Hopefully, you feel comfortable now with the first two steps of our process: Demolition and Definition. That brings us to Step 3: Declaration.
Here’s a little test. See how quickly you can finish these sentences:
- You’re in good hands … (with Allstate)
- The Energizer bunny – keeps … (going and going and going)
- (picture a man wandering around, talking into a cell phone) Can you … (hear me now?)
Now, here are some age-sensitive challenges:
- Plop, plop, fizz, fizz … (oh, what a relief it is!)
- You’ll wonder where the yellow went … (when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent)
- Two all beef patties, special sauce … (lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun!)
Those last ones go way back to the ’60s and ’70s! Advertisers really understand the power of the third pillar of prosperity: Declaration! You may be thinking this is about affirmations and denials. Well, yeah, that’s part of it. But we’re talking pillars here. And this is much more than just affirming. We are talking DECLARATION! Claiming the essence of your prosperity and abundance in three ways:
- your thoughts,
- your words, and
- your actions!
Going back to Extreme Makeover: Home Edition – the crew uses two very powerful declarations, which we can embrace as excellent metaphors for our declarations. And both of them come with exclamation points! Nothing wishy-washy about them!
The first one is “Let’s Do It!” – an initiating statement – an affirmation of commitment, intention, resolve. It’s not “maybe; we’ll try; we’ll do our best …” It is an affirmation that it will be done!
Let’s look at that statement. What if we could approach our affirmations with that same kind of faith and expectancy? Imagine what we could manifest! So how does that statement, Let’s do it!, resonate with our third pillar, Declaration?
There are three ways we declare: By our thoughts, our words, and our actions. And just like the Extreme Makeover team, we want to declare our prosperity with an exclamation point!
Have you ever noticed the power of thought declaration? This is where you set your intention. Think about going somewhere – maybe to a meeting or a class. You may think that what got you there was getting in your vehicle and driving there, or hopping on your bicycle and riding there. But just consider: before that happened, you had the intention to come. Without that intention, you would not have taken action. So it is important to be very clear in your intention – declare your essence in mind first. This is where you can add the exclamation point: Let’s do it! This opens your consciousness to allow the ideas to flow, and sends out the magnetic energy to attract the resources needed to manifest your essence.
Next, you put it into words. Our blog contains lots of information about denials and affirmations -they are such important tools on our Spiritual journey. For the purposes of this article, we invite you to begin to really pay attention to all the things you say, beyond your carefully crafted affirmations. What do you say when you aren’t thinking about what you are saying – and what impact is that having on the energy you are sending out?
For example, when asked, “Did you meditate this morning?” you might say, “I didn’t have time to do that.” What if, instead, you were more accurate, by saying, “I didn’t make time …” Subtle shift, but feel the difference in terms of accountability and intention!
Finally, we declare in one final way: by our actions! The best quote we know that illustrates this is by Emerson: “What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.”
This week, begin to pay attention to what you are declaring, with your thoughts, words, and actions. Next week, we will look at the second powerful declaration statement used by the Extreme Makeover – Home Edition team, and how it affects our third pillar of Declaration.
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