Entries in Goal Setting (55)
Liara Covert
Human beings dream for different reasons. You may daydream about being somewhere else because you don’t like where you are. You may nurture dreams that motivate you. You may not realize you dream or, figure it has no significance. If your health isn’t ideal, dreaming may raise your spirits, transform your outlook, or even heal your soul.
A recent movie called The Bucket List reminds us that it’s never too late to identify your dreams and realize them. In this story, the protagonists learn they are dying of terminal cancer. They draft a list of what they want to do before the end, sort of like living goals.
One man focuses on thrill-seeking experiences, like skydiving and car-racing, to encourage facing fear. This man also favours reinforcing his senses of sight and touch. He chooses to visit particular places and eat particular food. For him, money is no obstacle to realizing this list, yet what he buys doesn’t satisfy his lingering void.
The other man’s ideas are less materialistic and more feeling-based. He desired to experience things like, “a majestic view,” to grasp “the true meaning of joy,” and to do unspecified, altruistic things, like “help a stranger.” His own revelations include discovering a stranger can also become a friend. Both men re-evaluate what matters.
Every moment, you have opportunities to define or revise your dreams. You don’t have to experience crisis to trigger deeper reflection. You don’t have to lose everything as the result of an environmental disaster, heartache, terminal disease or, the behaviour of dishonest people. Anything that evokes discomfort may prompt you to dream differently. Your mindset and feelings are like a compass. You can change dream directions anytime.
That said, you don’t have to be given a reason to dream. You do it naturally. To raise awareness of hwo and why you dream gives new meaning to your life. What would you like to do differently? What stops you, but yourself? How are you thinking right now?
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Each of us is on an individual journey. Each person designates events that serve as signposts and milestones. Yet, many people will periodically stop and question their own motivations. They wonder whether overturning all the stones in their path will lead them to the right place, the right mindset, the right perspective. How do you get there?
When you feel content with the state of your life, you may sense that conscious goal-setting isn't necessary. I've met people who set goals and experienced disappointment when they don't achieve the original plan. Discomfort taught them valuable lessons.
You see, as you evolve to realize what you didn't get or experience isn't appropriate for who you really are, it all makes sense. In fact, it may only be by not getting what you thought you wanted that you come to conclude it wasn't necessary or desirable at all.
All of a sudden, you begin to discern on new levels. You start to recognize your emotions are a gauge that helps you get closer to where you want to go. Its all in how you choose to read yourself. The answers are there, inside. You also have courage to read them.
When people don't predict exactly where they will be, their own self-doubt, confusion or uncertainty may cloud their vision. This may even sound like you?
Have you ever asked yourself where you would like to be in the next three years? I don't mean creating a down to the second itinerary(unless you're really meticulous).
What can be useful is to practice not only writing down plans, but more importantly, visualizing the entire multisensual experience. It's time to clarify what this means:
1) Refamiliarize yourself with your senses- this includes the traditional five (sight, smell, taste, touch, hearing) and any additional senses you have discovered or are in the process of developing. Abilities you discern and actively use all shape your life.
2) Decide on the qualities of guides who will surround you- as you follow your instincts, you will invite guides into your life who empower you to realize your greatest potential. They may include human beings, spiritual beings or other sorts of guides. What matters isn't who they are, but how they inspire you to uncover your hidden truth.
3) Envision incremental steps. As you set milestones you plan to achieve toward longer-term goals, you will gain the motivation to achieve what you set out to do. Each time you move forward, you will recognize your sense of progress and propel yourself further along your journey. Every milestone should be incrementally higher and achieveable for you.
Change may seem threatening because you think it leads to the unknown. Yet, what if the way to move forward and sense progress in your life is to be experienced by going backwards? That is, what if questioning your assumptions about what is good for you, accepting you have other answers, is key to overcoming your misunderstandings?
To ask what you want from yourself may seem simple. Yet, when was the last time you asked and answered honestly? Are you able to cleaarly write the vision down in few words? You may be unaware that it is you who decides whether your dreams will dissolve and disappear. And you're right, another way exists. You decide the life you will create.
When you believe you have more to learn, more to get your head around, then its possible for your circumstances to evolve with you. It may be that you do not understand yourself and your sources of motivation as well as you could. Your goals grow from your self-knowledge. What if you took steps to shed light on your real options?
1) Recognize you can consciously choose how to feel.
2) Learn how to discern your the feelings of your essential self.
3) Let go of all goals grounded in fear, guilt or shame.
4) Recreate your sense of self based on your true feelings.
5) Accept you create your energy vibrations to convey messages from your soul.
Part of you is driven to pursue a life based on what society conditions and people expect. What you do for a living doesn't define you unless it is your conscious response to a calling from your soul. Do you dare to dream of responding to your heart? Are you bold enough to be true to yourself? What kinds of implications will this have for you now?
Back in school, you may have learned about certain work choices. Your ideas for jobs are often grounded in people you know or hear about. Funny thing is, we are unaware how we limit ourselves. We get a sense of what we think we should do rather than clarify what we would like to do. Our choices may model others but alienate us from who we are.
It may not surprise you to admit you sense dissatisfaction. You may not yet have learned to accurately identify preferences, gifts, or talents. The voice of your soul may be ignored, stifled or overwhelmed by external trends and expectations. Come what may, your inner voice translates the language of your heart. Its never too late to really listen.