copyright © 1998, by Karyn Greenstreet. All rights
reserved.
It has been said that
nothing in the world has ever been created without a thought initiating the process.
Thomas Edison made hundreds of attempts at the light bulb before he found success. When
asked why he kept persevering, he replied, "For each attempt that failed and was
discarded, it put me one step closer to the one experiment that would succeed." For
each thought, each belief, that created a reality that wasn’t quite right, a new
thought took its place, creating a better reality.
We’ve all heard of these success-from-failure stories and they often
help to motivate us to try our personal best, to keep persevering. But how can we keep
trying in the face of overwhelming odds? How do we get past the negative beliefs, the
distractions, the lack of support from our family and friends? What can we do when
we’re tired of trying? What if we don’t know what our soul wants?
Your thoughts do create your reality, and in learning to modify
your old, entrenched thought patterns, you can modify your reality. There are three ways
to modify our thoughts. First, changing your attitudes and beliefs about your current
reality often shifts your focus and awareness so that you can begin to find peace in your
life. Second, creating an image or thought of the new reality you want to create
and keep that in focus as you go about your day. Third, through psychotherapy, gain
insight into the birth of the thought and heal it.
The first step in creating your own reality is to determine which
reality you’re looking for. Often we don’t reach our dreams because we never
have a clear idea of what dreams are the most important to us. What is it you want most in
this lifetime? Vital good health? A loving and supportive mate? Success in your business
or career? A nice home? Spiritual enlightenment? Freedom from emotional turmoil? An
opportunity to study with a master?
Whether your dreams are physical, emotional or spiritual, first write a
list of what you want. You may find that you want something in each of those categories.
In writing your list, be specific. Instead of writing "a good marriage," be
specific: what specific actions and emotions are you looking for in your definition of a
good marriage? In place of "good health," you might write "freedom from
arthritic pain" or "more energy."
Don’t feel pressured to write the list all in one sitting; take some
time to allow things to bubble up from your soul. Organize the list in any way you’d
like, but make sure you determine which items are more important to you than the others.
You may want to write the list, then take a few days to think about it. Finally, review it
one last time, re-arrange priorities, or adding and subtracting items as needed.
Because your needs and life situation may change, your list will remain
flexible and will change as time goes by. Try to remain open to these changes, even if it
means rearranging your list of dreams. Perhaps a simple, mild change to an item is all
that is necessary in order to keep up with the times.
Now that you have a list, the next step is to determine a means of
visualizing or imagining that outcome, and putting that image out into the Universe, so
that the Universe can, in time, manifest the events and resources to create that outcome
in your physical world. In putting our wishes out into the Universe, and doing internal
work to change our thoughts and beliefs, we set in motion the intention for a better life.
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Karyn Greenstreet is a Life and Business
Coach. She helps self-employed people create
and grow their business, stay focused and motivated, and create a balanced life.
Visit Karyn's website at
Passion For Business, small business coaching and consulting for the self
employed..
