Prepare for the New Year and Manifest Your Dreams!

You might wonder why you should prepare for the New Year now because there's still six weeks left in 2007, and you probably have to make preparations for the holiday season. Of course you don't need to prepare for the New Year, you can just go with the flow and see what happens, but it's your future and I don't think there's any good reason to skip planning for your happiness and success. Next year you are going to manifest your dreams, in accordance with your highest good and the highest good of all concerned! Especially if you have never tried manifesting before, I want you to give this a try...

Sit down and spend some time really thinking about what would make you truly happy next year. What would make you feel fulfilled and also benefit the people around you? What would make your life easier? What do you want to accomplish in 2008?

Now get a piece of paper and get ready to make a list. At the top of the paper write, "I will receive guidance and support to make these dreams a reality in 2008."

Write down your dreams and goals for 2008. You may want to break your list down into categories such as: family life, social life, romantic life, spiritual life, financial life, material possessions, and self improvement. Think about what you want from your personal relationships, where you want to be living, things you want to own that will make your life easier, and definitely do not forget any improvements you intend to make for your mind, body and spirit. You can also add dreams that simply increase your enjoyment of life such as your hobbies, travel and recreation.

Be specific about your goals; instead of "make more money" you may want to write "increase earnings by 30%." Of course there is no limit to how much you can manifest in 2008, but you do need to understand that you and God are partners in manifesting your dreams and God will only allow what is in your highest good. For some people, a sudden windfall of money (like winning the lottery) can cause a great deal of turmoil if they are not prepared. It would not be in your highest good to suddenly have ten million dollars unless your personal relationships are strong and healthy enough, and you have overcome any addictive tendencies, for example. This doesn't mean you can't manifest lottery winnings in 2008--but if you want to add that to your list, be sure to think about what else you might need in order to cope with the financial blessing.

When you have completed your list, read it over several times to make sure you didn't overlook anything. Finally write at the bottom of the list, "My dreams for 2008 will be fulfilled in accordance with the highest good for myself and everyone concerned." Then fold up your list and put it away where you will not be tempted to read it. I bury my list in my bowl of power stones, but another good idea is to put the list with your holiday decorations so it will be stored through the year and you will not have access to it again until the holiday season near the end of 2008. The idea is to put the list away and forget about it: not to forget about your dreams, but to put the list out of sight and out of mind.

If you have never tried manifesting your dreams, you might be skeptical. That's okay; I was skeptical my first time too! But I wrote down my goals for the following three years and long term goals I intended to achieve within ten years. You may want to do this as well (just make the necessary adjustments to the statements you write at the top and bottom of the list.) When I did go over my list a year later, I was very surprised. I had not only manifested 80% of the dreams for the first year, but in my first year I had also manifested several items listed for two and three years ahead! The dreams I was not able to manifest in my first year were dreams that did not serve the highest good of two very special people in my life, so I had no problems accepting that these dreams did not come to pass. I know they will manifest when the time is right, so I do not need to give up on those dreams--I just need to be patient.

Go ahead and make your list today, before you get too busy with the holiday season, and get ready to enjoy the best year of your life so far and the start of even better things to come!

~*~Monica Who~*~