Visualize Your Dreams and Goals
This lens will teach you how to set your goals and dreams in a different way! Using pictures from magazines and cut-out words, you can create a picture of your goal/dream. It's fun, it's easy, it's effective! You certainly need to give this technique a try -- make at least one page and see what happens. Experiment! Be bold!
Goal setting - be fun and creative!
Why use pictures of my dreams and goals?
Almost every popular self-improvement/spiritual growth author has written about the importance of getting your dreams on paper. Whether they are called imaging pages,treasure maps, vision boards, or Illustrated Discovery Journals, each one requires you to create a picture-page. I believe that the very act of creating the page is a demonstration of your faith and intention. If you are willing to take the time and energy to create the pages of your dreams, you will be more likely to accomplish the things that are important to you. Imaging pages keep you focused, and imprint your subconscious mind with your desires.You will want to set aside an hour or two just to browse through magazines. Cut out any pictures that appeal to you -- and look for bright colorful pictures. Look for phrases and dynamic words, too.
Now, set your goals/dreams in a list format that is comfortable for you. See the category list below for ideas and inspiration.
For example, using the dolphin picture above, I created a page of myself swimming with the dolphins.
Because I believe the pages are a form of prayer in a concrete form, I always add "This or something better" to the bottom of my page.
And I did indeed swim with the dolphins in Marathon, Florida at the Dolphin Research Center. It was a wonderful experience. I showed you my results page because I always make a page when my dreams are realized. These accomplishment pages are real faith builders on days when everything seems impossible.
The videos below were chosen carefully to inspire you:
Todd Silva has an excellent idea -- Give Away a Dollar a Day. He is the James Bond type character on the video. Part of the fun of giving away a dollar a day is not getting caught doing it! Watch the video and see Todd "lose" a dollar. Funny! Give Away A Dollar A Day
Mike Dooley (Thoughts Become Things) is the leader of the Adventurer's club - TUT. I receive his e-mails and find them helpful.
Tuts Adventurer' Club Join the club and receive the e-mails. Very insightful and full of wisdom! I totally enjoy these little short messages in my e-mail, especially on days when I need a lift. The notes are amazingly "on target"!
Joe Vitale - Mr. Fire - is always inspirational. I have included my favorites of his videos.
Joe Vitale's Blog
I hope the books and the videos shown below will help you to reach your dreams. Just click on the individual video or book for viewing.
Amazon - Books that Will Help!
What format should I use for my goalsetting pictures?
If you would like to use a notebook for your pages, I did design an imaging workbook. You can download that for FREE at Joyful Acquisitions.
With or without the workbook, DO create pages of your dreams. Use construction paper if you like. I have also used file folders -- I simply created my page inside the folder and put it in the file drawer. If you have a very busy workday, this is a good solution. You can pull out your imaging page and look at it, and let it inspire you, in just a few seconds. This is especially good if you are dealing with a crisis situation and have created an imaging page for that particular problem.
For example, you have a friend/relative who is seriously ill with lung cancer. Create a page of that person smiling and healthy and add a picture of healthy lungs. And then add an affirmation/prayer "I see you as healthy and strong."
Or, your child is concerned about graduation because of grades in a particular course. Grab a piece of construction paper. Put your child's photo in the middle of the page, add stickers or pictures of cap and gown or other graduation type symbols, write the graduation date directly on the page and create your own prayer/affirmation. You could write "I am so happy and so thankful now that you have successfully completed this education."
Please leave any questions in the comment section. I really do care and I want your pages to be a helpful part of your life.
Catherine Ponder recommends using different colors for different types of goals/dreams. I know she recommends green for the ones that involve money. I also read somewhere that you use pink for finding items. So if you have lost something important, put a photo of it on a pink page.
I personally like putting my little workbook in a 3 -ring binder. I use it for my morning meditations. I have pictures of my children and grandchildren in there, a page of photos of my friends, and of course my personal dreams and goals. Having it all in one notebook is helpful to me. Perhaps you will find that helpful also.
Another little thing I have learned over the years is to add blank paper to my notebook. Then when Divine Inspiration/Ideas come to mind, I can make a note right that minute. Haven't you ever had a "lightbulb" moment and then immediately forgotten it? It seems the older I get, the more likely I will forget -- and so I keep notes and notes and notes of my notes.
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With or without the workbook, DO create pages of your dreams. Use construction paper if you like. I have also used file folders -- I simply created my page inside the folder and put it in the file drawer. If you have a very busy workday, this is a good solution. You can pull out your imaging page and look at it, and let it inspire you, in just a few seconds. This is especially good if you are dealing with a crisis situation and have created an imaging page for that particular problem.
For example, you have a friend/relative who is seriously ill with lung cancer. Create a page of that person smiling and healthy and add a picture of healthy lungs. And then add an affirmation/prayer "I see you as healthy and strong."
