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Life will always accomodate you

Life will always accommodate you in any way you choose. Life is always listening to the silent requests of your heart and mind.
It’s all up to you. Life will accommodate you in any way you choose, exactly how you choose. And whether or not you believe it, what you have right now in your life is a function of your own requests! Some of those requests you made openly and some you made silently. Doesn’t matter! Life is very accommodating and the minute the requests change, your life will follow suit Iyanla (the boss!!!)
That’s some brutally honest wisdom laid down there by Ms Iyanla threw down there and for me it resonated!  Life will accommodate your requests and what you have your life right now is a function of your own requests! Thats what I call owing your stuff! I mean think about it, we always have a choice even when we feel or believe we don’t have any choice! I am now very very careful about my thoughts and my words because it all starts with the word! Many people say I am quiet but now more than ever I am mindful of the words I speak and the “noise” I let into my head I stand guard at the door of my mind! And that is not to say I don’t like the occasional joke and ole talk as we call it back home but how many of us call ourselves names? I’m so stupid, I am so ashamed, I am sick and  tired, I am broke, I am a fool. Enough! Everytime you affirm that you are those things and really you aren’t!
Make some positive and affirming requests to life because guess what? Life will always accommodate you!
The Universe never censors, it just creates
What are you creating today?
Peace!

I'm working the vision!

I've found that one of the fastest ways to get to freedom is to surrender:
·         to our desires unfolding in a way that we never could have imagined
·         to the universe having an even bigger, better plan than us
·         and to the fact that sometimes things don't turn out the way we thought they would...and that that's a good thing Kate Northrup
So I am in Trinidad and Tobago now on this leg of the journey and what I really found interesting is that many of the people that I have met one of the fiorst questions that they ask me is “ Where do you work?” or “Have you found a job yet?” Now I know that many of them are asking purely out of concern and love and I accept that and give thanks for their love and concern!
Even more interesting is when I reply that I do not have a job yet and would like to work on promoting my book, speaking engagements, teaching and serving the world. It is either an outright “are you mad?” or a look which suggests that I have gone stark raving mad!
This is when I dig deep to pull out lessons that I have learnt along the way, first one, do not take things personally, second one, keep the vision because a vision pulls you forward, and third sometimes its better not to spread your seeds on concrete but only on fertile ground, which means that everyone is not to know your dreams and vision at a particular time!
So many of us are walking around with gifts, talents, something inside them and don’t have a vision! What is that about? I have learnt that when you get a vision, when you have a vision the Universe is smiling and waiting for you to ask....... and you will receive! Don’t worry about the how, just do the work, have faith and believe! Not a to do list, that is not a vision! Something bigger than yourself! Without a vision, the people perish
So I’m working this vision because as my teacher Ms Iyanla says “ God never gives you the vision without the PRO-Vision”
Peace!!
 

Excerpt from book "What Did I learn today? Lessons on the Journey to Unconditonal Self Love"

http://books.google.tt/books?id=HbqrAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=What+Did+I+Learn+Today%3F+Lessons+on+the+Journey+to+Unconditional+Self+Love.&source=bl&ots=ls0bIUO2EI&sig=FMwJIU40ljaaNipSSGddjkLVMyQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=vVDbUorJLJPKsASn54DoDQ&ved=0CEkQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=What%20Did%20I%20Learn%20Today%3F%20Lessons%20on%20the%20Journey%20to%20Unconditional%20Self%20Love.&f=false

