Make a Dream Board

16. Make a dream board.

Until I watched the video of The Secret, I had never heard of this before. I have to believe that many have heard about it by now. A dream board is a large piece of construction paper where you cut out things that you would like to have and paste them onto the board. The belief is that by doing this action, it increases the possibility you will acquire these things or things like them.

What is pretty incredible is this worked all too well for the gentleman in The Secret. While moving into a new house and unpacking his things, he discovered that a house he had put on an old dream board of his was the house he was moving into now. What are the chances? I am not a statistician, but I don’t need a degree in statistics to know they are incredibly low.

Why does a dream board work? Well, the stance of those in The Secret is that you are asking the universe for something and it is giving you what you have asked for. I can handle that, but just for argument’s sake, let’s say that’s just too much for you to chew. I believe the take-home message is that you are keeping your eye on the prize. Having things you desire and are striving for will keep you on track to do the things you need to do to accomplish your goals.

Keep in mind we are not just talking about material things. If you just want happiness for you and those around you, you may simply paste images of people smiling on your dream board. If your goal is to get into shape, you may put pictures up of healthy looking people. I would even put up pictures of yourself when you believed you looked good. This is just another Tool whereby I believe the “action” of what you are doing is what makes it work for you.

These boards can be thought of as mini bull’s-eyes that keep you focused and give you targets to shoot for. Thinking you want a nice car someday versus taking the time to cut one out, paste to a board, and then place that board up somewhere are very different. Just like writing things down on your blueprint sheet, this is a way of writing down “images” of success and “images” of what you want. Now go get your scissors and glue and start dream boarding.