It is vital that you determine what you want. Your thoughts are writing your checkbook. If you ask for a life where you just squeak by, then that’s what you will get—a tough life. So dream large. If you need $10,000 a month to live on, don’t ask for $5,000, or even $9,000, because you won’t have enough, and you will continue to feel as if you were in scarcity.

Very few on this planet love the existence they lead. For many, life remains a brutal struggle for survival; rising beyond the mundane, seems a lifetime away and requires an immense effort to overcome extreme challenges. That’s why it is important to use visualization to create your innermost dreams. Give yourself permission to create big pictures. Create it first in the inner realms, and you will then create success on the outer. Your level of prosperity is directly related to your inner visions of health, wealth, and happiness and the amounts you feel you deserve.

T. Harv Eker, author of Secrets of the Millionaire Mind— Mastering the Inner Game of Wealth, says that becoming rich is a matter of changing your attitudes and beliefs about yourself. He issues a warning in his book. “If you don’t do the inner work on yourself and somehow you make a lot of money, it would most likely be a stroke of luck and there’s a good chance you’d lose it. But if you become a successful person inside and out, you’ll not only make it, you’ll keep it, grow it, and become truly happy.”

Try this plan if you have lost your dreams and goals. This chapter will help you to overcome problems with your career, your relationships, or your life in general. The plan will give you a solid foundation in case the rug or security blanket disappears. Use this when life slaps you in the face and forces you to get real, quick. Unleash your hidden stores of courage, dig deep, and build a foundation to assist you in surviving crisis and creating a healthier, happier and harmonious life.

Create a Family Plan

EVERY FAMILY HAS A UNIQUE PURPOSE, and each individual member has their own mission as well. My family and I had a purpose, which was to create miracles in our lives and share them with the world. As a family, our goal was to be an example to others and to show them that it can be done.

Elana’s mission was to find us our new home. She studied magazines and literally devoured books on house plans. She worked very hard to help get us in a better environment. Anton was our activity, event, and adventure coordinator. He loves to rock climb, hike, mountain bike, snowboard, and he is an athletic enthusiast. His role was to plan low budget outings that would challenge us, bring us closer together and raise morale.

The support of your family in the creation of your new life plan is extremely helpful. When you are living your life’s purpose, you are naturally feeling better about yourself. Don’t you want that for everyone around you as well? The energy required to create a new life is enormous, and at times, it could feel overwhelming and much too great for one person to carry alone. That doesn’t mean it is impossible, it just means that you must surround yourself with people on the path of the miraculous, and if you’re family isn’t already on that path, it is now your responsibility to get them there. You are the one who must be the visionary in your family. Since you’re the one absorbing this knowledge, it’s your job to guide them. Their support will catapult your life high up into the miracle wave.