In our last issue we took on the fun and rewarding task of putting a Vision Board together. Is yours in a conspicuous place where you can gaze at it and dream your dreams? I hope so.

It is known that we create what we want in three steps: Ask, Believe, Receive.

The Vision Board is one way you learn to ask for what you want. It helps you get very clear about what it is you want. Now you just need to believe that what you want is yours! It's important to realize that your brain, from the moment of birth, has actually been programmed to have certain beliefs, usually inherited or instilled by well meaning people who wanted to protect you from disappointments or injury. All of these beliefs have brought you to this point in your life. If you are not happy with where you are right now, this is an indication that your beliefs need to be changed. To do this you need to build some new neurotransmitters in your brain.

This really is actually based on science! Everything is ENERGY. Thought is the most potent form of energy. All thought is in a constant state of vibration. All of these vibrations have a certain frequency and all we need to do is align our thoughts with the desired frequency in order to attract what we want! You have the power to choose those thoughts.

So let's take this a step at a time. For each picture of your desires that you have on your Vision Board, formulate words to describe it and write them down. ie: "I'm enjoying eating the delicious foods compatible with my best health", or "I'm feeling fabulous at ___ pounds", or "I'm earning more than ___dollars every month selling my/working at my____", or "I'm feeling the warm, moist ocean breeze on my face while standing on the deck of my brand new sailboat".

Use very descriptive "feeling" language. Ensure that the sentence is worded in the present tense. In other words stay away from phrases like " I will…" or I want….", these keep you in a state of "willing" and "wanting" instead of 'having'. Avoid words such as "lose weight" or "debt" for those will become the focus and you don't want to focus on loss or debt. Instead, use a phrase such as "I feel full of good health and energy at ___ pounds", "I have ____dollars in my investments that are earning ___% interest". This will become YOUR LIST.

Let's begin building those new neurotransmitters of 'belief', new programming for your brain. To do this you will need to write this list every day. In the beginning these sentences will feel very awkward and your brain will try to sabotage you with thoughts like "This is stupid, I don't weigh ___pounds, how on earth am I ever going to own a sailboat, but I don't like the foods I have to eat to lose weight, etc. etc.." Just brush those thoughts aside and continue your daily writing.

Within 26 to 32 days you will start to feel differently, you will find that you have almost memorized the list, you will be perhaps astonished to find that some of the statements you are writing are actually happening!

There is one rule. You cannot skip of day of writing your list. If you do, when you begin again, it will be as if you are starting at day one again.

I just have to slip in one more rule. Be centered in gratitude for all the things that you currently have in your life. This is part of step three, the receiving part.

Now you have your Vision Board, your daily statements of 'wants' and you are grateful for the life and the things you have.

Okay, I promise this is the last rule….begin acting, speaking and thinking as though you have already received what you have asked for! Remember, everything is energy and when you begin to emit the frequency of having already received, the Law of Attraction will begin to move the people, circumstances and events for you to receive. Leave the "how" up to the Universe.

Today's Assignment. Action follows thought. Look at your Vision Board and dream, dream, dream. Your mind thinks in pictures, not words. Allow yourself to become immersed in the wonderful feelings of living your dreams. Once again, the feelings put you on the frequency of attraction.

Now look at your written list and for each statement write down one action step you can take to begin to put the wheels in motion toward the achievement of that desire. It doesn't have to be a big thing. Even a small baby step starts your journey. Remember, you are aligning actions with thoughts so they are on the same frequency. You are in harmony with the Law of Attraction.

Anytime you experience frustration with any of the above, realize that it is caused by your old programming that is just attempting to push you back into old behaviours. Stay on your new path. Man walked on the moon because he believed he could, even when to many it was believed as impossible!

"To believe in the things you can see and can touch is no belief at all, but to believe in the unseen is both a triumph and a blessing". - Abraham Lincoln