Mighty Gems – Essence of Authentic Presence

Abundance is not something we acquire. It is something we tune into ~ Wayne Dyer When you go for a physical walk in Nature are you 100% present with the experience that is abundantly shared with all of your senses? Do you make a mental note of the high valued immediate benefits experienced with your inner being - mind, body and spirit? Do you continue to feel this and enjoy that deep joyful feeling after the experience? When you think of having a large quantity of something that is plentiful - how do you relate to it? The words abundance and prosperity have two separate meanings. The word abundance is on the inside and is a feeling such as love, calm, joy, gratitude. What you feel is abundant is likely different to someone else. Prosperity is on the outside and is tangible as material wealth. Join us as we explore these two powerful words with infinity of limitless possibilities, differences of their unique mindsets and how to openly receive the benefits of both.

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” - Robert Louis Stevenson How is your thought garden growing? As you move through each of your daily moments, you are planting thought seeds in your garden. Once they are planted, they grow into your reality whether they are beautiful blooming flora or tangled thorny vines. It might seem that each of your daily moment thought seeds are a small thing but, in reality they are sprouting all around you. They gather together with other thought seeds already existing in your garden and determine your actions, your habits and your character. On its own, your thought garden does not distinguish between positive or negative action seeds and requires that we become careful caretakers of the thought seeds we plant. Take time as needed to keep in touch with what you are accepting into your garden. Make a conscious choice to refuse to accept anything that does not fit your intentions. Join us.

T.S. Eliot said “For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice…” When you come to the end of something, do you take time to acknowledge where you have just come from and where you are currently at? When a chapter comes to an end, what matters is leaving the past where it belongs and letting it go Take a deep breath and release. Endings are valuable. At the end of a year, it is one of the best times to pause in gratitude, gather thoughts together and reflect. Then without much ado, pay attention as you turn the page of the calendar to a new beginning and step boldly forward. Fully embrace with strength, conviction and mindful presence the new opportunities to build, grow and fully experience each new moment. You are the architect of how you design and express your voice for implementing the actions needed for building your new beginnings. Join us as we discover the true benefits of being fully present with endings and beginnings.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryun As a human being, we all have the ability to be mindfully present, be actively aware of what we are doing and be aware of where we are in each of our available 1,440 daily moments. There is a choice to make within each of these precious moments. Are you mindfully present? Do you choose to pause, take a deep breath and say ahhhhh? Or do you constantly jump at the sound of your phone calling you to react to the various demanding sounds it makes? Like anything you teach yourself, the more that you practice being mindfully present the more that it is readily available to you along with your other senses. It might feel like you are venturing into new territory. But, as you choose to pay attention and explore how you feel at the beginning and end of each day, you will likely look forward to this new way of being.

Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass, it's about learning how to dance in the rain… Vivian Greene Many great locations around the world have physical reflecting pools included within their environments. They come in many shapes and sizes. Their ultimate importance is to provide a space to embrace quiet contemplation that is separate but open to reflect and interact with the world around them. Do you find yourself being the chaotic disturbance that challenges any possibility of quiet contemplation either within yourself or from your outside influences? To be effective, your pool must be as still as possible. You can create your own reflecting pool so you can be practicing presence and fully embracing the benefits as often as you desire. Ideally, your pool should be reflecting what you want to look at and in a space that is not crowded. Join us as we explore the basic concepts and how to design your own useful reflecting pool.

Seize each moment as an unique valuable opportunity to make choices using your passion and emotions to find more time to sparkle in your daily life. d Lee Do you feel yourself looking for the elusive sparkling time genie to gift you three wishes to have more time? How do you know when you have received your wishes? Do you focus on the illusion of finding time to balance all the various aspects of your busy life? Unfortunately it is difficult to actually achieve a true state of balance. Instead of hoping for balance, you can create harmony with a vision of who you are and what kind of life you want using just three words = BE HERE NOW. You can reinvent yourself as needed when you approach Time as a valuable commodity. Pay attention, be creative as you are focusing on the things you need to accomplish and letting go things you do not need to do. When you are doing things you love to do, you are energized and Time flows smoothly. Join us as we explore ways to create harmony in life.

Embrace resilience as you mindfully move along with the moments of your day. It will positively affect your daily outside experience in a consistent way. ~ dLee Do you take time each morning to envision your plans for your journey experience for that day? You can create your experience with an attitude of it being a recipe made up of your choice of ingredients. What experiences do you want by the end of the day as you reflect on your pathway? All of the basic ingredients for resilience are available to you and the outcome is the result of how you mix them and apply them to yourself. You can start this process right now and adjust it as needed depending on how it affects your overall intentions and sense of being. When you embrace your personal effort from a positive confidence, you can start out with a balanced expectation that you will be able to handle daily stresses that consistently show up unexpectedly. Join us as we experience the mindset of embracing resilience each day.

