Akosua Dardaine Edwards's Blog, page 235

Tobago Love

Living well is not about needing or having or getting. Living well is about being genuinely thankful for your situation in every moment, and choosing to make it even better.
Ralph Marston
 Been working in Tobago! The work was more like play!! I went there not knowing where the training session would be, all I knew was that I had to train this group and the topic! So imagine my pleasant surprise to be training on a beach, with blue water, white sand and coconut bake for breakfast (my favourite slice of joy!) I immediately looked up to the heavens and gave thanks! So this was the reason for the journey, just for one day like this? All worth it, I must say it was one of the best days I have had in a while, and these days , many of my days are so awesome! Give thanks!

 

Sharing a post I saw today

Saw this post and wanted to share it!
Enjoy!!

http://www.lifebuzz.com/just-stop/
Peace!!

Defrosting!!

The winners in life are people who look at every situation with an expectation that they can make it work, make it better -Barbra Pletcher

My Moscow journey has come to an end! Grateful for the opportunity to see a new place and learn from the experiences of people in another country!

What did I learn?
Moscow is a pretty city, especially at night with the lights on the bridge by the river, the buildings are grand and historicThe women entrepreneurs in Moscow insist on putting family first before anythingCold weather isn't my favourite - it physically pains me!!The city is spending time and money on their young entrepreneurs and innovation programs, its nice to seeDon't believe everything you see on the TV!!Back to the sunshine to defrost! Looking forward to being barefoot on my verandah!!
Peace!!

Choose and keep choosing until you are

When we fulfil our function,which is to truly love ourselves and share love with others, then true happiness sets in. Gabrielle Berstein

I've been hearing that happiness is a choice and I never really thought about it much until recently, I've been seeing about a day of happiness and seeing on the social media all the hoopla! So I asked myself, what makes you happy? Can you answer that at this moment? Are you waiting on something to be happy? And what I know is that I am happy! I am happy to be alive, to be able to wake up everyday and see a new day to read a new book' to laugh, to chat with my friends, to travel, to watch arsenal play football and I don't have to wait on anything or anyone to be happy I can just choose to be happy use like that wherever I am whomever I am with and if what I am doing is not making me feel happy I can just Ike that make another choice. There is no one to hold responsible for my happiness and that is just really very awesome! So who are you holding responsible do your happiness? News flash! That's your responsibility! Let them off the hook! Let yourself off the hook! Just choose to be happy and keep choosing until you are
Peace

Leave the situation or accept it

"See if you can catch yourself complaining in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself a victim. Leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness." - Eckhart Tolle, German born best-selling author.



ok confession time on the journey! Cold weather is not my favourite! The starting temperature here is minus5 degrees Celsius! Its been snowing all week! Cold makes me move fast, I have been rushing through everything! Walking, learning, eating, you name it I am doing it fast so I can either get inside or finish and leave Moscow! I saw a few homeless people and I was like OMG! how do they survive?

Brutally honest I am rushing through so I can finish and leave tomorrow! Cold weather and me? we need to get reacquainted but right now the relationship is shaky! So like Eckhart says, leave the situation or accept it, I'm bussing out, leaving this one!
Peace!!

 

Getting out of the Square

Decide to rise to explore your place in the universe.  Danielle La Porte



Ok well I wish that I can say Moscow got warmer but nope, it got colder!! And how amazing is this? I wanted to go home and sleep during lunch, somehow I start feeling tired around lunch, still adjusting to the time difference. I come out the building and police like peas! Well golly what is really going on here? I don’t know, they don’t speak much English, all I know is that they want to search my bag and frisk me and I can’t pass in front the Kremlin to go home and sleep! I walk further and then people like peas! I ask what’s going on. ( to a few people) would you believe there was a rally celebrating Crimea being included as part of Russia and the president was giving a speech? Well blow me down with a feather I start to walk faster! I am in the middle of Red Square on a historic day! And honestly all I want to do is get warm, get inside and watch it from a far!!
The police are super professional, they handle the crowds really well and look at the chocolate chip in the cookie (me) curiously as they notice that I want out! They help me leave and I thank them
So much for working after lunch because trust me, I ain’t going back outside!!!
Peace!!!

 

Trini's everywhere!

