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If You Believe It, It Will Come
Psychology for Living
Gwen Randall-Young |August 15, 2004
Five year old Grace went to visit her mom, who works
for one of the Ministers in the Alberta Legislature.
It was her first time there, and almost immediately,
she asked if she could meet the Premier. Accepting,
for the time being, that this would not be possible,
she began exploring her surroundings. Next, she
wanted to know where the Premier’s office was.
Upon leaving the building, she looked up to where
that office was, and announced that one day she
was going to go up there and meet him.
I smiled when this story was recounted to me. Clearly,
we are programmed to believe all things are possible,
and whatever we can imagine, we can create. We are
programmed to have absolute faith in our ability
to do what we set out to do. Somewhere along the
line, our programming becomes corrupted by doubt,
fear and insecurity. After a while, we no longer
even think those magnificent thoughts because, well,
what is the point? We cease to dream. Our incredible
birthright—that miracle of creative visioning—the
seed of which was gifted to us eons ago, is all
but lost to us.
All great inventions and achievements in our world
have been accomplished by adults who never lost
this faith. They got an idea, and ran with it. We
all have that ability. That place of “no fear”
lies dormant within each of us. Test this out by
going ahead and doing something you have always
been afraid to do. Then do another and another,
one by one disproving your belief that you cannot.
When children tell you that they are going to go
to the moon, or to the Olympics, support their vision.
And as for Grace, there is a good possibility that
not only will she visit the office of the Premier,
but that one day it will be hers.
Gwen Randall-Young is a psychologist and author.
Her new book, Growing Into Soul: The Next Step in
Human Evolution, is available on her website at
www.gwen.ca or you can contact her directly at gwendall@shaw.ca
Gwen Randall-Young
Chartered Psychologist
www.gwen.ca