T.S. Eliot said “For last year's words belong to last year's language. And next year's words await another voice…” When you come to the end of something, do you take time to acknowledge where you have just come from and where you are currently at in discovering yourself? When a chapter comes to an end, what matters is leaving the past where it belongs and letting it go. Endings are valuable. At the end of a year, it is one of the best times to pause in gratitude, gather thoughts together and reflect. Then without much ado, pay attention as you step forward. Fully embrace with strength, conviction and mindful presence the new opportunities to build, grow and fully experience each new moment. You are the architect of how you design and express your voice for implementing the actions needed for building your new beginnings. Join us as we discover the true benefits of being fully present with endings and beginnings.

Nature is man's teacher. She unfolds her treasures to his search, unseals his eye, illumes his mind, and purifies his heart; an influence breathes from all the sights and sounds of her existence. Alfred Billings Street Traditional educational studies have us learning 'about' nature as if it is an object separate from us. With the Law of Oneness in mind, the variety of species making up the whole of nature are all connected and all have unique intrinsic value. Humans are just one of these species and we do not need to go far, Principles of Art including balance, emphasis, movement, rhythm, variety abound naturally. Elements of Art including shapes, value, space, color, patterns and textures are readily available all around us. Our human challenge is to practice deep observation, deep inspiration and deep experience in with all of our senses. Join us as we rediscover learning with profound feelings of reverence and with enthusiasm the designs and systems existing in Nature.

“Dance. Smile. Giggle. Marvel. TRUST. HOPE. LOVE. WISH. BELIEVE. Most of all, enjoy every moment of the journey, and appreciate where you are at this moment instead of always focusing on how far you have to go.” ~ Mandy Hale Do you keep asking yourself the same question, “Am I there yet?”. If you are constantly checking your progress, is it a potential reality or is it an illusion? Being in gratitude for where you are in the moment is the key to fresh results. Gratitude might seem an overly obvious, simple and elusive element - until you decode it as the secret sauce that provides a connection between what you want and having it. Giving thanks for where you are now acknowledges you are a creator and empowers you to create further. In this episode of Mighty Gems, learn how to expand your presence and experience new outcomes through gratitude.

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that remains. ~ Anne Frank Have you experienced feelings of losing hope in your ability to make needed changes within yourself or your life situation? Making choices for change can feel difficult and impossible. There are ways to find hope as you become more present with your choices and actions. You will become more sensitive to the ups and downs as you are focused on the possibilities of building positive results of practicing presence. Whether you think you can, or you think you can't -- you're right. ~ Henry Ford Join us as we discuss ways to take a step by step approach finding hope and joy abundantly already available. You can start from wherever you are and choose to do something you know you can do. As you actively take this step, you can begin building hope within yourself. When you have clarity in seeing your choices moving forward with positive results, you will be able to take steps to carry out your plan.

“Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.” —Helen Keller Does feeling joy and being happy feel like a luxury? Joy and happiness come in many different forms. It can be as simple as arranging a colorful bouquet of flowers in your environment that you can be around for a good part of the day. When you flip the switch in your streaming thoughts to the positive channel, put a smile on your face. It will help lift your spirits and will affect everyone else around you. Your happiness is achieved in the now moments and you do not need to wait for a future date. Take a look around you and immerse yourself in nature in any season, take a deep breath, appreciate the good things that you notice and jot them down somewhere for reference in your daily journal to recall the story of what your experience was today. Join us as we explore the differences between joy and happiness and really how accessible they are to us as we are present in our daily moments.

“I can't change the destination of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” ~Jimmy Dean Our personal design assignment for ourselves is to have focused targets and goals, a strategic process and a way to get where we want to go in our lives. Although we are all connected, with similar energy systems and structures, our personal design assignment is individually Connecting Our Divine Essences. Mindful components include being present with all of our senses, having perseverance, awareness, non-judgment, and an attitude of gratitude. There are a variety of tools to learn about, apply to our daily living process and see if they work for our individual situation. Traditional tools have many different labels. Mindful meditation is one of these tools. In practice, it can feel hard to do when you are first putting together your personal design. .Join us as we explore how to put a design together that is portable, time sensitive and can be felt immediately.

