Clarity

This will be my last post. I've decided to stop writing in my blog because although I enjoy sharing my life and progress for the world to see, I personally hate writing. I'm a talker and would prefer having one on one conversations. I've also am very busy with making life amazing that writing seems to become this thing I "should" do at the end of the day. The last thought that I would like to write about is clarity. The kind of clarity that only comes when you've left the rat race, the daily grind, the mediocrity of our culture in order to actually have space to be clear on who you are and what you're capable of. When Keith was busy working a 70 hour work week, we were caught up in that reality and fearful of the unknown. It's harder to see who you really are because you're so busy running from one thing to the next and so many will go on that way for years...decades. I want to express how alive we now feel. How alive we now are. How much life is a blessing and the enormity of that was never experienced in corporate America. Now that our minds aren't bogged down by gossip, office politics, fear, etc. the most amazing ideas have sprung forth. And we're excitedly pursuing them! I'm reading The Success Principals by Jack Canfield and I LOVED what he wrote in the beginning of his book: This book is dedicated to all those courageous men and women who have ever dared to step out of the dominant culture of resignation and mediocrity and endeavor to create the life of their dreams. I honor and salute you! Life...should be fun! And so if this resonates with you...call me! 720-273-8973

Affirmative Speech

Its been a while since I last post. It's the holiday season, a much delighted and favorite time of year for me so I have been busy to say the least! Good busy of course doing all the fun things I love to do around this time. Life continues to be phenomenal as well as continually educational as I push forward to greater levels of understanding and change. So my most recent thing is affirmative speech. yes, we've all heard it, we all know it. It's always better to see the glass as half full. But how many of us REALLY do it. What occurred to me was all the NEUTRAL talk that occurs throughout the day in casual conversation. Stuff that means no harm to anyone, just observations, opinions, judgments, etc. not necessarily negative, but not really positive either. What I started to do was never point out or verbalize ANYTHING negative or judgmental about anything or anyone, but rather, ONLY SEE THE GOOD in everything AND in EVERY situation no matter how minute. I've only been doing this for a few days, but something PHENOMENAL has been happening. When you constantly look for the good, and give it life through your speech, you connect to Love. It's almost like you're able to see people and events the way God sees everything. Not through the congealed illusions that we hold in our minds, but we get to experience life the way it was meant to be experienced. In complete LOVE. Not sure if this is making any sense, but basically, life just keeps getting better and better.

Consistenly "HIGH"

The weekend here in Portland was absolutely gorgeous! The weather was perfect and there was no rain. We went down to the farmers market on Saturday and it was SO much fun as I really love organic local food. The produce was all absolutely beautiful. The leaves are still the most brilliant shades of orange and red and they had a wonderful instrumental band play that Tae just really enjoyed. Today we went and explored Lake Oswego and how absolutely beautiful. We went to the Science of Mind church here and the guitarist that was playing was saying how Obamas win is giving much hope and joy to even the Indians and Pakistanis he works with overseas and who would have thought that we would live to see a black president in our lifetime but of course...EVERYTHING is possible. It was a great reminder and I am thoroughly enjoying and appreciating life daily in the moment as I have never done before. To consistently be in bliss...is it boring? NO WAY! As Beckwith spoke about...you will begin to experience and unfoldment of life and levels of experience you never knew existed. I have struggled with rage and my temper for years. I got it from my father of course! ;-) But I have learned to take 100% response-ability for my life and i am happy to say that i have become master of the rage that would enter into me and spew forth from my mouth like what felt to be a demon. (sorry to sound freakish, but this is how the intensity was!) And so I am a miracle. And I am constantly grateful, knowing that everything is as it should be. forever expanding and growing. All is well in my life.

Fall is STUNNING in Oregon!

So the first few days here were non stop rain, and I thought..."oh, this is what they talk about in Seattle always being wet." This is the exact opposite of Denver that has the most days of sunshine out of any other state. Even so, its always so cozy being inside in front of a fireplace with a hot chocolate! Well, yesterday everything cleared up and its another day of clear skys and man...it is BEAUTIFUL here. So lush and green with all the changing colors of fall. Denver only gets yellows and oranges with the leaves change but the brilliant colors of red here are a sight to behold! It was even warm enough that we went to the park and oh my gosh...the parks here in Vancouver are HUGE. The playset structure was 5 times that of anything I'm used to in Denver. So we had a delightful day as usual as it's been the routine here to get Tae out and about during the day. Life is blissful when you allow yourself to live blissfully and not be dominated by illusions of worry and not. I am grateful.

Another Place on the Water!

After being in a luxury glass condo skyrise in Long Beach CA, we have settled in this beautiful 2 bedroom condo in Vancouver WA that overlooks the Columbus River. It feels like I've just walked into a Pottery Barn catalog. I love being able to travel to different places. When you put yourself out of your comfort zone and into a new place, it forces you to discover and explore and reinvigorates youth in my opinion. It keeps you from growing stale and keeps you loving and living life. And I am SO grateful to be experiencing freedom. to be living life from a creative standpoint.

Travelling to Portland!

So we made a last minute decision to leave the warmth and sunshine of beautiful California to go to the green lands of Portland. We stopped a day off in San Francisco to visit family and it was so joyful to get to hang out with my niece and nephews. We took a Ferry to the Pier and Tae had the most fun I'd ever seen him have with other kids. We all had a ball!

The Great Mystery Trumps Your History

This was the title of the topic last Sunday by Michael Beckwith. In short, I am free today from the bondage of my past. Growing up with immigrant parents whose sole purpose was to ensure our survival, I was surrounded by thoughts of scarcity, insecurity, worry and fear. Not to say that this was the plight of all immigrant children but this was my experience. I'm a smart gal and I knew on an intellectual level the negative emotions that I felt entrapped by but I could not overcome them no matter what I tried. And I tried EVERYTHING. Today is a different story. I am filled with the most content security, living my bliss daily, carrying joy and happiness with me NOW in every moment, so that as I move forward in life expressing my talents and working toward my goals, the attainment of those goals will simply mean their physical manifestation and not an achievement of happiness, for I finally understand that if one is not happy now, they are not going to be happy when they get the "illusion" of what they think will bring them happiness.