Creating a Marvelous Year for 2012

Here we are at the beginning of yet another new year, and yes, it’s time for making and breaking yet another promise to yourself. Sound familiar? You start off by making some grand promise to yourself such as ‘I am going to increase my income by 25%’ and then after a very short time of ‘being strong’, you allow yourself to slip a little. You appease your sense of justification by telling yourself you’ll work twice as hard, and before long, procrastination sets in and you are right back where you started. This is a vicious cycle that happens to millions of well-intentioned people every year. Yes, there is hope for you!

The topic of goal setting has been written about and studied for decades, and yet so many people still fall short of their dreams and aspirations year after year. What is it that you are willing and able to do differently in 2012 to allow these dreams to come to fruition?

Here are seven key components to achieving your heart’s desire.

1. Establish Intentions

An intention is something that is declared to the Universe as an ultimate aim or purpose, whereas a goal is closer to an object of effort or destination. An intention carries with it feeling and inspiration, and commands that the object or desired result be brought forth. To simply tell you to put your intention to paper in full description would not do you any benefit unless you knew why this step is important. You see, writing causes us to think, and thinking brings forth pictures in our mind’s eye. These images bring with them emotions that are the driving force. It is these powerfully charged new images that propel us into action. Our action sets up an equal and opposite reaction from the Universe, and creates our desired result.

Suggestion: Some may say to set intentions for each area of your life, however, this may be an overload to your internal circuitry. Start with one or two intentions and you may expand your efforts from there.

2. Repetition

Repetition is the first law of learning and growth. Have your intention plasticized to a card, and repeat it aloud as frequently as possible. Morning and evening, prior to bed, are the key times to engage your senses into the grandeur of your intention. By doing so, you bring these new images of yourself in possession of the desired result to the forefront of your mind.

Suggestion: As an added action to expedite the engrainment of this image into your subconscious mind, it is also recommended that you write out your intention every day, putting feeling into the words as you write. For myself, I find it is easy to give myself one half hour in the morning to put these thoughts and feelings to paper.

3. Take Action

In the smash hit movie “The Secret”, it is revealed that the secret to obtaining our desires lies in The Law of Attraction, which is fact. However, what most don’t recognize is that there must be action before there can be reaction. ‘Action’ is found right in the word attraction. If all you do is sit by day dreaming of a better life, writing and visualizing the desired outcome, you are in for a rude awakening. At this point, it is not necessary to know every step required to achieve your intention, and even so, adjustments will be made along the way. It is best to schedule concerted actions on a calendar or daily journal which brings with it a sense of accountability to yourself. The more you hold yourself accountable, the quicker the process becomes. It is very important to note that the more emotionally involved you become with you intentions, the more the Universe responds with things such as inspirations. If there is an act or idea that comes to you through inspiration, act upon it as it is the Universe’s way of giving you divine influence.

4. Hitting the Wall

Just as long distance runners hit an internal physical wall that tells them they can go no further, the same holds true with grand intentions. From childhood on, we are conditioned to think, feel and act in ways that are not necessarily of our choosing. This collective of behaviors is called a Paradigm. In this case, let’s call the existing paradigm ‘X’ and the new paradigm (or consciously chosen behaviors), ‘Y’. As we continuously impress our heartfelt intentions upon our subconscious mind, the ‘X’ paradigm takes up arms and fights back. Fear, worry and doubt set in, and if permitted, these destructive emotions bounce us off the wall back the place we know best – status quo. All great achievers experience this wall on a regular basis. The key to breaking through the wall is this: acknowledge it. Acknowledge that it is there and that you understand why you are feeling these destructive emotions. The simple act of acknowledging starts to dissolve the ‘X’ paradigm’s power over you, and allows the new and improved ‘Y’ paradigm to take root. With repetition and practice, you will be able to overcome all the ‘bullies of the mind’ with this technique.

5. Nourish Your Mind

As stated earlier, we have been indoctrinated with others’ beliefs, habits, idiosyncrasies and likenesses since birth. (Note: We have actually been brought into this world preconditioned with false beliefs of the generations that have gone before us through genetics.) These false beliefs that separate us from our true self are reinforced through the mainstream media of television, radio, and marketing designed to keep us imprisoned to a world that revolves around have and have-not. Shut it off! Manifesting an intention requires growth, a ‘busting out’, if you would. How can we expect to expand our very being, realize an intention, when we come from the very place that created the existing undesirable condition? Visit your local library, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Chapters or any other provider of biographies, success literature, and self-awareness materials and become a student of this game called life. To manifest an intention is to grow on all levels, so keep your momentum highly charged and allow this momentum to awaken your true self. Remember, growth is an inside job, and it starts with your mind so nourish it daily as you would your body.

6. Reward Yourself


We live in a world of gratification, where we are acknowledged for our efforts and successes. We are rewarded for good grades in school, winning a sporting event or achieving success in a sales organization. Every one everywhere loves to be acknowledged and appreciated for the deeds they may have done, or the feats they may have accomplished. Manifesting an intention is no different as you have, in fact by its very nature, accomplished something you have never done before. What special gift or event will you give yourself upon realizing the creation of your intention? Become emotionally involved with your reward to yourself; see yourself already in possession of this gift just as you do with the intention itself. Emotion is the catalyst, the driving force behind bringing your desire to life. Feel your way to the finish line!

7. Seek Support

Be the support you hope to find. The easiest and surest way to find someone to encourage you along your quest is to be the support for another person. You may currently be surrounded by naysayers, and that’s O.K, because they will be the first ones to say “I knew you could do it.” Funny how that works. Depending on your intention, you may find a support group or mastermind group close by simply by checking your community bulletins. With the World Wide Web at your fingertips, this support network may already be at your doorstep. The point is, find at least one person who believes in you more than you believe in yourself – you may be surprised to discover who this may be. I once found this kind of belief in someone I thought was ‘on the other team’.



