Vision board

"Where there is no vision, there is no hope." George Washington Carver.

Take a look at my most recent vision board. I put this one together in less than 30 minutes after spending many hours in silence, meditation, and yoga. One of the reasons to do a vision board is to create a road map to what you want/desire. Sometimes there are just aren't words to describe what you want, that deep down want. Thats why there are images and visions. If someone would have asked me what I wanted, I wouldn't have known that doing box jumps was something I wanted. I had no idea. In fact, when the vision board was complete I looked at it and my first words where, "are you fucking kidding me? I hate box jumps."

Truth be told, I was absolutely terrified of them. In any circuit training I would stay clear of them. I was afraid of falling, landing on my face, smashing my teeth out, humiliating myself completely. I had this idea that my feet would stay cemented while I threw my hands up. I didn't believe or have hope in myself so therefore I had never ever done one. Its not possible with that type of belief system. So why on earth did it end up on my vision board? How or why did my deep down soul cry out to do these?

My only guess - is my soul wanted me to have HOPE - in myself and COURAGE to do so. One week after doing this vision board, my morning schedule opened up. Something that rarely ever happens. That particular hour I wanted to work my body, I expected to box, but the trainer instead set up a circuit - can you guess - box jumps were included in the circuit. I kinda laugh at the humor of God. This time, I had hope, courage and burning desire. See the difference? Fear had no place in me. Before I did my first jump, I closed my eyes, felt myself being light, took a breath (because breath makes you light) and took the leap of my life (I'm not being dramatic, thats what it felt like)

IT FELT LIKE I WAS FLYING!!

And I landed - light, overcome with joy, and my soul danced. Then I did it again and again. Smiling like I never had before.  Then the trainer said, "Becky you're clearing that by like 8 inches, grab a medicine ball." I could feel fear wanting to creep up, it wanted to have me fall, smash my face in. Take a look at the photo, in the background. You'll see this, "Strengthen the Mind and the Body Will Follow."

Remembering my vision and my hope, my mind and my heart spoke to do it again. I threw my hands up with the ball and flew again, with jubilee. Its that place where fear is casted out. I owed it to myself to give it all I had. I owed it to the others in the studio to give it everything I had. Turns out the soul knows what it wants. I wanted to see what I've been made of - no, its more than that, it wanted me to cast out all fears - the fear of humiliation, failure, physical pain - even the thought of these things. And it wanted me to KNOW I could do it, so I could remember, if I can do THAT - I can do anything. When the SOUL speaks, it knows. Silence is the dwelling place of the soul, its where we go to listen.

If you ever wanted to make a vision board, please join me this Friday at Peak Performance Float, Inc. this Friday for the Desire Through Silence Retreat - be in silence and watch your desires come to the surface. Will you give your soul the opportunity to give you hope and the road map to what you really want?