It’s YOUR life, no one else’s. You choose how to live it. If you don’t choose, someone else will choose for you. The life you are focused on right now is just one of infinite threads that all exist simultaneously. Reach into the future with your mind and claim the possibility that you want. Intend to make it real.
And this is not just “all about you”. You help to create the world around you when you choose, because you are part of the All. What you choose ripples outward to the rest of humanity. It begins with you, in your thoughts, beliefs, and choices.
I invite you to help yourself today to a free copy of The Turquoise Heart. The download page is here. Life is a journey, and for Anna the journey becomes a surreal exploration of some of her own fears and limitations. She begins to ask herself, “Where does the dream end, and reality begin?” You will too, I promise! This is a novelette length read (a little more than 1 hour), and is a prequel to a future longer novel. I hope you will take the time to read it, and send me your feedback. Thanks!
It’s important to believe in yourself, but let’s face it, we all need some help with that from time to time. What would you do without the people who are in your corner, cheering you on? They are your champions, and here’s why they are so important:
Every day and all around you, there are people expressing their opinion about how you “should be”. It can be extremely crippling when you buy into it, because so often these unsolicited gems of wisdom are negative. These people are not secure in themselves, consequently their chief aim is to demoralize, demotivate, and drain you. They are called “energy vampires”, and this is how they achieve some or all of their personal power. They do not want to see you succeed, because they believe that would somehow diminish them.
Your champions, on the other hand, aren’t trying to mold you into their idea of success. Rather, they see your talents and strengths and encourage you to follow your own unique path. They offer to share their knowledge and mentor you, where it is appropriate. They truly care about your success!
So believe in your dream, intend to succeed, and work at it passionately. You will find your true champions gathering around you. Hold them close, treasure them, express gratitude to them often. Your champions and mentors are pure gold.
An excerpt from The Turquoise Heart, where the speakers are Elsu, mentor to the main protagonist, 14-year-old Anna:
…“I AM very tired. When I answered the call of the wind, I did not expect this many problems over here.”
“Problems? Is that how you choose to see it?”
“Yes, I would like to go home now. I need a break from all this drama.”
Elsu smiled. “It is your story, Anna. I suppose you asked for a drama.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“Well, if memory serves me correctly, you were feeling very bored with life, and asking if there could be more. You came over here and started to find it. What were you expecting, exactly?”
“I guess I thought it was going to be easier.”
“Anna, nothing worth anything is that easy. Did you really want all of the answers to be handed to you on a silver platter? We had a good conversation where I suggested some ideas, but you will make up your own mind about those as you move forward.
“As for Suki, she grated on you in order to bring to the surface all of the feelings you have at school about fitting in. She was a valuable experience for you, as you were for her. You are going to encounter many Sukis in life, Anna. You won’t always be able to just walk away from them, the way you choose to do at school.
“The Sukis of this world have a sense of entitlement to control other people. When they can’t, they try to punish them. Believe me, a girl who is worried about a dress and a boyfriend is the least of it. She fortunately will outgrow it, but there are those who do not. In order to withstand them, it’s important to have a strong sense of yourself”...
The Turquoise Heart ebook is currently being offered as a free PDF download. This novelette is a prequel to a much longer story, as Anna’s quest to find a more expansive vision of life unfolds.
Help yourself to a free copy now if you’d like to read the story. Download it here.
My new fiction novelette called The Turquoise Hearthas arrived. This novelette is being introduced for free as a prequel to a future longer novel.
A call from the wind and a turquoise heart transport 14-year-old Anna across Redwood Creek on her quest to discover more beyond the standard formula for life. What will she find there? How does it change her view of herself and life?
And, will there be a sequel? It is highly likely. As the cover teases, “Sometimes an odyssey begins with one little heart”.
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The beautiful butterfly captivates us with its brilliant color and lightness of being. Its joyful flitting among flowers never fails to raise our spirits, and somehow it gives us hope. Hope for what? Well, perhaps simply a world where more color, joy, and lightness of being may be possible. Butterflies cut right through to the core of our being. They speak to our souls about joy.
We were born with lightness and joy
As adults, the world and its problems have this way of weighing us down. Eventually we forget that we were born with this innate sense of joy. Watch young children. They are still in a cycle of newness, discovering, joyfulness, positivity.
Butterfly, symbol of transformation
There is a long history of the butterfly as symbol of transformation, resurrection, adaptability to change, lightness and joy. You’ll find more about this in the article: Dance like the Butterfly
Allow the butterfly in you to burst forth
Embrace your soul lessons, because they are food for your transformation process. Learn from them, and do not get weighed down by regrets and problems. Allow yourself to grow, bloom, transform completely, to the beautiful butterfly you were always meant to be.
Born to Fly
I had a “friend” who wanted to dissect me, so they could determine how to capture me.
I have worked hard in this life to unchain and free my soul – Why would I agree to this?
The young me would yield to please, but, the older me stands firm for autonomy.
I’m not an ant made only for hard work, I discovered I have wings, I’m a butterfly.
Thank you for the lesson! I cannot allow you to pluck my wings and pin me down.
I will not deny that I am a butterfly, real friends let friends fly, and so must I.
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Living life wholly, fully, completely, is a process of learning, with full awareness and reverently, for life IS holy – I don’t mean religiously, but yes, spiritually, and respectfully of All of Life, not sacrificially of yourself, your own soul, your learning, but cooperatively with humanity, compassionately, understandingly, gracefully, lovingly, becoming wholly One.
Letter to Humanity
On the winding path of life we’re here to learn, that love’s greatest lessons are not to be spurned.
Be faithful and true first of all to yourself, but don’t leave your heart sitting on a back shelf.
Brave the big world and embrace what you see, we all contribute to humanity.
Love is the compass to navigate our way, a world of connections needs no special day.
The challenge, you see, is to each do our part, to heal the world, we have to live from the heart.
Unison
Heart, mind, and vision, intention creates action, people have power.
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