SOUNDS OF THE PATH TO TRUTH AND PEACE

Each person needs to grow in the truth.  Our blind spots keep us from taking responsibility and making choices about the truths we need to face.  Of course, that is a choice. The more truth we hear, the more we are open and the more we learn.

When a person doesn't get the message from God or the universe, it sends someone to tell us. It is telling us to come up with the things we have avoided to get them out of the way for something more beautiful. This has been a year of getting messages from the Holy Spirit and God, messages that I avoided for many decades. 

It is a good thing that I am not taking more responsibility in living my truth than I did in my past. I am learning to walk in truth more today than ever.  The peace and freedom I have that the universe has given me is so wonderful.

It does not mean that there is not a sense of rebellion inside that wants to choose avoidance as a choice.  It means that I stop struggling and am learning to become freer with each choice I make towards resolution of the issue.  In confronting the issue or challenge, I am freeing myself from allowing the issue to consume or walk all over me. 

This is not only directed to people but to life's challenges in business and personal life. I want to be ready to go to the next level that God has planned for me.  Somehow I have not progressed but stayed at the same level, if not regressed, more in the past ten years because I choose to avoid making choices.

Today, I heard the message from Joyce Meyer.  She said that we can't get to the next level until we seek the truth. She also reminded me that if we complain about something not to pray for it.  We need to not complain but find a way to discuss in a way that will not offend or hurt someone. 

In my life, I have tried to carefully choose the right words, but sometimes they have been 'straight talk' that has hurt someone.  I have also avoided confrontation with my parents and not expressed how their words were hurtful, as I realized that it was no use because they didn't care.  When you wake up and realize that it is ok to let the offense roll away and smile and listen, that is a wonderful thing. 

I think I am writing my blog for today by accident so I should cut and paste this and put it in my blog.  That is confronting the issue that I love to write and go to FB first rather than my blog! 

In my gratitude for today, I was thankful for my bills, for the issues I have to face with the IRS, the water I drink and use for bathing, the newness of stewardship and giving back, and for the universe bringing the challenges to me to confront. 

Yes, even the fact that the issues I have had with my car I am in gratitude for.  When it was apparent that the vehicle needed to be replaced, I choose not to take action. That action has cost me much money over the past few months.  I also have realized that I am not alone in the issue of a Buick that stalled and stops while you are driving it, no matter what speed, and that it could have cost me a major traffic accident and could have cost me my life.  For that i am in gratitude.

I have spent the past four days at home without transportation.  This last stall left me panicked and I am afraid to drive the car.  That fear has to be conquered as it is consuming the peace that I have felt.  It has also lead me to get the paperwork done I need to do to find another reliable vehicle.  Tomorrow I am going to find another vehicle that I can drive for now until time for me to purchase another quality mode of transportation.

It is ok for God and the universe to let change come into my life and allow me to through his refuge become peaceful through good choices. The devil and negative energy can stay away as I am in the refuge of God and universe. 

If God and the universe did not chastise me, I might wonder about God's love.  Many years ago, I knew that the choices I did not make would someday be brought to me as  I was allowed to wander in the valley of the shadow and through the earth to live a life of wonderment and challenges. 

As I write this to you, I am glad that I can now walk in truth and am looking forward to that which is already planned for me.  Having God as the CEO of my life - my company, my partnerships - creates growth and allows me to continue dreaming.  Yes, even those of us over 60 can still dream. 

Oh, by the way, I am working on building the foundation of my dream now.  Each day, I take a new step and it is good. Go forth.  Continue dreaming. Visualize where  you want to be and what you need to do to get there.

I end with a quote from a FB writing from Wayne Dyer: "When you live your life going through the motions, it may seem to be convenient, but the weight of your dissatisfaction creates a huge imbalance in the only life you have now. It shows up when you are sound asleep and your dreams are filled with reminders of what you'd love to be, but you wake and return to pursuing your safe routine.

