DARE to be different…

As I look back on my life, I recognize that for many years I lived a shell shocked existence, moving from experience to experience in a state of complete numbness and confusion.  I allowed life to drag me around by my Jimmy Choos, because I didn’t understand that I had the power to change my situation.  Having not been raised in an environment that had an underlying sense of spirituality, I could not see the inner beauty and light that was within me.  I was no doubt, an untamed soul roaming the countryside lost and blinded by heartache and fear.  The cry of my heart was so severe that it finally woke me from the blank eyed stupor I had been living for decades.  Pain, anguish, unhappiness and anger were depleting my energy supply aggressively and I could barely function day to day.  I would like to tell you that I had a grand epiphany, but I was simply sick and tired of being sick and tired. A cliché, I realize and a very real one for me.  Finally, I decided that I would break from convention and go forward with what felt right, instead of continuing to do what others wanted of me.  The time was upon me to DARE to be different. (more…)

“I SEE YOU” – Avatar Shows us our Connectedness

I SEE YOU … When I heard those words, my heart melted, truly melted. How interesting that this experience was evoked by characters who aren’t real, they’re animated, (well, partially). Three simple words, I SEE YOU, is showing humanity what we seem to have forgotten, the most important element of being human — connecting heart to heart.

It’s unfortunate and yet true, people today rarely speak to each other from that place of heartfelt recognition. What AVATAR points out is how different it is when people are connected through the silence, the Stillness in their hearts and minds. You know, that place where no words are needed.
If a human being had spoken those words, it would have appeared cliche, this depth of connection doesn’t happen often in the fast-paced, ‘Hi, how are you? Fine’ world we live in. (more…)

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