I can’t get there, if I won’t leave here

What is that thing, that place, that accomplishment that I have in my mind?  I have been struggling to find it.  To give it a shape, a definition.  I have been trying to give it form and color.  I have been trying to describe it.

Is this what you imagine for your future?  You want it to be better than your present. More fun.  More financial security.  A loving partner.  Your ideal weight.  These are the typical things that we consider this time of year and KNOW that we are going to make next year better.  But how?  When we can’t imagine a different future, we are pretty much bound to repeat our present.

But then comes a related problem.  What if you can see your future but you cannot see yourself in it.  That is the struggle that I’ve been having recently.  I can see the house that I want, but I couldn’t imagine myself in it.  I could see that ideal weight, but I am struggling on yet another plateau.  I can imagine my message going out into the world and making a difference…oh, but it is being said by other people.

It took me several times of embracing this idea before I finally got it, before it finally meant something.  So here it is:  I CAN’T BE THERE IF I WON’T LEAVE HERE!  Oh hell yes!  (And I give all credit for paraphrasing Louise Hay by way of Nancy Levin for this.)

I can’t sit in my home and hope for fun.  I have to do something that I consider to be fun!  I won’t have financial security if I spent recklessly and don’t save.  I can’t imagine myself in a different future if I won’t let go of where I am now!

Here’s an example.  I want to imagine myself receiving more income but I’m stuck with how. I have a job that does not give raises.  I have bills that stretch every penny I make.  My time is committed so that I don’t know how I’d fit in another job.  What would my kids think or my family if I didn’t do the work I’m doing.  I have an obligation.  Would my friends think that I think that I’m better than them?  Do you get the idea?  Every one of these statements has me tied to where I think I presently am.  I have to be willing to consider being somewhere else.  What other jobs could I do?  How can I cut my expenses and save?  How can I create more time to do additional work?  What can I let go of?  Those who love me, will still love me if I do things differently, particularly my friends and family!

Where would you like to see yourself going?  What is keeping you from fully embracing that vision?  You can’t get there if you aren’t willing to leave here!