against ivy league graduates for an unpaid internship.

You have less than $10 in your wallet.

No safety net. No backup plan. No evidence your gamble will pay off.

Nothing but deep faith in yourself.

What separates those who reach their dreams from those who don't isn't luck, skill, or genetics.

It's this:

This is the ultimate test. The one most people fail.

Gardner didn't.

He doesn't know where they'll sleep tonight. He just knows he can't let go of that scanner, his son, or the vision burning in his heart.

Because if he lets go now, it's over.

That's what unshakeable faith looks like in real time. Not pretty Instagram quotes. Not feel-good seminars. But showing up when every fiber of your being wants to hide instead.

The night before his most important interview – the one that would determine everything – he was arrested for unpaid parking tickets.

The cold metal of handcuffs against his wrists. The slam of the cell door. The slow tick of hours passing while his future slipped away.

After a night in jail, he showed up to his interview still wearing paint-stained clothes, a tank top, and a jacket – looking completely out of place among the well-dressed executives.

The scratch of his unshaven face. The smell of jail still clinging to his skin. The judging eyes tracking him across the room.

But here's what matters:

He showed up.

No explanations.

No excuses.

No signs of the night he'd just endured.

He answered their questions with confidence. Engaged like he belonged there because deep down, he knew he did.

That was the moment. The invisible line between rejection and breakthrough.

His circumstances screamed "you've lost," but his presence declared "I've already won."

Chris Gardner went on to become a multi-millionaire and living proof that to get what you truly want, you must walk by faith, not by sight.

I've Been In That Void Too

Let me share something personal.

Two years ago, my friend and I had this vision for a mobile app. We could see it clearly, how it would change the way people connect, the impact it would have. We invested thousands of dollars and over a year of our lives into it.

Then, disaster struck.

The development team we hired couldn't deliver. After burning through most of our budget, they admitted they couldn't build what we wanted. The project collapsed.

We went silent. Didn't talk to each other for days. Our vision, the one we'd carried for years, seemed dead.

I remember sitting alone in my apartment, staring at the wall. That familiar knot in my stomach growing tighter each day. My mind racing with the same thoughts over and over:

I was in the void. No shore in sight. No evidence anything would work out. Just darkness.

For three days, I disappeared. Turned off my phone. Meditated. Did nothing but breathe and sit with the discomfort.

And then, in that emptiness, something shifted.

Not because I forced it. But because I finally stopped fighting the void.

A new idea emerged, what if we pivoted to a voice-first chat app? More niche. More focused. Using the little money we had left just to create a design, not even the full app.

With nothing but that idea and faith that the next step would reveal itself, I called my friend. We booked 10 meetings in a week with different companies.

We found one that believed in our vision. They created the design at a price we could afford. That step led to the next, and somehow we found funding for the development phase too.

Now, we're releasing the app in 1-2 weeks (you can check it out here)

That void, that painful period of silence and apparent failure, wasn't the end of our vision. It was preparation for a better version of it.

And here's what most manifestation teachers won't tell you:

The 30-Day Mental Diet: Walking By Faith, Not Sight

The Chris Gardner story shows us what's possible.

But how do you actually walk by faith when everything around you screams "give up"?

You need a mental diet.

Just like you choose what food goes into your body, you choose what thoughts go into your mind. And just like a physical diet, the first few days are the hardest.

For 30 days straight, you become a watchman of your mind. Not trying to control every thought—that's impossible. Instead, you're watching for one thing: when you fall out of your desired state.

The process is simple:

1. Define your desire clearly:

"I am earning $10,000 a month doing what I love."

2. Identify and flip your limiting beliefs:

1. "It's hard to earn money" → "Money flows to me easily"
2. "I'm not worthy of wealth" → "I deserve abundance"
3. "Making $10k is impossible for me" → "My skills are valuable and people happily pay for them"

Catch yourself when you fall

When doubt, fear, or old beliefs creep in, immediately shift back to your desired state through: Repeating your new beliefs having inner conversations as if your desire is already real feeling the relief and gratitude of already having what you want

What this looks like in real life:

You're going about your day when suddenly you think: "This will never work. I'm not smart enough to make that kind of money."

You shift back to your desired state.

When you do this consistently for 30 days, something changes:

• Weeks 1-2: You catch yourself falling out of state frequently
• Week 3: You start catching yourself faster
• Week 4: You naturally stay in your desired state longer

And here's the key to handling your own "Chris Gardner moments":

When life gets harder during your mental diet (and it will), remember:

These challenges are often signs your manifestation is close. Your job is to remain faithful to your vision.

When hardships hit: Double down on your mental diet Remember that your current reality is old news Your new reality is being born right now

Here's the counter-intuitive truth about manifestation that most people miss: The moment you feel most like quitting is precisely when you should double down. When evidence against your desire piles up, that's not the universe saying no – it's asking, "How badly do you want this?"

It's like developing that Polaroid photograph. The darkest moment in the development process comes right before the image becomes clear.

Most people fail at this because they: Try it for a few days and quit Try to control every thought (impossible) Let what they see override what they know

But when you commit fully to these 30 days, you create new neural pathways that make living from your desired state your default.

The beautiful part? You feel better every day during this process. You're living from fulfillment instead of lack.

Why would you choose to think from limitation when you could think from success?

The mental diet is just one component of complete reality shifting. If you want the full framework I use to help people manifest their desires consistently, including the step-by-step process and advanced techniques, sign up for early access here: https://realityshift.evolvee.me​

Remember, every successful person, from Chris Gardner to every breakthrough story you've heard, had to walk by faith during their darkest moments.

Your 30 days start now.

All Love, Tomas