Taking one step forward

This morning I was considering how to create a meditation (visualization) for young people on the idea of taking a step forward into the unknown.  Meditation may sound a little concerning to some...I consider it just a word for stillness...stillness in the present moment where we can best create and be connected to our true self...the space within where great athletes and artists perform...the greatness that is within us all - whether we are parenting, cleaning, exercising, planting flowers, making a meal...or cake balls: being 'in the zone'.  So when one speaks of the Olympic sprinter Michael Johnson and his response to an interview question: 'What did it feel like to win?', and he responds: 'I have run (ran?) that race so many times in my mind, have finished that finish, and have created and experienced the energy of victory over and over in my imagination...I feel as if I have won the race many times over.'  I totally misquoted there in a grammatically incorrect way - but you get the idea of athletes and visualization...or performers/artists and visualization - I assume most of us accept this idea when it comes to the 'greats' - what about when it comes to our daily life? Can we apply this concept of imagining/visualizing to our relationships with others?...creating a comfortable living space?...managing finances or paying off debt?...healing?...addiction?...Can we apply this idea of imagining or visualizing what we want to the 'day to day' to co create a richer and more rewarding daily life experience?  Back to the idea that I started this post off with - creating a visualization around taking one step forward.  The idea behind this visualization is the image of a person standing on an edge...in front of the person is darkness (the unknown)...beside and behind the person is what is familiar - good or bad, it is still familiar...it is all that we know.  Clearly it is scary to take a step into the unknown - even if we are fairly certain it holds a more satisfying experience.  Here is where the idea of visualization comes in.  If we can create or imagine what we are walking into - and do so using our senses and creating the images and experience in our mind as opposed to thinking it...then perhaps taking that step may feel a bit more familiar?  In the last blog I considered the idea of adversity being what pushes us to take that step.  When what we know truly is comfortable...how likely are we (or why would we) venture into something we don't know?  The more adverse our life situation becomes...the more it will push and push and push until we give in and take that step.
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams.  Live the life you have imagined." - Henry David Thoreau