Try it Again with Feeling

Ok boys/girls try it again from the top with feeling. Even the best musicians can lose the zing that makes music so much fun. There is just something special when you see someone who is passionate about what they are doing.

This morning I'm sitting in the QV Cafe in The queen Victoria building having a coffee and some raisin toast. I always come here when I'm in Sydney as the service is generally good the staff are friendly enough. I was a little worries when I gave my order as the waitress repeated what I didn't order, but a couple of wiry smiles back and forth, and a repeat on my part, all good. I suspect this waitress is on her 'L' plates this morning. All good had my coffee and toast within 3-5minutes of sitting down, that's a great effort considering the number of people here.

“Catch on fire and others will love to come watch you burn.” 
― John Wesley

Note: The above is often attributed to John Wesley but in fact I'm not sure he did actually say it. 

However for the purposes of this blog it's the point the phrase makes that's most important whether Wesley said it or 'Fred Bloggs'. There is a profound truth here. When you are passionate in your pursuit of whatever it may be, others are drawn to it. It inspires, encourages and you passion empowers other to say maybe, just maybe I could do that too.

So how does all this relate back to Visualisation, Goal setting and Vision Boards. Let me give you a picture, your 'Visualisation, Goal setting and Vision Boards' are the vehicle but you feelings and emotions are the fuel that will drive those dreams to become realities. 

Now here's the catch to this. Some of you are not going to like this, but here it is. Your Visualisation and the feelings that you put behind them work positive or negative, honestly you get what you dwell on the most. If your visualising and adding to them good feelings, that is positive emotions 'I can do this' that's what will manifest. If you visualise and add to it negative emotions like 'it probably won't happen or I can't do this. ' then that's what will manifest.

Let me give you an example of this from my own life, of how negative feelings can affect our lives. About eight years ago I found myself unemployed, what I really wanted to be was a full time minister, but I could never get in a position where I was paid to do it full time. So I still had bills to pay and mouths to feed so I applied at several agencies and I got a weeks trial with a government department, fantastic I thought, but my heart wasn't in it.

After the first week of work I was in my local shopping centre car park, waiting in the car for my wife, when I got this overwhelming anger and I shouted out in my frustration to the universe, to God, "Why is it I can get this kind of work, but not what I want to do?

Literally no more than five minutes later on a Saturday morning (Government Departments don't work weekends) My mobile phone rings the person on the other end says "don't come in on Monday, you've been cut". What the heck? It's not hard to put 2 and 2 together and realise that my heated negative emotion had manifested something and rapidly, that was not going to be good. I was unemployed for four months after this event and every possible bill you can imagine came flooding in. It was also the closest I've ever been to divorce, everything went sideways. 

I had to recant my negative emotional outburst, the emotion that went with that feeling of helplessness. I replaced it with a positive attitude towards any work I could get. Then it all changed and I got employment with a fantastic company, still through an agency 12 months later I was made permanent. The company has really looked after me. Just as my Visualised negative emotions caused negative things to happen, the Visualised positive emotion brought about positive change.

Your feelings and emotions are a strong driving force whether they are positive or negative. So if we want the things that we visualise to happen we need to apply positive feelings towards it. 

Next time Due Diligence 

. Your Vi