Discovering your life purpose is probably the easiest part when it comes to making the changes in your life so that you can start creating the kind of life you want to live. It’s really just a matter of asking yourself a few questions, being honest with yourself, and thinking about the things you enjoy doing. When I’m working with a client, after I ask a few questions and the mind starts to think, it usually comes up with some things that you enjoy doing, things that you really do well. And before you know it, they will know exactly what their special talents and abilities are and how they would like to apply them in their life. It is really simple and you can also do the same easily.
The hardest part comes when we have to change the programming that we have been taught or learned throughout our lives.
I’m sure this isn’t the first time you’ve heard this before: “You can do, be, and have anything you want.”
It is a true statement. However, most people have a hard time believing it. And because they find it hard to believe, they can never do, be, and have what they want.
Look, the power is in believing. Whatever you create is what you get.
If you can understand that statement, then you can understand the secret of success.
It is a simple statement. But it is a difficult concept to really accept. Why is so difficult? Because most of us believe that we cannot have everything we want. They taught us that since we were born. Remember when you were a kid at the mall or grocery store with your parents and you saw tons of things you wanted? “Oooo, mommy, can I have this?” “Oooo, mommy, can I have that?” And your mother would say, “Girl, you can’t have everything you want.” And we accept it because they didn’t buy us everything we wanted. (Or at least my parents didn’t.)
So we grew up with the belief that even though we wanted some things, we couldn’t get all the things we wanted.
The truth of the matter is that that statement is incorrect. YOU CAN get everything you want. The only problem is, at the time we were learning that we couldn’t get everything we wanted, we didn’t understand the principles on HOW to get everything we wanted. We depended on our parents to get us everything and they couldn’t, unless your last name is Kennedy or Rockefeller, most parents just couldn’t afford to get all the things we wanted.
If you’re honest with yourself, most of the things you asked for, you really didn’t want anyway. It was something that caught your eye for the moment or you saw a commercial about it and you thought it would be great to have it.
But if there is something you REALLY want, and you really want, chances are you will eventually get it.
Let me give you an example. Last year, for his birthday, my son Eli wanted a professional DJ equipment. I was turning six years old and I didn’t think I was ready to have a professional DJ equipment. Judging from the way he cared for his toys and the way he broke everything he owned, I felt like if we bought professional DJ gear, I’d end up mad at him for breaking it on the first day, after spending hundreds of dollars to buy it. that. Also, children always ask for things and the next day their interest changes and they throw it aside and never use it again.
I started to realize that I really had an interest in having a DJ equipment. He talked about it all the time. He even cleared an area of his room so he could put it there when he received it. (Now mind you, I never told him I was going to get it. But, for some reason, he didn’t listen to me and kept wanting it anyway). He also started making pictures of him DJing with his equipment. He posted these photos on the walls of his room. One, he placed it right on top of his bed. He wanted the team for his birthday, which is in June. His birthday came and went, no DJ equipment. But that did not discourage him. He started cutting out pictures from DJ gear magazines and downloading pictures he found on the web and pasting them onto construction paper and pasting them on his walls.
One day around Christmas when he and his sister were at my parents’ house for the week, my husband had to stop by an audio store to buy a light bulb that was hard to find. So we got in the car and went to the store. While I was in the store, I saw the cutest little DJ set up and it was for sale. For less than $ 200 we could buy Eli this much loved DJ equipment. So, we have it. The only additional thing I needed was a speaker that we also bought for sale for $ 150. Then for $ 350 I could have everything I wanted. I wasn’t too worried about him breaking it because it was relatively what I would have spent on it as a gift anyway.
Now let me explain how a six-year-old boy unknowingly achieved what he wanted. Please read this carefully because what you did is exactly what you must do to get the things YOU want.
