What would happen if you woke up tomorrow morning and a miracle had happened? What if everything you have ever dreamed about had come true overnight? Imagine that in the same way as you woke up to Christmas morning as a child - with excitement, keen anticipation, wide eyes and a big smile - you awoke to find your adult dreams had come true while you slept.

What if, overnight, your life had become exactly what you wanted it to be? Now take a couple of minutes and imagine this:

What is different?
Where are you?
What are you surrounded by?
Who are your friends?
What do you hear?
How do you feel?
What does your bank account look like?
What's your health like?
Where are you going today or this year?

While we can all agree that not all wishes can come true (I'll never be a prima ballerina, for example), a great many dreams, desires and aspirations definitely can come true and often as a result of making only a few changes.

My experience has shown me that usually the biggest obstacles preventing us from achieving what we hope for are not external, but reside within us. These a course in miracles are a result of how we think and how our thoughts have become shaped into beliefs along the course of life.

It's the beliefs we hold that dictate our actions, and our actions determine our results. So if we look at what we want from the perspective of having already achieved our dreams, and move in reverse toward our actions, then our beliefs, and finally our thoughts, we can determine how we need to change our thoughts to create the results that bring about our miracles.

Let me give you an example. Some years ago my dream was to take my family and live in France. Far-fetched, you say? Perhaps, but not impossible. In order for me to achieve this dream, I first had to think it was possible. Then I had to believe that I could do it, no matter what my circumstances were or what other people might have to say about it. I believed that it was possible for me to move to France. Once I believed that I could actually achieve this objective, I naturally took action to move in the direction of its fulfillment.

What happened? Well, my family and I went and lived in France, of course. You can't tell me it's not possible, because I have done it. In fact, once I believed that it was possible, no one could convince me that it was not.