FINDING BALANCE
Growing up in a strict, religious home, thinking about wishing for things or manifesting what we wanted was the vilest of endeavors. "If it was the Lord's will, He would give it to us."
It took me a half dozen decades to not feel guilty for freely asking and imagining my blessings. When I am blessed, others are richly blessed. I don't believe the "name it and claim it" philosophy, but when we envision our dreams, we are more likely to work toward those goals.
My mother would be concerned for my immortal soul when I'd get excited when we were prospering. I spent years trying to explain that I couldn't help anyone if I didn't have money with which to bless them. There's a balance I'm obviously still working on - prayer, attraction, positive energy, living in kindness but manifesting prosperity. I obviously don't have the answers, but I'm doing my best.
VISION BOARD 2023
When a friend invited a group of us last year to make Vision Boards, I was excited but still experienced some of the old childhood guilt. The older I get, the more I believe in the Laws of Attraction. Life has been difficult the past few years. It's imperative for me to remain positive and get rid of the negative influences in my life. I made my first vision board last year and hung it in my office. I looked at it daily and achieved several of the items on the board. As the year progressed, I believe a lot of it had to do with the focus of working on those dreams that I saw daily. "Your life is as good as your mindset."
Coming into 2024, life is as challenging as ever. Concentrating on the good, the positive, the things I want and need in my life, I have no problem looking toward the things I desire as we deal with life's tests. So I was thrilled with this February Contest as it motivated me to refocus on what I'm working toward this year - ATTRACT - DON'T CHASE.
VISION BOARD 2024
In 2019 I got cancer. Serious cancer. After a major operation and a year of chemo, I found myself sixty pounds more than I was when I started. The doctors told me constantly that it was the steroids and that as soon as I was done with the chemo, it would fall off. They lied.
I worked hard to get half of it off, and in the past two stress-filled years, the other half hasn't budged. This year I want to concentrate on wearing the clothes I used to wear - not for any reason other than to be healthy and feel vital again.
I have two out of three books written in my new trilogy. The third is outlined and the draft started. I want to publish those this year and would love to make the NYT Bestseller list. I made the Amazon Bestseller list a couple of times, and I'd love to expand. I recently had the covers made, so I'm excited about those.
Daughter Number One's house burned down two weeks before we moved into our new house, so four additional adults and four dogs moved in the day we did. It's been two and a half years of rebuilding, and prayerfully they will be out in the next few weeks. There are several things I'd like to remodel, but it would be difficult with all these people. Those projects are part of this year's vision. My dear friend Candice A. Donofrio told me, "Do not be married to mayhem." I'm holding on to that.
I have ALWAYS wanted a cabin in the woods. I don't even need to own it, just somewhere I can go, close enough to escape on weekends, on a lake so I can fish.
Sales are thriving this year, so I'm ready to have a banner year. Again, with five daughters and five grands and a slew of people I know who are in need, I want to prosper to bless others.
I intentionally didn't read any of the other entries before I wrote this because I didn't want to be influenced. But thank you, Wanda Kubat-Nerdin - Wanda Can! and Kathy Streib, for this motivation. I think I hit the salient points, and I believe!
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