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Akosua Dardaine Edwards's Blog, page 143
June 1, 2017
Are You Fueled to Live Your Truth?
Influence is measured by the ability to inspire action and create spaces that didn't previously exist.
Pioneers who shift paradigms and redesign industries aren’t driven by a desire to be validated, but are instead fueled by an instinct to live their truth.
Julian Mitchell
I am inspired by people who live their truth
with no apology, no guilt, absolutely no fear - with a sense of authenticity they show up as themselves every single time.
Many of them did not start off that way, it took them growing pains, heartbreaks, lost friends, heck even some lost family members as well but they persevered and knew that behind all of that there was a peace that passes all understanding.
Living your truth takes courage, it really is not about being a jerk and saying whatever is on your mind no matter what. It is an intention to pay attention to that calling of your soul and move forward despite people calling you crazy and the "haters" It is the intention to be truthful and honest and open- rather than follow the crowd, be fake and live in fear - they refuse to live out other people's fantasies and dreams.
I have never seen the status quo change anything - in fact they fight to keep things the same and then relent when things start changing around them
Be open to changing something in your own life, do something new, take a new route to the office or go to a new supermarket, start with the small things they add up to the bigger things
Usually people are afraid, they live in fear of losing "something"
Anything you have lost on the way to living your truth is not worth keeping!
How are you creating spaces that didn't previously exist?
How do you fuel up to live your truth?
Peace
Publications: www.akosuadardaineedwards.com/publica...
Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1K7...
I am inspired by people who live their truth
with no apology, no guilt, absolutely no fear - with a sense of authenticity they show up as themselves every single time.
Many of them did not start off that way, it took them growing pains, heartbreaks, lost friends, heck even some lost family members as well but they persevered and knew that behind all of that there was a peace that passes all understanding.
Living your truth takes courage, it really is not about being a jerk and saying whatever is on your mind no matter what. It is an intention to pay attention to that calling of your soul and move forward despite people calling you crazy and the "haters" It is the intention to be truthful and honest and open- rather than follow the crowd, be fake and live in fear - they refuse to live out other people's fantasies and dreams.
I have never seen the status quo change anything - in fact they fight to keep things the same and then relent when things start changing around them
Be open to changing something in your own life, do something new, take a new route to the office or go to a new supermarket, start with the small things they add up to the bigger things
Usually people are afraid, they live in fear of losing "something"
Anything you have lost on the way to living your truth is not worth keeping!
How are you creating spaces that didn't previously exist?
How do you fuel up to live your truth?
Peace
Publications: www.akosuadardaineedwards.com/publica...
Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1K7...
May 31, 2017
Free Will is a Gift
Free will is a Universal Law! Humans have been given free will to experience, to create and to grow gaining wisdom through their creations regardless if they are constructive or destructive
. Sabrina Reber
Free will is the ability to make choices and having full responsibility for one's actions (Responsibility - the ability to respond)
Yes we all know that things happen, circumstances occur which we had absolutely nothing to do with. How do you respond? What choices do you make in this instant?
Acting from a place of fear and ego is a choice whether conscious or unconscious, what happens when we act from a place of fear and ego? Our lives show us the result. We see it though a lack of peace and contentment when the decision is made, cause and effect is a law, we may get ill, we may attract certain types of people to us. All of this is an attempt by the Universe to say - pay attention, just one more time. Are you using your free will to enhance your self and the world around you?
Any one or probably organisation that prevents you from using your free will, pay attention. Free will is one of the gifts to humans alone from the Universe
Attempting to prevent you from using your free will is a type and form of control, now I am not referring to breaking the laws, but we all know there are organisations and groups that justify us not making decisions based on an open mind and looking at the facts but on past beliefs and staying in a tribe, separation and fear
What do you use your free will for?
Peace
Free will is the ability to make choices and having full responsibility for one's actions (Responsibility - the ability to respond)
Yes we all know that things happen, circumstances occur which we had absolutely nothing to do with. How do you respond? What choices do you make in this instant?
Acting from a place of fear and ego is a choice whether conscious or unconscious, what happens when we act from a place of fear and ego? Our lives show us the result. We see it though a lack of peace and contentment when the decision is made, cause and effect is a law, we may get ill, we may attract certain types of people to us. All of this is an attempt by the Universe to say - pay attention, just one more time. Are you using your free will to enhance your self and the world around you?
