As If

Ever gotten the advice ‘act as if’ you already have whatever it is that you want? Now, when I was new to this sort of self growth stuff that advice seemed waaayyy out there. For some of the things I wanted I had no experience with what it felt like to have it so how was I supposed to act? Not a clue. Or else what I wanted involved others and ‘acting’ just wasn’t going to work. Or was it……

Yeah, I gave it some thought and what I realized was what they were really saying was how do you feel when you have something that you wanted? Security, a relationship, that new job, whatever it is that you wanted, how do you feel? You feel happy, you feel serene, you feel grateful, you feel good. And now that you know this you can see that acting as if is all about feeling that feeling of whatever it is that you want to call it, that feeling of joy and satisfaction. There is not a person alive that has not experienced some sort of personal satisfaction; in winning something, in falling in love, in getting a good job, or a great review at your job, something, anything that made you feel great, that is the feeling of as if.

So start acting ‘as if’ today and see for yourself that it works.