Along with “Happy New Year”, we should add “Happy Goal Setting”. As I mentioned before, setting goals is the easy part. Then… well we all know what happens to goals as the year goes on. They get tossed aside, just like the toys you tackled the crowds and stood in lines for hours to purchase for the now forgotten gift exchange.

Let’s add some life to your goals. What if your goals were exciting enough to carry you through all year long, like a hot new romance?

You know how it is when you’re in love. You don’t have to tell yourself to remember to think about this wonderful person. You’re constantly thinking of the person. Heck, you’re seeing their face in your oatmeal at breakfast.

What if you were in love with your goals? That’s what it takes, you know.

I want to talk about Fantasy, Theory and Fact. Everything around us started from a Fantasy. You may call this imagination.

Some adventurous souls dare to turn their fantasy into a theory and then become bold enough to turn that into a fact. This entire transition, of course, is the result of the highest form of limitless, positive thinking available. On the other hand, the cautious ones may construe this as erratic behavior.

Give this serious thought for a moment. The idea of moon landings, communicating by fax machine, traveling on supersonic jets or wearing man-made diamonds was, a very short time ago, sheer fantasy. Today, they are considered commonplace. How did these things come about?

Fantasy –The entire cosmos is filled with thought stuff – a creative form of energy. Imagination is one of our mental faculties and it is the one we use to fantasize. An active imagination is able to build clear and vivid images. The most important step in building your fantasy is that you not concern yourself with how your fantasy is going to become a reality. Where the resources will come from is of absolutely no concern to you. Let the image evolve freely in your mind. Build the picture in color … feel it, smell it, taste it, touch it … all through the aid of your imagination.

Have fun with this. Play. Become child-like.

Theory – Once you’ve built your fantasy, turning it into a theory calls for you to answer two questions: Are You Able? Are You Willing? You could very easily be thinking, “Yes. But!” At this point, it’s important to remember that you are stepping out of your comfort zone and attempting to go beyond the limits that your old belief system dictates… and whenever that happens, doubt and fear immediately enter the picture. To be able to answer this question in the affirmative — “Yes, I am definitely able,” does not mean that you have to know how it will take place.

There is no way that you could know how it will happen… you have never done it before, it’s a brand new experience. The Wright Brothers didn’t know how to fly when they fantasized themselves doing it! They just believed they could. The second question: Are you willing? Are you willing to pay the price? Are you willing to make the sacrifices that will be required to turn your dream into a reality? And you know that there will be sacrifices. Many people think sacrifice is giving up something. That’s not true. Sacrifice is merely releasing something of a lower nature to make room for something of a higher nature. The minute you answer — “Yes, I am able!” and “Yes, I am willing!” … your fantasy moves to the next phase of creation and becomes a theory in your consciousness and, at this point, it turns into a goal.

Fact –The final process is turning your fantasy into fact. From this point on, it becomes a lawful process. As you turn the image over to your universal subconscious mind (let go and let God) by getting emotionally involved with the image, the laws of the universe kick into gear and begin to turn that image into physical form. The law of perpetual transmutation takes that image and begins to move it into form with and through you. Your vibration starts to change and that causes your behavior and actions to change. Your new vibration sets up an attractive force and begins to attract to you all things required to the fulfillment of the picture. This is the vibration of the law of attraction. Although you have no way of knowing exactly how it will move into form, faith and your understanding of the laws will create a knowing within you that it must move into form. This is the very process that has taken us out of the cave and into the condominium. Let your mind play. Fantasize a much better form of life than you presently enjoy.

Action Step –

Now, get some clean paper and go somewhere you won’t be disturbed. Start writing, drawing, coloring and playing. Go into the place of fantasy where anything is possible. What do YOU really want for your life? What are your inner-most secret thoughts about what you would really like to be, do and have?

If you could create anything, what would you choose? I’d love to hear your answer in the comments section.

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Lisa Long is an author, speaker and success coach helping businesses and individuals overcome sabotaging obstacles so get the results they want and live the life they truly desire. She is available for workshops, keynote, team and one-on-one coaching. Contact Lisa at:  928-284-9285, lisa@yesicanwithaplan.com, www.YesICanWithAPlan.com