Cross the Bridge to Your Career with Luxury Features

“It is not so much that we’re afraid of change or so in love with the old ways, but it’s that place in between that we fear…It’s like being in between trapezes. It’s Linus when his blanket is in the dryer. There’s nothing to hold on to ” –Marilyn Ferguson

Change is forever and unlimited. We are faced with changes each day. Relationships change, careers change, our moods change, technology advances in a matter of a split second, cells in our body and nature are constantly changing; records are broken to be put in the Guinness Book of Records; lives are transformed from unexpected circumstances; changes are ad infinitum.

Changes in the world and in our lives are happening so rapidly it scarcely gives us time to stop to reflect what it all means in the scheme of our personal self. There is a tendency to move on to “what’s next?” with speed. Change is similar to crossing a bridge with various time lines to reach the other side. We all have crossed bridges to get from where we were to where we wanted to be. Some bridges are high arched, some may look like the Bridges of Madison County, or some may have multiple levels. The bridge I personally envision is short in distance, however, there are times when it may take longer to cross because what I am looking for on the other side needs it own time to integrate with my thoughts, feelings and beliefs.

For example, when I was looking for a one-owner car in 2001, my bridge was short and a little arched. I had specific criteria for the car I desired. I wanted it to be a one-owner, to be less than $12,000 with payments of less than $300 a month after my down payment, and payments to take no longer than 30 months. And, of course, it was to have features such as, air-conditioning, power windows, a CD player, and low mileage.

I was working in corporate America at the time. With the uncertainty as to whether the downsizing happening where I was employed would affect my position, I was deliberate in setting my financial limits, but not my luxury feature limits.

When I started looking for a new automobile, my car was not doing badly! I had a Dodge hatchback, which I bought from a one-owner anxious to sell at a very lower than market price. However, it did have a lot of miles on it. After I had it for 3 years (I now drive less than 10,000 miles a year), it was starting to show wear and tear.

During several months of sporadically getting on my imaginary bridge to look for my luxury automobile, I searched the Internet, drove my friends crazy when they went with me to test drive one-owner Audi’s, Infiniti’s, Lexus’ and other luxury autos. There were times during lunch I would walk to dealerships about a mile from my office. One of these times I test drove an Infiniti. I had some questions about the high mileage and dirty interior for a one-year old car. It was way outside the price range I outlined; however, I was beginning to think that my dream was maybe ridiculous.

So I put down $1,000 on the 2000 Infiniti. When I asked how come it had over 25,000 miles on the car that was only a year old with spills in the interior, the answers made sense at the time and I was willing to accept whatever they said. The next day however, my intuition had me check the VIN number with Car Fax as to the history of the car. It turned out the car was from a rental agency. I cancelled the order. It may have been a one-owner, but it had multiple drivers.

I point this out to you to demonstrate how we can sometimes give up on our dreams and settle in the middle of crossing our bridge and not getting to the other side. When I decided to go for a higher priced auto with higher monthly payments and questionable mileage, I was giving in to disbelief that what I wanted was foolish and impossible. Not only that, but if I were to purchase the 2000 Infiniti, I would have suffered financially.

I was listening to other people’s opinions, as well as the Gremlins in my head. What I am about to tell you is the law of attraction in motion.

There was an opportunity to purchase a one-owner auto in front of me, but I choose to ignore it because the color purple of the car exterior! The color purple is a favorite color of mine, but in a car!! My cousin was selling her 1999 Oldsmobile Alero. I wouldn’t even test drive it until I had a visiting cousin tell me I was nuts not to give it a whirl. I gave it a whirl around a few blocks. The Alero was fully loaded! And to boot, it not only had a CD player with surrounding speakers, but a cassette player. I have a number of cassettes on coaching and leadership that bear repeated listening, as well as books on tapes from the library. It had less than 17,000 miles on it. This was the car for me!

I still have the car with only 46,000 miles. It has been low maintenance. It is paid for. By the way, I was downsized in 2003 while still paying for the Olds, but my payments were $300 a month and manageable.

I tell you this story to demonstrate in crossing your bridge to change, it is important to be intentional. It has power beyond the five senses. The speed to which you get to the other side of your bridge accelerates with being in alignment with your intention and feelings. I believed I would get the car I wanted and yet along the way when it wasn’t happening fast enough, I swayed back and forth on my goal and almost gave up in to my dream being impossible.

The caveat is that you allow the Universe to deal with the details. I was looking for luxury within a certain price range. Alero is not considered a luxury car, but the features of my “purple passion” car are certainly luxurious. I even got a better price! And it was one-owner! Anything is Possible!

Questions Hold the Answers: nn * What is the luxurious career you want?
* What does your dream career look like on the other side of the bridge?
* What are your thoughts and beliefs about having this career?
* Why do you want this career?
* Is this a career you really want or one you feel you “should” have?
* What are the features of a career that would feel luxurious to you?

Tips: nn * You become what you think about. If you believe you can, you are right. If you believe you can’t, you are right. Thoughts become things. See yourself in the career of your choice.
* Create an image board of the luxury features you want with your career.
* Focus on your image board daily believing and feeling you already have the career you want.
* Thoughts are frequency. We are vibrational beings and magnets. You are attracting what you are thinking. If you keep thinking about what you don’t have, you will attract more of it.
* Remember “anything is possible.”