I have put off creating my own dream board for quite some time. I finally stopped procrastinating and have created a vision board that emulates positive flowing energy to me each time I look at it.

You may think that a dream board has to be jam packed with pictures of “things” that you want; A new car, a new home, a cruise, fancy vacations, games, furniture etc. While it’s perfectly fine to want these things and to have them on your dream board there is another way to create one.

If you’re like me your desires may be more of a spiritual or giving nature. You can use symbolism’s in your vision board. For instance you could have a picture of the universe to symbolize your oneness with the universe. You could have pictures of butterflies symbolizing a new beginning. A picture of Albert Einstein symbolizing the wisdom you are seeking. The pictures on your dream board only need to have meaning to you.

You can also leave open space on your dream board symbolizing that you are willing to receive all good things that the universe has to offer.

You want to manifest your authentic self through your vision board. It should clearly state to you Your vision and your purpose.

According to Feng Shui expert Marie Diamond from the hit movie “The Secret” the average dream board has a 33% success rate. You can increase your chance of success by an additional 33% if you know where to place your pictures on  your vision board. LOCATION is everything.  Before you create your board, you’ll want to download your free copy of Marie Diamonds report “Personal Law of Attraction Number” a great little guide that tells you EXACTLY how to set up your vision board.

Creating Your Dream Board

1. You’ll want a poster board, and pictures that symbolize your dreams. You can use magazines or the internet – like Google Images to find your pictures.

2. To begin you’ll want to put a recent picture of you in the center of the board. Choose a picture where you are happy, you’re smiling and having a great time.

3. Under your picture write “I (your name) am (your vision in 1 sentence)

4. In royal blue you will want to write the following sentence “I (your name) am grateful that my vision is manifesting here and now”.

5. Now you’ll want to place your other pictures and affirmations if you choose on your vision board.After downloading your “Personal Law of Attraction Number” you will know how to divide your dream board into 8 sections – each representing a direction. (N, S, W, E, NE, NW, SE, SW).  Your pictures (goals) are placed on your board according to your own personal directions for success, health, wisdom, romance etc.

Place your dream board in your success direction.  You’ll want your dream board to be somewhere that you are active – your family room or office are excellent choices. You can also hang it in your bedroom. Be sure the area around your vision board is free of clutter.

You will want your vision board to be at eye level, somewhere that you will see it constantly through out the day. It’s also good to focus on it for several minutes a few times daily. Visualize having each item NOW. Feel it, Breathe it, Touch it. Be grateful that you have received it.

Four Places NOT to put Your Vision Board

1. In the bathroom – the energy may be flushing out your dreams
2. On your refrigerator – you are cooling down the energy of your dream board
3. Above the fireplace – you are burning up your vision
4. Hid away in the closet – your hiding your dreams and are saying you really don’t want them or are afraid of them manifesting.

What are you waiting for? Get to work on your dream board today!

One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes on inside people.

He said, “My son, the battle is between 2 “wolves” inside us all.

One is Evil. It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance, self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride, superiority, and ego.

The other is Good. It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence, empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith.”

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his grandfather,  “Which wolf wins the battle?”

The Old Cherokee simply replied, “The one you feed.”

Author Unknown

The wolves simply represent our thoughts

The thoughts we choose determine our attitude and our actions

You feed the one that you think about the most.  This is why it is so important for you to be aware of your thoughts!  We have up to 60,000 thoughts each and every day.  What are you thinking about the most?

If most of your day is spent blaming others for your life … Or if you’re caught in the “Could’ve and Should’ve” mentality, you are feeding the evil wolf.  If you’re like me you may not really like the word evil, but this  type of thinking is bringing everything into your life that YOU DO NOT WANT – so isn’t that evil?  The sad truth is that you are bringing it on yourself.

I also wouldn’t consider your “ego” to be necessarily evil.  Your ego simply tries to keep you safe from harm.  Maybe the author meant an over-inflated ego …

On the other hand, if your thoughts focus on kindness, love, generosity and truth your life will mirror back the same.  You need to be true to yourself.  Find your authentic self.  Feed the good wolf – the one that will ultimately bring you peace and happiness.  The one that will inspire and enrich your life.

