Creation has been a lot on my mind lately. The creation of our lives. Our futures. Our realities. Our now. And how our beliefs create the world around us.
We have within each of us the power to create whatever present and future world we wish to inhabit. We are the creators of our today and of our tomorrow.
How do we create something that we don’t believe exists?
Start believing it does.
Shawn Achor (my happiness crush) says:
Studies show that simply believing we can bring about positive change in our lives increases motivation and job performance; that success, in essence, becomes a self-fulfilling prophesy (The Happiness Advantage, 75).
Coach Michael Neill says you can make believe anything:
. . . we can change our experience of the world (and ultimately the world itself) by changing the way we choose to see it. . . . instead of always trying to align your beliefs with “reality,” it’s possible to align your beliefs with what you most want to create in your life. And when you consistently make believe in what you want, you can begin to create some pretty unbelievable results (Supercoach, 15,16)!
The greatest athletes and performers in the world will tell you they weren’t born talented; they created their talent by believing they could and in his bestselling book Wealth Warrior, Steve Chandler corroborates that sentiment with his reminder that “practice creates talent (115).”
Creating a new belief can be intimidating, or even scary, for some of us. You’re not alone.
Even Alice, from Lewis Carroll’s classic Through the Looking Glass, challenged the very notion of believing what Alice deemed an impossibility when the Queen chided her:
I daresay you haven’t had much practice. . . . When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
Impossible only exists if you believe it does. You define impossible.
Me? I’d rather eliminate that word from my personal dictionary altogether.
Let yourself give in to this new belief. This creation notion. It’s very liberating.
Perhaps practicing believing the impossible before breakfast as the Queen suggests is a great idea, and before long you’ll recognize you’re no longer chasing after your dreams; you’re manufacturing them.
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I love this article! It means more to me today than it would have a month ago as I am in the process of recreating myself based on significant upcoming changes. The thought of enter phase II of my life is scary and overwhelming, but I have made the decision to welcome it with open arms. Your positive thoughts add to my own inspiration and creativity. Thanks for that Allarminda!
honored to be your happiness crush, lol! thanks for taking the time to write this article and spread the ripple effect!