“Your life will be transformed when you make peace with your shadow. The caterpillar will become a breathtakingly beautiful butterfly. You will no longer have to pretend to be someone you’re not. You will no longer have to prove you’re good enough. When you embrace your shadow you will no longer have to live in fear. Find the gifts of your shadow and you will finally revel in all the glory of your true self. Then you will have the freedom to create the life you have always desired.”
~ Debbie Ford read more

“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can quote them, disagree with them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They push the human race forward. And while some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.”
~ Apple Inc. read more

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.”

–The Unanimous Declaration
of the 13 United States of America

Life. Liberty. And the Pursuit of Happiness.
Shall we be ever so grateful, today and always, to our founding fathers of this great nation, for granting us these rights. Let us be grateful to the divine spirit and our parents, that we were somehow fortunate enough to be born here instead of being born into a life of oppression. And if we immigrated here, to offer ourselves thanks for having the strength and resolution to seek out a better way of life for ourselves and our family. read more

Stillness is what creates Love
Movement is what creates Life
To be still, Yet still moving –
That is everything.
~ Do Hyun Choe

http://blog.gaiam.com/quotes/topics/stillness

There are a number of passages by Eckhart Tolle. Years ago, when I first read his book, The Power of Now, it did not make a whole lot of sense to me. But back then, I did not know how to practice stillness. To be with stillness. It makes complete sense now.

Tolle Says: “When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. Your innermost sense of self, of who you are, is inseparable from stillness. This is the I Am that is deeper than name and form.” read more

 “In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is far more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.”
~ Warren Buffett

Why are we humans such creatures of habit?

Last night I went out to eat with my parents, who are in town visiting for the winter. I always have to prepare myself, because usually some part of the evening will be devoted to hearing about someone’s illnesses. Last night was no exception. A good friend of theirs was recently diagnosed with an ‘unknown’ auto-immune disease. First they thought it was rheumatoid arthritis, now it’s ‘maybe’ something else. Her skin is receding. read more

“If they ever saw a sunrise on a mountain morning,
Watched those cotton candy clouds roll by,
Drifted to the soft lullaby of the rolling sea,
They’d know why I live beneath these Caribbean Skies.”
~ Me, Victoria Prehn (adapted from Chris LeDoux)

This morning’s clouds truly were like cotton candy …. Fluffy, dissolving, filled with the sweet promise of a new day.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Valentines day. I sure did! And my sweetheart surprised me with a wonderful, unexpected gift – a pair of bluetooth wireless headphones for my iPod. Now I can perform my villa chores, listening to my podcast inspiration, and not get all tangled up in wires. That was really sweet of him 🙂 read more

Love the world, in an ever widening circle of kindness, and keep loving until the day when love conquers all hatred and no one and no thing is excluded from loves tender embrace. For of all the treasures in life, there is nothing better than giving a person a piece of your heart!
~ Unknown

Happy Valentines Day Everyone ♥

I hope your day is filled with the little things that make your heart happy …

And then maybe some chocolates, or a little candy heart with ‘I Love You’ stamped on it from a secret admirer, a bunch of flowers from your very own valentine, and lots of hugs and kisses too … read more

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
~ Michelangelo

Wow, the sky is so clear this morning. I’m helping a client work on her self discipline later today. So while I sat and watched the sun rise, I was thinking about intentions, being clear about them, and bringing them to life. What does it take?

Dr. Wayne Dyer says: “Intention is not something you do, but rather a force that exists in the universe as an invisible field of energy- a power that can carry us. It’s the difference between motivation and inspiration. Motivation is when you get hold of an idea and don’t let go of it until you make it a reality. Inspiration is the reverse- when an idea gets hold of you and you feel compelled to let that impulse or energy carry you along. You get to a point where you realize that you’re no longer in charge, that there’s a driving force inside you that can’t be stopped. Look at the great athletes, musicians, artists, and writers. They all tap into a source.” read more

“Write it on your heart
that every day is the best day in the year.
He is rich who owns the day, and no one owns the day
who allows it to be invaded with fret and anxiety.

Finish every day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.
Some blunders and absurdities, no doubt crept in.
Forget them as soon as you can, tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely, with too high a spirit
to be cumbered with your old nonsense.

This new day is too dear,
with its hopes and invitations,
to waste a moment on the yesterdays.” read more

“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed … Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
~ Michael Jordan

It’s another Monday, and that’s the message the sun held for me today, as it had to struggle to burst over that big cloud embankment. I have a full week – Of bringing dreams to life, juggling time between helping others with their pursuits, and launching my own visions. But I’m up for the challenge!! Life is grand. read more