Its been a few days of travelling and settling in and moving around. Moscow is pretty, and COLD!! I have been having some really long days, all part of the journey right! Fell right back into the solo vibes, I actually missed it, gives me time to think and reflect!
In the airport, the first person talked to me asked "Are you from Trinidad?" I got pretty excited and blurted out yes yes! Do you know it? He said of course I am Trini! No way!!!!! How did you spot me? I just saw a Caribbean Airlines tag on your hand luggage! Oh! So we chatted a bit, he lives out here working in the oil fields of Siberia, he told me for December it was -54degrees! I told him that is a morgue! It was a nice welcome to Moscow, then he disappeared and that was that!

Another long day learning about crowd sourcing, new trends in youth entrepreneurship and wrapping up warm!

Peace out!
 

To Russia with Love!

We seem to prefer our pain over risking something new; at least we know how to suffer, and we are oddly afraid that we won't know how to function if we are happy. But we don't really want suffering; how could we? How could anyone? Our will, in truth, is happiness . ACIMI noticed that many times I try to avoid pain rather than go for then joy, you know what I mean? I look at the options and say what would cause me the least pain and that's what I would do! Less risk, less out of the comfort zone but now I decided listen I'm going for what makes me happy, taking the risks and just bloody happy! And that's all! There will be lessons on the way, as they say where I'm from "ah ready"

So I'm off to Russia, see you in a few days, when I land I will check in and say hey!!!
Still on a high from the Trinidad book launch, so much love, so much support, so much old and new friends!! thank you everyone!!!
Ah gone until Monday!!
Peace

 

Reflection - The quiet proceeding the storm

Reflection. The quiet proceeding a storm. Thought. Solution. Hindsight . Natalie Stewart
It’s launched in Trinidad and Tobago, On March 12th 2014, the book “ What Did I learn Today, Lessons on the Journey to Unconditional Self Love” was launched in Port of Spain at the National Library of Trinidad and Tobago (NALIS).  
I woke up in the morning and I went for a run, I ended up on the top of Lady Chancellor Hill, one of the places with a most spectacular view of Port of Spain, I sat down after at the top and looked out at the city and thought to myself, wow, isn’t the Universe a miracle making awesome machine? Here it is, my journey, a simple story, one that is not dissimilar to many many other stories, is being told, by me, to heal me and just like that, may heal others. I sat there and just breathed in the thanks for a bit
The energy in the room was high, full of love and laughter, my family and friends whey sah!! Dem peeps come through for me in a way that I cannot even begin to describe in words how it touched me! My mama, My aother 2 mamas who took care of me growing up, my friends, they just took charge, I just had to show up as me!
The book review, done by the lovely Erica Ashton was super duper perfect, the launch by Mr L Anthony Watkins who is maybe or is one of the most inspirational speakers around the planet was thought provoking and true, the closing remarks by my big sis Germaine Charleau was  authentic, funny and just plain ole good! Truth be told I was feeling quite embarrassed at all the accolades! My old work mates came and supported, big love to them and to everyone who made the effort to come out and say hi and be there , I love you all!
So what’s next, I am off to Russia tomorrow, new journey so hey, stay tuned!!!
What did I learn today? I learnt to take the path, take the risk, show some love, open your heart and be grateful for it all!
Peace!!!
 

Launch day is here! yayyyyy

I pray today to be EMANCIPATED. . . EMANCIPATED from fear and all its children: worry, fret, doubt, can't, shoulda/woulda/coulda, procrastina- tion, shrinking, hiding and 'don't know'.  EMANCIPATED from pride, arro- gance, thinking I know what's best, thinking I'm superwoman and erroneously believing I can do it all on my own . Innervisions    Living in the deep, breathing in the deep, loving in the deep, growing in the deep, grieving in the deep. Coloring outside the lines even when you’re afraid. Stepping outside of the box jumping on top. Make no mistake, there will be the temptation to re-enter the box thinking it is a safe place because you have lived in that box for so long. It was more than an acquaintance. You may have even call...ed it your friend, lover and home. But, let’s take an honest look at the box. It can be suffocating, claustrophobic...it strangulates the very core of your soul’s essence and threatens to silence you once and for all! Anyways, Blessed to have another moment, another daydream, another moment, another maybe, some more minds to get into! Launching a book today in my home country! I'm still in awe of it all and giving big thanks- breathin it in......Peace!