Keeping ALIVE the dreams ...

The earlier blog brought an instant response from 'my new acquaintence'-- "Thanks!", she wrote, "It's inspiring. And here's a question: how does one go about letting go of the HOW in this case" ... and she went on to explain that she wants to work on her book, and is not quite able to keep that dream alive. She continues, "...writing fiction takes time and effort (just like any other dream). I'm all for the letting go of the struggle to get to my dream...but in the end I'm still going to have to write the thing. In writing, so much must come out of my brain. I'm afraid that if I let go of the how, I'll never write another word again!"

I wrote back: "Thanks to you that's what I'll write about tomorrow :-)! But here's a preview for you! The thing with some dreams is, somewhere along the way our subconscious mind picked up the message that this particular wish is going to be HARD to have - the underlying reasons for this may be 'I don't deserve ...', 'I'm not good enough', I'm not safe - I'll be laughed at'... these are just three of numerous self-sabotaging negative beliefs possibly at work, and that's why nothing seems to be happening."

"So, for now for you", I told her, "here are some steps to take (which I myself took - I never tell people to do what I don't/didn't do myself):

- start talking about it, your book, and your desire/dream of writing it .. at first tell people you feel safe talking about it to (safe in the sense of those you feel emotionally 'safe' with - who won't laugh at you)
- join a writers' group and attend their meetings
- 'SEE' (picture) yourself as a successful writer .. happy and excited that your first book is published
- picture yourself at your book launch, signing your book for crowds of people
- at some point when you start writing, get business cards printed, calling yourself a Writer/Freelance Writer etc.

All this will serve to send a message to your subconscious mind that you really want this to happen. Once your subconscious mind accepts the idea, events will start getting aligned, to bring you dreams to fruition."

Some more on this tomorrow,

Kiki ;-)