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Dreams and Visions and Your Fast Track to Fulfillment

Written by: Elizabeth Mullen

Article Overview: How many of us know what we want, feel that we deserve it, take action, and our still waiting around for the manifestation of our goals? What is that lag time for anyway?

Dreams and Visions and Your Fast Track to Fulfillment

How many of us know what we want, feel that we deserve it, take action, and our still waiting around for the manifestation of our goals? What is that lag time for anyway?

Lag time most often occurs because we've overlooked the universal principal of coming and going (a.k.a., hello and goodbye). Two sides of the same coin, these forces work together and are present at all transformations. No matter what we endeavor, we must not only envision our future, but also acknowledge our past and fully appreciate our present to manifest what we want.

Attainment delay is most often due to our inadvertent and subtle discount of what we have in our current circumstances. Since our psyche cannot endorse loss of any kind, even loss of an unfulfilling life, we cannot move forward until we acknowledge fully our present life and appreciate all good herein. We need both visions of our future and good-byes to our past for a complete manifestation.

As an example, in moving forward in one's career, acknowledging the present means specific and gracious gratitude for all aspects of the current job, even though desiring to change it. The "take this job and shove it" mentality has never set anyone up for fulfillment in a new position. A graceful exit with natural grief makes the transition to the new easier, faster and far more meaningful. This is not only nice, but necessary. In the example of the "shove it" departure, the next job almost always mirrors the same qualities of the last one, so the transformation is superficial only.

This hello/goodbye concept is obvious to most of us when it comes to leaving something tangible like a job, but it is even more critical when we are making quality of life leaps in our lives. We are moving forward, and we are also leaving aspects of our experience behind.

So, how can you apply this to speed up the realization of your dreams and achieve results now?

Spend a few minutes every single day asking yourself, "What is really great about my life right now?" to be followed by "what else?"... "what else?"..."what else?". Ask until you realize something new each time. This process, though simplistic, gears the psyche for a major shift and gives you ample time and space to say an internal and gracious goodbye.

Because the gracious goodbye always accompanies an extraordinary hello, say your good-byes right now and step in gently into the company of a warm and wonderful hello. Your future is beckoning you...and it walks hand in hand with your present moment. Acknowledge them both and realize your dreams with lightning speed.

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