Allow yourself to think about this fire from heaven. What are your dreams and how can you shift your thinking habits to match your dreams? Commit to thinking about what you want, rather than how impossible or difficult that dream may seem. ... Dream and you shall become."

I spent part of yesterday in teleconferences to hear messages that I have heard, given to others and not heeded. So again, I heard the message from someone else. 

God has shown me for years that I was just as capable to speak and write as my friends and colleagues.  Did I listen?  Somewhat.  I would start and stop.  Go to meetings and learn and make appointments.  I had a great speaking business in the 1980s and then it stopped because I stopped.  Now, it is time to ask me "Who is Sher? What does she want?" and find the goddess, the queen in me and make it happen.

By writing this to share with you, I am doing so.  Thank you for allowing me to share my thoughts.  I hope the something in this writing resonates with you to help you today to confront an issue and make the right choice to move it from your path to that which God and the universe has planned for you- much better that you or I can anticipate we can do by ourselves. 

Tim Davis just put a message on Facebook as I was writing and I will end with this as it is the summary of my writing.
The Daily Difference for July 31, 2013
"Every great achievement first began with a decision to start"

Question to reflect upon
When have you pondered too many choices rather than make a firm decision? What if you made that decision now?

Now does it make sense?  Did you get the message?  Go and do and dream on.

Peace and Happiness and Laughter

Coastal Woman magazine 
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Sounds of I QUIT

Good evening.  I cannot believe it has been 90 days since I have last blogged.  I apologize to my readers as  I value your following.  These past 90 days have been the most days I have every lived in the desert for many years.  It was well worth it as I have learned a lot.

Today, a note from Darren Hardy came in my email.  After reading it, I wanted to share it with you.  This year, I will celebrate being an entrepreneur of over 50 years. I started baby sitting when I was 10 years old and had a great business all through high school.  So, today I want to now follow the advice of the billionaire Darren interviewed. I want to quit.

http://darrenhardy.success.com/2013/07/i-quit/

My new mantra is "I quit."  I don't quit life or living; I want to quit my business and start another one. I have worked for so many years to help others sustain themselves and succeed and become Fortune 500 companies that it is time for me to fulfill my own dream.  More on that later.

Take a look at what you are doing. Are you happy and have a passion each morning you wake up for what you do?  Are you ready for a new challenge?  Are you not managing your business?  Is your business managing you?  It is time now to take stock and decide what your passionate story is to share and tell. 

Thanks Darren for your words or wisdom.  I will be sharing excerpts of my forthcoming books with each of you and will share e books starting in September.

So stay tuned for more to come.

Live Life Out Loud and Dance,
Sher

Sounds of the Faces of Peacebuilding

Peacebuilding can be a reality if we work together. It starts with each one of us. Are you are peace when you wake up? Are you at peace when something happens in the first few minutes of the day when something negative happens to you or a family member?

Be at peace during those times. That is the place to start. As the Director for the Gulf Coast region for the Peace Alliance, I am inviting each of you to become engaged during this next month. Help us ask our legislators to co-sponsor and support funding for the Youth Promise Act and the Department of Peacebuilding. 

I am a peacebuilder.  I have been a peacebuilder all my life.  Here is the story of a peacebuilder.  Enjoy.
http://fop.kontribune.com/articles/1750

Join the movement: Click below and learn more about the Faces of Peace.  Tell your story.
The Peace Alliance

Be at peace.

Sher

Sounds of Storytelling

Aloha!  Today is such an awesome day.  Yes, the sky is cloudy and gray. Yes, it will probably rain today.  Yes, you might be tired. Yes, someone in our lives creates drama today and is probably thinking of it right at this minute.  Yet, with all of the chaos in our lives right at this moment, be grateful that you are alive and able to take one breath, and then another.


