Hello, Tomorrow!

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HELLO, TOMORROW! by Cindy Trimm Published by Charisma House Charisma Media/Charisma House Book Group 600 Rinehart Road Lake Mary, Florida 32746

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CONTENTS

Introduction

Step 1: Build a Bridge to Your Future 1 It's Your Future--Own It! 2 Leave Ordinary Behind 3 Set Your Course Toward Tomorrow

Step 2: Put Yourself Where You See Yourself 4 Dare to Dream 5 Reimagine Your Future 6 Renew Your Mind

Step 3: Write Your Own History 7 Awake to Your Divine Destiny 8 Find Your Life Compass 9 Create Your Canvas

Step 4: Dare to Do Something Great 10 Voiceprint Your Vision 11 Ignite Your Divine Genius 12 Discover Your New Frontier

Epilogue Appendix: Declarations and Prayers Notes

INTRODUCTION

For last year's words belong to last year's language And next year's words await another voice. --T. S. ELIOT

IT SEEMS MY entire life I've been on a mission to empower ordinary people, people like you and me, to find their voice and make it heard in extraordinary ways. In all of my travels across the globe, the one common denominator I see among people everywhere is the need to feel as though they have a voice--a self-determining voice that, if nothing else, puts them in the driver's seat of their own lives. This has also been a common thread throughout all of my books, beginning with the original Rules of Engagement.

I've discovered that not only is this need universal; it's as deeply felt today as it has ever been. More than ever, my audiences want to know how to bridge the gap between what is and what can be--between who they are now and who they can ultimately become. They're looking for practical strategies not only to enable them to "press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God" (Phil. 3:14, KJV) but also to discern what that high calling is for them. A map and compass can help you get anywhere, but you must first know where you're going.

I want to help you shift your thinking so you are able to see farther afield in the direction of what's possible for you. I want to equip you with the tools you need to launch yourself into the deep of your greatest potential. I want to show you how to tap into your own powerful voice and your imagination to steer the ship of your life--and then how to unfurl the sails of faith to speed yourself on your way to the fulfillment of God-inspired vision.

In Commanding Your Morning, I taught in detail about how to harness the power of your thoughts and words to reorder your day and ultimately your life. In Hello, Tomorrow!, I want to show you how to harness the power of a compelling vision to change not only your future but ultimately the world. I want

to give you a new voice for a new day. The word voice is rooted in the Latin vocare, which means to call or invoke.1

An English understanding of the word lends the meaning "invisible spirit or force that directs or suggests." French adds the sense "report,"2 while in the Oxford English Dictionary we find "an agency by which a particular point of view is expressed or represented," leading to its implication of one's "distinctive tone or style."3

Interestingly the word hello was originally used as a call to attract attention. It is an alteration of hallo, which comes from a fifteenth-century word meaning "a shipman's cry to incite effort." Hello gained popularity as a word with the rise of the telephone, and it could be considered a word that gives voice to your voice. Incidentally hello won out over Alexander Graham Bell's suggestion of using ahoy when answering the telephone. I also got a kick out of learning that by the late 1880s telephone operators were known as "hello-girls."4

So how do we call to attract or invoke the best that tomorrow has to offer? How do we cross that bridge from where we are today to where we want to be in the tomorrows of the future? How do we navigate the ship of our life closer to the shore of our dreams, where we can call out "Hello!" to our destiny?

We do this with vision. Vision calls you out of your past to participate in your future. It points to cultural transformation, institutional restructuring, systemic change, human progress, political enfranchisement, future potentialities, spiritual realities, and economic possibilities--all of which have the power to change the trajectory of individual lives, corporations, communities, and countries.

This is the transformational power of vision--of being able to see those shores of possibility on the horizon. A vision that pulls you forward enables you to overcome your past and surmount the limitations of your present conditions. But not only do you have to be able to see what's possible in the distance--to be farsighted, so to speak--you must also be able to map out and navigate toward what you see. You must become the Christopher Columbus of your own potential. You must learn to follow your own north star and navigate through life's seas and storms, and like the Magi who were led to Jesus by a star (Matt. 2:1?2), you must be able to read the signs from heaven for clues that will lead you toward a new world of possibilities you have only dreamed of.

With this in mind, I endeavor to take you on a journey using the following symbols as metaphors:

? The ship: your life

? The map: your vision

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