Vision Board Creation

I am in need of writing material...let's see what amazing things are rattling inside my brain waiting for release? I could write about the latest Harry Potter movie which Tasha and I went to see last night. But, I'm not really feeling that right now. I could perhaps do a tutorial on how to create a mail merge in Microsoft Word...that might happen another day. I could talk about how happy I am when my two favorite people are with me. I do love that more than anything.

I'm sitting here at my desk, thinking I should be working...that's what they pay me for, but today is my Friday and I just don't feel that productive. As I look up I see my vision board. I created it last summer. I thought it would be a fun project if Tasha and I created vision boards together. I collected several magazines, scissors, glue, and poster board...the essentials. I spread the magazines out in front of us. I love magazines. I love to run my fingers across the smooth glossy finish. The colors are vibrant and the scenes are, well, out of a magazine.

So I start paging through looking for something to catch my eye. After a few minutes I have successfully built a pile of images that intrigue me enough to cut them out. I try not to think about why I like them, I just cut and stack. By now, Tasha has already lost interest in this project and has abandoned me to my solitary endeavor. I don't mind. I thoroughly enjoy this type of creativity. Once I feel my stack contains enough pictures I begin to arrange them on the poster board. Again, I don't worry about how the pictures fit with the others adjacent to them. I only care how the shapes fit together. I spend the most time deciding on placement. Once I have figured out where each piece will fit, I begin to glue them down. Creating the permanent snapshot of how my mind was working on that one particular day in my life.

I didn't just cut out pictures for my vision board; I cut out words and phrases. I added the words and phrases on top in a seemingly random order. Then when I ran out of space on my board I took a step back to examine what I had created. I thought it looked pretty cool. I had added pictures of things I wanted to own, things I wanted to do and places I would like to visit. I like the symmetry that I had inadvertently created. I admired my handiwork. Then I hung my board in my bedroom where I began to ignore it on a daily basis.

After several weeks of blindly walking past my creation I decided to bring it to work and hang it over my desk. Now I look at it everyday. I don't always see it, but I do make a concerted effort to really see it on a regular basis. Sometimes when I need a break I sit back and really look at my vision board. Do I believe in it? I can tell you this, in the top corner is a snowboarder. Last winter I won two complete snowboard packages from a radio station. Can I snowboard? No, but I'm trying!

After seeing my vision board many times, I started to question why I had chosen certain images or phrases. It was so powerful when I started to learn something about myself from me! In letters three inches tall are the words, "love is blind, not senseless." When I glued that onto the board, I didn't know what that meant. Those words came to enlighten and encourage me, so I found out. I kept looking at it wondering what it meant and why I had chosen it. Then one day I got it! I realized that I can love without boundaries, but that doesn't mean I have to accept without question. Love with all your heart, but don't be a fool. I was telling myself not to lose me in my desire to love someone else with all my heart. Wow.

I think I'll make a new vision board...I still have many lessons to learn.