Dreams
Do Come True
by Debbie Johnson
The goal is set. She
runs for the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and
everything in creation tries to stop her... A hailstorm,
a fire, a hurricane, a heartbreak, and finally,
persisting until the sweet end, she makes it! Hardly
believing it is real, she basks in the warm light of
glory that begins to feel as natural as the sun itself.
Just as she did, you can make your dreams come true.
Persistence is the key word in the above story, and the
magic key to success in any endeavor. Never give up. If
you believe in your dreams, you must pursue them with
zeal, tumbling any blocks in your way with pure love and
joy for the chase!
Where To Begin
When I was in eighth
grade, my
teacher asked us to write a composition about what we'd
like to do when we grew up. All I could think of was one
sentence. "I want to help people!" I had an
unformed idea that has reshaped and remolded itself many
times over the years, through many failures,
heartbreaks, and countless feelings of unworthiness and
self-doubt. I know now that the feeling to help others
meant to help myself first, then find ways to help
others help themselves.
That dream has
finally grown into a full-time income reality, with a
part-time effort. (My dream job). I get to spend my days
spreading love, and loving myself, because I have the
freedom and time to do whatever I need to live well.
That doesn't mean that life is always easy, or that my
work is always enjoyable. It means I am doing what I
would do if this were the last day of my life. That is
my yardstick for following my heart... that and doing
what feels absolutely right and true.
What have you always
wanted to do? Write it down now. If that questions
stumps you, try this one on for size: What would you do
if this were the last day of your life? Write down the
first thing that comes to mind, no matter how ridiculous
or impossible it seems... that will always be from Soul.
OK, got it? Good, you're on your way!
The God-Can
The first magic
ingredient to making something happen is to write it
down. Writing things down makes them happen. It has been
proven in studies done with two groups of people. Both
groups sought after goals in the same way. Yet one
group, the test group, wrote their goals down on paper,
the other group was not allowed to do this. The group
that took pen to paper accomplished them, get this, 100
to one over the group that did not! Is that incredible?
I have proven this over and
over to myself. Every time I write my goals, they get
accomplished unless I am emotionally entangled in them
(that's a whole article in itself).
So get out a pretty
or special box or jar, or decorate a can (a
"God-can" is nice). Now stuff it with all the
little pieces of paper on which you have madly written
your dreams and goals as they have come to mind. Set
reasonable dates for their attainment as well. It works,
even if the dream doesn't land exactly on that date, it
helps your subconscious to have a specific time frame.
Now you get to be a
kid again. If you can pretend it is really happening, it
will happen much faster and more fully than your mind
can believe. Relaxation and becoming childlike in your
attitude is vital to working with your subconscious. Too
bad adults don't "make believe" anymore... why
should kids have all the fun anyway?
There are lots of
wonderful books on creating what you want. My studies of
them and my own experiences in life have helped me to
accomplish almost anything I could imagine, from a
Hawaiian cruise to living there and learning Hula. From
a visit to New York City working temporarily at
"Good Morning America" to working at my dream
job for a very special publisher. There's more to go for
me... I'm not stopping till my body does, and you don't
have to either. Life is meant to be lived to the
fullest, so get in there and dig your toes in the mud.
You might just find a diamond!
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