Life can be a miraculous journey if we get out of our own way and allow our desires to become our reality. I’m sure this list can be drawn to include other steps and actions, but in keeping things simple, we become like a child in a world of imagination. Allow your imagination to run free and create a life that you choose to experience, and leave the naysayers behind – you’ll be grateful you did.

©Kevin Hanna 2011

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Nothing happens unless first a dream. (Carl Sandburg)

What do you see when you dream about your future? Is your life much better than it is now, or are you still battling with the same issues? Are you dreaming about what you really want or about what you think you want? Do you see the whole picture or just a piece of it?

Actions you take today affect how you live tomorrow. If you know what you want -- if you listen to your heart's desire, write down your intentions, and keep them in mind with every action you take --you create your dreams. You turn your desires into intentions and your intentions into reality.
Today I will visualize the life that I want, and not what others think I should be, do or have. Today, I take action on my intentions.

Paradigms That Shape Us

Abundance and lack are opposite heads of the same coin. They fall under Nature’s Law of Opposites, which states that everything has an opposite – up and down, in and out, tall and short, positive and negative. These natural laws have always existed throughout time, and always will. Our role in this game of life is to learn and understand their applications, then put them to use for the benefit of all.

Unfortunately, humankind has been programmed since birth that there is not enough to go around for everyone. This is referred to as scarcity mentality. Examples of this are that there is not enough success, money, food, love, attention and everything else under the sun. The result is the unwillingness to give freely, or to seek power over others.

Scarcity mentality holds the belief of a win-lose situation and isolates us into a ‘me-you’ or ‘us-them’ group. From here, a sense of competition and comparing is established. Scarcity driven attitudes are the result of an inner belief that we are not good enough; that the possession of things or status will remedy what ails us. As Gary Zukav expresses, author of “The Seat of the Soul”, “Scarcity of self-value cannot be remedied by money, recognition, affection, attention or influence.”

The opposite of scarcity is the mindset that there is more than enough, that the world we live in is an abundant world. With this belief, we act from a place of generosity, patience and trust while letting go of our need to control others. With this belief, we come from the place that “I am enough.” The abundance belief, or paradigm, views the world in the terms of boundless potential and there is the possibility of more than enough for everyone.

When we live with the paradigm of abundance, we can then rejoice in the successes of others because we know our own successes are not hindered by the successes of others.

We learned about scarcity and abundance throughout childhood. If we experienced a childhood in which our emotional, physical or psychological needs were not met, we were inherently receiving messages that there is not enough. However, if our needs were met on a regular basis, we were ingrained automatically with the belief that we are good enough, and that we do desire to have our heart’s desires. Through childhood, we emerge with a view of the world around us as one of optimism or pessimism.

Create Your Future Now Or Your Environment Will Do It For You

I think it’s fair to say that everyone knows someone who is constantly complaining about everything and everyone around them, while at the same time they wonder why their own life is drab and full of challenges. How did they become so bitter and spiteful, and how do they actually live with themselves? They are absolutely no fun to be around, unless you are just like them.

As a Professional Coach and Transformation Facilitator for Bob Proctors’ critically acclaimed “Thinking Into Results” program, it is quite easy to determine the cause, and will be for you once you understand the mechanics at work within each of us. It works the same for every living soul in every country all the time. The answer, and you may have heard this before, is “We become what we think about.” (James Allen)

A very powerful lesson we cover during the 12 week “Thinking Into Results” program is called “The Secret Genie”. During this lesson, participants come to realize and understand that we have 5 physical senses (site, smell, taste, hear and touch), and that we have been programmed since birth to judge ourselves and our worth by what we experience in the environment around us. This information is then directly and immediately fed to our Subconscious Mind because we become emotionally attached to it – we take ownership of it, it becomes ours. Later on during our sessions, we discover that we have more powerful tools, such as Will, that allow us to look at the environment then consciously accept or reject the same information picked up through our senses. This outside information obtained from our environment has absolutely no weight when it comes to our actual worth or potential. It is a self-professing prophecy when we allow this to occur.

Now what if you exercised your Perception faculty, one of the higher faculties we all have that distinguishes us from other life forms, invoked the Law of Polarity, that states everything has a positive and negative aspect or pole, and looked for the opportunity in the situation or event? We would then internalize a positive thought or image, while simultaneously attracting to us other events or circumstances of the same positive nature. This is the power of knowledge, and knowledge is developed through study – this is “Thinking Into Results”.

Given the choice, what would you choose – a life of doom and gloom, or a life of many blessings? Each takes the same amount of energy to create, so why waste time and energy creating a miserable existence. We can think our way into a positive or a negative life – the choice is yours.

Deliberately Happy

Is it possible to be happy and joyous most of the time? Absolutely! Happiness is an inside job; it is a decision made in the conscious mind that expresses itself in your physical experience. Just look at the children in your environment, or that you see playing around you - they express their natural joy automagically. You may be thinking that little children are free of daily concerns, and don't have anything to worry about, but you are free to make this conscious decision as well! You are free to consciously choose worry or joy, and whatever you choose will attract exactly that through Universal Law. Joy attracts more things to be happy about, and worry attracts more things to worry about.

Today, I consciously choose to be a beacon of light, a radiant being that is fun to be around.

Spirit Aborted

This energy of Spirit is alive and available, but I cut it off in a thousand little ways. Today, instead of blocking Spirit my life, I will invite it. I will not retreat from Spirit's intent to evidence itself in my day. I will instead learn to read the circumstances and coincidences of my day as a student researching the many varied ways that the spark of Spirit play in my life.
 
Today, I will study the manifestation of Spirit  through the events and circumstances that present themselves to me throughout the day.