Fire Up Your Imagination!

Imagination is more important than knowledge. - Albert Einstein

The second step in moving towards living and experiencing the dreams that you intend to hold is to engage your imagination. All ideas, inventions, services, and material goods were all created by a mere thought in someones mind. Everyone has the inner ability to bring their thoughts into full realization to be experienced on a physical level. The first step, which was revealed yesterday, is to identify that which you desire to achieve in life. It may be an idea, a goal, or specific physical experience. You can begin to move towards it by clearly and consciously stating your intention.

The next step is to visualize,using mental images, the fulfilled end result of that which you intended to accomplish. Use your imagination to engage all of your senses and feel yourself living out the fulfilled goal. As you consciously hold these mental images, your subconscious mind will follow the directions that your conscious mind is focused on, and will do everything in its power to attract to you the experiences of your intended desire. All you have to do is maintain the positive focus on the end result. Trust, know, believe and have faith in your ability to effectively focus on creating the fulfilled outcome by maintaining positive thoughts. The creative energy that flows through your subconscious will subtly guide you by attracting to you all the events, conditions and experiences that will make your desire a realized fact.

The overall synergy of this process will be explained in detail in my new book. Currently you can sign up to receive information on my website, http://www.creatingintentions.com/ about when and where it will be available. Keep in mind that my website will be up and running shortly. Thanks for your patience and thanks for checking back to learn more about my thoughts!

What Do You Desire?

The first step in creating the life of your dreams is to clearly state what it is that you desire in life. You may have a plan, goal, or idea that you want to achieve and move towards. You may have certain attitudes or recurring emotional states that you would like to seek change in or heal. Whatever is happening at this moment in your life experience, you definitely have a dream that you hold for yourself or someone you love. The first step in moving towards fulfilling that goal is to hold the conscious awareness in your mind of that which you seek.

State it clearly and out loud.

I wish.....

I want.....

I desire....

Know that you are meant to receive all that you desire in life. Think about your dream in detail. Let it unfold in your mind. Focus on the positive outcome of your dream being fulfilled.

Check back tomorrow to learn about the second step in turning your thoughts into a realized outcome.

Book of Dreams

I created this "Book of Dreams" to inspire me to create intentions for all the goals and dreams that I hold in life. Inside are three different sections that serve as reminders of the different steps or mental processes that assist in generating and sustaining positive thought processes. Our experiences in the outside world are but reflections of our inner states of mind.

Over the next three days I will post pictures of the different sections that I created in this book. I will also provide a little bit of personal insight of the positive mental attitudes needed to experience the realization of your goals and dreams. The concepts that are portrayed on the pages within this book will be explained in depth in my new book, Creating Intentions. Currently, my website is still a work in progress. It is my intention to have it up and running by the end of May. For now, you can sign up to receive more information about the concepts and techniques of Creating Intentions, and you will be notified when and where you can find my book once it is available to the public.

Queen of Scream

This little girl loves to scream when she is having a great time. I always want to remember the sound of it. I can actually hear her screaming with joy as I look at this picture. I am so thankful that I was able to captured it.

This is a LO I submitted for this weeks Monday Challenge at Scrap for a Cure. The challenge was to make your own embellishments that did not come straight from a package. I made the acrylic accents with stamps, wax and Diamond Glaze, then I stained them with alcohol inks. Fun!

Time for Everything

Currently, I have so many interests and ideas that I want to work on or need to complete during the course of the day, that time seems to elude me. In my thoughts about lack of time and the pressing urge to get things done, I have been feeling a little frustrated. I have become aware of the fact that I tend to look at the clock often to see what time it is and then I calculate how much time I have left in the day to accomplish all my goals. This has ultimately led to a unfolding negative thought process that is creating the experience of not getting all the things done in the day that need to be completed.

There is so much information in thoughts of lack. By becoming consciously aware of my frustration with time, I can choose in the moment of NOW to change the way I view time or I can continue to feed the contrasting view of lack and feeling frustrated. As I became aware of my thoughts of lack and feelings of frustration, I knew there was a hidden desire that needed to be born.

My new found desire has now given way to a positive way of thinking about time. What better way than to scrapbook a clock with a positive affirmation on it, so that every time I look at it, it will serve as an anchor and reminder as to all that I am trying to create in my life. It will also relax me and reassure me that time is not really a factor in just BEING and experiencing the joys of living.

My affirmation to help me remember what it is that I am intending to create and positively focus on is that, “There is time for EVERYTHING.” Each and every time that I look at my new clock, I will shift my former way of thinking to focus on my new positive thought forms. Each and every time I look at this clock, I will say the affirmation, which reinforces and gives direction to my subconscious mind. Then I will hold mental images of myself happily and successfully accomplishing all that I need to throughout my day.

To take my new found desire further, I am intending to create a mini book that also states that, “there is time for everything”, in which I will refine with clarity, all that it is that I want to make time for. It would be such a joy to see if you have any ideas or input as to how to positively view time and how you accomplish all that you desire during the day. I implore you to send me an email or pictures of a project that you are working on regarding this topic.

This clock project and following mini book will be expanded on in more detail in my new book, Creating Intentions, in which you can be notified upon its release by signing up on my website, http://www.creatingintentions.com/.

Sitting with Nature

I was inspired by Shakespeare’s quote, “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin,” to create this layout of my daughter sitting with nature.

I was amazed at her immediate connection to nature. All she wanted to do was sit on this rock, and in her words, “listen to the peace and quiet”. She was so still and quiet. She did not want to leave. She was “being” present with the moment. It was wonderful to watch her and see how intuitively she picked up on nature’s presence.

I created this layout with the intention for her to always remain aware of her connection to nature’s presence and to always take the time to seek out moments such as this.

On the walk back to the car we picked up some foliage from the forest floor. I included some of the “findings” as embellishments on the layout. I wanted to anchor the connection that she experienced on a mental level with some tangible physical items from that particular spot and moment.