Any one or probably organisation that prevents you from using your free will, pay attention. Free will is one of the gifts to humans alone from the Universe
Attempting to prevent you from using your free will is a type and form of control, now I am not referring to breaking the laws, but we all know there are organisations and groups that justify us not making decisions based on an open mind and looking at the facts but on past beliefs and staying in a tribe, separation and fear
What do you use your free will for?
Peace
May 30, 2017
The Ten Commandments for the New Millennium
I am now receptive to the idea that...some things never grow old. They just get better and go deeper.
The Ten Commandments for the New Millennium1. Thou shalt make it your business to get in touch with God first each day.
2. Thou shalt remember to pray for your mother and father as soon as you are finished praying for yourself.
3. Thou shalt honor thyself enough not to take things that do not belong to you, and this includes other people's people.
4. Thou shalt refrain from telling someone something about somebody until you have told that somebody to their face.
5. Thou shalt refrain from saying anything to anybody that you would be ashamed or afraid to say to God, to God's face.
6. Thou shalt do no less than two good things for yourself each day.
7. Thou shalt do one good thing for another each day.
8. Thou shalt confine all whining, complaining and criticizing to every other Wednesday, between the hours of 2:00am and 3:30am, when the moon is full. When the moon is not full, oh well, thou shalt wait until it is.
9. Thou shalt live fully, or thou shalt not. This choice is yours.
10. Thou shalt believe the best about everything and everyone until you have concrete evidence from God to the contrary.Until today, you may have believed the old ways and the old laws did not apply to your life today. Just for today, apply each of these commandments to every aspect of your life.Today I am devoted to applying the old-millennium laws to the new-millennium conditions in my life! ~~Iyanla Vanzant, "Until Today
Peace
2. Thou shalt remember to pray for your mother and father as soon as you are finished praying for yourself.
3. Thou shalt honor thyself enough not to take things that do not belong to you, and this includes other people's people.
4. Thou shalt refrain from telling someone something about somebody until you have told that somebody to their face.
5. Thou shalt refrain from saying anything to anybody that you would be ashamed or afraid to say to God, to God's face.
6. Thou shalt do no less than two good things for yourself each day.
7. Thou shalt do one good thing for another each day.
8. Thou shalt confine all whining, complaining and criticizing to every other Wednesday, between the hours of 2:00am and 3:30am, when the moon is full. When the moon is not full, oh well, thou shalt wait until it is.
9. Thou shalt live fully, or thou shalt not. This choice is yours.
10. Thou shalt believe the best about everything and everyone until you have concrete evidence from God to the contrary.Until today, you may have believed the old ways and the old laws did not apply to your life today. Just for today, apply each of these commandments to every aspect of your life.Today I am devoted to applying the old-millennium laws to the new-millennium conditions in my life! ~~Iyanla Vanzant, "Until Today
Peace
May 29, 2017
Join in the Enoughness
Abundance is the foundation of "reality"
Reality with its inherent overflowing always has more than enough to give
There is a more than enough for our need but never enough for our greed" Richard Roer
Did you wake up this morning with the feeling that you did not get 'enough" sleep?
Then proceeded to get ready for your day with the feeling that there is "not enough" time to do all the the things on your to do list
Then the day began with "not enough" money to do or buy something?
That is how the feeling of lack starts, continues and persists
waking up daily with the feeling and belief that there is never enough.
How can you alter that mindset? By being grateful, by knowing that there is enough
As soon as the thought enters my head especially when I wake up I reboot and say thank you for this new day, let's see what I can do with the 24 hours that I now have. 24 whole hours - how can that not be enough time?
Practice it, it becomes a habit
The feeling of lack and not -enoughness can run into every aspect of your life - it is like a wildfire if not tamed
Hoarding - not enoughness
Procrastination - Not enoughness
Busyness - Not enoughness
Waiting for the money to do it- Not enoughness
I have learnt that there is enough to go around, it all depends on our core beliefs and our habits.
If you have anything, you have something- start there and give thanks
Peace
Reality with its inherent overflowing always has more than enough to give
There is a more than enough for our need but never enough for our greed" Richard Roer
Did you wake up this morning with the feeling that you did not get 'enough" sleep?
Then proceeded to get ready for your day with the feeling that there is "not enough" time to do all the the things on your to do list
Then the day began with "not enough" money to do or buy something?
That is how the feeling of lack starts, continues and persists
waking up daily with the feeling and belief that there is never enough.
