On the way to school, I had one of my talks with my
daughter. She’s doing very well in school and I just wanted her to know that I thought she’s on the right track.
We see her ambition and her dedication to almost everything
about school. Her number one ambition is to be a Student Council President on
her senior year.
That is three years away from now. Still a long way to go
but she already started working on this dream. In Grade 9 she made sure she
planted her seed by attending the meetings, volunteering and even befriending
the Grade 8s who were just coming to school. She has within her the confidence
on how to tackle her goals.
After bringing in an A in Science 10 last night, I reminded
her that whatever she sets her mind to, she can achieve. This is the summary of
my talk;
The only reason why people don’t get what they want is that
they put barriers in their minds. First, you have to be sure of the things you
want. Do you really want it? Then you have to believe that you will get it.
Some people want something and then along the way, they change their minds or
something made them change their minds on it. It could be their own fear or
other’s fear foisted upon them, unexpected situation,or a belief coming from
their pasts and so on and so forth. This becomes so real to them that they
convince themselves that maybe that dream is not for them.
I heard my daughter say sometimes. “ Oh, this person might
become the president because he is more popular. He attended more meetings than
me and his slogan is really good.”
I told her, that what she said were the barriers I was
talking about. One, she doubted getting her dream, secondly, she just
affirmed that he will win the position by saying all the things she said about
him. Thirdly this thinking becomes real to her. It became the proofs she needed
to convince herself why she may not be the president.
When you think this way, God cannot really freely move into
assisting you in fulfilling your wishes. He must see that you really want it.
Therefore, He wants you to prove it to Him why, by you saying instead, that you
are great for that position and will make sure to do everything to make that
happen. Only then will God opens opportunities for you to take to help you. If
you believe and relax when there are bumps along the way without compromising
your stand, that dream will come true.
Sometimes things don’t happen right away or don’t happen at
all because doubts enter our minds. This negative belief entering your head is
your ego and not your true self or the God in you. We know that we are all
created in the image and likeness of God. If this is so, we should know that we
can do anything possible. Our desires or dreams are manifested in conjunction
with God. God wants all of us to be happy always. If our desires are not met,
we are responsible for that not God. Eliminating doubt which is one of the
barriers is the first step.
How do we eliminate it? By not giving it too much power. It
is our ego’s overly protecting us from maybe getting hurt. You can listen to it
but not react or base your actions on it. We are given by God free will to
choose. You can choose to ignore it and to stay focus on your dream or choose
to believe that voice whispering to you why you cannot be your dream. We need
to learn to separate our ego ( that negative voice) from our true self ( that
inner voice or that God in you).
Always believe in yourself and you’ll see that God is with you. Remember
He said “ ask and you shall receive”. He’s not lying.
If you believe in yourself, nothing is impossible and
nothing or nobody can stop you from attaining it. Not any situation. In facts
God will bring to you all the people, things and events to assist you. You just
need to believe.
Sometimes when we let our ego self does all the work we
struggle too much. Why is that?
The ego will not only contradict you it will also push you
to strive harder. Do you know that when you relax and remain faithful to
yourself, you will still get there? Regardless of any problems you encounter
along the way?
Sometimes people try to think positive but when things
doesn’t go the way they want, they started to listen to their ego giving them
the list why it did not go right instead of just accepting that, that’s the
case today. Tomorrow will be different. There’s no judgement, no excuses just
being in the moment of what is. This is the time when God gets the opportunity
to work with you. He’ll be able to because you did not doubt what you want to
be. This is when you’ll get an inspiration to solve that problem or maybe
you’ll meet somebody that could help you.
Sometimes people get there anyway but with a lot of
unhappiness that goes with it like stress. If we let go of struggles, things
will start to unfold. The ego tells you to do more and then you get frustrated,
worried, afraid and stressed. These states will hinder you from getting the
assistance from God right away. That’s why we get our dreams a lot longer than
we wanted.
Learn to relax, meditate for 2- 3 minutes (the gap) and
listen. This is the fastest way to getting your dreams. Being happy is a must.
Cheerfulness adds to the magic. Be light hearted, have fun along the way and
stop taking things so seriously. This is how you manifest your dreams and
create a charmed life.
PS
When I got back, my hubby asked me what did our daughter and
I talked about on the way to school. So I told him.
He paused for a while and said “you know, that reminds me of
Gord, my friend in high school.
He wanted to be the Head boy for the School Council in our
senior year. I asked him “when did you make this decision to run? I was surprised
when he answered since grade 9. I said “why?” His response was simply “ because
I want to and I know I’ll be good at it.” Some doubted how could he win the
popularity race for the position. He was a great kid but not overly well known
in the school. Bob seeing his dedication looked around the meeting of people
willing to work on this campaign and saw the
Star Quarterback of the football team, head cheerleader, the band
president, almost all the popular kids in school. They all saw the same thing
in Gord, and they made it happen for him.
This a perfect example that when you are sure of what you
want, and believing in your dreams, God will provide you with opportunities,
in Gord’s case the right people to support him.
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