Video Your Future

Article Title: Video Your Future
Author Name: Doug C. Grant
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Word Count: 749
Category: Inspirational
Copyright Date: 2002
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VIDEO YOUR FUTURE

by Doug C. Grant

Let's do some pretending.

You have received a magical video camera.

But there's a problem. Big problem! You can't take videos
with it. At least not the normal kind.

When you point it toward the world it records nothing.
Point it toward you and it picks up all the images in your
mind that will influence your tomorrow. Scary, huh?

What will the video show? Health...
success...prosperity...friends...or happiness? Or maybe
you'll be looking at sickness...lack...tension...
boredom...or unhappiness?

Okay, so none of us are perfect. We've all got our quirks
and cracks. But we don't have to keep them. Let's start
changing yours today.

HERE'S THE FIRST STEP.

What quirk or crack would you like to edit out of your
life? Perhaps it's a health problem. Or maybe your purse
contains moths instead of dollars. Whatever. Select the one
most important to you.

Now, let's write a script to eliminate your 'whatever'
forever.

Let's say your 'whatever' is a health problem. If so, the
first thing you must do is forget the problem. I'm serious.
In your script the problem can not and will not exist.

Easy? Not very...particularly if you've been nursing a
chronic condition for any length of time. But it is
possible. Give it some sweat time.

It will help to outline your script on paper. Written
words carry weight.

It need be nothing elaborate. Perhaps just words that
describe the way you want to be. Vibrant, active,
energetic. See yourself walking with a spring in your step,
head held high, breathing God's fresh air.

Now notice what you're doing? You've just begun producing
a video of the new you.

Keep going. Edit. Build on the images you like best. Feel
the wonderful emotions being generated by these images.

Rerun the video over and over until it's exactly the way
you want it. Now, watch it a thousand times a day.

Okay...so maybe a thousand is stretching it a bit. The
point is, you want to watch your video as often as
possible. It doesn't have to take long. Perhaps a minute or
so. And believe me the results can be astonishing.

YOUR VIDEO IS BOTH BIBLICAL & SCIENTIFIC.

Remember what Jesus told the woman with the issue of
blood. "Your faith has made you well." (Mark 5:34) Notice,
he did not heal her. Her faith was the healing factor.

Where did this faith come from? Her mental video! (Don't
turn me off because I'm going high-tech. Mental videos have
been around since the Garden. They just masquerade under
different names.)

What was the woman's video. She saw herself running up to
Jesus, touching his robe and being instantly healed. She
saw. She knew. And may well have played her video a
thousand times before Jesus actually arrived.

SCIENCE PLAYS THE VIDEO GAME WITH SUGAR PILLS.

It's called The Placebo Effect. Researchers give people a
sugar pill and tell them it's a new wonder drug. Absolutely
guaranteed to cure their 'whatever'. The receivers believe
it. They see it. They swallow it. And guess what? Often
their 'whatever' symptoms disappear.

Of course, when the research project ends and they learn
the truth, so also ends their cure. This has happened so
often it's commonplace.

Yes...the videos you play in your mind can make you sick.
But if they can make you sick, they can also make you well.
And that goes for almost any negative condition you are
experiencing.

To change these negatives you write a new script. Then
produce a video. On the video play the hero. Experience the
victory. Through persistence your video will become
reality.

SKEPTICAL? GIVE IT A TRY.

Produce your video. Keep it simple and focused on only one
problem.

Play it at least five times a day for 21 days. Why 21?
Because that seems to be the magical number for
establishing a new habit. And that's what you're doing.
You're creating a new habit of thought which produces faith.

Try it. I double dare you. The only thing you have to lose
is some negative 'whatevers' that are probably mucking up
your life.

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