Picture This!
“Hold an image of the life you want, and that image will become fact.”
- Norman Vincent Peale
It’s true we think in pictures. Our minds create an image when we think about something specifc. Try this… Think of a baby. Think of a bridge. Think of what you ate for lunch. What did you see? Most likely, all of these “thoughts” came to you as “images”. You could actually picture a specific baby, a certain bridge and a nice healthy salad (or perhaps a tuna melt and some chips!). And, not only did you get a picture in your mind, you most likely also experienced other “sensory” emotions with it. You smelled the freshness of the baby, heard the water crash against the bridge and tasted the delicious salad and chips!
Why do we think in pictures? First – because our minds are programmed this way. Our brain works with all of our senses, puts them together and creates a complete thought. It rounds out the sensory experience for us. We can actually “feel” these images in our bodies; they resonate in our being. Often, they resonate so strongly and feel so real that we are compelled to take some sort of action. If the “picture” is positive, loving and empowering, we do what we can to keep it, enjoy it, and get more of it. If the “picture” is negative, ugly and draining, we do what we can to get rid of it and change the situation.
So, taking this one step further…if our mind creates images, and the images direct our thoughts and actions – what would happen if we DECIDE to create specific, positive, beautiful, empowering images in our minds? What if we could “picture” and create the relationships we desire? What if we could “picture” and create the job and salary we desire. What if we could “picture” and create perfect health, a beautiful home, and an effortless, ideal life for ourselves - in every area we desire?
Wouldn’t life be grand?
Well, I have some great news! Life IS Grand! You CAN do this. You CAN have all of this. You can literally have anything you want and desire and believe in. The very first step is to “picture” it. Get the image in your mind. Brand it there. Visualize it. Hold it above all else no matter what you currently have or in what situation you now find yourself. And in addition to just keeping it in your mind, you can cut out pictures and put them up around the house where you will see them everyday – on the refrigerator, on the bathroom mirror, at the edge of your computer monitor. Look at them as often as you can, and FEEL them. Allow all of your senses to experience them. Here’s what happens…
This image will become your thoughts.
Your thoughts will lead you to take action. Your actions will create your results. This means that you will have what you picture. This new, exciting vibrant image will become your reality! In fact, it will become your LIFE!
Hold an image in your mind’s eye, and you will surely live into it! Now, that’s Powerful!
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About the Author: Sue Urda is an Author, Speaker, Inspirer and Co-Founder of Powerful You! Women’s Network, She was named twice on Inc. Magazines list of the 500 Fastest-Growing Private Companies and is the author of two books, Powerful Intentions Everyday Gratitude and Empowering Transformations for Women. Sue’s vision is to contribute to a global consciousness of women helping women succeed in business and in life and to open them to truth of who they are. www.sueurda.com
In the course of a day, I run across so many things that don’t make sense to me.
The New Year is upon us and we have all heard many wishes of Happy New Year! We’ve wished it many times for others and we are all hoping and even praying it will turn out to be this way, right? Well, what happens to these wishes and thoughts of happiness as the month rolls on by and the good feelings of the holidays are a distant and waning memory? Is having a Happy Year something we even think about? For many people, happiness is not top of mind. Instead, we focus on the day to day drudgery, a busy schedule and often just making it through to tomorrow. Happiness is not only not a major focus for us it is often not even on our radar. So if it’s not on our radar how can it happen? The short answer is: it can’t.
We are bred to make judgments. Early on as kids we are taught the difference between good and bad, right and wrong. This translated to who we should be friends with, what school, sport and instrument is best for us, how to talk to authority figures, what to eat and even the type of person we want the world to see us as. And I don’t know if it felt this way to you, but I always felt that my parents wanted me to ‘just know this’ – almost as if I didn’t have time to learn it through experience, but that I should simply know what was right. What I realize now is that they were teaching me their version of ‘right’ and ‘good’, because they wanted to save me the trouble and angst of perhaps struggling through. I get this and I am thankful to them. At the same time, I realize that I became very judgmental and lived this way for much of my life.
There are many posts on Facebook and Twitter and in the newsletters of many motivational coaches lately harkening the end of the year saying things like “Oh-Oh, only this many days left to achieve your goals” “Are you where you want to be?”, “You’re running out of time”. This type of language is pretty much threatening us that if we don’t do it now or before the end of the year that we may never actually get it done. Is this true?
Have you ever noticed that whatever you resist persists? Even though your intention is to resist it so it goes away and does not have power over you, as long as you continue to give energy to a thing or a thought, it simply continues to grow. It doesn’t matter if your thought is for it to go away or to come closer to you, if you are thinking it, you are keeping it in your vibration. It’s just like the saying…
“If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, that would suffice.”
An emergency comes up out of nowhere and you are “forced” to take time for something or someone that you had not planned. You have decided that the emergency takes precedence over everything else, because the person or thing that emerged is more important to you than anything else on your plate at this moment.
Have you ever been in a position of flux? You don’t know exactly what to do and you are so afraid to make the wrong decision that you have frightened yourself into non-action. You procrastinate, whine and moan, teeter back and forth and literally feel frozen in your tracks. You ask others for their advice and this only serves to confuse you more because it simply adds to the inordinate number of choices you have before you. How can you possibly do something if it might be the wrong decision in the long run? Is fear holding you away from your dreams and desires?
There are times when you feel very clear about your path and you trust the direction in which you are moving. Much of the time, you find that others involved will be right there with you, totally aligned and in agreement. On occasion though, as you move forward someone steps forth and throws a kink in the works. They have their own plan, their own agenda, and it is definitely not in sync with yours. What to do?
