This can be a tough one, especially if you’re an analytical thinker like me.

How do you really set your mind in a way that’s lined up with that burning desire? What is burning desire anyway?

A few clues from Becoming Unstoppable by Ruben Gonzalez:

Belief…

“Belief is the driving force, the power behind all great accomplishments…Once you believe, you are ready to commit to taking action.”

Burning Desire…

“You have to have a dream - something you’re shooting for…How badly you want it will determine whether you’ll realize your dream because how bad you want it determines what will make you quit.”

Hmmmm…

Which came first…the chicken or the egg…belief or burning desire?

For an overly analytical person this could be a real nightmare, but I believe it takes faith in something completely unseen to make that kind of leap in your mind…the kind where the two (belief and burning desire) are not linear, but really free-form.

It’s like planting a seed in the ground. You have no idea if it will grow into anything. You just take it on faith (and sometimes someone else’s word) that it will.

Let’s take this empowering ritual for success. Who’s to say that it will work? That’s kind of tricky: if you stop, you certainly will never know. If you continue, well, you could know…maybe.

It’s like praying for something. You might never know if, when, or how the prayer was answered. You could know, but you have to be okay with perhaps not knowing. The prayer itself doesn’t hurt…just like telling yourself something that’s good or positive doesn’t hurt either.

Again, this could drive an overly analytical person crazy. But when the results start happening, who’s to say the beliefs, the desire, the ritual for success aren’t working?

While I think I’ve probably raised more questions than I’ve answered, I also feel (personally) great relief that having all the answers isn’t necessary. Taking the actions that build both the belief and the burning desire are.

And those truly are steps of faith.

I admit I’m more of a Dancing with the Stars fan than an American Idol follower, so I discovered “Change” by Kimberley Locke while listening to an online club music station. There’s something about the words and the way she sings them that speaks right to me.

They lift me up.

And no wonder. Here’s what she said about the song in an interview:

“I wrote that song for the album [Based on a True Story] when I was actually at the end of a not-so-great relationship that I had been in. I was engaged to be married and it was perpetually getting worse, and by the time I wrote this song I was ready to make a change in my life, and that’s what this song is all about.

The song is about either you’re going to change and we’re going to fix this or I’m going without you and I’m making a change regardless.

Currently in my life the song has a totally different meaning because, I’m doing Celebrity Fit Club and so it’s about making a change in my life personally, just for me, moving into a different aspect of my career and taking a different outlook on my own personal life.” (Interviewed by DJ Ron Slomowicz for about.com)

It’s no wonder the song resonated with me.

Here are the lyrics:

Sorry for what I forgot to say
But you know how words get in the way baby, lately
Wasn’t strong enough to cut right through
All the red tape between me and you, baby
Time escapes me

What’s it gonna take to shake these blues
Pushing through the clouds just to get to you
Can’t hold back the storm that’s blowing through, yeah

I feel a change, babe, washing over me
I feel the rains, babe, coming to set me free
It’s a one way track, ain’t coming back
This train’s about to leave
I feel a change coming over me

Never noticed that it’s kind of strange
Same story but a different day lately, oh baby
Gotta get up, gotta change the scene
Gotta rip this page from the magazine

(I feel a change, babe) Change washing over me
(I feel the rains, babe) I feel the rains, yeah, coming to set me free
It’s a one way track, I ain’t ever coming back
(This train’s about to leave) This train’s about to leave, yeah
I feel a change coming over me, yeah

I ain’t trying to be difficult, no no
I ain’t trying to be mean
I just gotta do right now
What’s best for me, oh

(I feel a change, babe) Something’s changing, baby, deep inside of me
(I feel the rains, babe) I feel the rains coming down to set me free
(It’s a one way track) I ain’t ever going back
(This train’s about to leave) If you wanna go, baby, this train’s gonna leave
(I feel a change) There’s a change coming over me, yeah

Oh, yeah
I feel a, I feel a change coming over me
Rain washing down on me
Coming to set me free, baby
I feel a change, yeah
I feel a change, yeah
A one way track
I ain’t never coming back
This train’s about to leave, baby
I feel a change, yeah

So yes, I (David) feel a change coming over me. This train’s about to leave and head down a new track. Today I’m stepping out into some new territory and I’m a little scared. Okay. A LOT scared.

So as I listen to “Change”, adding it to my empowering ritual for success, I repeat my own personal affirmations…

- I am a Champion.

- I have a great imagination and use it to help myself and others.

- I have the means to accomplish my goals.

- I am creating a life of passion, purpose, influence, and success.

- I am fluid and at ease when meeting people.

- I have laser focus.

- I am courageous when it comes to going after what I want.

- I have amazing drive.

- I am confident in my abilities.

- I am paid for the value I give.

I’m going to stay on this subject for a little bit, until it soaks in and becomes, er, habit!

Here are some things I’m committing to telling myself on a regular basis. You can call them affirmations, mantras, sayings, self talk…whatever works for you.

- I am a Champion.

- I have a great imagination and use it to help myself and others.

- I have the means to accomplish my goals.

- I am creating a life of passion, purpose, influence, and success.

- I am fluid and at ease when meeting people.

- I have laser focus.

- I am courageous when it comes to going after what I want.

- I have amazing drive.

- I am confident in my abilities.

- I am paid for the value I give.

Those are my starter thoughts. I could come up with tons more, but all in good time. KISS - Keeping it Sweet and Simple!

“Sow a thought, reap a habit; sow a habit; reap a character; sow a character, reap a destiny.”

I’m not sure who said this for sure. One source I checked attributed it to Charles Reade. Another to Anonymous. Regardless, it’s good stuff and a great place to pick up where I left off.

Ahhhh, yes. Where I left off. Days ago.

The P&P Twins struck again…Procrastination and Perfectionism.

I’m back and this time I decided to pick an anchor

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