To Inspire:

I’m revisiting a book in my library entitled The Mirror: 7 Steps to Reflect the Life You Want, by Tim Howard and Maria Spears.

Here’s an excerpt from Maria – found in the foreword of the book, as well as the seven steps themselves:

Do you feel stuck in your life? Do you believe that you are forever defined by your past? What would it be like to know and believe where you are right now doesn’t have to be your future. The truth is that your past doesn’t have to be a stop sign; it can actually be the dynamite to propel you to an incredible future.

I want you to know and believe in your heart and mind that you can have a good future and be filled with hope. Each of us has a God-given superpower; but many of us have never been shown how to use it. I’ve learned through reading and studying and prayer and practice just how much power God has given us and the gift of our Free Will. He has literally given us the tools to live a life of abundance. “I have come that they may have life and have it in abundance” (John 10:10 ). Give yourself permission to dream the what-ifs, give yourself permission to explore and believe the possibilities and the impossibilities. God’s dreams over you are so much greater than your own. Believe it.

The book focuses on 7 key steps in your “mirror” needed to REFLECT the life you want:

• Recognize that you have the power to change your life;
• Each day reflect on what you are grateful for already;
• Feel the happiness now that you imagine it will be when…
• Love yourself and let others know you love them;
• Energize your thoughts towards what you intend to be;
• Clarify your inner circle;
• Thoughts are key. Think it and then create it.

Take some time this weekend to sit down in a quiet place and consider each step more deeply. How can you begin implementing these steps in your life. Perhaps start with just one and work with that each day for the next month. Then add another step. You’ll be amazed at how these simple steps can help change your life.

Greatness…God has made you for it!

Written by Matt Palmer, Partner & Co-Founder