A little more about living your dream

After my post about following your dream, one reader expressed frustration over having many interests and wanted to know how to sort through them all to, as I wrote, target the bull's eye of your passion. Great question. A lucky few know what they want to do in life from early on but most of us find ourselves trying to choose from a kaleidoscope of life experiences. Using the Law of Attraction helped my friend Geri discover her true calling. It started with a cup of coffee, a pen and a quiet Sunday morning.

Geri was one of the most easy going people I knew. I was in awe of her ability to face a crisis and see possibilities instead of disasters. I mean, the girl just lived on the bright side of life. She even put pinwheels in my birthday gifts for crying out loud. She also had little interest in attaining titles, or awards or standing in the winner's circle. She just lived to be happy.

One day she found herself without a job. Geri figured in the grand scheme of things it was probably a sign - she was sure everything was a sign - and that God was opening another door. The conundrum was finding that door. Instead of going into a panic and collapsing on every friend she had with her tale of woe, like I would have done, she decided to trust her inner guidance. If God was speaking to her, she was going to do her part and listen.

Then on a lazy Sunday morning, she had a flash of inspiration. What if she picked up the paper and circled every job she would like to do regardless of the pay? Going with her gut, she investigated the categories - a circle here, a star there - until she hit pay dirt. Literally. She saw a listing for a landscape assistant and all the pieces tumbled together. She didn’t have a background in horticulture but she loved plants, she loved the outdoors and she loved the freedom of an unencumbered schedule. It turned out her employers-to-be loved her for the same reasons.

The company quickly learned how engaging Geri could be and that once their clients met her, they always wanted her back. She was sent out to work with some of the area's top home builders, who introduced her to the area's top interior designers, who gave her so much work she decided to open her own business - Green Space Designs. She never had to circle another want ad again.

I can’t say whether Geri checked the rule book on the Law of Attraction before she found her calling, she just did it. She asked through her longing for something greater, chose it, then allowed it to happen. Again, here are the key ingredients:

• Ask
It’s important that you be deliberate about this. If you have many interests, make a list then narrow them down to your top three. Of those three, which one would provide you most with a sense of service? When we serve we connect, when we connect we love, when we love we become a prosperity magnet in every area of our life.

• Receive
Everything you want or could ever want already exists. Think of all the possible outcomes on a game CD like Dungeons and Dragons. Choose this door, you slay the dragon, choose that door the dragon turns you to toast. Everything you could possibly want is waiting for you to choose it and as soon as you do, it’s received.

• Allow
This is no small order. There is a buffer of time between when you ask and when it is received and here is where many of us trip on our shoelaces. We keep pulling up the roots to see if the plant is growing. Allow the Law all the time it needs to assemble the necessary components to deliver your dream and do whatever it takes to stay out of doubt until it arrives.

Now go get that cup of coffee.