Or, your child is concerned about graduation because of grades in a particular course. Grab a piece of construction paper. Put your child's photo in the middle of the page, add stickers or pictures of cap and gown or other graduation type symbols, write the graduation date directly on the page and create your own prayer/affirmation. You could write "I am so happy and so thankful now that you have successfully completed this education."
Please leave any questions in the comment section. I really do care and I want your pages to be a helpful part of your life.
Catherine Ponder recommends using different colors for different types of goals/dreams. I know she recommends green for the ones that involve money. I also read somewhere that you use pink for finding items. So if you have lost something important, put a photo of it on a pink page.
I personally like putting my little workbook in a 3 -ring binder. I use it for my morning meditations. I have pictures of my children and grandchildren in there, a page of photos of my friends, and of course my personal dreams and goals. Having it all in one notebook is helpful to me. Perhaps you will find that helpful also.
Another little thing I have learned over the years is to add blank paper to my notebook. Then when Divine Inspiration/Ideas come to mind, I can make a note right that minute. Haven't you ever had a "lightbulb" moment and then immediately forgotten it? It seems the older I get, the more likely I will forget -- and so I keep notes and notes and notes of my notes.
Categories for Goalsetting
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When you are setting your goals and dreams, be sure to balance across these categories:
Health -- Make a page of you at your perfect weight, or a fun page of yourself surrounded by fruits and vegetables!
Household -- Cut out photos of the deck you plan to build or the new addition to the house. You can even paste a picture of that home repair you have been trying to forget!! It is so much fun to give yourself gold stars when a job is completed. This works for cleaning out closets (those wonderful organized closet advertisements make great cut-outs!), planting the garden, or even painting the bedroom.
Mental - Learn something new. Take a course. Study a specific country on line.
Wants -- What do you want to do? Be? Accomplish?
What material thing do you want? Where do you want to go? Who would you like to meet?
Friends and Family -- I have a page of family photos in my book and a page for friends and another page for internet friends. It's fun to add photos and/or parts of web pages to celebrate accomplishments of those we love. If one of our children or grandchildren has a special day, I glue that photograph to the page. If a friend on line launches a new site, or a new e-book, I add that to the book, too.
This is a wonderful way to note special prayer requests and to work on relationships. During this busy time in my life, I make a little note under my friend's picture if we go to lunch, or yard-saling, or sometimes even if we chat on the telephone. I want to stay in touch with the special people in my life.
When you are setting your goals and dreams, be sure to balance across these categories:
Health -- Make a page of you at your perfect weight, or a fun page of yourself surrounded by fruits and vegetables!
Household -- Cut out photos of the deck you plan to build or the new addition to the house. You can even paste a picture of that home repair you have been trying to forget!! It is so much fun to give yourself gold stars when a job is completed. This works for cleaning out closets (those wonderful organized closet advertisements make great cut-outs!), planting the garden, or even painting the bedroom.
Mental - Learn something new. Take a course. Study a specific country on line.
Wants -- What do you want to do? Be? Accomplish?
What material thing do you want? Where do you want to go? Who would you like to meet?
Friends and Family -- I have a page of family photos in my book and a page for friends and another page for internet friends. It's fun to add photos and/or parts of web pages to celebrate accomplishments of those we love. If one of our children or grandchildren has a special day, I glue that photograph to the page. If a friend on line launches a new site, or a new e-book, I add that to the book, too.
This is a wonderful way to note special prayer requests and to work on relationships. During this busy time in my life, I make a little note under my friend's picture if we go to lunch, or yard-saling, or sometimes even if we chat on the telephone. I want to stay in touch with the special people in my life.
Inspiring Videos
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Websites Worth Investigating
One of my big dreams came true this year. My sister, Betty, and I compiled our first e-book. Banish the Blahs and Be Happy!
- Banish the Blahs and Be Happy
- Recently Betty was thrilled to receive a note about "Banish the Blahs and Be Happy!" from Loretta Johnson. ("The Tree that Owns Itself and Other Adventure Tales from Georgia's Past" by Loretta Johnson Hammer and Gail Langer Karwoski)
The note said, in part..."I've just now gotten to read your delightful book. I find it positively loaded with great ideas, guidelines and resources for lifting one's spirits. I think the suggestions are user-friendly and doable, and those who are disciplined to apply them will enjoy results. I've always admired your insights. I also think the guest authors provide interesting perspectives."
28 ways to banish the blahs. Spiritual, practical and funny ways to beat the blues. This book is a compilation of 28 little articles by two authors and 9 contributing writers. Read Buz McGuire's article on release -- learn to release perfection. Or read Kate Loving Shenk's fine instruction to change your thoughts and change your life. Or read Amanda Goldston's Create your Ideal Day. Or Todd Silva's Give Away a Dollar a Day. These are just a few of the wonderful stories in Banish the Blahs! This is a resource book for getting rid of the blues and the blahs. A must read! - Give Away A Dollar A Day
- Here's a novel idea to try! Reach your goals by giving money away. This technique is as much fun as creating imaging pages. Try it for one week and see what happens.
