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Who Establishes Worthiness?

Your worth is not established by teaching or learning. Your worth is established by God. As long as you dispute this everything you do will be fearful, particularly any situation that lends itself to the belief in superiority and inferiority . ACIM

Your worth is not established by anything you do, make , share, teach or learn. You are           born worthy!Isn't that magnificent to know?Everything that you do does not make you worthy, everything that you don't do does not        make you unworthy and vice versa.You are worthy, period.We forget our worthiness, we forget our magnificence, we forget our enoughness and           engage in behaviours that reflect that. When we forget, we must learn, unlearn and re-         learn. And that process of unlearning, re-learning and learning still will not make us               unworthy, because we already are worthy. That process of learning will continue until we       transition. The process will continue until we get it, until we accept that our worth , then         we move on to something else.Remember that, our worth is is only established by God, by virtue of being born, you are        worthy!
Peace
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What Do You Believe?

What you believe precedes all experiences - Iyanla Vanzant

What do you believe about your health, your finances, your body, your dreams, your abilities?

What do you believe about the world?

Do you even know?

If you don't consciously know, your life will reflect to you all of your beliefs. It really is quite amazing!

When you pay attention to your beliefs not only can you change them, you can change your life.

Money in my case, I believed that there is never enough of it for me to live. My life started reflecting this. It is only when I started paying attention to my beliefs I realised, wait a hot darn minute, I believe in a lack. Life has a way of reflecting what is inside of us.

So, I have embarked on the Journey to change these beliefs, I have started reading books, clearing off my debts, paying my bills on time and in love and knowing that there is always enough. The hardest part for me was charging a fee for the services that I provide, and this struggle is made so much more easy by the people I surround myself with and my flexibility to be open.
What are you believing about yourself, and how is it playing out in your life?
Pay attention
Peace

Have you read any of Akosua's work?What Did I Learn Today? Lessons on the Journey to Unconditional Self Love

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Teamwork makes the dream work

"Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much."  --Helen Keller


Heart Fire was scorching! It all came together so fabulously! I couldn't ask for a better band of supporters, they are all angels.
The one thing we thought we did not have, a photographer, showed yup. A friend who takes pictures gladly obliged. I know that I am divinely guided and supported- if I had any doubt I don't anymore. I took the approach of letting the team do their thing, each of them have strengths and maximising them is always magnificent!
I am so honoured that this team chose me, they say the team work makes the dream work!
Who is on your team?

Peace

Have you read any of Akosua's work?What Did I Learn Today? Lessons on the Journey to Unconditional Self Love

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Today the Heart Blazes a Fire

“ I want to live the rest of my life, however long or short, with as much sweetness as I can decently manage, loving all the people I love, and doing as much as I can of the work I still have to do. I am going to write fire until it comes out of my ears, my eyes, my noseholes--everywhere. Until it's every breath I breathe. I'm going to go out like a fucking meteor!”   Audre Lorde

Today is Heart Fire- A Book Reading Event. I am so proud that we have gotten to this point, the team has rallied to bring the event to this point. My gratitude cup is overflowing. The three ladies that are in my corner are angels. The encourage dialogue and allow me a safe space to just be!
The results are always magnificent learnings. Today promises to be no different
I learn every-time to put the work in, to plant the seed and let it go. Wanting to control everything is a recipe for stress and disaster. So, with the nervous energy, the excitement and the faith that all is well, the team makes it's debut at a national event open to the public. 
I give thanks for everything today.

Thank you to the AAT, to Dominque Roy

Peace

Cheers to Knowing

Knowing, as we have already observed, does not lead to doing . ACIM

I cannot tell you the number of times that I have, in response, to a question about doing something that I must absolutely do but for some reason procrastinate say I know. In fact, I may repeat it - I know I know.Today as I was reading ACIM, it hit me, knowing does not lead to doing, knowing is the first step. to complete the action one must do!I say I know to satisfy myself that I am doing something, in reality I am not really doing anything. I am stalling. So, how do we complete the process, how do we complete the "doing" 1. We acknowledge where we are 2. We accept where we are3. We commit to taking a small step, daily4. We stop judging ourselves5. We celebrate the small wins6. Repeat!
Cheers to knowing!Peace
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Is anything enough?

When you know you have given enough, done enough and taken enough, the pain of overwhelm is replaced by your powerful decree: enough!  Iyanla
Our belief of our enoughness is critical in making decisions.When we start from a place of enoughness there is less striving, less proving and less stress.
When nothing seems enough we lose perspective on what is working in our livesWe leave gratitude out of the equationand keep on searching, looking, wanting.Start from a place where YOU are enough and see what difference it makes
Peace

Love is..

it costs absolutely nothing to love people. love does not mean i will carry you. love does not mean i will stay. love does not mean i will allow you to bring me harm. love is just that. there is a way to love without letting people that are not good for you into your space . Diamond Dorris

Love does not hurt
Love does not cause drama
Love is Love
Unconditional Love does not mean that there are no boundaries, it does not mean anything goes. Boundaries are in place to engender respect of self and others.
Love is Love
Love is Acceptance
Love is Patience
Love is being in a Safe Space
Love is knowing your worth and not having to bargain for anything.
Love is Declaration, not secretive
Love is freedom
Love is being vulnerable
Love is Love

Peace

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Love vs Fear

Nothing and everything cannot coexist. To believe in one is to deny the other. Fear is really nothing and love is everything . ACIM 


How many times have we pre-planned an event in our mind, we create scenarios and have proper conversations about what can happen, what ought to happen, what will happen if he or she says or does so and so!And then when the event actually happens, it goes nothing as we anticipated, especially when the conversation is based on fear.
Fear has its place, it is a survival mechanism. we have evolved from living out in the wilderness, we have taken this survival mechanism and used it inappropriately to cause ourselves and others undue stress and strife.
Fear is really nothing and love is everything - I absolutely live by this when I am feeling totally at sea and afraid I remember this lineLove is everything, love of self first, love of others, love of lifeIf you are reminded that love is everything, you will not act in fear.
What have you been doing in fear?What have you been doing in love?
Pay attention to thatPeace
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Why Do You Play Small?

FB memories gets me every-time. This morning one popped up from six years ago, I wanted to share it with you as it really resonated with me.
Peace



What did I learn today? She asked me, “why do you play small?” my first reaction was that she was talking about my weight as the conversation was previously on the different type of African food that I have been “sampling”. I responded “ I play small because I I am” and I chuckled! Blank stare!! “Do you know that you have a responsibility to yourself, to your ancestors, to your spirit?” Ok now it was getting serious, now it was time for me to pay attention. “what do you mean?”
She said to me that it is your responsibility to excel, to glow, to do what you know you can do. It makes no sense holding it all back! What are you saving it for? Why do you give one single thought to what other people think? Those who are for you and what you stand for will remain, the rest are passing through on your journey, leave them, and continue along your path! Please, honor your responsibilities, your purpose and your ancestors. There is no way that you will go off course, off target without getting back on track. You said to me that all things are lessons didn’t you? Well there it is! It is time!
My only response was ok! 

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Peace

What Are You Focusing On?

Each of us has a set of core beliefs that compete with our divinity and attract the very things we try so desperately to avoid. Iyanla

I have learnt that when I focus on things I don't want they manifest! It really is a mind set to realign my focus onto the very things that I do want.
I have learnt that what we focus on grows
Subconsciously or not, focus has growth faculties, so ask yourself, what do I focus on daily
and when you do, see what is evident in your life
If you are fine with it, carry on smartly
If you are not, then it really is this simple, change your focus!

Peace