The Beautiful, Triumphant Heart

Your heart will tell you everything you need to know...just listen to it.

I believe we all have treasure chests filled to the brim with abundant love, tragic pain, lessons learned and a variety of memories. The beautiful, triumphant heart feels our every emotion and event. It keeps us alive and radiates with boundless energy. It's almost as if it speaks with an intense desire and, provided we treat it kindly, the heart will remain a treasure in our chest which aches until its needs are met.

The heart is a magnificent, miraculous creation! I believe I've heard it been said that the heart is similar to a gentle global positioning system, always bringing us back to the person we want to be.

Video Blogs ~ More Yet To Come
Can't Keep A Codependent Girl Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xrR55OpssI

Can't Keep A Sober Girl Down
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1t9m2R8cJk

Testimonial
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbU4Nxk2GIE

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Wisdom From A Chinese Poet

“If you can’t see what you’re looking for, pay attention to what’s already there. That is enough.”-Chinese Poet

A Woman's Intelligence

A woman's intelligence is sexy to both women and men, I believe. Guys even speak of how bored they are! Stupidity might work for awhile, though it looks inferior, fake and unattractive.  

Unfortunately, I hear many women uttering these three words all too much: I am stupid.

I used to say this too, so I get it. I love all of the women and even men who have called me out on it and thank you! This talk undermined my own sense and completely skewed my perception of who I was!

Today I understand that to speak this way about myself means that I am wasting an opportunity to be myself. I am being less than what is true on the inside of my soul. It worked for a short while, but oh how I got sick of not being my full, authentic self! I now know that it derived from a place of fear of not being accepted or 'liked'...sometimes even loved. I made poor choices and was Fake.

Anytime I choose to pretend to be someone other than who I truly am authentically, I am choosing stupidity: lacking intelligence, common sense and/or good judgment. I am also not allowing people around me to truly know who I am. That is no longer a direction I am choosing to follow, for in the past it dimmed my light and my life. It also created distress in the people around me, and for good reason.

Over 43 million hits! Hopefully we women can start sharing our 'stupid girl' experiences with younger girl generations so this cycle doesn't continue. Silence keeps them in the not-knowing. When we know better, we do better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BR4yQFZK9YM

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Praying For Inspiration

If you're going to pray, don't bother to worry. And if you're going to worry, why bother to pray? Praying opens the heart and centers.

Definition of Pray: (v) a request or expression of thanks; act of worship.

I can't really do both at the same time, I know that! Praying for inspiration lifts my spirits almost immediately and it always seems to work. I believe intercession is a gift of love. So, if I trust that God loves-which I do-then there really is no place for worry inside of that.

When I doubt, it is usually because things are not going the way I think they should. When I am present to this, I pray that my controlling thoughts be lifted. How about you? Do you trust that prayer works?

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How I See Love

I ran across this verse tonight: "To who much is given, much is required." -Numbers 18
It propelled a thought in my mind about how I see love and thought I would share.

How you know someone loves you: When they invest in you, knowing there is no guarantee, and yet they love you anyway.

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I'm In Love With Truth

I am so passionately in love with truth.

I'm going to keep this blog very simple. People, including myself, are not used to people telling the truth...so sometimes the truth can be disarming. Though it is so incredibly refreshing!

The truth may hurt and yet it is authentic, real and for the greater good. I'm in love with truth.

Embracing Thriving Instead of Surviving

Being a Survivor: quality of embracing life. Even for a moment.
Being a Thriver: quality of growing vigorously, while embracing life; despite any circumstances at hand.

How to Thrive:
Create a goal.
Lay out the steps needed to be taken. Get specific.
Ask for help from someone who's completed the goal (why try to reinvent the wheel?).
Work vigorously on progressing through the steps.
Complete the goal.
Help someone else by sharing your experience.
Revel in gratitude.
Repeat!

 

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