What Would You Do? ... Time to Imagine

There's been a recurring theme in recent conversations I've had, due to my plans to "retire" in a new location. As each person wants to explore with me what I'm planning to do, the conversation naturally turns to their own plans for what they would do if they were ready to choose whatever they want right now.

People spend so much of their lives just figuring out what they NEED to do that they don't get all that skilled at planning out what they WANT to do. Yet sorting out what we want is a huge aspect of getting what we want. It may even be the largest part of it that comes down to us, rather than being the domain of Spirit to create.

Our intellects want to make things out to be about planning the HOW. When we can't see how to do something with our limited linear thinking, we block ourselves from even knowing WHAT we want. That's why people are stumped sometimes. It isn't that they don't somewhere inside themselves have clarity about what they want. It's that their mind is blocking them from awareness of it because it doesn't see how it can make it happen for them.

We spend so much time trying to do Spirit's business that we neglect to do our own!

But what if you could trust Spirit to take care of the how and you just needed to figure out the what?

What if you suddenly found you had enough money rolling in on a regular basis with no effort on your part to know that your basic needs, including travel, would be covered no matter what? What if you knew that all the information you needed to "make it work" was going to come to you with perfect timing? What if you felt loved and supported by a great power that had your back with absolutely no judgment or condemnation, true unconditional love? And what if you could let that in, allow yourself to be loved and supported just that much?

Where would you live?

Would it be one location or several?

What would you do with the bulk of your time?

Would you be engaged in a creative project or spend most of your time just hanging out in beauty (or partying)?

Would you try to contribute to the lives of the people where you are?

If so, would you primarily be contributing knowledge, financial resources, or something else?

I've recently talked to older couples who've got their game plan, complete with timeline. They've spent 25 years getting ready and know exactly what they want next. I've also talked to middle aged singles who either do or don't have a plan for the life they want, though both know they don't want what they have now.

People can become experts at knowing what they don't want, but until you know what you do want, nothing can improve.

With some people you'll have to redirect the conversation away from talk of what they don't want again and again, because they just can't get themselves out of that way of thinking on their own. It's a deep, deep rut they've dug their mental habits into.

But if you can get someone talking about what they do want, guiding them with specific questions about aspects of it, you can start to see the lights come on. That energy is the energy of creative imagination, and that's the first step in actually creating. As the song from South Pacific goes, "You have to have a dream before you can have a dream come true."

What's your dream?

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• The End of Struggle - Learning How to Want Purely

Resteems always appreciated!