Today was a big day for Stacy. She was finally going to audition for the lead role in a musical production that could potentially change her life.
Stacy was both excited and nervous at the same time. She had spent all week preparing for this audition, rehearsing her lines and perfecting her vocals. The night before she had laid out her clothes, put on her alarm clock, and reviewed her presentation portfolio. She felt organised and as prepared as she could be.
However, as Stacy put on her clothes and warmed up her voice, her nerves began to get the better of her. Her mind went running into the future of what this audition could mean for her career. She started remembering all the auditions she had attended in the past. How confident and prepared she was, and how high her expectations were, only to have her hopes dashed in not getting the part.
But today she was determined that it was not going to be like that again. She was not going to allow herself to expect too much. Stacy was not going to set herself up to face rejection again. This time, she was going to go into the audition without any hope of getting the part.
So was born the story of “I won’t get my hopes up” and approaching life and opportunities with the intentions of not wanting or expecting too much.
Many of us have different versions of this story, particularly when we want to achieve our goals and desires.
We believe that if we don’t pursue what we truly want, then we won’t get hurt by failure.
This thinking is flawed. It is faulty because our brain does not work in this way. Our brain is designed to achieve what we truly believe. What we think about and what we believe creates our world and reality, and it is this self-belief that determines whether we will achieve our goal or not.
By maintaining the belief that we do not want to get our hopes high, we are inadvertently saying that we do not believe in ourselves, and our goals and our actions will reflect this. We attract what we believe. To achieve your wants and desires, you need to believe that it is possible—and you must expect to achieve it.
One way to do this is by visualising it. Fill your thoughts with pictures and images of your goal and how your life will look once you achieve it. Do this in detail, taking cues from all your senses. Ask yourself, what do you see, hear, and smell in this successful future? What does the taste of success mean to you?
For this week’s challenge, choose a goal you wish to achieve and put your full intention on achieving it. Visualise it in your mind daily. Better still, draw it and put it up where you can repeatedly see it. Give yourself positive affirmation to repeat several times a day and take consistent action toward what you want.
Do this for one week, one month, one year, and you will definitely see yourself moving in the direction of what you want to achieve.
Remember, your thoughts create your reality. You attract what you think about, so choose to create the life you want by intentionally thinking the thoughts you want to have happen.
Forever creating,
Deborah Ruth
