My husband and I have a funny thing between us – I will continually come up with possibilities for our life and talk with him about them and he will say to me… ‘Janet, why are there so many things to think about, it’s too many options!’ And just like that, our joint brainstorming session is over, for the moment😊. Yes, I’m more of a dreamer and he’s more of a nuts & bolts kind of guy (figuratively & literally, he works in Construction) AND neither of us are right or wrong it’s just how we navigate life.
Here’s how I see it, when you open your mind to Possibilities you have unlimited ways to get what you Want! When you are only creating options to solve your immediate issue at hand, you are limiting yourself to only what you can see in front of you!
Possibilities and options are both necessary ingredients for making decisions and moving your life forward, however if you don’t spend the time really understanding what you want and then brainstorming all the possibilities, the options you come up with may be just a small fraction of the possibilities you have available to you.
Why is this? Possibilities are brainstorming ideas (no matter how big or crazy they may sound to you) that are born without emotions interfering. You decide what you want & then you imagine all the possibilities available to make it happen (you can even go out into the world and ask questions of others to come up with more possibilities)!
Thinking about Possibilities opens your mind, shifts your mindset to focus on positive thoughts for your life, and opens your heart for attracting more positivity into your life.
Limiting yourself to options without brainstorming Possibilities first, allows for emotions like…..
• I don’t have anymore time
• I don’t have the money for it
• I’ve never done this before
• I could never do that because I know nothing about it
• Only others do things like that
……..to creep in and most likely you will only come up with options that are within your comfort zone, thus keeping you in the same place you have always been!
Here’s how powerful POSSIBILITY thinking can be!
Our home was in ground zero of the 2018 Woolsey Southern California fire, my husband and I stayed, defended our home, saved our home, but lost all the outbuildings, landscaping, and personal effects in our 4 storage containers we had. Years of personal belongings and important family treasures were lost. As you can imagine, we had sadness in what was lost, however, while I was fighting the fire (fire hose & all) the only thing that was going through my mind was a sense of peace, calm, and the possibilities for our future!
You see, I had this strong sense speaking to me saying: You have a clean slate now, so WHAT do you want to do with it?
This feeling parlayed me into rethinking my life, my career, how I spend my time, and what was important to me! In less than 6 months, I had obtained my life coaching license, incorporated my business, and remade myself and life. Since this time, I have been living my life based on what I really want, not what I need to survive, and I am living the Thriving Life I always imagined in my dreams I would be living!
As we welcome in 2022, now is the perfect time to think more about all the Possibilities so you determine options that move you towards a Thriving Life!
Happy 2022!
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