You know how you have that third eye. You know, the one in the middle of your forehead. Actually it’s in your mind. I like to call it “my mind’s eye”. I believe strongly that if I can see it in my mind’s eye then I can have it. It doesn’t matter what it is. If I can see it, I can achieve it.
You can too. It’s really not hard to do. Some people call this visualization. I call it dreaming. And we all dream. Some of our dreams can come true.
I always wanted to be a famous country-western singer. I knew that I was good enough but that wasn’t my actual dream. I knew that if I had that life I wouldn’t want it for long. But I wanted to be on stage, holding the microphone, and singing the songs I loved at the top of my lungs.
All I can say now is “thank God for karaoke”! That vision of mine was fulfilled on many a karaoke stage and I am satisfied. I am currently in preparation to be on The Voice. I’m warning you of this so that you won’t get in the car with me. But on The Voice they only give you 90 seconds to sing. I really need a full 3 minutes.
A lot of famous people have bragged about visualization. So I have a bulletin board in my office that I call my “Gotta Have It” board. I pull ads out of magazines and just add them to what I want. Currently I have these items on my board: diamond earrings, leather gloves, a trip to Louisiana, weekend getaways to various bed & breakfasts in the south, Godiva chocolate (I got some of that for Valentine’s Day so I can take it off, right?), new plush bath towels, a trip to Barbados, a shopping trip to Nashville, an Airstream camper redone for the cowgirl in me, a Rolex watch, a log cabin, and a Panama leather diary. I threw away the Godiva ad since that has been realized.
In my book, “It Don’t Take No Mental Heavyweight to Figure It Out” I ask questions about your dreams, your mind’s eye. Here’s a couple of those:
1. Have you realized your dreams or put them to bed? What are they? What’s their status?
2. Is there a way you can visualize what you want without actually achieving it? Will that satisfy you?
Take a little while to sit down with yourself and think these things out. For years I thought I wanted to be a famous country-western singer. But I didn’t. I just wanted to be on stage with a microphone in my hand. There’s a big difference.