Whatever you think is possible, is possible.

When you adequately envision a particular idea, visualize how that idea will turn into a reality, do the research on feasibility, limitations, and needed resources, and then –slowly but surely– put that idea in action, you will most definitely be able to turn your vision into a reality.

Most of the products in your home originally started out as an idea. Most of the services you may use, like electric currents, telephones, computers, cell phones, media players…. all of these started out as an idea (with a lot of research and development thrown in). We take certain things for granted, like running water, the International Space Station, and iPhones, but at one time each of those were a high goal, or even something straight out of fiction.

I have seen the power of visioning come to fruition in my own life with my family, my work, my creative projects, my location, and my personal goals.

In 2001, I sat down and wrote out a vision statement for what I wanted to happen in the coming decade. Here it is almost 2008 and most of those items have come true: my job, my marriage, my children, and my house are all things that I had envisioned and thought about, sometimes with wistfulness, sometimes with purposeful action, but always with the idea that they *were* possible. And here they are! I look back at my journals and think about how something that seemed an unimaginable goal for me at one point is now a daily reality: I realize I could even set higher goals because the sky/outer space is the limit!

For the next year, I encouarage you to specifically identify goals “I affirm that I am ________” or “I am living _________ and doing the following activities for my work _____________” or other specific statements.

Consider doing a goal in each of the areas of family, friends, relationships, health, job/career, education, philanthropy, and community.

For added benefit, break up your goals into mangaeable chunks (benchmarks) and add a deadline: “by April 30, I will have _____________.”

With this approach, you simply move to the next timeline and benchmark on your list. Over the long run you see the progression, but in the short run you see yourself changing habits and making small course adjustments in your daily life to reach those goals.

When you have an internal deadline and destination that you’re heading towards, you’ll find even more ways from this abundant universe to assist you in reaching that goal. Bit by bit, day by day, task by task, person by person, you’ll find the resources and relationships you need to sustain your vision.

However, the main point is to keep those goals in front of you. I keep my affirmations and goals clearly posted (I even carry them around in my journal). I e-mail them to myself on a regular basis and I check in with myself every month.

This next year, work hard, hard, hard on making your set goals become a reality. Also consider developing a 5-year plan, a 10-year plan, a 15-year plan, a 20-year plan, and more. How will you know where you’re going if you don’t know where you’re headed?

I invite you to sign up for my e-mail newsletter (links below this post) and I’ll keep you motivated with helpful tips, ideas, how-to articles and more for 2008. Happy New Year!

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