Remember the Land of Let’s Pretend that you visited as a child? All you had to do was turn to your imagination and it would whisk you away to any world at all.
You could be a rock star, a cowboy, a princess, a lion. You could fly through space or gallop across the desert on the bare back of a mighty steed. The stories were endless and oh so very real. And your friends would be there with you, playing right along.
What if you visited Let’s Pretend again? What if you dreamed a magical tomorrow, set a few months, or maybe a couple years or so in the future? What if you painted it with all your fondest dreams and saw them in three dimensions, in living color with a state-of-the-art soundtrack to boot?
Imagine! You had put all your best talents to work, and day after day played your hardest at keeping your goals in mind. Opportunities, resources, ideas and connections materialized as if invisible hands were guiding you on your way. And now, here you were, just where you wanted to be, confident and serene, doing exactly the kind of things your heart most wanted to do. What would it look like? How would it feel? Can you see it? Can you imagine? Do you have the daring to dream such a dream?
When I first learned about the power of imagining an ideal future for myself the focus of my mentors was on career achievement and wealth building. To be honest, neither of those things held any real appeal to me. But the idea that keeping a vision in mind somehow pulled that vision into reality intrigued me. And over the years, my understanding of that concept has broadened and deepened, and the principle I was taught all those years ago has proved itself to be undeniably true.
Hold a vision of how you want to be in the world. Refine it as you go. Out of the blue, luck comes, unfolding its gifts and promises. When you hold to your vision, believing, everything you need to materialize it appears, albeit not always in quite the form or manner you had expected.
What you need may take a far different shape than what you had imagined. We seldom have our true desires well defined when we begin our journey. But something that guides us knows far better than we ourselves what it will take to put our heart’s true dreams together. And in the end, we get more than we dared to wish for, treasures of far more worth.
Along the way you have to keep an open mind and be ready for surprises. Always remember your vision; watch it evolve. And when inspiration comes, be ready to grab it, right now, and to run wherever it points you.
It’s all an act of faith, you know. Just put on a smile and whisper, “I believe. I believe.”
Wishing you a week of most excellent dreams.
Warmly,
Susan
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