It starts
with a dream. Add faith, and it becomes
a belief. Add action, and it becomes a
part of life. Add Perseverance, and it
becomes a goal in sight. Add patience
and time, and it ends with a dream come true. – Doe Zantamata
We made it to
2016!!! Goals are written. Now what???
Recently, I was listening to a motivational speaker discuss
vision boards and she read the following story:
Glenna's Goal Book from Chicken
Soup for the Soul
In 1977 I was a single mother with
three young daughters, a house payment, a car payment and a need to rekindle
some dreams.
One evening I attended a seminar
and heard a man speak on the I x V = R Principle (Imagination mixed with
Vividness becomes Reality.) The speaker
pointed out that the mind thinks in pictures, not in words. And as we vividly picture in our mind what we
desire, it will become a reality.
This concept struck a chord of
creativity in my heart. I know that
Biblical taught that the Lord give us "the desires of our
heart"(Psalms 37:4) and that "as a man thinketh in his heart, so is
he" (Psalms 23:7). I was determined
to take my written prayer list and turn it into pictures. I began cutting up old magazines and
gathering pictures that depicted the "desires of my heart." I arranged them in an expensive photo album
and waited expectantly.
I was very specific with my
pictures. They included:
1.
A good-looking man
2.
A woman in a wedding gown and a man in a tuxedo
3.
Bouquets of flowers (I'm a romantic)
4.
Beautiful diamond jewelry (I rationalized that God loved David and
Solomon and they were two of the richest men who ever lived)
5.
an island in the sparkling blue Caribbean
6.
A lovely home
7.
New furniture
8.
A woman who had recently become vice-president of a large corporation.
(I was working for a company that had no female officers. I wanted to be the first woman vice-president
in that company.)
About eight weeks later, I was
driving down a California freeway, minding my own business at 10:30 in the
morning. Suddenly a gorgeous
red-and-white Cadillac passed me. I
looked at the car because it was a beautiful car. And the driver looked at me and smiled, and I
smiled back because I always smile. Now
I was in deep trouble. Have you ever
done that? I tried to pretend that I
hadn't looked. "Who me? I didn't look at you!" He followed me for the next 15 miles. Scared me to death! I drove a few miles, he drove a few
miles. I parked, he parked... and
eventually I married him!
On the first day after our first
date, Jim sent me a dozen roses. Then I
found out that he had a hobby. His hobby
was collecting diamonds. Big ones! And he was looking for somebody to decorate. I volunteered! We dated for about two years and every Monday
morning I received a long-stemmed red rose and a love note from him.
About three months before we were
getting married, Jim said to me, "I have found the perfect place to go on
our honeymoon. We will go to St. John's
Island down in the Caribbean." I
laughingly said, "I never would have thought of that!"
I did not confess the truth about
my picture book until Jim and I had been married for almost a year. It was then at we were moving into our
gorgeous new home and furnishing it with the elegant furniture that I had
pictured. (Jim turned out to be the West
Coast wholesale distributor for one of the finest eastern furniture
manufacturers.)
By the way, the wedding was in
Laguna Beach, California, and included the gown and tuxedo as realities. Eight months after I created my dream book, I
became the Vice-President of Human Resources in the company where I worked.
In some sense this sounds like a
fairy tale, but it is absolutely true.
Jim and I have made many "picture books" since we have been
married. God has filled our lives with
the demonstration of theses powerful principles of faith at work.
Decide what it is that you want in
every area of your life. Imagine it
vividly. Then act on your desires by
actually constructing your personal goal book.
Convert your ideas into concrete realities through this simple exercise. There are no impossible dreams. And, remember, God has promised to give His
children the desires of their heart.
Glenns Salsbury
A couple months ago before I ever heard anyone discuss
vision boards, I had started hanging pictures on my dining room (actually my
fitness area) wall. When I would walk
into the kitchen, I would review it and imagine what it would be like when those
dreams came true in my life. After
reading Glenns story, I started adding more pictures, etc. and get excited every
time I walk past.
Take the time to review your goals, create a vision board, dream,
be creative and imagine the
unthinkable for your life in 2016!
I believe that
visualization is one of the most powerful means of achieving personal goals. -
Harvey Mackay
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