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Time just keeps passing by…I mean it’s already the last Sunday of January 2011…Maybe I’m a little weird or maybe even self-indulgent, but it takes me a month to crystallize my goals, resolutions and dreams  for the New Year. I don’t want to just rattle off goals, resolutions and dreams and not give God the time to direct my thinking…So between today and tomorrow, I will edit my list of goals for the year which I will hang on my bathroom mirror and finish my vision board which I will display in my office…

To that end, Let me share some inspirational articles  that may help you as you crystallize your goals, resolutions and dreams for the New Year…(in no particular order)

1. “What The Heck’s A Vision Board and How It Can Change Your Life?”  by Martha Beck
2. “Respecting Our Blind Spots: Sometimes It Takes a Second Look to See God’s Best” by M. Blaine Smith
3. “Let the Lord Choose Your New Year’s Resolutions” by Dr. Charles Stanley
4. “Guideposts Classic: Who Inspired Diane Sawyer” by Diane Sawyer
5. “Five Ways To Become an Instant Frugalista” by Natalie P. McNeal
6. “Dollars and Sense: Talking Money Before Marriage” by Jacque Reid
7. “Donna Richardson Joyner Shares 3 Gospel Truths” by Dee Stewart

I hope these articles will inspire you as they have inspired me…

Any thoughts?

Musical inspiration for the New Year…”Strength, Courage & Wisdom” by India Arie…Don’t let procrastination get you down…for real…one of my worst habits…although it has gotten much better in recent years…

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So what’s up y’all? It’s March…time to check in about our goals…How are we doing? A few years ago, I made a vision board hoping that the images would somehow manifest in real life…and to my surprise, even today those images are becoming reality…I haven’t made a vision board since then but I do write down my goals each year…And while all of my goals don’t necessarily come true, I am amazed how many of them do without very much effort on my part sometimes…it’s as if there is magic in writing them down…This principle is illuminated in God’s word…

“And the LORD answered me: “Write the vision; make it plain on tablets, so he may run who reads it.”  Habakkuk 2:2

Actually, it’s not magic…I think that in writing our goals down or creating a vision board, we input the images and words into our subconscious minds. And then our subsconcious minds go to work to enable us to take the actions that we need to take…And of course, God works on our behalf to make our goals come true if they are in His will for us…

So as I said before, we are three months into the New Year…how am I doing? I’m working it out….How are you doing? Let me know…

Any thoughts?

Check out the video for “Optimistic” by Sounds of Blackness!

You hear the voice of reason
Telling you this can’t never be done
No matter how hard reality seems
Just hold on to your dreams…

As long as you keep your head to the sky,
You can win as long as you keep your head to the sky….

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