Mar 30 2007
The power of thought – in the spirit
IMAGINE WHAT YOUR LIFE WOULD BE IF YOU WERE FREE OF DOUBT, free of feelings of inferiority. Endless possibilities would be yours to explore, unhampered by limited thinking and anxiety over your shortcomings. You would see your magnificence. This is proven all around us: We need to see what we want in order to create it. We need to say what we want in order to have it.
Long before Iyanla Vanzant became a household name, she was a master in the spiritual realm. Years ago she told me she was planning for her forthcoming book to be on The New York Times Best Sellers List. Iyanla wrote her name and book title on the list, clipped it from the paper, and tacked it to her office wall. This no doubt heightened her passion for the work she was creating and reminded her each day that the rewards of striving for excellence would be hers. That phenomenal book, In the Meantime, did make the Times Best Sellers List and remained there for 18 months.
For every blessing we receive, some corner of our mind is whispering: This is what I want and I can have it. Deep desire and a welcoming heart open roads for grace to travel toward us. Our negative thoughts have equal power to block the way.
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Susan L. Taylor, editor-in-chief of Essence magazine. Author of In the Spirit which is a monthly column in the Essence mag.
to be continued…
