"Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards." -- Vernon Sanders Law, 1960 Cy Young Award Winner
As we move headlong into a
new decade...I have taken time to
reflect about the past decade, the
circumstances of my journey, and the
enormous blessings that have been given to me...I share today with an
open heart filled with joy as this has been time of
growing into the ME I was Born to be!!! (see the previous post also)
Wow...oh wow is all I can say about the first weeks of 2010!!! I was
up early this morning to receive...and I did!
What stood out above all for me at this time of my journey is:
• You can come to understand your purpose in life by slowing down, feeling your heart’s desires, and demanding to know.
During this past 20 months, God forced me to slow down by removing ALL obstacles (a job and income) and presenting me with
TIME! Time to
reflect. Time to
mourn. Time to
refresh. Time to
repurpose. Time to
realign. Time to
reframe. Time to
release. During this gift of time, I found #1-ME and #2-crystal clarity of purpose and #3-this is the time for me to soar...
"To a mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders" - Chuang Tzu
It has been a
Two Year Retreat, mostly silent. You have followed my story here and on my other blog, Down, But Not Out (Living Beneath No Means). I had no choice but to reconnect with myself…find
strength to look at what brought me to this place, find
fortitude to survive, find
courage to move forward, find
hope to rebuild, find
bits of my soul that had been scattered about the universe over the years and bring them home.
And by walking and stumbling and, sometimes even crawling my path the last two years of the decade I was able to learn
my deepest passion is to communicate in a major way. A gift revealed itself at the tender age of five when I started my first newspaper. The first headline read: “Young Gril (Girl) Finds $50”…. okay, I still cannot spell, but you get the point. If I had listened then….
• If you are going to ask the questions, be sure to listen for the answers.
How many times in my life was I presented with the answers, but I did not listen? Then, a hurried life is brought completely to a halt...
so I could do nothing else but listen!
During this time I have been blessed to be able to walk along the beach in
my beloved island sanctuary...and
capture the moments of my retreat in such magnificience...i step into my purpose, my future, my path with great peace and
the completeness of knowing I am who I was born to be....
or see a pelican fish for breakfast
or dolphin's splash
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