Apparently http://www.wishcraft.com is down today. Try again tomorrow.

The site has been up for years, and I'm positive it will be up forever.

It will be worth the wait, I promise.

You can get it at or through your library, favorite bookstore, or online.

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Fixed now!

Thank you for sharing your journey and for posting "doors" to pass through.

I printed "Wishcraft" and am reading it right now, and so far, have had "aha" moments at almost every page.

For the past couple of years, I have been undertaking a sort of rejuvenation of body and spirit, moving slowly (at my pace) but can say that I have grown more in the past 2 years than in the previous ten.

So many of the points in the book, have already come to me, and so many new ones are so encouraging, it is good to know I have been making many good "mini-discoveries" and moving in the right direction, and so very freeing to understand that there are possibilities to make the necessary changes to nurture and become our true selves.

I will keep on posting as I move forward with the book, and will keep on watching for your always truly heartfelt posts. It was through your words that I first considered the notion of hugging myself! What a healing thing to do.

I'll be back!= :)

MadArt (ist)

I, too, am amazed at the possibilities uncovered by Barbara's simple common sense method.

She tells us that it all came together one day when she decided to let a group run their own discussion, rather than having her guide the train of thought.

That's when the 'fixer' within each individual shone through.

But, I may be getting ahead of your reading here.


To me, Barbara seems to be saying, "What have you got? What is already inside of you? What do you love? That's what you need to see...and do."

The idea that we already know our purpose astounded me.

It makes no sense to try to hammer ourselves into another's idea of what we 'should' be...what someone else thinks CAN only be appropriate for THEM.

Once we understand what WE love, all stress falls away. Suddenly we say, "Oh for goodness' sake! Of course!"

It's so much easier to discover and do the things we love than to do the bidding of others, don't you agree?


At one of Barbara's workshops we had to laugh at her demonstration of 'finding space'. She used her elbows, right and left, clearing an imaginary desktop.

Then she recommended that it be slanted...so that our workspace would never collect clutter. (I think a banana box on the floor, to catch the falling clutter, would be useful.)


In every way, Barbara suggests that we step over our limiting beliefs...and she loves to make us laugh/giggle/smile at our 'stuckedness'.

The reality is that we already ARE who we want to be...geniuses, each in our own way.


When we respect that fact in ourselves, and in every other human being that ever lived, or ever will; and gather to give support/ideas to someone, our collective memories and imaginations create a limitless pool of great possibilities.


Maryanne stands up and says: "I want to sing and dance and entertain people. My obstacle is that I don't know how to sing and dance."

Ted responds: "How about joining the clowns in Such-and-Such Square, on Sundays?"

(Maryanne's helper writes Ted's idea on a list so that there is a written reminder for Maryanne to take home.)

Maryanne thanks the giver; and repeats one thing she likes about the idea. (There is always something to like in an idea, even the silly ones, although the whole idea may not be useful to Maryanne just now.)

Then Sally responds: "How about doing 5 minutes spontaneous song and dance, at lunch hour, in a hospital cafeteria? A little light relief."

And so on...

[You see, the imagination leaps to solve Maryanne's question. What did you think of? Then, Maryanne's thanking the giver, and stating one thing she likes about the idea, makes the giver (and everyone in the room) feel smart and glad they spoke up.]

Barbara Sher invented 'The Idea Party', and its natural development into, 'The Success Team'.

We can even do an 'Idea Party' for ourselves, or in conversation with another, though it's the most fun with a group.

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I'm now wondering why I mixed my experiences with the 'inner child' concept, with Barbara Sher's Wishcraft.

I suppose it was because I came upon the 'three inner people' idea first...and it simplified and satisfied my understanding so effectively, at the time.

Then Barbara's practical, easy method of finding what-I-love/what-to-do inspired me to get busy on possibilities.

For me, the two concepts were each appropriate at different times...though not dependent on each other in any way.

One is focussed on 'inner' issues, while the other directs our attention outward, into more immediate reality...with less introspection.

I can't think of a better use for "Wishcraft" than to pass it on to our families...and our neighbors and friends.

You hit the nail on the head there, Art!

Thank you so much for saying so.

Every person's discovering their loves, and doing them, benefits us all.

My best,

fledgling

Reading them again, today, in August, 2008, I am humbled, and honored.

Are you folks all closet writers?

I mean, I knew you could write, and write very well...but this is poetry!

Geniuses all!



Do you know? We just about have a Success Team, here!



I am periwinkle blue.

Gandhiji and Elizabeth II are in my family,
and, since age five, I have loved fairies, the world of the tiny.

One lady put a name to it...'community'.

Yep, that's me...'community'.

...And a practicing writer.

...And an at-home entrepreneur.

...And a puzzle-person...very good at knots and tangles.

...And a sorter. Oh boy, am I good at sorting...other people's stuff!

...And I can make a meal out of anything/nothing.

:D

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