A vision statement offers us a guide for our life. It is a way to measure the choices we make in day to day life and to find out if we're on track. We can ask ourselves: Does this particular choice fit with my greater vision? A vision is somehow bigger than us. Putting it in writing will greatly increase the chances of it being achieved.

Abraham tells us in The Law of Attraction, that "giving thought to it is inviting it." The Abraham group suggests that we use our imagination to deliberately create desired scenarios for ourselves. From my coaching training and my personal experience, I've found a very simple method of discerning if the visions are true. We know they are right for us if we feel good when we picture them...if they excite and energize us. It's perfectly okay and normal to feel scared too. But if we feel scared and don't feel passionate about them, throw them out pronto. Run quickly in the other direction.

Many of us are brought up to think that being an adult means doing a lot of things we don't want to do. This is not true. We can fulfill responsibilities and still grow by clearly focusing on what's meaningful and making it happen.

So let's imagine and record our visions and take our rightful place in our world. Let's fill our hearts with beautiful dreams.

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