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Peace

Life lessons we don't get to skip

We don’t get to choose the lessons, what we get to choose is how graciously were going to learn the lessons; ultimately we are all learning the same thing just in different schools, for example we can learn discipline through sports, chemistry class etc we get to choose whether we get them in the gutter or in the mountain top.
Life’s lessons we do not get to skip Deborah L Johnson
I am now intrigued by Dr Robin’s Smith new work! In her book Hungry, The Truth About A Satisfied Soul- she really brought some home truths for me to the forefront of my mind.  Dr Smith was riding high in life with a thriving practice as a psychologist, regular appearances on the Oprah Winfrey show, a weekly radio programme and bestselling books and then it all came to a grinding halt.  She talks about throughout her life she had always focused on living to everyone’s else expectations, doing everything they asked everything they recommended in the hopes that by pleasing others that she would find fulfilment and please herself. Instead she found herself spiritually and emotionally starved and this reflected in what happened in her life! She talks about fighting to get her voice into the room to break the cycle of silence- her tendency to inflate and trust the voices of others over her own. The book is about awakening and becoming conscious about your thoughts feelings and actions and this is why it resonated with me so much!
I identified with her hunger! I was there! Spiritually and emotionally hungry! Bordering on famine trying to fill up myself on scraps until the Universe said her no more! Fill yourself up with your own joy and see what happens, it will multiply! Trust the process! Tell the truth – TO YOURSELF about what you deeply long for want and need and then make a choice!
“ I proudly own the ups and down’s of my own life and rejoice in my own healing”
“God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, and shouts at us in our pain, its his mega phone to rouse the deaf........ sometimes he just has to get that loud”
What are you hungry for?
What are you playing deaf to?
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Finished the race!

Be like free flowing water accepting no limitations, flowing over all obstacles as it rushes to join the ocean, from whence it came Neale Donald Walsh


I finished the race! Now trust me when I tell you it was tough!! I made the first 3k's fine and then as I turned the corner I saw the hill, that hill looked like a mountain I tell you!! But what did I learn, you tell yourself something and you start believing it, running is a mind thing more than a physical thing! I kept telling myself, you got this chick, you got this, do you know who you are? Yes you better act like you know who are! Just as I hit the hill the legs said to me, no chance buddy! No chance you are running up this in pain! I stopped to walk! So the legs and mind was having a fight over the Long Circular Road in Port of Spain, people started passing me, I was hearing in my mind, how can you let them pass you? I was hearing you aren't competing with them, you are competing with yourself, pay them no mind, start running, start again, I got you!
The fight continued for about one km and then it kicked in, I started running! And I made it to then end beating my best time in Uganda by seven minutes!!! I was so bloody proud of me but most importantly I know that positive self talk, belief and setting small goals help you get over the line every single time! Now if you ask me if I will do a ten k race anytime soon the answer will be an automatic NO!!! LOL! Been there and done that!!

Peace!!

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Your soul is undamageable

Every gift, however ugly or beautiful should not be judged, controlled or manipulated in any way.  It should be unconditionally accepted, surrendering to what is showing up in the present moment of your life now. This gift, unconditionally accepted, should be integrated as part of Who You Really Are, as you allow your Soul to evolve further reaching new heights of enlightenment, knowing everything happens for the best.
There is nothing to fear, your Soul is undamageable, accept the love being presented to you as a gift and allow it to unfold as it should.
In this way you will find out that everything happens for the best  it is purely a function of time.
This unconditional acceptance is the key to love  of you and of others.
I agreed to do a tenk race tomorrow and ok maybe that is fine in context but I agreed to do it after an intense bootcamp workout! I heard the yes coming out my mouth and somehow I couldn’t catch it in time to put it back in! I realised I said yes because I want to challenge myself, I want to keep striving, to do something I never did before and prove to myself that I can do anything that I put my mind to! Why not start with something like this right? Simple!
So another start over point, another journey and another opportunity to say to myself, “Self, you can do this, remember the Universe got you” Some people do it with changing their diet, some people quit their job, some people speak up and stop people pleasing, some people start being authentic and true to themselves, me today in this moment I am doing this!
Wish me luck as I wish you blessings on your own choices to prove to yourself how magnificent and awesome you are
I will support you in your magnificence not in your smallness
Peace!

