It’s already done.

William Michael Forbes


Emotions are motivating or debilitating depending on how we choose to respond to them. wmf

A Well Known Fact: In test subjects, scientists found that body chemistry and muscle movements were very similar whether a person performed and activity or only imagined it. The only differences were the degree and intensity of the reactions in the body.

You’ve been thinking of doing something to the extent that you feel excited about the idea whenever you ponder it. Maybe you’re thinking of a vacation or having more money, maybe you imagine a new relationship, a new job, or going into politics, participating in a global food initiative. There are many times throughout our lives that we’ve thought about doing a lot of different things, many of them we may have already done and many more still await our arrival. It is true for most of us, that we all have ideas about things we want to experience, say and do. Today’s how to be happy in fifteen minutes or less is about the art of imagination. It is a subject that I’ve touched on in a variety of different ways and yet I find it useful to revisit this process every day in some way, shape or form, in order to keep creative energies moving in my life.

Our imagination is only effective at generating energy when it is actively engaged, which means we allow ourselves to go into the imagining, the same way we might lose ourselves in a good movie or a conversation with a friend or lover or an exciting activity. When we can fully engage our imagination the energy generated can decrease the physical time and energy required to produce desired, tangible results. With this in mind let me take you forward into today’s activity, which will require that you use about two minutes every hour for the next eight hours. Pick one experience that you’ve been hoping to have and write it down on a piece of paper. Make a verbal statement that sounds like you mean it as follows; “I am so grateful that I have this dream in my life, it enriches me and the people I know.” Repeat this statement three times deliberately and meaningfully, then take two slow deep breaths, exhaling tension from your whole body then hold the image and feeling of the experience that you want to have, what part of your body reacts to your image and idea…what emotions does you image evoke in you as you picture yourself doing it…put your attention on the positive feelings and imagine those feelings becoming strong throughout your body, then imagine those feelings radiating out from your body…take another deep breath think or say Thank you and go back to what you were doing. After each two minute period notice how you are feeling and…


Have a great day!
William Michael Forbes

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