ARE YOU SETTING YOUR INTENTION?

My son Tim started medical school this week. Yes, on Monday he began his great journey to being the doctor he said he would be as a child before the dreams of being a gardener, trash collector or fireman dazzled his visions.

Trust me. It's written down in his baby book.

The last few months have been intense and accelerated for him, as I'm certain they have been for many of you as well.

He got married on May 20th to his college sweetheart, Robyn, in June he got the call for his acceptance to his #1 choice for medical school and in July he packed up and moved from Southern California to Washington to begin this new phase of his life.

He is finally living his dream and I am absolutely delighted for him.

Now, as some of you know, occasionally my sons will ask for guidance or advice, but I get the biggest thrill when they demonstrate all that they've been picking up over the years.

Let me share his experience with you so you can get the idea.

He was open to seeing the possibilities instead of focusing on the closed doors. He was underpaid, unappreciated and unfulfilled working at a job that barely recognized his talents or education. In spite of his best efforts, it became clear that he was not going to enjoy a promotion or advancement at the company he was working for. To put it mildly, he was not a happy camper.

All of these circumstances were perfect, however, because he became so frustrated and angry that he had the opportunity to look at his life from a different perspective, to revisit the visions and dreams he had once held and to resurrect them.

He set his intention. He was finally ready to commit to medical school, to becoming a doctor and to fulfilling his dreams.

He took the appropriate actions. He completed the forms, got the recommendations and submitted his applications.

With intention, he stayed focused on his goal. He applied late in the cycle but was focused. At one point, he told me that he had seen postings for several jobs he was highly qualified for at his company, but decided not to apply because he wanted to keep his focus and make sure he wasn't sending mixed messages to the Universe.

Waiting for responses, he did his best to keep a positive mindset and to stay in the knowing and certainty that he was already accepted. I don't know for sure, but it may have helped that his mother is clairvoyant and kept telling him when the angst was building to relax because he was already in medical school this year. Maybe it even helped that he believed her.

He asked for help to stay clear and to have someone else hold his vision. As other people were already consoling him, telling him that maybe it would happen next year, he would call for a chat and a reinforcement. He asked for help and support in holding his vision, one of the great benefits of being surrounded with like-minded individuals in a group.

Now the truth is, passing through the waiting and the wanting phase is one of the hardest things we have to do sometimes. In that space of the unknown, we can find ourselves going to old thought habits of worry, doubt, fear, rejection and denial.

Which reminds me of a saying I've shared many times over the years to stop the worry habit: If it's yours, you can't f@!%k it up. If it's not yours, there's nothing you can do about it anyway, so why worry?

One of the women in the Manifesting Made Easy Mentoring program found herself in the same waiting spot a few months ago as the sales she expected didn't go through in May. She decided to operate on the belief system that I often share to bring ourselves into alignment: the Universe has one of three answers to your request - yes, not now, or I've got something better for you. In June her company offered a special bonus, all the sales came through and she made an extra $18,000 as a result.

He showed up and did what was in front of him. He was invited to two interviews: one at a school in Northern California and one at his #1 choice in the Pacific Northwest. Because of his late applications, he was put on the wait list for both schools.

He changed his vibration. As time drew on and he hadn't heard any further word, he started to get restless, irritable and discontent with his current work, finding plenty of ammunition to be critical and cranky with little effort.

As I was sitting in my office on a Thursday, I got a strong message to share with him so I called him at work (something I rarely do). I told him that whatever he was doing, he needed to shift his energy, his focus, his vision to a positive one and to start to BE the doctor that he already was. I told him to get into gratitude for his snarling boss who gave him the incentive to go for his dreams, to thank every person he came into contact with for the gift of preparing him to move out of his comfort zone, and to begin to ACT with dignity as the healer he is. I told him to change his vibration NOW.

Thankfully, he listened. (Actually, I'm very grateful to say that my sons pay attention to me when I have a vision or guidance for them even though it seems pretty strange at times.)

A few days later, he received the call with his acceptance to his #1 choice school in Washington state.

And, I have to give him credit because he has a great sense of humor. Knowing that I was already planning to move to Northern California to be nearby, when he called to tell me the good news he said, "You didn't expect it to vibrate that far, did you?"

And so, I'll leave you with these little bits of wisdom:

• Be willing to see the possibilities.
• Set your intention.
• Take the appropriate actions.
• Stay focused and positive.
• Ask for help from like-minded people in holding your vision.
• Shift your vibration when you need to.
• Open your heart and your arms wide to allow your dreams to be full and fulfilled.
• ENJOY the journey and stay in joy-filled gratitude.

Debbie Friedman