Lack of direction, not lack of time, is the problem. We all have twenty-four hour days. You have many items on your to do list, and it seems the minutes available in the day are not enough to get everything done. You want to be balanced in your daily schedule, but it can seem like an impossible dream. Is it really realistic to think that you can accomplish everything on your list within the limits of the clock? One way to get things done is the same way that you would eat a chocolate elephant, one bite at a time. Start by prioritizing your list, or decide what part of the elephant you want to eat first. Pause in whatever you are doing and join us as Leona Rehm provides powerful insights into effective chocolate elephant nibbling, that is, using your time, to find balance. You will be able to work without feeling constantly overwhelmed and will have a usable plan.

“Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice… No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.” Thich Nhat Hanh Harmony and balance are combined in nature and the energy flows to make the Universe go ‘round. There are unchanging principles that keep things in constant motion. It starts with the Law of Oneness where everything is connected, there is one energy flow, one mind and one breath. Typically after a few breaths, we tend to get lost in continuous plans, streaming thoughts and fantasies. We need to train our busy mind to come back to the breath and begin again. With this repeated process and as we practice, we become more consistent with our actions and can experience internal peace and calm. As this builds on the inside, it will become a mirror for our external energy system. As we come back to the one breath in and one breath out, we experience mindful discernment and can simply say “No thank you, I will let that one go.”

“Every morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” Buddha How do you typically respond to surprises and unplanned events that show up in your carefully scheduled day? Do you adapt to the shifting time focus or do you wallow around and dwell on things that did not go as planned? Some things can happen in our day that we do not have control over but we do have control over how we view things that show up. We have control over our thoughts, our feelings, our actions and our bodies. When we practice self-care, it helps promote resilience. How we adapt to new daily schedule changes or events is our choice and can affect how we succeed with the plans we are focused on. When you choose to embrace the important elements of having a resilient mindset, it supports your choices. Acknowledge whatever situations showed up, view the details, learn from any mistakes and move forward as needed. Join us as we explore the choices and ways to develop intentional resilience.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps you going. Jim Ryun As a human being, we all have the ability to be mindfully present, be actively aware of what we are doing and be aware of where we are in each of our available 1,440 daily moments. There is a choice to make within each of these precious moments. Are you mindfully present? Do you choose to pause, take a deep breath and say ahhhhh? Or do you constantly jump at the sound of your phone calling you to react to the various demanding sounds it makes? Like anything you teach yourself, the more that you practice being mindfully present the more that it is readily available to you along with your other senses. It might feel like you are venturing into new territory. But, as you choose to pay attention and explore how you feel at the beginning and end of each day, you will likely look forward to this new way of being.

In optimism, there is magic. In positive expectation, there is thrill and success... practice moving your gaze. Practice changing your perspective... ~ Abraham-Hicks Our focus can become distorted when we feel it is more important to be lost in our routines than to pause and remember to be here, now. When you pay attention to the details and cultivate your perspective, it can combat the depression, boredom, and negativity that many people feel too frequently. Activate your inner energy system, your Kundalini, so you can see everything with a fresh new perspective. This is the key to your self-realization and will make you feel calmer, more relaxed, and less stressed. You can focus on a single detail, like the petals of a flower or a raindrop cascading down a window. As you immerse yourself in that one thing, live the nuances of it. The world becomes vibrant in the microcosm of your focus, and, at that moment, you can find yourself in a state of balanced clarity. Join us.

Embrace resilience as you mindfully move along with the moments of your day. It will positively affect your daily outside experience in a consistent way. ~ dLee Do you take time each morning to envision your plans for your journey experience for that day? You can create your experience with an attitude of it being a recipe made up of your choice of ingredients. What experiences do you want by the end of the day as you reflect on your pathway? All of the basic ingredients for resilience are available to you and the outcome is the result of how you mix them and apply them to yourself. You can start this process right now and adjust it as needed depending on how it affects your overall intentions and sense of being. When you embrace your personal effort from a positive confidence, you can start out with a balanced expectation that you will be able to handle daily stresses that consistently show up unexpectedly. Join us as we experience the mindset of embracing resilience each day.

“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” - Robert Louis Stevenson How is your thought garden growing? As you move through each of your daily moments, you are planting thought seeds in your garden. Once they are planted, they grow into your reality whether they are beautiful blooming flora or tangled thorny vines. It might seem that each of your daily moment thought seeds are a small thing but, in reality they are sprouting all around you. They gather together with other thought seeds already existing in your garden and determine your actions, your habits and your character. On its own, your thought garden does not distinguish between positive or negative action seeds and requires that we become careful caretakers of the thought seeds we plant. Take time as needed to keep in touch with what you are accepting into your garden. Make a conscious choice to refuse to accept anything that does not fit your intentions. Join us.