Your thoughts and your attitude are what create your life.  Which wolf do you choose?

The first step to making the Law of Attraction work in your life is to understand your thought patterns.

Both your conscious mind and subconscious are constantly busy with thought. It’s believed that the average person has about 50,000 thoughts per day. That equals 35 thoughts per minute!

It would be impossible for you to monitor each and every thought you have. Based on the understanding that like attracts like, you can control the stream of your thoughts.

Example: You’re going along happily with your day. Somebody snaps at you for no apparent reason … you have two choices ….

1. Realize that the person that snapped at you has the problem – don’t make it yours. Wish the person well; think of 10 things that you’re grateful for. And your day will stay on positive note.
2. Get mad at the person. Yell back at them. You think revenge is sweet. You start thinking of all the bad things they’ve done or said to you in the past. You have just ruined your perfect day.

You can see in the example above that your thoughts will continue in the path that you choose.

Many people think of the Law of Attraction as simply creating wealth. It’s far more than that. It’s creating a happier fulfilling life. Wealth in of itself cannot create a happy life…

In matter of fact the Law of Attraction is not the only Law of the universe at work in your life. One of the teachers of The Secret has put together a wonderful audio series “The 11 Forgotten Laws” which teaches you about the laws and how they work together for you to create the life of your dreams. This series taught me how to make all the laws work for me and how to grasp the true meaning of the Law of Attraction.

Regardless how gloomy things are, you can find things to be grateful for.

If you are in a pile of debt … You can be thankful that the creditors entrusted you with credit when you needed it.

If you hate your job … You can be grateful it puts a roof over your head, it gives you benefits, it’s providing you an education for future job possibliites etc.

I once hated my job so much, that every night when I got in my car, I would call a friend and scream for 5 to 10 minutes on how much I hated my job! Every day I would meet with irate people. I got cursed at constantly. I was always behind in my work.

I then started being thankful for my job. Every day I would state how grateful I was to have great customers who appreciated what I did for them. I was thankful for the opportunity to help serve them.

Within a couple of weeks, I was caught up with my work. My clients always thanked me and told me how great I was. I even got thank you cards from them. This was truly the Law of Attraction at work.

It’s Your Choice

Open the door to negativity, anger, doubt; fear etc, and you are in for a lifetime of heartache.
or
Open the door to positivity, gratefulness, love, joy, confidence and you are in for a Lifetime Full of Happiness

Gratitude is the key to your happiness. When you are grateful for what you have, you are opening the door for more good to come into your life.

“Gratitude is an attitude that hooks us up to our source of supply. And the more grateful you are, the closer you become to your maker, to the architect of the universe, to the spiritual core of your being. It’s a phenomenal lesson” Bob Proctor

We are brought up with these fantasies, as they are embodied in the fairy tale of Aladdin and the Magic Lamp. TV brings us the reruns of I Dream of Jeannie; Many movies and books also feed our imagination with genies, witches, and ghosts.

The dream of instant riches is evident in the popularity of gambling and state lotteries. Countless numbers of people spend their last dollar – or their rent – for the slight chance of winning millions and having their entire lives change in the course of minutes.

The irony of all of this is that we humans have always had the power to obtain our dreams all along. How? By working with The Law of Attraction. This law has been around since the universe began and is working in your life right now – whether or not you know about or believe it.

What is The Law of Attraction?

You get what you think about, your thoughts determine your destiny. Thoughts have an energy all their own, and they attract things which have a common energy. It is one of the Laws of the Divine Universe and it applies to everyone. It is as unbreakable as any law of science or mathematics. It does not even require your belief to work. Only to control it, to seize your destiny, must you believe in the Law’s power.

You’re probably asking how you can use the Law of Attraction to create the life you dream of. Here are some guidelines to help you get started …

1. Decide EXACTLY what it is that you want. You want to have a clear specific thought of what it is you want to create. If this is hard for you, you might think of what you don’t want – the reverse will more than likely be what you do want.