Yesterday, I was asked to tell a story about laughing at myself.  It is something that I have used over the years to get through those times when I felt sad, or when the need to redirect my thoughts seemed important.  So, I laughed.  There are many times in my life when I can laugh and know it is ok.  The story I told was about living with dentures at an early age and being single.  For the past several years, I have worn a partial denture.  Several years ago, I was injured during a Mardi Gras parade when someone from the second tier of a float threw an entire bag of beads toward me. I am sure he did not think it would make an impact but it did. Just not the right way.  I was not asking for beads; he just threw them I guess trying to be nice. 

Needless to say, the bag came directly at my face and hit my nose and lower jaw and lips.  There was an immediate swelling of the face as I continued to walk to the convention center where the parade ended.  I was not able to talk nor eat for several days. The secondary trauma to my jaw and my teeth has caused me to require a partial denture.  The dentist says that I need a full denture within the next year, both on top and bottom.   

The second part of the story relates to a question quandary.  How does a person tell someone they want to date that they wear a partial denture?  What does one do with a first kiss?  At 61, you would think I would have the answer.  WRONG!  I am glad that this is a long-distance relationship until I figure this one out.  Or if he reads this blog.  Oh well, the info is out of the bag now.
If my readers have any ideas, let me know.   

Back to the story... that is the story I told at Toastmasters on Wednesday.  I joined the Downtown Mobile Chapter last July.  This group is one of the happiest groups I have met.  It is easy to get to know the members; they welcome everyone at the meetings.  I always look forward to Wednesday as it makes the rest of the week go by quickly.  By nature I am happy, and use the happy gene that God gave me each moment.  Several Wednesdays I have not felt so happy, but left happier as the members are caring and show it.  Their smiles are so important.  If you are ever in the downtown Mobile area at noon on Wednesday, come to the 34th Floor and stop in at the Bienville Club and join us for lunch.

I was involved in Toastmasters many years ago in college and when I moved to Columbus, Ohio.  Until I rejoined, I did not realize how much I missed it.  It makes sense that if I had stayed, I might be farther along in my speaking career and taken it more seriously over the past twenty years.  Although it was a goal in my career plan, I put it on hold and didn't pursue it. Now, I am doing so.  My ultimate goal is to travel and deliver keynotes and speeches and conduct workshops.  While I help other speakers and authors become successful and fill their schedule, I have not worked on my own schedule.  For 2014, that is what I am doing.  

Do you have a fear of speaking?  Want to learn how to become a better speaker and enhance your leadership skills?  By joining a Toastmasters Club, you gain both skills.  Toastmasters International

Now, what story to you have to tell?  I love to share stories.  As I move into writing each early morning, I will share my life stories as they are written for my new book due in the fall titled 59 Voices: It's My Turn.   Evan Porter wrote on his Nebo Blog about storytelling and I wanted to share his words with you.  http://tinyurl.com/dya2wd8. 

Now, share with me your story.  Write it down and start your legacy book to share about you with your children  and your family.  Do they know all about you?

Namaste,

Sher

 

 

Sounds of Change and MOJO Back

To Coastal Women of the Gulf Coast region:  Yes, we are behind in publishing our launch issue of Coastal Woman digital publication.  There are many things that have occurred since our staff meeting in December, with the thoughts of getting the issue out in January.  As much as I would like to control the universe (Not!), so many opportunities for growth and healing have occurred this year to the writers and to the publisher.  Do not fear, we are working steadily to finish the advertising and branding packages this week.  It is my goal to produce a smaller version of the digital magazine for April, as we will be focusing on women in maritime.  Sometimes your dream does not take shape when you want it. 

During this time, I found myself overloaded with client projects that were not completed, deadlines that became dead, relationships that needed mending and clearing out and cleaning out old garbage.  And just feeling as if I was the only one in the world who had to manage this all on my own.  Sound familiar?  I realized that I was not alone and that I had to regroup, rethink, replan and take it one day at a time.

