This is where I ask you: When was last time you gave yourself that much attention in way you perform your life’s tasks, or visualizing how you see your days in future?

Could you imagine waking up each day with a clear focus on your desires?

Could you imagine power you could give yourself by visualizing a goal and seeing it come to fruition in your mind’s eye?

So many people say to me, “I want to be happy, I want to be rich, I want that perfect relationship.” Yet, when pressed, rarely do these people have a clear picture of what that would be. Without a clear vision, what they want could be right in front of them whole time, but how would they know?

So, I turn it over to you.

What do YOU want out of life? Use your imagination, and do a little “daydreaming,” so to speak, then write down vision for your happiness and fulfillment.

Once you do, you’ll find that picture you see for yourself isn’t so crazy after all, and with right direction, all things really are possible.

Because great things materialize, once we start to visualize.

You drove home, wondering how to tell your family and asking yourself over and over, “Why me?”

Welcome to gray, anxious world of unemployment. Was it fair that you were selected to go? Of course not. Is life always fair? Of course not.

The key to maintaining your sense of self-worth through pressures of unemployment and rigors of job search, an often demeaning process, is to reframe your outlook and look at yourself both objectively and kindly. You are in an uncomfortable position that was not caused by anything you did, or anything you didn’t do. It happened, as bad things often happen to good people.

Treasure yourself, your skills, and your personal value and learn to see what has happened to you as what it can be: an opportunity to take a “time out,” to re-assess yourself, practice self-exploration and self-appreciation, and a chance to redirect your life into new and positive directions.