2. Set time aside each day to meditate. Concentrate on FEELING like you already have what you desire right now. You are living in your dream home. You are driving your brand new red sports car. You are financially independent. etc …

3. Show GRATTITUDE for what you already have, as well as what you are attracting. Say “I am so happy and thankful now that …” This helps you to obtain and maintain the positive vibrations needed to attract good things into your life. Often times, we don’t get what we want, because we are focusing on the negative. If we are waging war in our minds about what we don’t want – we are thinking about it.

Remember: The Law is working in all places at all times. It’s up to your to use it for yourself, rather than allow it to use you.

Over the last few years I have come to believe that “Magic” is indeed real – when used appropriately with the Law of Attraction.

When we learn to harness the power of our own thoughts and feelings we can in essence attract that which we desire. It doesn’t come as fast as Bewitched snapping her fingers and ending up in New York …..

But, stop and think about it. If you have a burning desire to go to New York, and begin thinking about New York, planning your vacation, deciding which hotels you’d like to stay in, etc–then you are in the beginning stages of making it happen. Note: I haven’t said you’ve purchased the tickets, set a date or have a definitive plan.

What you are doing is putting the positive energy out into the universe, stating that you will visit New York, stay at a particular hotel, see specific sites, etc…. As you continue to send out this positive energy into the universe, Magic will happen.

You will find an incredible opportunity to go to New York, stay at the hotel of your choice, see the sites … And at the same time as the opportunity comes to you – a means to pay for it will appear. The trip might even show up as a gift or as a prize in a contest you entered.

In Bewitched, you’ll notice that Samantha is forever trying to teach Tabitha the ins and outs of magic. She is teaching her daughter how to be responsible and how to use her powers wisely.

The same goes for us! We need to learn how to use the power of The Law of Attraction wisely. The Law of Attraction is truly a simple process – we just like to fumble it up in our minds.

First – You need to DECIDE exactly what it is that you want.

Second – You need to FEEL like you already have it.

Third – You need to ALLOW the universe to provide it.

Begin practicing these simple steps of the Law of Attraction and you will begin to see MAGIC happen in your life.

The mid 90s was a very trying time for me. It was during this time that my first marriage began falling apart (after 15 years). My best friend Liz was also having marital problems with her first husband.

I had “Dreamed” up this ideal man. My dream man had all of the strong characteristics of my first husband and all the romantic characteristics of Liz’s husband.

I used to talk about my “Dream Man” to Liz all of the time. I never put a face to my dream man – because looks really didn’t matter to me as much as personality.

My dream man had the following characteristics:

* A hard worker
* Knew how to enjoy life
* Knew how to balance work and family life
* Enjoy going places and doing new things
* Family oriented
* Intelligent
* Have a sense of humor
* Be even tempered
* Did not drink
* Romantic
* Enjoy spending time with me
* Accepted me exactly as I am

In my wildest dreams I never thought such a man existed – except for maybe in my romance novels. Never the less My “Dream Man” helped me through many a bad times.

In June 1997 my first husband and I separated – after twenty years of marriage. As I settled into my life as a single mom, I began playing on the computer a lot.

I ran across this site Matchmaker.com – a site truly geared towards finding serious relationships.
It offered a months free trial, and I thought what could it hurt? I was very interested in learning what other men were like – as I had been with my first husband since I was 16.

I emailed a few different guys and even met a few of them in person. From the beginning I was drawn to this one particular profile … And because I didn’t know where the heck he lived, I kept debating rather or not to email him.

I’m sure that you’ve guessed it by now; the man behind the profile was and is my dream man – my husband Mike. He has every single characteristic that I had dreamt up so many years ago.

Mike is an avid Bass fisherman. My maiden name was Bass (really!). So it was trully destiny. Read Mikes version of our meeting.

It is possible to choose your life partner!

Call it fate, luck or whatever you want to It’s interesting that when I finally emailed Mike, he only had 2 days left as a member – and he had decided not to renew his subscription.

Since then I have learned so much about the “Law of Attraction”. How we attract things and people into our life. I believe that all of my thoughts about my “Dream Man” brought My Mike into my life!

One of my favorite motivational speakers Brian Tracy is offering you a FREE Program. the choices include “How to Meet the Man of Your Dreams” or “How to Meet the Woman of Your Dreams”. Would You Like Your FREE Program to be a Compact Disc or a Cassette Tape?