It sometimes seems apparent that our lives reveal a repetitive pattern of similar conversations, breakdowns, and issues. If I am fearful of rejection and isolation, I can rattle off the number of times that I have been misunderstood, experienced loss, have been left without explanation, or met with disapproval.

When concerned about being dominated or controlled, there are memories and fears abounding about those who have made demands with force and position of authority, age, words or money. Everyone and every situation holds the opportunity of putting us in a weakened position, of limiting our freedom and creativity, and of imprisoning our self expression.

When there is fear of conflict, I watch the upset and confusion that unwillingness to communicate causes. I hear the stories that are told to everyone except to the person with whom the upset lives. There is frustration of unresolved resentments and pain, of misunderstandings and justifications. The avoidance of the person with whom there is upset may end in killing the relationship.

Living in fear of making mistakes, being humiliated or failing keeps us in the trap of having to be right, of never being wrong, and of defending ourselves no matter what the cost. It may even result in us being dead right. The energy expended on anticipating what could go wrong disables us from living a life of passionate exploration and self expression.

Since we are so well trained in repetitively designing our self-fulfilling constrictive patterns, what might be available if we used that energy to envision new possibilities for ourselves and our world. What if we began to envision a world that worked for everyone, one in which love and compassion are foundational and one in which our individual uniqueness and differences were celebrated. A world in which we are all one and separate, in which we are able to communicate without fear of judgment and loss of relationship, without concern for being entrapped by others opinions. Just what if...

We can begin with a vision, a sense of how the new reality could be, feeling the resonance of beauty, love and imagination. Vision claims us. It expresses more of who we truly are, of our best selves. We feel at home when in touch with our visions. We feel authentic and more real. We may be unable to see the details of the envisioned future but we can build the resonance and the feeling.

Adding to the vision our imagined dreams that include as many specifics and desires as we can muster results in a magnetic force that calls forth the possible elements necessary to fulfill our dreams...often times outside of our ability to see or predict. When we are "in the zone", a "build it, they will come" dynamic begins to occur and resources beyond the predictable or planned reveal themselves.

As I look back over my life, much has come to me that in retrospect appears to be logical and obvious. But in the moment, my declaration, my voicing the vision and dream out loud and in meditation, seemed to call in the right idea, conversation, meeting, persons, or resources that forwarded the fulfillment of the goal. Never could I have imagined the exact form that revealed itself, but in each situation I could celebrate the expression of my calling. Within each situation, our personal commitment and choice are still required as we sort out what is best and what is consistent with our principles.

Stepping out into a new dimension of possibility, declaring myself as a beginner in the new world of author and innovative speaker, I look to the past for guidance and trust...realizing that I have never been without, that I am enough. At the same time, I hold a resonance of expanding my sphere of influence beyond the boundaries I have already set. I ask for assistance from the universal energy of all possibilities and from my spiritual connections to support me as I again step into a new unknown.

We are never done. There is always more to explore and express. We are always "enough" and forever will be called forth by our soul's destiny.