Each of Nature's seasons have a higher reason for happening when they do. In practice, when we are present and we listen, they are mentors guiding our inner souls and our lives. ~ dLee Do you savor the special gifts given us during the four distinct seasons of nature? Do you embrace the reflections of each of the seasons and apply them to your own life? When we take a higher perspective like the seasons that are as regular as clockwork in our outside worlds, we will greatly benefit when we apply the approach to our own lives. Nature is constantly changing. This can sometimes feel challenging if we are stuck in a rut rather than listening and applying the changes to our own lives. Listen, learn and dance the steps in stride as each season comes and goes. Honor and savor their unique gifts as you flow along with the currents of your life's adventures. Join us as we explore what is possible when we actively listen to nature, we are present and we actively apply what we learn.

As with a flower and a tree, choose to be a full awesome colorful spectrum of YOU. Within the seasons of time, embrace and then release with blessings the time to pause, the time to listen, the time to see, and the time to just be. d Lee As you start your day, do you find yourself automatically dragging the past with you into your new day? This could be whatever experiences you had just yesterday or it could be all of the baggage you carry with you wherever you go and how you consistently identify yourself. Start your day instead with a deliberate PAUSE - Practice Always Using a Stillness Experience. Deliberately switch your focus into a more positive self-awareness. Your inner voice might be on Auto Pilot and might be loaded with negativity but YOU are at the controls. The more you practice being here now with awesome present experiences, and choosing how you want them to feel, the easier it becomes to be your own Pilot as you design your flight path for your new awesome day.

Everything is energy. Match the frequency of the reality you want and you cannot help but get that reality. It can be no other way. This is not philosophy. This is physics.Albert Einstein Energy is all around us and vibrates at different frequencies. Even things that look and feel solid are vibrating. We are living in an ocean of energy. We each vibrate differently dependent on our overall state of being. Vibration is one of the basic Universal Laws. These Laws are typically ignored because they cannot be seen. Most people rely on their five senses and what has been proven and is known as the established truth gathered through historical knowledge backed by science. We are currently living in a paradigm shift and the established truth is emerging showing the interactive relationships of how all beings moving around in our universe operate within basic Universal Laws. Learn the importance of keeping an open mind and how to think outside the frame of knowledge held in a box.

“Adventure isn't hanging off a rope on the side of a mountain. Adventure is an attitude we must apply to the day to day obstacles of life.”– John Amat Do you find your daily routines boring. Do you feel frustrated or irritated with your regular life focus? The focus of adventure can be different for each person. When you approach a new focus as an adventure, it can be challenging but it can also result in a higher feeling of energy and seeing things from a different perspective. It is stepping out of your comfort zone and finding something you love as you do something that you have not focused on before. It can provide a positive attitude and help release stress as you experience a sense of excitement even if with things in your everyday life and happiness when you take on a new focus in the little things that you choose to see in a new way. Adventure can expand and broaden our minds as we take on challenges and learn new and unique things. Join us as we explore the essentials.

How do you feel when required to wait unexpectedly for something or someone and you did not allow yourself time to have to do this? Sometimes different expressive emotional words erupt from deep inside ourselves like a volcano of hot lava. And like hot lava, this uncontrolled flow of impatience can have a negative effect in all areas of our lives. PAUSE IMMEDIATELY – Pause Always Uses Simple Energy. When you take a moment to patiently pause in the moment of anger at the unplanned wait, that decision will save you many moments of regret. You will discover benefits as you apply this to your daily experiences. You will make better decisions, you will keep trying to work on focused goals, it helps preserve your important relationships, it can give you a sense of inner peace, and it can be an act of kindness to yourself and others. It can seem like a simple concept. But, in actuality, patience can be difficult to put into practice if you are not present in each of your moments. Join us.

“If I were a flower… I would be a sunflower. To always follow the sun, turn my back to darkness, stand proud, tall and straight even with my head full of seeds.” – Pam Stewart As we step forward onto our paths of adventure, you can use the sunflower as a big bright inspiring model for life to grow and bloom. The sunflower is resilient and represents joyfulness as it encourages us to lead our own way. When life seems difficult, be sure to stay focused on positive things you are facing and share your spirit as a warm heart with hope. As with the sunflower, be inspired to keep your face turned towards the sun as it will uplift your moods. In designing your choice of demeanor, be inspired by the brightness of the yellow petals of the sunflower. As with the sunflower, stand tall, show all the world your unique special confident self, your love of the light as you embrace the energy, happiness in sharing all the spirit seeds of thought, vibes and abundance good things bring. Join us.

“Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice… No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.” Thich Nhat Hanh Harmony and balance are combined in nature and the energy flows to make the Universe go ‘round. There are unchanging principles that keep things in constant motion. It starts with the Law of Oneness where everything is connected, there is one energy flow, one mind and one breath. After a few breaths, we tend to get lost in continuous plans, streaming thoughts and fantasies. We need to train our mind to come back to the breath and begin again. With this repeated process and as our mindfulness becomes steady, we can experience internal peace and calm. As this builds on the inside, it will become a mirror for our external energy system. As we come back to the one breath in and one breath out, we experience mindful discernment and can say “No thank you, I will let that one go.”

Do you feel the raindrops that land on your face as you are running late with your carefully scheduled moments? Are you fully present in this spontaneous momentary experience? As a simple kindness for yourself, take a brief pause in gratitude for the interaction. Being fully present with this brief encounter, you can choose to open up space to connect with others around you who are also in a hurry. Being present with ourselves and being in communication with others are constantly challenged with the variety of technological devices we depend on. These are shaping how we interact and how we expect to act with others we want to communicate with. There is an energetic feeling exchange of trust when you are fully present and expect the same basic reaction from someone you are with. Most of us long for a deeper connection. Being fully present is an art and a work in progress. Join us as we discover the basic elements for a smooth communication flow within ourselves and with others.

“Joy is the holy fire that keeps our purpose warm and our intelligence aglow.” —Helen Keller Does feeling joy and being happy feel like a luxury? Joy and happiness come in many different forms. It can be as simple as arranging a colorful bouquet of flowers in your environment that you can be around for a good part of the day. When you flip the switch in your streaming thoughts to the positive channel, put a smile on your face. It will help lift your spirits and will affect everyone else around you. Your happiness is achieved in the now moments and you do not need to wait for a future date. Take a look around you and immerse yourself in nature in any season, take a deep breath, appreciate the good things that you notice and jot them down somewhere for reference in your daily journal to recall the story of what your experience was today. Join us as we explore the differences between joy and happiness and really how accessible they are to us as we are present in our daily moments.

Wherever you are, be all there! ~ Jim Elliot Have you ever had a date with someone and they either did not show up or were only partially present? Do you set aside time in your busy schedule trying to be with Nature but find yourself instead not showing up or not totally there? Nature is a thriving living being, is available for unlimited number of dates and is open to building a lasting relationship.You do have a choice where to put your attention during your days.Open up all of your senses, listen to the birds sharing their songs, hug a nearby tree, be in awe and take a look deep into an opening flower blossom.There are so many benefits when you actively let go of ways you may have responded previously.You will change your life when you place your attention on an uplifting experience and develop an intimate relationship with nature on a regular basis. Join us as we explore how to initially keep this date, how to show up, how to maintain and build upon this important connection.

How do you feel when required to wait unexpectedly for something or someone and you did not allow yourself time to have to do this? Sometimes different expressive emotional words erupt from deep inside ourselves like a volcano of hot lava. And like hot lava, this uncontrolled flow of impatience can have a negative effect in all areas of our lives. PAUSE IMMEDIATELY – Pause Always Uses Simple Energy. When you take a moment to patiently pause in the moment of anger at the unplanned wait, that decision will save you many moments of regret. You will discover benefits as you apply this to your daily experiences. You will make better decisions, you will keep trying to work on focused goals, it helps preserve your important relationships, it can give you a sense of inner peace, and it can be an act of kindness to yourself and others. It can seem like a simple concept. But, in actuality, patience can be difficult to put into practice if you are not present in each of your moments. Join us.

How do you feel when required to wait unexpectedly for something or someone and you did not allow yourself time to have to do this? Sometimes different expressive emotional words erupt from deep inside ourselves like a volcano of hot lava. And like hot lava, this uncontrolled flow of impatience can have a negative effect in all areas of our lives. PAUSE IMMEDIATELY – Pause Always Uses Simple Energy. When you take a moment to patiently pause in the moment of anger at the unplanned wait, that decision will save you many moments of regret. You will discover benefits as you apply this to your daily experiences. You will make better decisions, you will keep trying to work on focused goals, it helps preserve your important relationships, it can give you a sense of inner peace, and it can be an act of kindness to yourself and others. It can seem like a simple concept. But, in actuality, patience can be difficult to put into practice if you are not present in each of your moments. Join us.

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that remains. ~ Anne Frank Have you experienced feelings of losing hope in your ability to make needed changes within yourself or your life situation? Making choices for change can feel difficult and impossible. There are ways to find hope as you become more present with your choices and actions. You will become more sensitive to the ups and downs as you are focused on the possibilities of building positive results of practicing presence. Whether you think you can, or you think you can't -- you're right. ~ Henry Ford Join us as we discuss ways to take a step by step approach finding hope and joy abundantly already available. You can start from wherever you are and choose to do something you know you can do. As you actively take this step, you can begin building hope within yourself. When you have clarity in seeing your choices moving forward with positive results, you will be able to take steps to carry out your plan.

