Dream Boards & Mind Games

Ever have a friend that is almost addicting to hang out with? Someone who can always make you laugh and who seems to always be in a good mood? A few years ago I hung out with someone like that, I'll call her Jodi.

There was something about Jodi, something infectious. She could brighten even the darkest days and her laugh could make you smile and believe everything would be okay.

Jodi introduced me to many new people, a few new hangouts, a couple of new drinks and something called a dream board. At first I thought it was really silly. It sounded like a kindergarten project. When she said she was coming over with some wine so we could make dream boards I was interested. When she showed up with magazines, poster board scissors and glue sticks I thought she was kidding.

What happened to the really crazy and fun girl I liked hanging out with? Now she wanted to cut out pictures of what we want and glue them to a board? This was a whole new kind of crazy!

I asked her what the purpose was and she explained to me that we bring about what we think about and that if we put all the things we want on a board and keep them in front of us, where we can see it regularly, we can make make our dreams come true.

Figuring I had nothing to lose I went along with it. We had fun pasting pictures and drinking wine. I felt like I was back in college working on a project of some sort. I glued on pictures of people kayaking in New Zealand and ski slopes in Aspen, pictures of families having fun and women with perfect bodies, why not think big, right? After Jodi left I added a picture of a woman's beautiful long hair. I have never had good hair. I figured if I am going to test this dream board thing out why not see if I can make myself some good hair.

I kept the dream board in my closet on the shelf where I get clothes everyday. I didn't pay much attention to any of the pictures other than the hair one. I looked at that picture everyday and would laugh as I would tell myself "Wow, my hair is growing so fast and is looking so beautiful." It was like a game. I know our minds are very powerful but could I really will my hair to grow and be healthy?

Several weeks passed and then it happened. I started getting compliments on my hair. This was new for me because I never get hair compliments. I can't remember now who they were but I remember three people made comments to me in one week that my hair looked nice and looked longer. Later that week I ran into Jodi and she literally did a double take. She was working when I saw her, looked over, finished what she was doing then came up to me and said "You're hair is really getting long."

Nobody knew about my picture or my little self affirmations. I highly doubt my hair could grow a noticeable difference in three weeks so now I was confused. Confusion turned into panic. Maybe my hair is in such a need for a haircut and looks so horrible that nobody knows what to say so they say it looks good. How is that for positive thinking?

I have decided to believe that we DO bring about what we think about. We notice what we are aware of or what is present in our minds. Think about it... you bought a new car, now you see cars just like it everywhere, you want a baby and suddenly everyone you know is pregnant, you name your child Kelsey because you don't hear that name much but when you take her to the park you find every kid there is named Kelsey.

Coincidence? I think not.

There IS something to this "bring about what we think about" concept. I just don't know what it is or exactly how it works. I may never figure it out but for now I am going to keep on the positive side of things and not risk bringing about the bad stuff.

Did I mention to you that I LOVE Mondays! Mondays always seem to be so productive and I make so many sales to such happy people on Mondays. Oh and Tuesdays too! While I'm at it, I also have a winning lottery ticket for this weeks power ball thing (or at least I am buying it at 7-11 tomorrow morning!) :)