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Tuesday, May 2, 2006 - From my email -- Dreams and Visions - Get your pens!

I don't have the original of where this came from other than "Retirement with a Purpose" which I have never heard of... if you know more details about it, please leave a comment... Here it is:

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When last have you taken time to dream? When last have you consciously
allowed your thoughts to go places you won't normally venture? What if,
today, you allowed yourself to go into every nook and cranny of your ideal
self, your ideal life, your ideal world? What would that even look like?
What would it feel like?

Today, let's move into those dreams that come into your consciousness and
stir up your desire for a better self and a better world.

1. Getting started: Take a pen, some paper and start writing. Don't think
about it too much. Allow yourself the freedom to write and dream without
editing. (If you have to, you can edit later!) Dream about the following:

Three places I'd love to go
(eg. the little coffee shop I always pass by, Japan, the moon)

Three things I'd love to do
(eg. learn to sign, learn to salsa, sponsor a child)

Three things I'd love to accomplish
(eg. start my own business, write a book, start a blog, produce a play)

Three skills I'd like to acquire
(eg. salsa dancing, web design, flyfishing, painting with oils)

Ten things I'd really love to have
(a car, a house, an iPod, etc.)

Three relationships I'd love to nurture
(with my grandmother, my father, God)

If you are having trouble with this exercise, imagine you had only six
healthy months left to live and make a difference. Then go through the
questions again.

2. Now, think about the following and write whatever comes to mind as you
read the words. Give yourself two to three minutes on each item:

My ideal self

My ideal body

My ideal home

My ideal work

My ideal relationship

My ideal life

My ideal day

My ideal world

3. Perhaps another way to think about these questions are:

What I hope for myself is ...?

What I hope for my family is ...?

What I hope for my world is ...?

4. Write a dream list. Write a list with every dream you have, everything
you would like as part of your life. It's your list. Keep it safe and look
at it often.

5. Now focus in: This year, if I could do only one thing, what would I like
to accomplish? Write it down.

6. Pray. Laurie Beth Jones, best-selling author of The Path says, "Prayer
has been called the most powerful source of energy known to man ... Prayers
opens us up to receiving the divine help which surrounds and envelops us on
a constant basis." In Matthew 21:22 we are encouraged to pray because, "You
will receive whatever you ask for in prayer."

Now take some time to bring your dreams and your most intimate hopes to The
Dreamgiver, the One who desires for you to live your absolute best life.

Sample prayer:

Dear God, today I bring you my life, my hopes, my dreams, my deepest
yearnings. . . You know me intimately. You knew me even before I was formed
in the womb. You called me into this world to do good and live the life I
was uniquely and specifically created for. I ask for Courage and Wisdom to
life this life--the life of my dreams. Show me where to start and help me be
open to hearing your Voice today. I ask for a greater consciousness of your
Presence, today and every day of my life. Amen
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