The mind is like a light bulb

Every thought expresses either love or fear; there is no in-between ACIM
I love the Course in Miracles, it makes you focus on your thoughts and I have learnt that your thoughts create your reality. What you think about manifests itself into reality, that’s really the law! The lesson is pointing out that no thought can be dismissed as trivial, and no thought is neutral. So what are you thinking about? Are you thinking about what you don’t what? See what happens, pay attention!
Off to see my grandma in South, we have these intense conversations around the kitchen table while she makes and then I eat my favourite food! Bake!! (a type of bread). I am very privileged to have my 82 year old granma still here, still feisty and still cooking the bestest food ever!!!
Here I go, thinking my world into reality!
What are you thinking about?
TD Jakes says you’re a thought away from the life that you want to live
Peace!!

No more What if's!

So I ask you, my friend, are you willing to go there? Are you willing to sit in fire and sacrifice the comfort of your known world for the potential of something amazing, new and unknown? Don't you want to find out what's on the other side of your fear?  Jackson KiddardI’m done with the “What if’s?” You know what I’m talking about right? Making stuff up and thinking worse case scenario for no good and valid reason! What if I can’t make any money while I am here?What if I don’t have a family for the rest of my life?What if I have to ask people to help me? What if they say no?What if global warming here and it starts snowing?What if I made a mistake of epic proportions by returning here?Check out how I have moved from the ridiculous to the sublime! So I vow today to end the What if’s?, they will mash you up!! And here is  what I have learnt, making up stuff is never helpful when choosing to live a life of peace, joy and dreams fulfilled! Well making up bad and crazy stuff. Start with something positive and assertivePeople who live more fearlessly just don’t hang out much with the what if-ers   It’s too hard to be around chronically unhappy and frightened people.Here’s to not wasting another minute in and focusing on doubt, self pity, indecision and making up crazy stories!Move past the old story, creat a new one. A Course in Miracles says your thoughts are images that you have made, and most times they are false!So, no more what if’s?Peace!!!

LIving in Fear is so last season!

Living in fear is so last season, if you want to be happy and really live your dream you have to take a stand and just put yourself out there. You might fail, yes indeed - but, you might, you just might succeed too! Don't you want to find out? Either way your life will never be the same... Can you handle it?"

- Jackson Kiddard, author & polymath
It’s been a while! How have you all been? Well as you can see I made it! I am back in Trinidad and Tobago, sunshine and all! Finally got out of Chicago, stopped in Houston again for two days and then made my may to Trinidad! I have finally defrosted!
I am starting over! Clean slate! It’s bloody scary I tell you but after I get over the initial fear its actually bloody exciting! Can you imagine having a clean slate and being able to put all the lessons you have learnt into practice, rewriting your story and learning more lessons along the way? It’s really something else! And I agree, we really cannot fail in this thing called life, we can make choices that are not in our best interests or choices in fear but guess what? We get to choose again! A Course in Miracles says “ I must have chosen wrongly, because I am not at peace, choose again” I also get to see how much family and friends love me and rally around me to ensure that I am ok, that I am loved and that I am A-OK!
So, here I go, the aim is to be here until March! I launch the book in Trinidad in March, move on to Africa at the end of March then onto the US to continue promoting the  book! In between that I want to teach, speak at events, watch football, exercise, eat nice food and just go for the joy!
Stay tuned!
Just do it! Forget mistakes, forget failure, forget everything except what you’re going to do now…And just do it!
Peace!
 

Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait

Those who are certain of the outcome can afford to wait, and wait without anxiety, ACIM (I love the Course in Miracles!!)

Snow is pretty! The temperature is not much higher today! I know for sure that I prefer heat to snow!! I am scheduled to leave tonight, many flights are delayed including mine but I am sure that I will be getting on a plane tonight come what may!!!

So that's it short and sweet in Chicago which they have dubbed Chiberia (like Siberia) because the weather here is colder than Siberia LOL!! I am off again!!!

Peace!!