The basic ingredient for having balance, harmony and inner peace is calmness within your inner being. dLee For most of us, we are human beings floating around in a murky environment where we no longer feel we are in control. The world has become faster and will likely continue that way moving forward. We each strive to develop a higher perspective and way of being to pause on something for a moment to slow down. It can be like looking for a lily pad floating in a mind pond spinning way too fast in all directions. We have the capacity to design ways to make changes but it requires our presence and intention on a moment by moment basis. Your inner being needs access and connection to all of your senses in order to help you find the presence to slow down. Actively design a place within yourself to reduce anxiety, worry, and the multitude of strong emotions. Each day, take CALM with you and acknowledge the value it gives you to be able to take a much deserved break whenever you need it. Join us as we learn the navigation tools available for balance, harmony and inner peace.

“Your personal vibration or energy state is a blend of the contracted or expanded frequencies of your body emotions and thoughts at any given moment. The more you allow your soul to shine through you, the higher your personal vibration will be.” Penney Peirce Do you throw open your arms and heart with passionate jubilee and excitement welcoming each morning? Are you tuning into the channel frequency of the higher vibration frequency of abundance? When you align your stance in a full energetic mode of optimism, love and joy you are tuned in with a full welcome ‘come on in’ attitude. Starting each day this way with an energetic openness, you are welcoming the reality of abundance to flow into your life in unlimited ways. You are growing consciousness as you practice this and actively contributing to greater frequencies for yourself and others around you. Making this choice is not hard but it requires consistent practice and reminders. Join us as we discover aligning to this channel.

“Intention is more than wishful thinking—it’s willful direction. It is a philosophy of the heart put into practice, a consistency of conscious patterns of thought, energy, and action. Through intention, we see more and create with more clarity, passion, and authenticity. Our attention then becomes a spotlight for every shred of supporting evidence that we’re on the right path.” ~ Jennifer Williamson We all depend on the variety of digital maps and traffic status details to help us physically get to where we want to go. Do you have a clear mindful vision map for where you want your life to go? Does your map help you navigate around the constant obstacles that show up while keeping your vision in focus? When you make choices of how to take action based on clear positive intentions and awareness of outcomes, the possibilities are endless. Join us as we explore how to re-calibrate ourselves as we plant thought seeds of positive intentions that will create more clarity in our lives. .

It sounds very simple when we make a comment or suggestion to Just Be. In reality, to do so is a complex request for ourselves or others. When we choose to become more present and not on autopilot, we start on our life adventure and journey expanding ourselves beyond where we currently are. We usually start from a point of observing we are not where we think we should be given all of our life's mental gymnastics and beliefs we think we could be, should be or definitions of who we think we are. We are made up of all the stories we tell ourselves until we reach a point where we want to make a change. We realize we are no longer happy with what we are, who we are and what we are doing with our lives. We realize we are part of everything and yet we are nothing. When we make a request of ourselves saying ;'I can, we allow ourselves to explore all of the possibilities of truly being. This brief phrase removes the limiting boundaries that we likely have been experiencing most of our lives. Now we are a conscious creator stepping into the flow to grow with intention and inspiration Just Being.

Everything around us and within us vibrates - we are all connected and yet we can feel disconnected when we are not present. When you hear an uplifting pattern of music, do you find yourself resonating with it – maybe getting goose bumps, tapping along to the beat or finding yourself humming to the musical flow? Just like an instrument, we can get out of tune within ourselves and get disconnected from our creativity and joy. When our mind, body, heart and soul are all aligned and vibrating in harmony, we can create beautiful songs. Join us as we explore the mindful tools we need in order to tune our inner being to act consciously thus creating more happiness, energy and grace.

Simplicity is a state of mind. ~ Charles Wagner How do you prioritize your decisions with respect to simplifying your living spaces, your life activities, your financial choices and how you spend your time? Do you take time to plan out your daily, weekly and monthly basic tasks such as grocery and meal preparation? Regardless of the events around you and how you currently respond to your emotions in the moment, you can influence your state of mind. Simplicity is not always easy to attain in our complex lifestyles and it means different things to different people. But when you take the time to pay attention and start managing your variety of decisions with a different focus, it will likely have a direct effect on reducing your stress levels. When you choose to take time to focus on natures beautiful patterns all around and spend time on the things that matter, you will find more beauty and less chaos. Join us as we explore ways to build a sustainable habit of practicing simplicity.

