Have you ever completed a word search puzzle?

Isn’t it interesting how in a jumble of what at first glance seems to be random letters thrown together, words that are provided to you in a prescribed list seem to appear magically? Sometimes words seem to jump off the page in seconds.

How is it that you’re able to locate the words in the puzzle?

Because you know what you’re looking for.

Life works very similarly to a word search puzzle.

There’s a term in psychology called motivated seeing, which, in a nutshell, means you see what you want to see. Just like in the word search puzzle where you prime your brain to look for specific words, you can do the same in everyday life.

What does this mean for you?

Well, you can prime your mind to look for opportunities, for good news, and even for people acting or doing things in your best interest. Of course, you can also look for the opposite of the list I gave you, which will work for you too.

You might argue that instructing your mind to only look for good or favorable situations isn’t reality, and you might be correct in some instances. However, factually speaking, you’re already priming your brain to look for what you want to see. You’re just not doing it consciously. And, there’s a high probability your mind has already been taught what to look for by forces, i.e., other people.

So, now that you’re aware of motivated seeing, you know you have a choice. You can either choose or prescribe to yourself what you’re going to look for as you go through life, or continue to see the world how you’ve been trained to see it. The former will feel as though life is working for you, and the latter, well, that’s your current experience of life.

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