- Amanda Goldston Create Your Ideal Day Get Your Dream Life
- Amanda Goldston of Get Your Dream Life is an Abundance Guide with resourses to clear limiting beleifs, create your ideal day.
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Quotes for Inspired Goalsetting!
The importance of visualizing your goals
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Rhonda Byrne - "Create a vision board of pictures you want to attract. Every day, look at it, and get into the feeling state of having already acquired these wants."
Sarah Ban Breathnach - "Meditating on one visual image a day can jump-start your creativity and lead to revealing insights."
Norman Vincent Peale - "...before the dawn of history men were vividly imaging goals essential to their survival and reinforcing those images by painting them with primitive but lasting colors on the ceilings or walls of the caves that were their homes."
Shakti Gawain - "Creative visualization is the technique of using your imagination to create what you want in your life."
Catherine Ponder - "Generalities do not produce results because they lack substance and power. Vague hopes and indefinite goals are not convincing to the mind, whereas a clear cut picture of the good you want activates people, places, and events to cooperate with your pictured desires."
William Arthur Ward - "If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it."
Jiminy Cricket - "When your heart is in your dreams, no request is too extreme."
Rhonda Byrne - "Create a vision board of pictures you want to attract. Every day, look at it, and get into the feeling state of having already acquired these wants."
Sarah Ban Breathnach - "Meditating on one visual image a day can jump-start your creativity and lead to revealing insights."
Norman Vincent Peale - "...before the dawn of history men were vividly imaging goals essential to their survival and reinforcing those images by painting them with primitive but lasting colors on the ceilings or walls of the caves that were their homes."
Shakti Gawain - "Creative visualization is the technique of using your imagination to create what you want in your life."
Catherine Ponder - "Generalities do not produce results because they lack substance and power. Vague hopes and indefinite goals are not convincing to the mind, whereas a clear cut picture of the good you want activates people, places, and events to cooperate with your pictured desires."
William Arthur Ward - "If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it."
Jiminy Cricket - "When your heart is in your dreams, no request is too extreme."
Setting Goals - Blogs for more instruction and information
- Goal Setting Avoids Failure
- There are many people that are very reluctant in goal setting. There may be many reasons why they are against goal setting. They may think that it makes no sense in goal setting because there are too many ways to fail and one way to ...
- The ABC’s of Goal Setting for Mentors
- Is the goal SMART? ? Does the goal inspire them? ? Have you connected or aligned it with their values? SMART Goals. The SMART acronym for goal setting has been used for decades and it's still one of the best formulas I have seen. ...
- Goal Setting Advantage - Legend or logic? Part 2 of 4
- the Yale study on goal setting and we discussed what a goal is and if it is necessary to have one. Perhaps it's not really about knowing your goal but about the goal-setting process. After all, few people who find themselves staring at ...
- Goal Setting For Personal Development
- Everybody wants to grow more and more and one's definition of personal development along with a list of personal skills, goal planning for use in your personal development is of great significance. Reaching [...]
Are you interested in swimming with the dolphins? Are dolphins in your goals today?
- Swimming With Dolphins
- Actually I swam with the dolphins twice. My husband, daughter and I went for the first swim! It was as awesome as I expected. I talked about it so much that my friends and I decided to go back about 5 years later. The only place I would recommend for this adventure is Dolphin Research Center in Mara
Do you like the idea of your goals in pictures?
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miki_e
Coming across this lense is definitely a divine intervention. For the past few days, I've had an intense desire to create my goals via imaging but really didn't know how to get started. Posted July 15, 2008 |
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TriciaWalsh
Joan - I've just requested my Imaging Workbook. I have a sense there is something very powerful about this. Have had it in mind to do before, but just haven't done it yet. Thanks for this excellent lens and the push! Posted July 14, 2008 |
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trueprosperity
Love this lens!! I have a picture board with my aspirations and goals on it that I started 2 years ago. Thanks for the inspiration, now I can add more. Posted July 09, 2008 |
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I_Love_Puppies
Hey Joan, Posted July 06, 2008 |
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GypsyOwl
5*FAV Love this! I've been creating 'Dream Boards' using images for some time. This lens has some great tips I hadn't thought of yet. Thanks! :D Posted July 04, 2008 |
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Joan4
I did add more options to the poll, Maureen. Thank you for your suggestion! Posted July 04, 2008 |
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English_Nanny
Hello Joan Posted July 04, 2008 |
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oneorganizedlife
Great lens. I love all the info on here. Posted June 13, 2008 |
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Joan4
Thank you all for your comments! and definitely, yes yes, let me know of your successes with this!!! One friend made a page, picture of a house on the water, white bookcases, picket fence. She forgot about it. Five years later, she found it when she was moving to her "house on the water, white bookcases, picket fence". May you all have that same success! Posted June 13, 2008 |
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Piksychick
I have a specific goal in mind and I will definitely try setting it with pictures. Thanks so much for the great information. P.S I'll let you know WHEN I achieve it. Posted June 13, 2008 |
