Princess E's new room

Eliana loves Extreme Home Makeover, and asked for an "extreme room makeover" for her 7th birthday.  I was more than happy to oblige. In fact she may have changed her mind just before the big day, and I still went through with it.  The room isn't completely finished yet, but here is a sneak peek:

Her room is full of love....

And history...

The purple doll was my grandmother's

Personality...

and things she enjoys....

I will finish up the final details and show the whole room soon!

Believe

One of my parenting strategies (especially with my teens) is to tell them that they create the world around them.  My mantra to them for years has been "You are going to be right about whatever you focus on, so why not focus on things that make you happy?"  Well, as a whole, humans have a hard time focusing on what is good.  We see it on tv, in self-help books, in prayer.... We watch others be successful on The Biggest Loser or The Apprentice, and wish we had some of that gumption while secretly knowing we could never do that.  While we read a self-help book we hope (but doubt) that we will be able to follow it's guidelines.    While we pray, we wonder if we are holy/repent enough to receive. 

What we need to do is BELIEVE that good will happen.   Whether a person is religious or not, they were not put on this Earth for the purpose of having a horrible life.  We are meant to enjoy this experience.  We manifest what we want to happen by focusing on the powerful things in our life, and we get to control what has power.  If we give power to bad things, we are allowing them to have power.  Even a small amount of nagging doubt/fear/pain (or that "secret knowing" that we could never cut it) is still ultimately in control, or it wouldn't be enough to derail the fantastic dreams we have.

I recently read that any wish we have is just a small dot in the center of a large circle of the fullness of possibility that exists in that wish.  Our God of Infinitely More.

So, from now on,
As I pray, I will pray as though it is already being realized.
As I read, I will read books focused on creating beauty love and comfort in my life as though it is already there.
As I think, I will think of things as though they already are.
As I plan, I will imagine that it already is.
Because, I BELIEVE they soon will be.