What's your mission statement?

I am trying to really get it. I know--we all know, by now--that our intention is very powerful. All we have to do is focus, pay attention, and anything we choose is ours. But there's the problem: what do we choose?

I've talked to folks who've just been exposed to ideas like the ones in "the secret" (ideas that have been around for a long time, by the way). They begin to look for things they can manifest. "Oooh! What should I get? A girlfriend? A car? A million dollars? The possibilities are endless!"

But there's a catch. You really have to want it. You have to really want it.

So, sure, it can work. If you can convince yourself that your highest vision of who you are is "a hot chick driving a cool car" you will manifest that. If your vision is of a writer who's sold a million copies, made a million bucks, you'll manifest that.

But what happens to those of us who can't really believe, in our hearts, that our highest vision looks like that? We wander around wondering why, even though we believe this stuff, even though we know it, we can't seem to make anything happen.

I've worked on learning to live in abundance for years now. I'm still working on it. What I've noticed is that taping a note to my ceiling, or to my bathroom mirror, or chanting mantras about abundance--these things don't make the difference. They don't, because no matter how many of those things I try, my highest priorities don't involve money. And what I've learned is that you can only manifest your highest priorities.

Those highest priorities, your highest vision of yourself, are going to be different for everyone. To find yours, think about what you'd like people to say about you. If you want your tombstone to say "She drove an awesome car," you're well on your way to manifesting that vision. But if that doesn't sound right to you, maybe it's time to put yoru energies toward something different.

I have discovered (finally!) that my highest vision for myself is pretty simple. It's to remember myself as a spark of the divine fire. To speak to the heart. To choose love over fear.

Now that I'm beginning to get used to manifesting these things, I'm getting the sense that another vision is forming: I'm a spark of the divine fire, speaking to the heart, choosing love over fear, and I have all I need. Now that's a vision I can get behind!