Almost exactly a year ago, a friend gave me the book The Answer, and it assigns one exercise, which the author recommends you practice every day. The exercise is to imagine your dream life, and then take time every day to close your eyes, be silent, and then visualize your dream life like a movie in your head.

It’s Not So Easy

Sounds simple, but it’s harder than you think. In order to be able to visualize, in great detail, the movie of your life, you have to be exceedingly clear on the life you’re longing to live. Most of us struggle with this part. What do we wish to achieve? How do we want to feel? What do we want our lives to be about? What’s our calling, our purpose, and how can we express it in such a way that brings us peace, balance, and joy? Who are we at our authentic core?

If you can’t dream it, you can’t do it. The first step towards reaching for the stars is identifying the star you wish to reach. Otherwise, you wind up steering around, rutterless, rather than steering by starlight.

I’m ready to say good-bye to winter. I’m not someone who dreads the cold – I actually enjoy it. I like sweaters, boots and jeans. I like the snow and the look of the winter sky. I like cocooning. Johanna, one of my yoga teachers, was quick to remind us that without winter, there can be no spring; without death there is no rebirth.