An Adventure With A Surprising Purpose

Continuing with my 100-word blog challenge...

My long trek home was met with delays by a presidential motorcade then heading in the wrong direction, finally arriving at a designated gas station for low cost gasoline. While fueling, I met a couple looking to find a home for their puppies. Unexpectedly, with puppy in tow, we both are heading home together.

Finding a place to rest, I met a distressed lady who had just lost her dog. It was then I realized that all of my delays led me to this place, at this time, to be a messenger to bring this particular puppy to this lady. 

People Who Need People

As a massage therapist, I awakened a desire to bring comfort to hospice patients at the end of their lives. What I get in return is so much more rewarding. 

Violet was a devout, God-fearing woman who was loved by all and inspired me. Bella was alone, harboring resentments, empty in her faith. 

What separated them was a hallway in their facility. What they shared were my visits. 

Each time I saw them brought more of the same until I noticed the staff was more attentive to Violet’s needs. 

Bella needed Violet. 

My mission that day was to introduce them.

Day One: My 100-Word Blog Challenge

My Oxford American Thesaurus defines a challenge as stimulate, inspire and excite. When it presents itself, it’s up to me whether I want to meet it and greet it or not.

I’m in a freelancing class and it’s stimulating me to explore my writing deeper. Task: Inspiring me to write a query letter and exploring topics.

Not excited yet. Why would I accept? Eleanor Roosevelt said it best, “…you must do the thing you think you cannot do.”

Challenge: Post a 100-word blog for 7 days.

Goal: Submit to Reader’s Digest True Story Publication.

Day One, blog is completed!

3 Ways to Jump Start Your Vision Into Reality

Sometimes taking simple measures toward your purpose could be all it takes to jump start your vision into reality.  

It came to me this morning when I was journaling, how effortless this passage can be if I keep it simple. I embraced my passage by trusting the signs along the way even when it didn’t make any sense to me. 

More clarity came when I trusted this process which led me to the realization of getting closer to my dream of hiking national parks, teaching workshops and blogging the journey. 

Yes, it could be frustrating sometimes especially when it becomes confusing but I found it to be a normal step in the process. All the pieces of the puzzle will come together nicely someday, when I least expect it. 

I’d like to share with you some ideas that worked for me.

Listening to what feels right. When I want something different, it means doing something different. What’s not working in your life? Be honest. Are you surrounding yourself with people who inspire you? Listening to your gut is a good place to start. Spend less time with people, places and things that don’t believe in your dreams and goals. You will move forward faster if you keep in touch with someone who understands you.

Finding a source of inspiration.  I begin my day with a routine that energizes me. It sets my vision into action. When I place my copper spiral pendant around my neck, it feels like I’m putting a key in the ignition of my inspiration. When I’m overcome with many things to do, I ground myself by writing 3 pages. It ‘drains my brain’ and it helps me to decide what’s essential to do next. Find something that works for you.

Make a website that best describes you. It’s a great lesson to bring into light the real you. Even if you don’t know where to begin, just do it. Most times when I’m on this journey to ‘find myself’, it usually doesn’t come in a message all at once. It’s a process. Start with describing yourself on a simple website or blogspot. Blogging is a powerful way to unfold your destiny. Find the avenue of your communication that you can do now. Keep it simple. Walk through your fear of doing it right. You’ll make mistakes along the way but remember it’s a passage to uncover the real you and your destiny. Trust.

What I’m discovering is that it’s easier to accept abundance when I am rested, taking care of myself and keeping in touch with people who understands my journey. That is when I am most open to receive. It’s about keeping things simple. Most importantly, I believe that God has a wonderful plan for me. I decide each day to trust the process, breathe deeply and have some fun.

The Healing Chakras

The chakra system is used as a method for achieving wholeness while pursuing a healing journey to restore the balance in our mind, body and spirit.

What are chakras? 

Chakras are spinning vortexes of energy located just in front of the spine and positioned from the tailbone to the crown of the head. They are spinning wheels of light. The word ‘chakras’ comes from the eastern culture, meaning ‘wheel’ in the Sanskrit language.

Life is energy. The same energy force that flows through plants, animals, all through life, flows through us. The chakras are a map of our inner world, and how our relationship balances to the outside world, how we experience life.

Have you ever caught yourself daydreaming about hiking in nature while sitting at your desk in a high rise building? The 1^st Chakra helps to bring awareness of our human need to connect with Mother Earth.

The chakra model provides us with a way of identifying the type of energy that we’re experiencing and the tools to make us feel whole again. The awareness of how we feel and identifying the source of our unhappiness is key to liberating our self. 

ls low self esteem holding you back from your destiny? The 3^rd Chakra empowers us to discover our potential to motivate us to fulfill our goals.

Using the chakra system is an effective way to access the various levels of our consciousness, our self awareness. It is a guide to our inner world.

There are many ways to address each chakra for each individual awareness:

• Connecting a sense to our surroundings with the 1^st Root Chakra by planting a vegetable garden or carving a pumpkin.
• Identifying with our 2^nd Sacral Chakra with a sense of pleasure by playing calm music and dancing like no one’s watching.
• Empowering our self with the 3^rd Solar Plexus Chakra by defining our boundaries and taking a few minutes from our busy schedule to take care of ourselves.
• Transitioning our self to the spirit of our higher chakras by gifting someone an anonymous loving deed to connect with our 4^th Heart Chakra.
• Using our creative expression for our 5^th Throat Chakra by singing and painting to communicate our artistry, our true self.
• What inspires you? The 6^th Third Eye Chakra suggests meditating on dreaming of our inner soul passions.
• Liberation and true freedom comes with connecting with the Divine on our 7^th Chakra.

David Pond, author of Chakras for Beginners described it best, “The dance of ego, soul, and spirit takes place within the chakras.” It is a rainbow journey through the chakras that enlightens the energies to fulfill our wholeness to our inner spirit to become what our heart desires.

I created a workshop where we explore into our self-awareness using the chakra system. In this class we focus on our relationship with the seven levels of energy: survival, pleasure, love, creativity, intuition, and spirituality. An enlightening and experiential workshop.

If you would like to know more about my workshops, please visit my website for information.

www.annkmassagetraining.com

The Bottom Line

Reflections on my next adventure...

I will live passionately by doing my work and trusting that I will be taken care of.

All of my needs and desires are met. It is all there waiting for me.

I have a drive to do something that I’m not comfortable with, yet...      “I am going to suck until I suck less” Progressive Insurance Lady

Moving forward by doing my passion is all it takes to live an abundant life.

God has a wonderful plan for me.

I realize I can live this life on my terms.

Pay attention to all the goodness and believe it.

God is good.

Amen

Betting On Yourself To Win

“I’m all in” is what you may hear in a card game when a player bets all of his money on a winning poker hand.

A commitment he makes that he is confident that his hand is going to win.

It’s the luck of the draw. Taking a chance on how it’s going to turn out.

A gutsy move or playing it safe.

Different occasions impact decisions. Sometimes we face our fear, jump in, betting we can do it. Other times we don’t.

We make this decision all the time. 

At the end of your life, will you look back and see that you played your ‘hand’ well? Did you have an ‘all in’ attitude, betting on yourself to win?