Eli wanted DJ equipment. Although I, the father, said NO, that did not stop his desire to have what he wanted. Instead, he continued to believe that he was going to get his DJ gear. He showed his faith by clearing an area in his room to make room for when his team arrived. He began to visualize himself clicking on his computer. He demonstrated it by making drawings of himself by clicking and hanging them in his room so that he could always be attentive to what he most wanted. He talked about it all the time. “When I get my DJ gear, I’ll do this …” She collected equipment collages, photos she downloaded from the computer, or cut out of magazines. He was very clear about what he wanted. At night he prayed and asked God to make sure we got him that DJ equipment. He just trusted and believed it would be his.
Now, he wanted it for his birthday. But he didn’t understand it then. Oh good. Somehow he understood that it was not always his way, but God’s way. That did not discourage him in the least. He just kept doing what he was doing: praying and believing that he would make it.
One day, out of nowhere, his father and I went to an audio store to buy light bulbs. Light bulbs. It is not a DJ equipment. The DJ equipment was the furthest thing from our minds. But it was God’s plan that we end up in that store that day, the day they were selling DJ equipment. While my husband was looking for the light bulb he needed, I wandered around and ended up in a room that had DJ equipment. Actually, I wasn’t thinking of buying anything and, truth be told, I wasn’t thinking of Eli wanting DJ gear. I was playing with the record players they had, and suddenly a little thing that looked like a suitcase caught my eye. I opened it and inside were two CD players and a mixing console. I thought it was the cutest little thing and showed it to my husband. My husband said, “that’s exactly what Eli needs. It would be nice for him.” So I asked my husband to ask, just out of curiosity, how much for the package. And the rest is history.
We took it home and installed it in the exact spot that Eli had left in his room. When he returned home from visiting his grandparents, he was the happiest child in the world. He kept saying, “I knew I was getting it. I knew I was getting it.” He smiled for days. Five months later, he had his first concert. And now his calendar is rapidly filling up with summer concerts. He will turn seven on the 28th of this month and is already a “professional” DJ. (Cheeky Plug: If you live in the New Jersey, Pocono area and want a DJ, Eli is available. Email me.)
These are the steps Eli took to get what he wanted. Follow these steps and apply them to your life so that you can get what you want.
1. He knew EXACTLY what he wanted. You need to know exactly what you want and not be indecisive about it. 2. I believed, without a doubt, that I was going to make it. He didn’t let others, his parents in this case, persuade him to think otherwise. You have to believe that what you want is already yours and know that it is coming to you. Do not listen to the naysayers who will try to tell you that you are crazy or that you are a dreamer. 3. He had so much faith that he made way in his room to a place to put his DJ equipment for the day to come. Have faith and believe that you will also get what you want. Make room for it in your life. If you want a new living room set, throw out the old one. This shows how much faith you have in KNOWING the new set is coming. 4. He spent all his free time drawing pictures and posting them in his room, keeping his mind focused on what he wanted most. Keep your mind on your wishes. Take time to visualize yourself having what you want. Draw or cut out pictures and place them so that you are aware of your wishes. 5. You prayed to God, thanking Him for your DJ equipment, even before you got it. This showed gratitude for knowing that God was working on it for him. Thank God in advance for answering your prayers, showing faith that you believe He is working to achieve the things you want.
These are the only things you will have to do. But you will have to understand that God’s time is not always YOUR time. Eli did not receive his equipment for his birthday, the time he proposed. But that did not discourage him. He kept doing what he was doing and in six months, he had what he wanted most.
It works this way ALL the time. If you don’t believe me, then do it anyway. When the results start to happen, drop me a note at mailto: [email protected] and tell me all about it. I would like to celebrate with you.
SUGGESTED ACTIVITY: Take this week to find out exactly what it is you want. Write it. Then ask God to bring it to you. Draw pictures or cut out pictures of what you want. If you want to lose weight, find pictures of people who look the way you want and hang the pictures somewhere where you can see them. If there is a particular car you want, find photos of that car and post them. So think about it, talk about it, and dream about it. This is how the Law of Attraction comes into play: the energy you emit will come back to you. If you do these things, you will quickly get the things you want. You will be amazed.
