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Spiritual Awakening: The Bold And The Powerful!!!

It is hard to believe but one of the greatest spiritual lessons I learned came 30 years ago when I was competing in The U.S. Jaycees National Armbruster Competition. I had just won The Florida Jaycees State Wide Armbruster Competition and I was focused on being one of the top 5 Jaycees in America. I kept meditating and visualizing how the week at National Convention would unfold then I arrived at The National Convention and decided to just let things go as they may and to control what I could and accept what I couldn’t and do my best to know the difference. This led to me making the top 10 and becoming a finalist. I walked into the room and I boldly and powerfully stated ” You know they give out 5 of these and I plan on taking one and you all can battle it out for the other 4 left.” This began a great understanding of manifestation as I was named one of the top 5 Jaycees in America. The rest of the week was celebratory and as I left and boarded the plane to come home I began to realize how important it was to show gratitude to all those who believed in me and helped me to bring a goal to fruition. Over time during the spiritual awakening process I have recalled the journey and the work it took to become a top 5 Jaycee in The United States and have drawn from the joyous feeling to continue to be bold and powerful in everything that I do.

I have adopted the anthem to be bold and powerful in all that I do and to make a statement that will inspire and empower others and encourage them to also be bold and powerful. I remember being told I was nominated for The S.AK.E. Community Service Award and then informed that I would be presented with the award and the exhilaration I felt knowing that I had stepped into my power and made a positive impact on those I cam in contact with through my work with The Lauderhill Broncos of The Pop Warner Football Program. During my speech I stated that it is better to build children than it is to repair adults and the audience erupted in applause. As I left the stage that night I understood that when you take action to be of service and value great things happen. A few weeks later I had a vision of designing a pair of sneakers to wear during The American Cancer Society Relay For Life of West Boca Raton, which are pictured here. I have since met a designed who now has them available on her website at www.justginnie.com in the footwear section. It was great to see that being bold and powerful has led this vision to come to fruition and thus I am able to further my mission to create a world with less cancer and more birthdays. We all have the power to do great things, however sometimes we get tied up in the what ifs and the I can’ts that we do not take action and thus do not bring our projects to fruition and we stifle our spiritual growth. Ask yourself why am I not being bold and powerful? After you find the reason find tools to help you become more bold and powerful.

Spiritual Awakening: Nothing But A Dreamer??? What You Talking About Willis?

Supertramp talks about being a dreamer. Are your the dreamer or the action taker?

Spiritual Awakening: Nothing But A Dreamer? What You Talking About Willis

This post was inspired by The Supertramp Song, Dreamer as it talks aboit being a dreamer at first it condems the dreamer and then it embraces the idea of being a dreamer. I added the What You Talking About Willis from the TV Show, Different Strokes, so as to emphasize how important it is to believe in yourself and not let doubters hold you back. In his poem Hold Fast Your Dreams, Langston Hughes says:

I have used this on several occassions during presentations to illustrate the idea of having dreams. I am reminded of the final scene of The Movie Accepted when the character Bartlebee ask the question What Did You Want To Be? One of the Board Members answered a Flute Player I wanted to play the flute. I began to think why did the man who want to play the flute give up or never pursue it? The reason he bought into the adult mode that dreams are for kids. Dreams are for everyone and you should always encourage the dreamers for it is those that take action on their dreams that succeed and inspire to do the same. Louise Hay, The Founder of Hay House Publishing(an affiliate on this site), shared the follwing in a recent interview with Ray Hemachandra:

Louise Hay Shares insight into how her dream of Ballroom Dancing became a reality.

Ray Hemachandra: I am told you have taken up ballroom dancing.

Louise Hay: Yes, and it is something I started rather late, about two years ago. For whatever reason — for many reasons — I was always frightened of it. I kept saying things like, “I’ll do it in my next lifetime.” Then one day I thought, “That’s pretty stupid!”

I walked past a dance place, and they said, “We teach you to dance one step at a time,” and I thought, “I can do that!” So, I went in. I remember I held my breath the entire first lesson. But I kept going back. The self-help teacher talks about her books, her business, retirement, and the power of thought and word.

One day my teacher said to me, “Louise, I see the fear come into your eyes. Where is it coming from?” I couldn’t answer her, but when I went home, I thought about it. “Where is this coming from?” I thought. “Why am I so frightened of this?”

I got the answer. I felt that if I did it wrong, I was going to be slapped. I thought, “Oh, my, that goes back a long way, and I am still holding on to that!” And this understanding broke it for me.

I went back, and I told her what it was. When I realized what the problem was, that made a whole difference. And then, from there on, we had a lot of fun.