I thought I was done writing about the Detroit Lions. But when something is in my head, writing about it helps me sort it out. And here is where I landed:

Next year I am going to the Super Bowl, and the Detroit Lions will be in it.

That’s not wishful thinking, or even a trauma response to being in Santa Clara on Sunday for the Lions’ crushing loss in the NFC Championship game. It is simply manifesting something I want, you want, the players want.

In a social media post under his name, Hutchinson wrote: “I’ve always been a firm believer that manifestations have no linear timeline. The fruition of today’s hopes may not unfold tomorrow or the day after. We may not be able to understand this Divine timing and in turn, it may cause us to question our goals.

“This promise of dedication and persistence, along with an unrelenting drive for success, ensures that our dreams will one day find their way into the light.

I know about the concept of manifestation because my daughter, Carly, a student at Michigan State University, practices it and has helped educate me over the past few years.

Here is an example from our lives: A year ago, she texted me to schedule a week of vacation in May to drive her to California. I knew she was interested in pursuing a particular summer internship in the film industry. Excited, I replied, “Oh great – you got an internship!”

No, she corrected, she was about to fill out an application. And then she explained calmly and confidently that she was going to manifest the internship into reality. I went ahead and booked a week of vacation.

Long story short, she got the internship, and Dad won two cross-country road trips with his daughter – one in May and another in August, bringing her home.

Carly and I probably have different definitions of manifestation. But there are two things we agree on – it requires a 100 percent banishment of negativity on one end, and dedication and hard work on the other.

There was nothing mystical about how she built a great resume by seeking out gig jobs on film sets in Michigan, which in turn helped her win a remote internship with a smaller film company in a prior semester. She earned excellent reviews from supervisors – again, something she controlled through her attitude and efforts.

Take the example of someone who wants to rise from a worker to a supervisor in their job. Imagining it is just the first step. That person then needs to fix their attitude and efforts toward emulating a supervisor. Be the first person on the job in the morning, the first to volunteer for new experiences, the person who keeps an open mind, the person who helps solve problems.