The next three months of your life

I read an incredible story today in People magazine about Christa Brelsford, the 25-year-old volunteer who lost her leg in the earthquake in Haiti. In mid-January her right leg was amputated.

Since then, after several more surgeries, she has gotten engaged, started a charity organization (Christa's Angels) that has already raised $110,000 to rebuild the collapsed school in Haiti, and ice-climbed with her new prosthetic limb! Amazing. Beyond her courage and optimism--both of which are inspiring--what really gets me is that...it's only April!!!

It's a reminder to me that with focused will, vision, and courage; we all have the potential to achieve the incredible. Time, loss, and ill-health do not have to be barriers if we don't allow them to be.

Someone said to me yesterday, "Our fears are imprints from the past--they're not at all about our present or future." That really made sense to me. What fears are you holding onto that may have been passed on to you from someone else, or were born out of a situation that is no longer relevant in your life?

When you think about your fears, how do you feel? How about when you think of the dreams that excite you most? What does that vibration feel like? Maybe you get smiley, more grounded, less twitchy, maybe even glowey? Hold onto that. That's what's real.

What are you going to do with the next three months of your life?

OK Universe- I'm Ready!

Today is a special day. I am leaving a full-time job that I have been in for over 4 years and today is my last day of work. I feel grateful for the stability that job offered me, the beautiful people I met, and the money I was able to save over that time. That is all so very positive and I want to leave feeling grateful. Thank you Universe!

I am doing something very brave right now-- I am taking a jump from a secure boat into the vast ocean. I have some direction where I am going (work that I am doing with Sara, writing, etc.) some leads on some freelance and part-time work, but really, I am entering the abyss. And I need to. As much as I feel grateful for what the job provided, it was also a bit of a hardship on my spirit. I know that is not the job's fault, it's just what happens with me and jobs. I am not sure if it is my conditioning or just my nature, but it is hard for me to not take my work seriously. Too seriously.

If I move into accepting this about myself and can harness this "seriousness" into MY work- coaching, teaching, performing, writing and speaking- then maybe I can actually make a go of it all. This is my dream-- to do work that is aligned with my soul. I know it will require patience, faith and persistence.

Yes Universe, I am fully ready to grope enlightenment. I am ready to live an authentic life and I pray for your guidance and support as I move forward with meaningful work. I'll take all the help I can get. THANK YOU!!