How can you alter that mindset? By being grateful, by knowing that there is enough
As soon as the thought enters my head especially when I wake up I reboot and say thank you for this new day, let's see what I can do with the 24 hours that I now have. 24 whole hours - how can that not be enough time?
Practice it, it becomes a habit
The feeling of lack and not -enoughness can run into every aspect of your life - it is like a wildfire if not tamed
Hoarding - not enoughness
Procrastination - Not enoughness
Busyness - Not enoughness
Waiting for the money to do it- Not enoughness
I have learnt that there is enough to go around, it all depends on our core beliefs and our habits.
If you have anything, you have something- start there and give thanks
Peace
May 27, 2017
Generosity is A Growth Strategy
Make generosity part of your growth strategy. Don’t wait. Don’t wait until your stuff is selling or you’ve got enough of a cushion in your bank account. Don’t wait until you’ve got more time. Give now. Danielle La Porte
Say thank you through support and circulation. Beware of getting into the “helping out the less fortunate, oh we’ve been blessed with all this let’s help those other ones who don’t have as much as we do”
If that’s the consciousness nothing is ever going to change, that’s not why you help. You help because they are your brothers and sisters who have just as much right to the abundance as you have. You help as an affirmation of their possibility. You help to level the playing field because you understand the concept of to whom much is given much is required. You help because it is your responsibility to circulate the blessings that you have, because it is your responsibility to leave here better than you met it.
How do you support? Just show up! Each and every one of us has an opportunity every single day to do a little more. What energy are you releasing? We all have the power to do something in some small way. Peace!!!
Peace
Say thank you through support and circulation. Beware of getting into the “helping out the less fortunate, oh we’ve been blessed with all this let’s help those other ones who don’t have as much as we do”
If that’s the consciousness nothing is ever going to change, that’s not why you help. You help because they are your brothers and sisters who have just as much right to the abundance as you have. You help as an affirmation of their possibility. You help to level the playing field because you understand the concept of to whom much is given much is required. You help because it is your responsibility to circulate the blessings that you have, because it is your responsibility to leave here better than you met it.
How do you support? Just show up! Each and every one of us has an opportunity every single day to do a little more. What energy are you releasing? We all have the power to do something in some small way. Peace!!!
Peace
May 26, 2017
Just Move Yourself
Just move yourself
And glide like a seven-forty-seven
And lose you're self in the sky Among the clouds in the heavens 'cause it's alright, alright, alright ... Earth, Wind & Fire
Just move yourself because it's alright! It really is! What can happen is you move further along or you end up right where you started. Either
Why stay one place because you believe that some thing ":bad" will happen?Why not move because you have some fear, many times unfounded?Moving transfers the energy, it transfers the fear into fuel
Staying still invites more fear, roots you in the comfort zone and provides excuses and rationale for why nothing is changingIf you want something new you got to do a new thing - pretty simple logic there for me to follow
Peacewww.akosuadardaineedwards.com/pu...
Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1K7...
And glide like a seven-forty-seven
And lose you're self in the sky Among the clouds in the heavens 'cause it's alright, alright, alright ... Earth, Wind & Fire
Just move yourself because it's alright! It really is! What can happen is you move further along or you end up right where you started. Either
Why stay one place because you believe that some thing ":bad" will happen?Why not move because you have some fear, many times unfounded?Moving transfers the energy, it transfers the fear into fuel
Staying still invites more fear, roots you in the comfort zone and provides excuses and rationale for why nothing is changingIf you want something new you got to do a new thing - pretty simple logic there for me to follow
Peacewww.akosuadardaineedwards.com/pu...
Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1K7...
May 25, 2017
The Need to Be Liked
There are times when, for no apparent reason or for no good reason at all, people decide that you are not likable
They may even profess to hate you!
They will say things about you or to you that will hurt your feelings
Sometimes they will go out of their way just to be mean and nasty to you.
No matter how hard you try to make them like you, they won't!
This does not make them bad people. Oh no!
It simply means that they have their "stuff" going on with them that has nothing to do with you
And that will trigger your stuff! That's right!
The behaviour of the people who don't like you will bring up your abandonment issues.
Your issues of being rejected
Your issues of not being good enough or not doing things right enough
The minute you discover that somebody you think is important doesn't like you, all your people pleasing stuff will be triggered, and you will be forced to deal with it.
