From Nowhere to Now Here

By Barbara Hofmeister

Have you ever noticed that nowhere and now here are spelled exactly the same? Isn't that interesting? From nowhere to now here...

Dr. Wayne Dyer mentioned that on a conference call and it gave me plenty of food for thought. How often have you worked your xxx off and still didn't seem to get anywhere? You got nowhere but now you are here...

What am I driving at? The only time we can achieve anything is when we are really 100% focused and concentrate all our energy to hit one single target at the time.

Let me give you an example. A couple of years ago Bon Jovi was on tour in Europe. Being a big fan I wanted to see them as often as possible while they were here. A friend got me a ticket for Luxemburg. He was doing the electrics for the concert and told me he would have no time to see me. But I drove 5 hours to Luxemburg to see Bon Jovi and now that I was there I also wanted to see my friend who I had not seen for about 3 years. He was backstage somewhere and I had no pass. You cannot imagine the stories I invented to talk my way past at least 6 security guards but my focus was so much on finding my friend that I never questioned getting to him. I did not think once how near impossible it is to get backstage unless you are a beautiful young blonde -.) All I wanted was to see my friend and I did. And apart from having a great reunion with him I also got a glimpse of Jon Bon Jovi and Ritchie Sambora as they walked past us plus got to stand right in front of the stage for the whole concert. Paradise, I tell you even at my age!

The next concert was in Cologne and with the same intensity I talked my way into the stadium, the VIP area with full catering and again got into the fenced off part in front of the stage. Don't ask me how I did it. I just did because that was my sole target for the day and I gave it all my energy. One would think after 2 such "successes" I could do it again anytime but I tried it again the next day - this time without knowing anybody and I got in as far as the press booth but there was no way I could talk them into letting me back- or even front stage. I had done it - the focus was gone. Everything that I had aimed at was achieved and I could not muster the same energy for a result that was not so important anymore.

You see that is the difference. We cannot be 100% focused at all times but when we know exactly what we want; when we see the target clearly; we can achieve anything!

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