If you want to reach your goal, you must “see the reaching” in you own mind before you actually arrive at your goal. – Zig Ziglar

I want to talk about visualization.  You’ve heard about it, we’ve talked about it.  It’s like playing make believe, but without the toys. When I was a little kid, I mean really little, still being tucked in at night little, I used to love going to bed.  Don’t get me wrong, I loved being up and outside and doing regular kid stuff, riding my bike, playing with my friends, but bed time was where it was at.  I used to make up these amazing stories in my head involving all of my stuffed animals.  Sure my friends and I would play make believe games all the time, but at night it was different.  There was just me, and it was my story.  It went the way I wanted.

When I was a little bit older, I moved from stuffed animals to Barbies, as many young girls do, and there was more make believe as my friends and I moved our Barbie dolls through out all sorts of grand adventures.  But kids grow up and the toys go away, but for me the make believe never did.  I became a vociferous reader (I still am) and I would imagine myself in the books, and then when the story was done, I’d imagine more stories involving me and the characters. Again it’s like playing make believe.

I grew older still, and I developed an interest in writing.  Nothing fantastic, but I was an avid fan fiction writer at one point and let me tell you, that was really like playing make believe.  They weren’t my character, but most definitely my scenarios.  I know, I know, I’m rambling, but I have a point, and this is all leading up to it.

When you have a goal, one of the best and fastest ways to achieve it is to visualize yourself reaching it.  See each and every step in great and glorious detail.  See them, feel them, smell them and taste them in your mind.  Create the perfect scenario in your mind.  It’s like playing make believe, only this time, instead of stuffed animals, or Barbies or fictional worlds, your crafting your own reality.  See yourself with great clarity, reaching for your goal, and you will get there!