Attain

ATTAIN = to gain, achieve, obtain; to come into possession of

Image: Heather Williams, H.W., M.

QUESTION: What is something you wish to attain?

STORY: Is there a goal that you wish to attain, achieve and experience? I was 19 years old, standing at my easel in my college art class, trying hard to create a painting of a memory that inspired me. My art teacher was an abstract expressionist. She said: “Just get the paint on the canvas and stop trying to represent something!” I really wanted to express a special (wordless) encounter that I had experienced - and just throwing paint around didn’t feel right for me. To attain my desire to use paint to represent a unique and special experience - would take another ten years for me to meet a master artist named Jan Valentin Saether and to work as his Apprentice for 5 years. We all are born with a life purpose. Just know that your life purpose is flowing through you now. To connect with your life purpose - Listening is step 1. After that it takes WORK to be diligent and continue listening. Learn more at my weekly online Work Chamber: https://www.drawingtogether.com/workchamber

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QUOTE

"The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away." — Pablo Picasso

“Setting goals is the first step to turn the invisible into the visible.” ~ Tony Robbins

“When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.” ~ Confucius

“The purpose of our lives is to be happy.” ~ Dalai Lama

“Life is not about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” ~ George Bernard Shaw

EXERCISE

STOP.

Sit quietly. Assume an erect posture.

Sense the breath.

Sit calmly remembering something that you wish to attain.

Relax and imagine attaining your desire.

Get your pen and paper and write words or draw lines expressing yourself attaining your desire.

Move forward into your day knowing you will attain your desire.