Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Looking Glass Future



Wouldn’t you like to look into the future and see what it holds for you? Where could you obtain a Looking Glass that reveals these future secrets?

There’s a small test to try on your friends. Not a pop quiz: Just a simple correctly worded sentence.

“Where do you see yourself in the next 5 years?”

Do you know what?

90 ~ 95 percent will give the same answer.

“I don’t know.”

Likewise for the cousin question: “What do you want out of life?”

Does this ring a bell?

People plan vacations quicker than they plan their lives. Couples plan weddings to the oomph degree, and then leave the marriage up to chance.

Statistics might show after the wedding is over, many marriages take the downhill trail; like runaway horses. If the relationship turns sour, it could be compared to Rambo mania.

The last time I checked with Albert Einstein there was no formula to accurately predict the future. But there is a way to find out what you want out of life without stressing over a Looking Glass Future.

We’ll get to that soon.

Thanks to the great King Solomon and his unmatchable wisdom. “It’s all vanity and a vexation of the Spirit.”

However we can’t rest on our laurels and expect great things to happen for us. The Holy Word says “one plants, another waters, but the Almighty gives the increase”.

How can you get an increase if you don’t know what to plant? How can you water when there is nothing to water?

There’s a method that has been used by several successful people; to discover what they want out of life. Perhaps you too can try it and realize similar success.

Before we get started, find yourself a nice quite spot. Some people are so efficient at concentrating; they can sit in a busy airport and do this.

Get a clean sheet of writing paper. Draw a line down the center of the page. Label the left column “Don’t Wants” and the right “Wants”.

Starting on the left of the page list the thing you don’t want. Keep writing for 20 minutes. Don’t erase anything. No one is going to grade you, okay? The ideas don’t need to follow a sequential order. Write them as they come.
Do it quickly.

After you have exhausted your idea, go to the right side and list the corresponding positive ideas. For each thing you don’t want there is something you do want.

For instance…

· “I don’t want to be poor.” Means I want to have lots of money.”
· “I don’t want to be sick.” Means I want to be in good health.
· “I don’t want to be single for the rest of my life.” Means I want to be married.

By the end of the task you should have a personal discovery of who you are and what you want out of life. You don’t need a Genie in a Bottle or a Looking Glass.

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