Barbara Sher's Wishcraft

 

In all my workshops -- the 12-hour ones that turned into Wishcraft, and the 3-hour ones I do for public TV and IBM and everybody else -- there's a point at which I demonstrate the Idea Party. Someone at the Memphis public TV station workshop reminded me last time of an amazing session we'd had at the previous workshop:

I asked for an impossible dream and a woman raised her hand to say she wished she could go on a cruise.

-What's your obstacle? I asked.

-I have 3. First, I have no money. Second,  my adult daughter is ill and staying at my place, and I'm looking out for her. And I'd rather not tell you the third obstacle.

At that moment a man in shorts ran quickly from the back of the room up the central aisle waving a piece of paper:

-I just won a cruise for one person by running for the heart association, just a few hours ago. I don't want to go on a cruise. Anyway, I'm married.

and he gave the certificate to the women. We were wowed. She was very moved. She said (she was standing so everyone could see her) That's so nice of you I don't know what to say, but I can't leave my daughter.

A woman on the aisle a few rows back raised her hand and said, I'm a public health nurse and I have to give 10 days pro bono every year. Would that help?

The woman was flabbergasted (so was everyone but me, because I'd seen it so many times before. But this one did turn out to be unusual.)

- I think you'd better tell us your third obstacle, I said.

She sighed and said, My daughter's being stalked by her ex-husband and can't be alone.

The room fell silent and then a man's voice came from the very last row:

- I'm a cop. What's his name?

And everyone started laughing and cheering.

She went on the cruise.

And that's an Idea Party.

 


Comments

Michele

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 03:59:59

I love your stories and your work, this one made me cry. Glad you are blogging!

 

Stef

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:46:04

ehi Barbara, I am a fan since discovered your books. Actually, I started with "I could do anything if I knew what it is"
I am looking forward participating to the ideaparty global event.

 

Rita

Sat, 28 Feb 2009 13:32:10

Blessings,Babara!

Congratulations on 30 years of success and your continued enthusiasm which propels women globally to hold fast to their dreams to make them reality.

I look forward to hearing much more from you!

Your sister dream catcher,

Rita
http://www.homespunhealers.com

 

Avrum Nadigel

Sun, 01 Mar 2009 21:16:50

Never attended an idea part, but have borrowed concepts and used them within a group therapy setting. Brilliant stuff.

 

Kathleen Baer

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 20:49:56

Isolation truly is the dream killer. Thank you so very, very much for that statement. I read your books years ago and have periodically gotten groups together to do idea parties and they have been very successful, but until recently I didn't realize this is what I am supposed to be doing and that the reason I couldn't get it done was that I was trying to do it all alone. That absolutely did not work for me.

I just finished attending a success team and am working on getting groups together. One is going to be a creativity group, one "What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up?", and one a Cooking group. All this is because of your books. Wishcraft has been a huge boost to me. Each exercise and chapter was more helpful than the last one. Thanks again so much for sharing your ideas and yourself with us. I love your philosophy of life and it makes me realize I can do this.

A fellow scanner who completely understood when you talked about being in tears over the unbelievable choices in a college class catalog.

Kathleen

 

Pam Hoffman

Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:08:03

Wow. So THAT'S what I need to do every now and then when I get stuck.

This is a real inspiration, I'll have to print this out and put it somewhere I can read it every now an again...

Better yet! I'll copy/paste this link into my calendar and just come here and read it on some regular basis - that way I get the info and you get the traffic Barbara.

Thank yo for sharing, I'd love to hear more of your stories.

Pam Hoffman
http://seminarlist.blogspot.com

 

Jeanne AKA The Duchesse

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 08:50:43

This is so wonderful to read. I had a similar experience with Wishcraft and I buy a copy and give it to everyone I know. :>

 

Mary

Wed, 12 Aug 2009 17:37:56

I wish I had known when you were in Memphis, since I live in the city. I bought Wishcraft years ago, but am only starting now to get into it with sincerity. It's tough but worth it.

Thank you for giving me (and others) a step by step guide to figuring out how to get from here to my dreams that works.

 

Donna

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 06:35:54

So inspiring. For so long I have been watching from the sidelines, sharing the joys of others vacariously, daring not to dream that I too can have all my blanks filled, that there is immediate help. Where can I sign-up?

 



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