Completely engage with each moment with all of your senses. ~ d Lee Are you present when you take each moment and all of the tasks you are trying to do within the space and time you have set aside? When you use your eyes to read, do you notice what you are reading and how it feels inside as you see images or read the stories you are focusing on. Do you hear the birds chirping in the morning or the smell and gurgle of the coffee brewing? Do you feel the smoothness of paper or desk as you access your computer screen with your mouse? Do you taste the lingering coffee in your mouth after your first sip in the morning as you are waking up? Can you remember all of these moments at the end of the day? Savoring the moments as an experience allows you to remember them. We recall a lot of negative experiences because they make an impression. Join us as we explore increasing our vitality when we consciously pay attention to the uplifting energy moments we mindfully savor and remember.

One moment of patience may ward off great disaster. One moment of impatience may ruin a whole life. -- Chinese Proverb Do you find yourself expecting instant delivery and gratification with everything you are doing? Do you experience annoyance and anger when faced with difficulties if every day processes are not happening as fast as you think they should? Patience is a coping skill that can be learned and is an essential quality to help you stay calm. Having patience has many benefits as part of your emotional tool kit and it gives you power as you wait, observe and choose the right timing for any action. There are many things that occur that create disruptions in our plans and goals. We can accept these or reject and fight against them and try to make changes or fix them. Join us as we explore how best to respond with feeling, love and compassion and in the midst of action how to choose the appropriate behavior.

Magic and miracles are possible when you mix gratitude, attitude, visual images and mindful intentions, let stand until they are clear and then take action. d lLee Each morning, check in with your internal being and ask yourself questions on how you feel as you are ready to jump into the stream of energy flowing along in your day. Are you ready to receive what you are manifesting and requesting from the Universe? Give yourself space and time to check in as a pilot does a preliminary dashboard flight check of all systems before takeoff. Do you feel balanced with your selections and have time set aside for the important people and passions close to your heart and soul? When you pause for a moment in your day, how do you remind yourself to shift and make this an expected valuable part of your time focus? Do you put post-it notes for yourself in your living and working environments with key words or phrases to remind yourself to act? Do you use images to invite you to pause and take a break? Or, do you completely ignore both open reminder invitations and just keep on doing whatever you are focused on? It is easy to spend precious time and resources keeping busy planning and building systems around ourselves rather than taking action. When you make choices of how to take action based on clear positive intentions and awareness of outcomes, the possibilities are endless. Join us as we explore how to re-calibrate ourselves as we plant thought seeds of positive intentions that will create more clarity in our lives. Join us as we lovingly cultivate the seeds of intention, encouraging them to grow into precious patterns of thought, energy and action.

The world around us always seems to be running at a very busy pace. Start each day with an intentional pause long enough to just be and feel how you want to pace your own day being truly alive. d Lee Stop and ask yourself questions, pause and listen to what comes up as an answer from your inner being waiting anxiously to be like a kid on a recess playground scene. Be present in the world around you, become aware and take notice of the details and respond with being in the here and now. Allow yourself whatever time it takes to do this to let yourself learn to stop and use all of your senses as you are practicing just being. When I open my eyes, I see love all around me, when I open my ears, I hear floating songs of melody, when I open my feelings, I feel truly connected, when I open my voice, I share my vocal light everywhere, when I tune to my sense of smell I am enveloped in dancing aromas. I find the inner journey path opening and clear to being with mindful peace just being me.

“Intention is more than wishful thinking—it’s willful direction. It is a philosophy of the heart put into practice, a consistency of conscious patterns of thought, energy, and action. Through intention, we see more and create with more clarity, passion, and authenticity. Our attention then becomes a spotlight for every shred of supporting evidence that we’re on the right path.” ~ Jennifer Williamson We all depend on the variety of digital maps and traffic status details to help us physically get to where we want to go. Do you have a clear mindful vision map for where you want your life to go? Does your map help you navigate around the constant obstacles that show up while keeping your vision in focus? When you make choices of how to take action based on clear positive intentions and awareness of outcomes, the possibilities are endless. Join us as we explore how to re-calibrate ourselves as we plant thought seeds of positive intentions that will create more clarity in our lives. .

When you take a closer look into a fragrant blooming flower, there is an entire beautiful world co-existing within the tiny space. Your observations come from a higher perspective as you closely hover and watch what is revealed. As a budding flower unfolds before your eyes and opens, it can seem to be rather an inspiring simple event. Use this experience as an invitation to view yourself and your own beautiful world from a higher perspective. Do you find yourself easily getting caught up in the emotionally layered demands and choices of all of your daily moments? Are you out of balance between your mind, body and soul? We are all in pursuit of different experiences in our journey of understanding how everything is connected within and outside of ourselves. You can take personal charge of your situation. Allow yourself to open up your awareness. Take back the controls. Take time to pause. Join us as we hover and observe the unlimited possibilities when we choose a higher perspective.

