| Copyright (c) 2008 Michael Messina | | | | Time passes. Circumstances change and with them |
| I was playing some old records (well CD's of old | | | | your priorities change too. Suddenly you have family |
| records) the other day and came across one of Bob | | | | commitments and financial goals to reach. |
| Dylan's earliest numbers entitled; 'Bob Dylan's Dream'. | | | | Somewhere deep down you still hold the values you |
| It's years since I last played it, which is frightening in | | | | had back when, but you no longer feel compelled to |
| itself, since it's a song I really love and not surprisingly | | | | act on them. Now the focus is more on money and |
| the message and the vibe it contained had quite an | | | | success. |
| effect. | | | | And it is these you seek to attract more of into your |
| It spoke so poignantly of a state of mind you only | | | | life. |
| really experience at a certain time of life that revisiting | | | | This is where you now put the Law of Attraction to |
| it years later can't help but move you to tears. | | | | work. And if you are clear enough about what you |
| I guess we all succumb to nostalgia once in a while, but | | | | want, you should have no difficulty doing this. |
| the emotions that arise from this can make the | | | | Unless the money and success, or at least the way |
| moment you last felt them seem like yesterday. The | | | | you envisage getting them, runs against the grain of |
| fact that they are still so powerful raises an important | | | | your old values. |
| issue with regard to The Law of Attraction. | | | | Now, don't get me wrong here. I'm not suggesting that |
| Whenever you engage The Law of Attraction to | | | | those younger values are more or less important than |
| create something you want now, you have to | | | | the priorities that drive your life now. Only that they are |
| remember that 'you now' is not the only factor in this | | | | a part of your intrinsic nature and as such continue to |
| reality creation equation. There's also the you once | | | | have an influence on the kind of reality you are truly |
| were with his or her dreams and desires. If these past | | | | 'willing' to create today. |
| desires have already been realised and continue to be | | | | Getting in touch with these forgotten aspects of |
| part of your life, no problem, but if they are not, you | | | | yourself is part of the processing work you need to |
| could be in for some difficulties if what you want now | | | | build into your reality creation programmes. |
| falls outside of the vision and values you had back | | | | You'll find it a great help to first acknowledge them and |
| then. | | | | then make peace with them. |
| Here's what can happen. | | | | Who knows, you may even find they add a valuable |
| Let's say you were a politically motivated teenager | | | | element of their own that enhances the future you're |
| and had very strong views about social equality of | | | | shooting for today. The world needs strong positive |
| one kind or another. Frustrated at being unable to do | | | | visions and values now as much as it did back then. |
| much about this at the time, you moved on and | | | | Probably more so. |
| vowed that some day you'll find a way to make a | | | | If you are unfamiliar with Bob Dylan's Dream, it is from |
| difference. | | | | an album he released in the sixties; Freewheelin'. |