I was strolling through Bowie Town Center yesterday afternoon and wandered into the Hallmark store. There, on one of the shelves locked away in a glass cabinet was a beautiful angel, with the word PATIENCE written in beautiful lettering across her purple robe. I fell in love, partly because I collect angels, but also because [ Read More ]
Today’s challenge is cultivating deeper faith. Several of my life coaching clients have been working with this challenge lately. Since my world is a mirror of my consciousness, there are aspects of me which would benefit from stronger faith muscles. This I know. So, I’m offering here two tools I’m using now for myself with [ Read More ]
This morning, right in the middle of a prayer, out of nowhere, I started laughing. I got into a funny mood, for no particular reason. It made me think of the reply my grandmother gave me when I asked her for her secret to living to 95 (and still being in her right mind): “Valerie, [ Read More ]
After having slept on it last night, upon awaking this morning and while still lying in bed giving thanks, something else came to me about commitment. What happens when we cannot honor our commitments or no longer desire to? What then? Maybe you had the same question on your mind. Since I like formulas (they [ Read More ]
I was sitting comfortably in bed, propped up on pillows, reading Simple Abundance while sipping a warm cup of Celestial Seasoning’s sweet coconut thai chai, when I remembered that I hadn’t posted to my blog today. Oh forget it, was the first thought that came to mind, I’ll do it tomorrow. There was a time [ Read More ]
It’s Monday and I’m reflecting on last week’s trip to New York in which I left Thursday and returned Friday. I set an intention in advance to experience joy each day I was away. Little did I know how greatly the intention would serve me. What happens when things don’t go according to carefully laid [ Read More ]
Today’s idea: we are each the creators of our reality and the shapers of our individual destiny. Play a game with me. Call to mind a current snapshot of your life. Call to mind your job (or business or whatever you do for income), your house, your bank accounts and investment accounts, your relationships, your [ Read More ]
Today, I’m traveling to New York. I’ll drive from my home to the metro station, where I’ll take a train ride into downtown Washington, DC. Then I’ll get on an express bus to New York City. After arriving in my hometown, I’ll walk from 34th Street to 25th Street. I know me. There’s potential in [ Read More ]
I can never be too thankful, so today is a day for giving thanks. I am thankful that I woke up this morning at 5:00am, went out for my morning walk, came back and did yoga followed by meditation and prayer. I then ate breakfast, read scriptures and reviewed my life plan and goals, all [ Read More ]
I’ve been talking a lot lately about meditation to my coaching clients. It’s a recurring theme for good reason: meditation is one of the best ways to begin the day. Whether you call it meditation, contemplation, reflection or silence, the practice of sitting comfortably in a relaxed position, breathing deeply and quieting the mind produces [ Read More ]
Today I am feeling happily satisfied with myself for a job well done. For the past two years, I’ve been a student at Inner Visions Institute for Spiritual Development. Yesterday, I graduated. The night before we graduated our class put on a gala, to which we invited friends, family and the public. It was phenomenal. [ Read More ]
Today I feel rushed. I don’t have to, I’ve done what I set out to do. Yet, I still feel this need/compulsion to rush. There’s a lot going on this weekend for me, including participating in a gala on Saturday night and graduating on Sunday from Inner Visions Institute. I feel rushed and a tad [ Read More ]
I’ve been working with trust lately. I’ve had challenges with it at key life intervals, so I know there’s a lesson in it for me. The issue came up this morning. I placed an order for books for an event this weekend. As an author, I like to always have books on hand. Since I [ Read More ]
This whole blogosphere thing is fascinating. I’m in new territory. I went to Technorati to register my blog. I understand that by doing that, more folks will find and read what I’ve written. They told me to create a post and add this link to it: Technorati Profile So I did. To me, it looks [ Read More ]
This afternoon, I’ll be going to my daughter Varonika’s school to create Father’s Day cards with her 1st grade class. The last time I was there, we made handcrafted Mother’s Day cards together. A few months earlier, we did holiday cards. I love creating greeting cards with Varonika’s class, which consists of a bunch of [ Read More ]
I recently traveled to Kenya on a missions trip. While there, we went on safari. After checking in at the lodge, we each went to our rooms to put down luggage and prepare for the evening safari. When I got inside the room, I noticed a letter posted on the wall. The letter stated that [ Read More ]
This morning, while gazing at my vision board, I read a quote posted there from Malcolm Forbes. It states: “Success follows doing what you want to do. There is no other way to be successful.” A simple truth, yet it may be one of the most violated. How many of us do what we don’t [ Read More ]
This morning I was conducting a coaching session when an issue surfaced that had been hampering the client’s success in business; which then led her to inquire about the fastest means to ‘fix’ the problem. During an exploration of her urgent need and compulsion to ‘fix’ herself and her life, we both had to chuckle [ Read More ]
This morning in my prayer and meditation practice the idea of spiritual principles came up, and it dawned on me that spiritual principles are both timely and timeless. I’ve been thinking more about spiritual principle now than ever before, maybe because recent challenges drew me into a deeper spiritual practice. The other day I was [ Read More ]
“In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you.” Deepak Chopra This morning I was furiously swatting at the stray mulch on my driveway which has come undone in the recent wind and rains. Caught up in a sweeping frenzy, I had one goal in mind: to herd the stray mulch back [ Read More ]
