So many things have happened around the world recently that are out of our control – earthquakes; volcanic ash; job losses and more. And yet, we continue on. To quote Jane Addams: “What after all has maintained the human race on this globe despite all the calamities of nature and all the tragic failings of mankind, if not faith in new possibilities and the courage to advocate them.”
On a smaller, non-global scale…
While thinking about buying my first house, I attended an affirmations/ vision board workshop. I put many cut-out magazine pictures on the board. One was an image of living room with couches and books. I looked long and hard for a house, and I strongly connected to a cute remodel and made an offer on it. After 4 months of uncertainty around the closing, the house fell through. The weekend before the sale fell through, I went to an open house for a house I liked, that was move-in ready. The closing went through in less than a month.
I started with a picture of a comfortable living room. I have such a living room now. Looking back, I am happy that I have a have the house that I have now and not the one I put the original offer on. But, it was a painful process to let go of that first house. And, I hadn’t been able to control when the sale would close – if at all.
Still, it is good to have goals and dreams. That is what the Affirmations & Vision Board Workshop t is about. Affirmations; creating images of our goals and dreams; and holding space open for the hope that they will come true.
