Keep doing what you need to do, day after day even if you're not seeing immediate results. Do it for the journey, not for the destination. Put a lot of effort, show your work out there and learn along the way, meet people who are walking along side you and help those who get lost. Eventually you will meet the right person who is seeing how dedicated you are. They will open a door that wil get to you the next level. It can be the right client, a business partner or a great mentor. Plenty will say it was luck but only you know the effort it took you to be recognized by that person. Than you can only go up from there.

If quotes of this nature appeal to you, you might want to visit Earthlings for Peace: A quote from Eugene Petersen that applies to us in our personal lives. It may be equally helpful for those of us who have been barking orders to the Cosmos about the ways in which the world stage needs to be altered: The assumption of spirituality is that aways God is doing something before I know it. So the task is not to get God to do something I think needs to be done, but to become aware of what God is doing so that I can respond to it and participate and take delight in it.

Maybe something feels different. You can’t quite put your finger on it, but somehow you sense that something is shifting. You may feel more sensitive than usual. More restless. More alive. You may find yourself questioning things you used to simply accept. Is this really the life I’m meant to live? Is there more for me? Why do I feel such a deep longing for something I can’t even name? Maybe you long for more meaning. More authenticity. More joy. More connection with your soul. If you recognize yourself in any of this, perhaps you are already part of something much bigger than your individual journey. I believe humanity is going through a profound awakening. And I believe that each of us has a part to play in it. Not by becoming someone else. Quite the opposite. By coming home to who we truly are. For me, this means becoming more conscious of the places where we have separated from ourselves — the parts we have pushed away, the feelings we have been afraid to feel, and the aspects of ourselves that have been waiting to be remembered. And this is where embodiment becomes so important. Because awakening isn’t only something that happens in our minds. It has to find its way into the body. This is what I explore inside Expressive Art Space Embodiment. It is a completely free space where I offer two things: ✨ A process using tapping and breathing to help you work with difficult emotions and create more space within yourself. ✨ Spiritual Embodiment Calls on Thursdays at noon EDT, where I guide you through a playful process of sound, movement and imagination. There is no performance. Nothing you have to get right. Instead, it is an invitation to reconnect with your body, your inner child, your soul, your higher Self and your own divine spark. This is The Restoration of Self. A return to wholeness. A return to yourself. And perhaps, ultimately, a return to the part of you that was never actually lost.

I won't share what anyone else in the group has shared. But I will provide an example of the kind of posts you'll find there. Something I shared. I’ll probably never be able to know fully what it was like for Janelle to experience what she went through on 9/11/2001 when she was trapped in rubble from Tower One for 27 hours, unable to move. Nor will I ever be able to grok what it was like to be rescued after 27 hours of wakeful consciousness and having only reassurances from an angel named Paul (who she thought was a man named Paul, not realizing Paul was an angel until after being rescued). We all have our own journeys in life. I have no doubt that Janelle agreed before being born to be in the building when it crumbled. I’ve heard her share about what happened in an interview. The story starts with her in her office with some colleagues on the 13th floor having just felt the impact of the first airplane. (Not knowing there’d be a second one, of course.) They are all wondering if they should leave the building. None of the building’s emergency sirens have gone off. Janelle says she was hesitant to leave because she was a new employee there. This part of the story takes us to what can serve for me as a mirror of how I use to live. I went to entry level jobs every morning for years. Because I thought I had no choice. I had somehow imbibed one of the stories out there. A story many imbibe. While some people are programmed or hypnotized by stories about "You will be rich" or something else. I love the power of mirrors. How reflecting on other people's experience can shine a light on our own. We are all dwellers of this planet. In the human condition. I imagine this is one of the reasons some people enjoy reading biographies.

We are living in times when the rubber is hitting the road. We are having lived experiences that call on us to step into the best of who we are. To discover our graciousness, our maturity, our gentleness and power. Does that sum up your experience? Does this statement match your experience of these times? Does this statement peak your interest? Do you find yourself saying "Tell me more?" (The statement is something inspired by a member of my community. She was sharing about a recent moment in her life. And that was my response. Afterwards, I realized it might be universally applicable.)