I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that remains. ~ Anne Frank Have you experienced feelings of losing hope in your ability to make needed changes within yourself or your life situation? Making choices for change can feel difficult and impossible. There are ways to find hope as you become more present with your choices and actions. You will become more sensitive to the ups and downs as you are focused on the possibilities of building positive results of practicing presence. Whether you think you can, or you think you can't -- you're right. ~ Henry Ford Join us as we discuss ways to take a step by step approach finding hope and joy abundantly already available. You can start from wherever you are and choose to do something you know you can do. As you actively take this step, you can begin building hope within yourself. When you have clarity in seeing your choices moving forward with positive results, you will be able to take steps to carry out your plan.

Completely engage with each moment with all of your senses. ~ d Lee Are you present when you take each moment and all of the tasks you are trying to do within the space and time you have set aside? When you use your eyes to read, do you notice what you are reading and how it feels inside as you see images or read the stories you are focusing on. Do you hear the birds chirping in the morning or the smell and gurgle of the coffee brewing? Do you feel the smoothness of paper or desk as you access your computer screen with your mouse? Do you taste the lingering coffee in your mouth after your first sip in the morning as you are waking up? Can you remember all of these moments at the end of the day? Savoring the moments as an experience allows you to remember them. We recall a lot of negative experiences because they make an impression. Join us as we explore increasing our vitality when we consciously pay attention to the uplifting energy moments we mindfully savor and remember.

From deep within, let your inner being energy spin and radiate peace, harmony and love from your heart. d Lee When you think of your relationship with yourself, how do you introduce yourself as being someone who is worth knowing? We tend to focus and function on our outside plans and aspirations needing a continuous list for accomplishment. We can set a time to do and draw a line through the items on the list. In comparison, do you have a list that you do not need to draw a line through because all of the items are always there on the list as your core inner self? Knowing your inner being takes setting aside a regular time for introspection and connection as you explore answers to the question Who am I? You are more than your talents, your purpose, and your values. To thrive, you need to be connecting to all of your relationships, including yourself, in ways that build your being focus into your life. The resulting outcome of this focus on inner being can be miraculous . Join us.

How do you feel when required to wait unexpectedly for something or someone and you did not allow yourself time to have to do this? Sometimes different expressive emotional words erupt from deep inside ourselves like a volcano of hot lava. And like hot lava, this uncontrolled flow of impatience can have a negative effect in all areas of our lives. PAUSE IMMEDIATELY – Pause Always Uses Simple Energy. When you take a moment to patiently pause in the moment of anger at the unplanned wait, that decision will save you many moments of regret. You will discover benefits as you apply this to your daily experiences. You will make better decisions, you will keep trying to work on focused goals, it helps preserve your important relationships, it can give you a sense of inner peace, and it can be an act of kindness to yourself and others. It can seem like a simple concept. But, in actuality, patience can be difficult to put into practice if you are not present in each of your moments. Join us.

How do you feel when required to wait unexpectedly for something or someone and you did not allow yourself time to have to do this? Sometimes different expressive emotional words erupt from deep inside ourselves like a volcano of hot lava. And like hot lava, this uncontrolled flow of impatience can have a negative effect in all areas of our lives. PAUSE IMMEDIATELY – Pause Always Uses Simple Energy. When you take a moment to patiently pause in the moment of anger at the unplanned wait, that decision will save you many moments of regret. You will discover benefits as you apply this to your daily experiences. You will make better decisions, you will keep trying to work on focused goals, it helps preserve your important relationships, it can give you a sense of inner peace, and it can be an act of kindness to yourself and others. It can seem like a simple concept. But, in actuality, patience can be difficult to put into practice if you are not present in each of your moments. Join us.

What is your 'Thing'? Do you find yourself always planning something but not really getting it done because you constantly run out of time to do it? Do you feel time abundance or time deprived? Historically, a lot of devices have been created that provide an illusion of having more time. An example is examining how you choose to start your day. If you use an alarm clock to wake up, do you immediately get up when the alarm sounds or do you repeatedly hit the snooze button? How does this repeated morning practice habit really feel? Do you have a sense of expanded time because you have hit the snooze button several times? What could you do with this 'snooze time' to feel more abundance? When you become present with each of your moments, small changes can help switch how you approach the rest of your moments. Time is our most valuable resource and we all have exactly the same amount of time but choose to use it differently. Join us as we explore ways to switch to feeling time abundance.