Now, I am taking it one day at a time.  When I wake up, I have my top three opportunities to complete.  Over the course of the past weeks, I was given other opportunities that required me to be there for a friend's passing, to be there to help my friends during this time and to intercede with the angels as requested. 

My intuitive nature became stronger.  My ability to listen and advise clients is stronger and on target.  And, sometimes it is just being a good life coach and listening. 

I made the conscious choice to give volunteer time to one nonprofit.  There are other national boards I sit on and represent that I have not focused energy on.  Now, is the time to step back and regroup.  And all of this was based on my dream of publishing a women's magazine.

Coastal Woman is needed in this Gulf Coast region, and that dream is still on the white board.  When things got in the way before, they are not in the way now.  Sometimes you have to clear the field to truly see what blessings you have been given.

We shall publish - we are just really to finally make it happen.  So, stay tuned.  In the meantime, clear out your closets, your projects, let the go or get them done now.  A colleague of mind uses the quote GSDN - Get Stuff Done Now.   That is the MOJO I have gotten back to. 

Keep positive energies coming this way.  Our 2013 editorial calendar has changed:

April - Women in Maritime
June - Women in Sports
August - Women in Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics
October - Women in Media

We are looking for women aged 40+ who have created and developed successful careers in these areas who live in the Gulf Coast region from Key West, FL  to Brownsville, TX to feature.  If you have any suggestions for women to consider, inbox CW or email us at coastalwomanmagazine@gmail.com.

www.coastalwomanmagazine.com

Synergy of A WOW

I just got this video in my Facebook. It is with pride that The Synergy Solutions Group and The Kids Initiative share this with you.

https://www.facebook.com/LIKEABOSScom

Sounds of My Thoughts in Early Morning!

Happy New 2013!  I have not been blogging as usual and I apologize to my readers.  You honor me when I receive emails and notes from you about how my words make your feel.  So, you have inspired me to continue my writing on a daily basis.  This post will become the center for helping you to transform your life and your business into your dreams.  I am going to share with you parts of my case studies that I am developing for workshops and my book "The Oval Factor" due out in 2014.  

It is really 3:20 am on Wednesday, January 30 and I am wide awake and still up and writing.  My mind has been racing and I forgot to get that extra cup of coffee I did not need.   I started out my beauty routine before I went back to the office by using coconut oil all over my face and body.  The results will not be shown in video but I can tell you that my skin feels differently already.  So, try it if you have dry skin or want to decrease your wrinkles.  

Yesterday, I found that I had old body lotion and makeup that went to the trash can.  It was old, liquid and out of date.  Yes, your mascara can get out of date.  If you don't use these items within six months, give them a new home in file 13.  Care about your eyes and your skin.

For the past three days, my face has been swollen. Both the traditional and alternative physicians do not have a diagnosis.  There are still toxins that find me from the Gulf Coast spill and that could be one of them.  It is not the flu, nor sinus, nor flu.  Having chemical sensitivities does not help.  I am not used to being ill for a long period of time, and that has happened since November.  I have had respiratory illnesses most of December and January.  So, back to holistic healing remedies and a Clean Detox Nutritional Plan for the rest of my life.

There is much to do with client work.  I have not been as on time with client projects as I have always been.  There is no excuse.  I am revising the business model for Coastal Woman magazine this weekend.  I know it is needed on the coast, will take time, and will need investors.  I am relying on my ability to create relationships with friends and businesses who see the need for this type of publication, from Key West to Brownsville, TX and focusing on issues and women aged 40+.  It is amazing when others do not realize how much time it takes in getting the business started, but it is started and I will succeed.  

This is my legacy to Gulf Coast women.  Thank you for all your do and for your support.  

Below are jpgs of an article I wrote in 2008 on Turquoise Place in Orange Beach.  It is beautiful and a wonderful place to find your peace.  So, check it out.

In synergistic energy,
Sher  aka/Dr. Mom
http://www.thessg.us