Miraculous Goals For 2008

Do you wake up each day filled with passion about what you will do with your day?

Are you completely dedicated to something that requires you to use all that you are?

When you attempt to describe your future are the words vision, meaning and purpose part of the description?

Are joy, enthusiasm and inspiration your frequent companions?

Sadly, most people cannot answer yes to all four of the questions above. However, most people would like to be able to say yes but do not know exactly what to do to make that a reality in their lives.

If you don’t have the life you would love to live then it may be because you are too much like I used to be. I created expectations that were far below what was actually achievable and then made them come true. I almost lost one of the most fantastic opportunities of my life because of my “small” picture of what I thought I deserved.

In the last 35 years I have discovered that the vast majority of people are individuals who have unrealistically and unconsciously limited their ideas of what they can do with their lives. It is no wonder then that they could not answer an enthusiastic yes to my questions.

I want to support you to set miraculous goals for your life. I hope my story will inspire you to do that.

It was 1972 and I was completing my second year as Associate Pastor of a small church in Massachusetts. A church member who had been my friend and mentor approached me with a question: “Would you like to do counseling and consulting full time”. I said no and that was that.

When I told my wife she became very agitated and started yelling at me. “You are an idiot! Of course you want to do counseling and consulting full time. That is all you dream about. You dearly love counseling and consulting. You love it. Why did you say no to him?”

Upon reflection I had to admit that my wife was right so I spent the next two weeks engaged in an intense inner search for the reasons behind my denial. What I discovered miraculously changed my mind, my work and my future.

I discovered that I did in fact have a dream of being a counselor/consultant but I also had some extremely self-limiting attitudes that blocked the path to the realization of that dream. I felt undeserving and I could not see how I could overcome the obstacles that seemed to block my way. In addition, I had fears about my ability to do well in the profession I dreamed about. (I could go on here but I think you get the point – I was an idiot and I was standing in my own way.)

Finally, I had a breakthrough and decided to return to my mentor/friend and share what I discovered about myself and see what he had in mind. It was one of the best decisions of my entire life.

The mentor/friend was Stan Olsen, co-founder of Digital Equipment Corporation. He suggested that “we” start a non-profit organization dedicated to consulting and counseling and make me the director. I said O.K. and we scheduled our first board meeting.

At the board meeting (Stan and two other men), they announced that they had already made a number of decisions that involved me. Here they are. When I heard them I was astounded.

One. My salary was to be twice what I had been making at the church.

Two. They asked me to list the courses and seminars that would best train me for the work I was to do. I made an extensive list including training in organizational development, small group therapy and a long and involved program in Gestalt therapy.
They said yes to each and every item on my list!

Three. They then “requested” that I go back to school and get my doctorate. They agreed to pay for all expenses for the duration of the program.

Four. Stan Olsen had donated $100,000 to make all this possible.

The point: If I had given in to my self-limiting ideas my life would have been very different and certainly far less satisfying.

The message: Open your mind and heart to your best and highest dreams and say yes to anyone who wants to offer their support. Miracles will follow. Have a miraculous new year.

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