I have got my eyes on the horizon and I am looking out on my bigger, better future. This year, 2007, has been a most challenging year. I can’t truthfully say that I have been the least bit comfortable, satisfied or especially happy this year. But I have been, and continue to be, grateful for everything that has happened in this past year
My gratitude gives me pause for reflection and a little quiet time to ponder my progress towards the goals I have set for myself, and to marvel at the process of creating them. Hopefully this will add a little value to your planning on what you would like to create for yourself in the year ahead.
I have heard it said the definition of success is the “on-going realization of a worthy ideal”. As I think about this definition, the key phrase for me is “on-going”. Which is the same as saying never give up on your good idea. This has been my year for planting good ideas in the quantum field… or, as I like to call it, “the goo of creation”. I am delighted to report that I have new ideas that excite me to a level where I know I will not give up on them, no matter what! At the beginning of this year, I made a decision to get off my ass and start crafting an exciting vision for where I want to take my life, and develop a plan of action that I believe in completely.
This year was my new start… my "do-over"... a defining moment in the course of my life. Now twelve months later, I can perceive that I am moving in a more harmonious vibration toward my goals, attracting to me all manner of people and circumstances that are in alignment with my getting what I want. I know for some, this sounds like re-hashed self-help mumbo-jumbo. But honestly, this was my year of awakening from years of embracing the bad habit of being too comfortable with the status quo. I realized I was not growing, my business had actually dried-up, my relationships were strained, my enthusiasm for anything evaporated in the drought of negativity I had so comfortably got in the habit of embracing. Things in my life were beginning to die… including me. My state of depression was overwhelming at times. I was not happy about started over at the very bottom in mid-life. The challenge of looking up and out of the hole I found myself in towards a bigger, better future seemed quite impossible.
This year I planted new seeds in the field of possibility. And I have been rain dancing in that field all year in belief that the rains will come in abundance, and new results will grow from my new ideas. Like all things in nature, the principals that guide creating what you want are simple and elegant:
- make an irrevocable decision to put all your life’s energy into something you really love.
- allow yourself to step away from your current considerations and results to craft a vision for living your life in alignment with what you love… and dream big!
- use your powerful creative imagination. Develop the habit of seeing yourself experiencing your dream in hand, right now.
- take a baby-step toward it, then another and another…every day.
- believe in your vision and have 100 per cent faith that it is on its way to you right now.
- pay no attention to your past results; keep your daily focus on your vision for a bigger future. What you focus your attention on grows in your life.
- start from where you stand and with what you have right now and then be grateful.
That is essentially the basic principal involved in creating what you desire in your life. Nothing complicated about it. And it works for everyone, including me! This year, I finally gained a deeper, practical understanding and awareness of how the results in my life get created. As a result, I am aligned with my purpose in life, I have a vision for what it looks like, and I have some exciting goals that are bites out of my vision. I am creating on purpose once again. This is fascinating and empowering for me. This deeper awareness has changed the trajectory of my life.
Of course, there is no free lunch in the universe. This understanding came at a real price, both emotionally and financially. I had to be willing to be uncomfortable, to take greater risk and face head-on the challenges that come with growth and expansion. This willingness, and my ability to take action, is in direct proportion to my faith and belief that I deserve to have what I desire in life, and the universe wants me to have it too. Nature is always for growth and expansion. I had to learn to trust in this on-going, creative process completely. When you let go of the rope, you no longer can be in a tug-of war with life. Things seem to come together on their own, without strain and tension. Things start happening in an easy and relaxed way. (I have talked about this subject in earlier posts). Nature conspires to bring you what ever is necessary for the realization of your heart’s desire.
I have some big goals for this coming year:
- To establish my new marketing and design consulting firm (www.pullinc.com) at profitable levels attracting clients who value our contribution to their business success.
- To continue to experiment with my own ideas and thought leadership in the areas of personal and professional success as a writer and teacher through this blog and grow its readership.
- To continue to use my talents and experience to inspire people to create a bigger, better future for their personal and professional lives.
- To continue to write and record my music, paint and practice my artistic pursuits and interests on a high level od expression
- To continue to do all these things in an easy and relaxed way from my beautiful work / live environment in the middle of my orange grove here in Ojai, California.
So all in all, this has been the year of transformation, growth and expansion. Life has been challenging for sure. But I sense a greater inner strength and calling. I have more energy and vitality for life. The seeds of my success are firmly planted in the “goo”… and I am fully engaged in the process of creating the life of my dreams. And even though I have no physical evidence as proof right now, I know my vision is already taking form and I will succeed. I am grateful for everything in my life right now and I look forward to the challenges that lie ahead in the coming new year. I want to do remarkable things in life... I want to experience how remarkable I really am. I want to leave here knowing I made a difference.
I wish you all much happiness and success in every area of your life this coming year. Thank you all for reading my monthly posts on The White Hot Center. I really appreciate the support I have received from all of you.
Happy New Year!
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Thomson,
What a great post. I find it interesting that we actually feel similarly about 2007. I too can "say that I have been the least bit comfortable, satisfied or especially happy this year. But I have been, and continue to be, grateful for everything that has happened in this past year."
I too received a great deal of insight from 2007 professionally and the most personally. Thanks for sharing this very real and revealing post with us.
Here's to a great 2008.