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Cherae Stone's avatar

I’m living this one out (once again) RIGHT NOW!!! I can feel it building upon itself day-by-day.

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

Yes...you are, Cherae!

You’re not just reading this stuff...you’re living it. That’s the difference between the spectators and the people who actually build something real out of their vision.

When you can feel it building...day by day, that’s when the engine’s running hot. That’s when momentum kicks in. And once momentum joins the party? Game over. You’re unstoppable.

Keep going. Keep seeing it. Keep stacking those days. Because you’re not waiting for the breakthrough… you’re becoming it.

Damn proud to have you in this fight!

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Cherae Stone's avatar

And thanks for reminding me I was doing it on purpose, Jack! Years of teaching this technique has firmly planted it in my subconscious process.

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Wende Wylie's avatar

Exactly!! Visualization has worked uncountable times in my life. The more vivid, the more accurate. My favorite example was when I was training to become a firefighter and imagining myself looking in the mirror in a woman's bathroom and seeing myself in a firefighter uniform. It was a very specific mental image. I did everything necessary to be qualified and was finally hired. I was using the restroom at the fire academy and after washing my hands I looked up and saw the EXACT IMAGE OF MYSELF IN THE MIRROR that I had been imagining. It was mind-blowing....which is WHAT YOU DO, Jack. You blow our minds and make us sane. Thanks!!

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Jack Hopkins's avatar

Damn right. That’s exactly what I’m talking about.

You didn’t just “hope” or “wish.” You saw it. You felt it. You mentally walked into that moment over and over again...until reality caught up with your imagination. And that scene in the mirror? That’s not a coincidence...my friend. That’s confirmation. That’s cause and effect. Too cool!

And the fact that it happened in a woman’s bathroom? Icing on the cake. (The Universe has a sense of humor.)

But here’s what matters most...you proved that the mind isn’t just some daydream machine. It’s a blueprint printer. It drafts your future. And you followed the blueprint.

I’m honored to be part of your journey, Wende...and if I’m blowing minds while keeping folks sane, then damn... I’m doing my job.

More to come. Stay dangerous!!

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Philip's avatar

Every day I keep seeking out the helpers and fighters and I see the best of what this country has to offer! That's what keeps me going now. There is something about aspiration, action, humane and assertive character traits that just squashes the petty, small, and sick mendacity that so many republican and other slime bags in this war demonstrate every day. I'm having difficulty seeing beyond this pretty short-range time scale to a renewed and decent country though! Gotta keep going

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