What a blessing! This is precisely the stuff you need to heal - Until Today
So in my morning reading this popped up! I read it again, and again, and again because it was just so relevant to me at the time, every single word!
firstly, everyone doesn't have to like you, secondly, it's their stuff and most importantly, it triggers our own stuff as a indication that there is some healing and feeling and dealing to take place!
Indeed a blessing
So step out today knowing that you are totally light, totally empowered and totally equipped to deal with any of the stuff that surfaces
Not enoughness will mash you up!
Peace
www.akosuadardaineedwards.com/publica...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1K7...
They may even profess to hate you!
They will say things about you or to you that will hurt your feelings
Sometimes they will go out of their way just to be mean and nasty to you.
No matter how hard you try to make them like you, they won't!
This does not make them bad people. Oh no!
It simply means that they have their "stuff" going on with them that has nothing to do with you
And that will trigger your stuff! That's right!
The behaviour of the people who don't like you will bring up your abandonment issues.
Your issues of being rejected
Your issues of not being good enough or not doing things right enough
The minute you discover that somebody you think is important doesn't like you, all your people pleasing stuff will be triggered, and you will be forced to deal with it.
What a blessing! This is precisely the stuff you need to heal - Until Today
So in my morning reading this popped up! I read it again, and again, and again because it was just so relevant to me at the time, every single word!
firstly, everyone doesn't have to like you, secondly, it's their stuff and most importantly, it triggers our own stuff as a indication that there is some healing and feeling and dealing to take place!
Indeed a blessing
So step out today knowing that you are totally light, totally empowered and totally equipped to deal with any of the stuff that surfaces
Not enoughness will mash you up!
Peace
www.akosuadardaineedwards.com/publica...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1K7...
May 24, 2017
Triggers and Reactions
When we are triggered by a situation each of us must learn to stand in our power, speak our truth from a place of integrity and ground our light. Choose not to react to the person in an unbalanced way
Sabrine Reber
I know when I am triggered, I get hot behind the ears, I start getting defensive, I want to prove that I am right, I start smiling, I get snarky and maybe I cut you off.I started paying attention to what triggers me, what triggers a reaction - not a response because a response comes from a different place, from an empowered space, a reaction is off the cuff, it usually comes from a place of fear. I find myself having to apologize for my out of order behaviour when I react rather than respondKnowing what and when I am triggered is a blessing, it means that I am aware and awareness is the first point of either healing or moving forwardI am triggered when my intentions are unclear or unlovingthat is where the trigger-ration starts (I made up that word)
Do you know what are your triggers?How do you respond or maybe you react?
Share your lessons on the Journey
Peace
Publications: www.akosuadardaineedwards.com/publica...
TED TALK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1K7...
I know when I am triggered, I get hot behind the ears, I start getting defensive, I want to prove that I am right, I start smiling, I get snarky and maybe I cut you off.I started paying attention to what triggers me, what triggers a reaction - not a response because a response comes from a different place, from an empowered space, a reaction is off the cuff, it usually comes from a place of fear. I find myself having to apologize for my out of order behaviour when I react rather than respondKnowing what and when I am triggered is a blessing, it means that I am aware and awareness is the first point of either healing or moving forwardI am triggered when my intentions are unclear or unlovingthat is where the trigger-ration starts (I made up that word)
Do you know what are your triggers?How do you respond or maybe you react?
Share your lessons on the Journey
Peace
Publications: www.akosuadardaineedwards.com/publica...
TED TALK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1K7...
May 23, 2017
Are You Chasing Illusions?
what was never true is not true now, and never will be
ACIM
Don't you love it how we can justify anything we want to, even when we know in our gut that it does not serve us, when we know it is pure BS?We can make up a great rationale, a great story on what we want to believe even when the truth is staring us in our face. Just because we want it to be how we want it to be. We can take the facts and twist it or leave out some details to make it "true" for ourselves but the truth is the truth whether we want to believe it or not
What's your rationale?" I am not good enough""He/she is getting a divorce""I suffer with migraines so I cannot do _____""I have no time to exercise""I am too lazy to cook""It's not the right time""What is to be will be"
And I can go on and on and on
But what was never true then in not true now so what's it going to be?The truth will definitely set you free
To get it to where you want it to be the first step is accepting the truth, accepting what is in front of you as it IS! Accepting it does not mean that you like it, it does not mean resignation that it is what is is and will forever be like that
Accepting it is the acknowledgement that this is where I am and really taking the responsibility and the power to do something about it
When there is no acceptance and recognition of the truth there is no way you can move forward and heal, change, take responsibility
Because really, you are chasing illusions any other way
Catch that!
