Volume 3, Issue 6

	Dreams to Reality: Creating the Life You Want

LIVING BY DESIGN NEWSLETTER
by Leslie Karen Sann, MA, LCPC
V3, #7
July 16, 2003

IN THIS ISSUE

Insurance for the Journey

Quotes

Practically Speaking

Wonder Questions

INSURANCE FOR THE JOURNEY
LIVING BY DESIGN
(Part 2)

(This article is the second in a series about the creative process.)

Some people are afraid to say what they want for a number of reasons. Sometimes it is because they fear that once they get it they may not want it. Or perhaps their life will be so changed that they will lose touch with those they love. Or some other form of harm may come to them or to others.

To handle these concerns, I suggest you add the phrase "This or Something Greater for the Highest Good of All Concerned."

I see this as an insurance clause. This way I will not receive anything that is not in alignment with my highest purpose. Nor will I create anything that contributes to the detriment of anyone else. If anything, my request is about expanding goodness for me and for others.

An example, if you are visualizing getting a promotion on your job, don't picture the person above you being fired, but imagine him or her moving on to other, better things, or to a better, more fulfilling job, so that it works out for the good of all. You don't need to understand or figure out how that will happen, or try to decide what is the best way it could work out; simply assume that it is working out for the best, and let universal intelligence take care of the details.

When my husband and I were looking for our home, we had a list of the features we were looking for, including number of bedrooms, size of property, location, and so on. Additionally, we affirmed that we were receiving the perfect home to serve us "for the highest good." We easily found the home we now live in which had what we thought was an extra bedroom for guests. Little did we know that that bedroom was meant to house my husband's youngest son. We hadn't included anything in our request about school district, and it turns out we are right at the very edge of a change in districts, and our home is in the one known for better schools. Hmmmm, how did that happen?

It is also important to realize, we often don't know what is for the highest good of all concerned. Our human consciousness is very limited in comparison with that of "Spirit" or "God" or the "Universal Intelligence" (fill in whatever word works for you that describes this greater consciousness).

I may imagine that it is really a good idea that such and such happen. I set my sights on that goal, with the intention that I only want it if it is in service to the greatest good. Now I find myself thwarted. Ummm, what's this about. Later I discover that what has occurred instead is an experience far more wonderful than anything my little pea brain could have imagined left to it's own devices.

This has happened to me over and over and over in my life. I have come to know the Universe as beneficent and if I don't get what I think I want, there probably is a gift, a blessing, much greater on it's way, even if that gift is the not having what I thought I wanted in order for me to learn to cherish what I have.

That's why I encourage you to go for your dream. Your dream may be to climb a mountain and so you set out on your journey, only to discover once you have climbed that mountain vistas have opened to you that you could not see before. If you hadn't climbed that mountain you would never know what else is possible. Maybe you thought that mountain was your dream yet it turns out to be a stepping stone to something even greater. Either way, climbing the mountain is part of your journey.

I encourage you to dream your dream and begin your journey. In doing so, you will discover that which is in service to your greatest good, your greatest unfoldment.

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QUOTES:

"Dreams are like stars. We may never reach them, but we use them to chart our course."
~ Unknown ~

"Far away in the sunshine are my highest aspirations. I may not reach them, but I can look up and see the beauty, believe in them and try to follow where they lead."
~ Louisa May Alcott ~

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PRACTICALLY SPEAKING:

As an insurance policy add to all your ideal scenes, dreams, or goal statements: "This or something greater for the Highest Good of All Concerned." This enables you to ask freely for what you want without being concerned that you or anyone else will be harmed by your success, and only that which is for your greatest unfoldment, expansion and growth will come to you.
Ask, take action, and let go of the outcome.
Pay attention to what shows up with the wondering, "Hmmmm, how is this even better than what I asked for?"
Remember Life is a 'for you' process, if you choose to receive the blessings.
Open yourself to receive the grace that occurs through forgiveness.

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WONDER QUESTIONS:

Are you willing to have what you want?
Are you ready to receive more than what you've asked for?
Can you open to all the goodness the Universe has to offer you?
Are you willing to become a co-creator of your Life?

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