Keeping The Vision

If you read the book or saw the movie The Secret you are familiar with the concept of a Vision Board. But if not, a Vision Board is a simple yet powerful visualization tool that activates the universal law of attraction to begin manifesting dreams into reality. Simply put a Vision Board is a visual representation of the things that you want to have, be, or do with your life. It can be made from cork, poster, foam board or pretty much anything for that matter. The board is then covered with cut out pictures, drawings or writing on it of the things that you would like to have more of in your life.

The premise of the Law of Attraction is; what we think about, we bring about. Our thoughts are much like anything else in life, what we feed grows. The theory is that whatever you’re focusing your thoughts on be they positive or negative that is what you will receive more of. We all know a little Miss Sunshine for whom everything always seems to work out. Just as we all know that certain someone who has a little black cloud following him around. Does everything always work out for little Miss Sunshine? Probably not, but because she is so focused on the good stuff, she may not even notice the less than stellar stuff. Therefore she attracts positive experiences.

And the same can be said for our friend with the little black cloud. Let’s say he wins the Lotto Max draw, instead of being thrilled his response is “I only won a million dollars; some guy in Ontario got the 50 million.” Nothing is ever good enough; so what he attracts is never quite what he wants.

When we consistently focus on having positive thoughts such as, the nice things our partner does for us instead of the socks left on the floor. That our teenager cleaned up his room without being asked. That the world is filled with people who are kind, generous & helpful we will attract more of that good stuff into our life. Therefore the purpose of a Vision Board is to help activate the law of attraction and begin to attract the resources from our external environment into our lives that enable us to realize our dreams.

How Does A Vision Boards Work?

Vision Boards work because they are a daily reminder of the goals/dreams we have for our life. By placing the images of the life we would like to be living on Vision Board we are creating a powerful, visual reminder of what we would like more of in our life. When a Vision Board is coupled with an action plan it can be a fantastic tool to keep us inspired and motivated on a daily basis to do the work that will enable us to achieve our goals/dreams.

When A Vision Board Does Not Work

I love the idea of cutting out a bunch of pictures and sticking them on a Vision Board and voila life is now perfect. Does this sound too good to be true? Well that’s because it is. As with anything in life, if you want something you must work for it. “An ounce of action is worth a ton of theory.” Visualization is a powerful tool; athletes use it all the time. In fact when they hooked electrodes up to athletes and had them run their event in their mind the mind could not distinguish between the athletes imaging they were running their event and them actually doing it! Now that’s powerful!

When it comes to anything you’re looking to attract into your life having a vision is important however you must also take action. Start with the Vision Board, fill it with images of the life you want THEN create the action plan that will get you there (if you’re unsure as to how to do this check out my creating an action plan article). Once you have completed both the Vision Board & Action Plan begin living the life you imagine. Otherwise known as the “fake it till you make it” program. Start playing full out and watch as the missing pieces start finding their way to you.