Peace
Publications: www.akosuadardaineedwards.com/publica...
TED TALK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1K7...
Don't you love it how we can justify anything we want to, even when we know in our gut that it does not serve us, when we know it is pure BS?We can make up a great rationale, a great story on what we want to believe even when the truth is staring us in our face. Just because we want it to be how we want it to be. We can take the facts and twist it or leave out some details to make it "true" for ourselves but the truth is the truth whether we want to believe it or not
What's your rationale?" I am not good enough""He/she is getting a divorce""I suffer with migraines so I cannot do _____""I have no time to exercise""I am too lazy to cook""It's not the right time""What is to be will be"
And I can go on and on and on
But what was never true then in not true now so what's it going to be?The truth will definitely set you free
To get it to where you want it to be the first step is accepting the truth, accepting what is in front of you as it IS! Accepting it does not mean that you like it, it does not mean resignation that it is what is is and will forever be like that
Accepting it is the acknowledgement that this is where I am and really taking the responsibility and the power to do something about it
When there is no acceptance and recognition of the truth there is no way you can move forward and heal, change, take responsibility
Because really, you are chasing illusions any other way
Catch that!
Peace
Publications: www.akosuadardaineedwards.com/publica...
TED TALK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1K7...
May 22, 2017
I've Come to Learn That......
A lie only has power when someone believes it. You need a congregation to have a church, fighters for an army, voters to get elected. You need buyers for wholesale lies. Lie-spreading requires widespread participation. It’s not only that “they”—the government, or organized religions, or the media, or the educators—are cranking out non-truths. It’s that all of us are paying—by choice—for a variety of deceptions with our money, time, and attention. We need to take individual responsibility for the beliefs that animate our lives. We need to acknowledge the ideals that are driving our choices.
Danielle La Porte
I've come to learn that:
1. Broken pieces stuck together can make a beautiful picture
2. My friends are my mirrors
3. Coconut bake, corn meal bake in fact all types are straight from heaven (bake is a type of bread)
4. I am allergic to fakeness
5. Everyone is magnificent but some forget, others never knew and some don't know the true meaning of magnificence
6. No matter who is in the room, what you believe they have to offer or take away - be yourself
7. Not enooughness will mash you up!
8. Material things are nice but they automatically cannot turn on your magnificence
9. You can love some people from afar
10. Overthinking is a waste of time
11. Gratitude is life and life affirming
12. The truth needs no defense
13. Wanting to be in control is a form of fear
14. Rest is productive
15. Abundance is a mind set
16. Love does not hide, keep secrets, abuse and control
17. Physical exercise is a way to move the energy, a way to show yourself that you can do anything
18. Decision is a super power- just decide!
19. I have nothing to prove to ,,,,,, anyone!
20. My worth is established only by God
What have you come to learn? Share some with me, you know by now I love to share lessons on the Journey
Peace
PUBLICATIONS: www.akosuadardaineedwards.com/publica...
TED TALK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1K7...
I've come to learn that:
1. Broken pieces stuck together can make a beautiful picture
2. My friends are my mirrors
3. Coconut bake, corn meal bake in fact all types are straight from heaven (bake is a type of bread)
4. I am allergic to fakeness
5. Everyone is magnificent but some forget, others never knew and some don't know the true meaning of magnificence
6. No matter who is in the room, what you believe they have to offer or take away - be yourself
7. Not enooughness will mash you up!
8. Material things are nice but they automatically cannot turn on your magnificence
9. You can love some people from afar
10. Overthinking is a waste of time
11. Gratitude is life and life affirming
12. The truth needs no defense
13. Wanting to be in control is a form of fear
14. Rest is productive
15. Abundance is a mind set
16. Love does not hide, keep secrets, abuse and control
17. Physical exercise is a way to move the energy, a way to show yourself that you can do anything
18. Decision is a super power- just decide!
19. I have nothing to prove to ,,,,,, anyone!
20. My worth is established only by God
What have you come to learn? Share some with me, you know by now I love to share lessons on the Journey
Peace
PUBLICATIONS: www.akosuadardaineedwards.com/publica...
TED TALK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VH1K7...
