Naysayers Be Damned: Shoot for the Stars!

Anyone who knows me probably knows that I do everything within my power to stay positive about every situation. And it serves me quite well.

Still, occasionally something sticks in my craw. Like, for example, the fact that I’ve read three different blog posts today about creating New Year’s resolutions–each of which said something to the effect of  “be sure to set goals, but don’t shoot too high.”

I’m here to tell you that is complete nonsense.

The fact is that you won’t get more than you expect. So, let’s say you’d really like to open your own business. Now, you could resolve to do that, and if you believe that it will manifest (and take inspired action as necessary), the world is your oyster.

But, let’s just say you’re one of those Negative Nelly or Ned types and you don’t believe it can happen. Well then, my friend, it won’t.

Fact: You simply cannot achieve more than you believe you can. It’s plainly uncomplicated. Like Mary Kay Ash once said, “If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can’t, you’re right.”

Read carefully my friends: Do Not Put Limits on Your Desires! You can have, do or be whatever you want, if you believe that you can. You don’t have to know exactly how you’re going to get there, either. That’s one of the cool things about this whole deal–put your desires out to the universe and then believe that you’re manifesting them.

You are what you think. Placing limits on your thoughts (or attempting to limit the aspirations of others) will only attract more limits into your life. Instead, open your mind and recognize that the world is abundant. You can achieve whatever you believe you can.

Think I’m full of it?

Think of Andrew Carnegie. The child of poor immigrants, he believed that he could achieve his dreams–and went on to become the second richest man in history. So how did he do it? He simply believed that he could–he decided what he wanted, took the necessary inspired action, and his true divine desires manifested exactly as he expected.

“I am no longer cursed by poverty because I took possession of my own mind, and that mind has yielded me every material thing I want, and much more than I need,” Carnegie once said. “But this power of mind is a universal one, available to the humblest person as it is to the greatest.”

In case I haven’t made myself clear, don’t believe anyone who tells you that you need to put limits on your goals and desires. You are the keeper of your own destiny, and YOU decide what you believe you can accomplish. Refuse to accept anything less than your true divine desires.

Still not convinced?

Remember what Buddha said: “All that we are is the result of what we have thought.”

Think big, my friends. Believe that your greatest desires will manifest–because the truth is that we really do get what we expect.

Need a further nudge? Consider what famed American writer and mythologist Joseph Campbell said.

“Follow your bliss, and doors will open for you that you never knew existed. Follow your bliss, and the universe will open doors for you where there were only walls.”

What do you think? Will you refuse to accept limits on your potential this year?

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