No more second helpings, please!

The other day this facebook status stopped me in my tracks.  It definitely struck a note.  I immediately commented, "WHO wrote this quote?".  My friend, Ashey Smith, told me it was more of a "note to self" but she decided to share it with her facebook world.  I'm so glad she did - because now I get to share it with you.

"Don't spend one more second feeding your doubts, fears and insecurities. Spend that precious and valuable energy living your purpose with uninhibited passion"

That elicits an "OH MY" from me.  How much time do I waste feeding my doubts, fear and insecurities?  I've done a bunch of healing in this realm but more recently, I've noticed that since I'm living in this new and exciting frontier of speaking engagements and writing a book, I'm spending more time at this not so nourishing feeding trough.   

My "note to self" that I dare to share with you:

Doubts, fears, and insecurities are normal.  Let's recognize them for what they are.  Let's be aware of them.  But as soon as you notice your feeding from that trough - redirect yourself.  It's time to feed from the truth.  It's time to be nourished in the thoughts that I am a treasure.  God is my teacher.  I am learning.  I am stepping out in faith.  I am trusting myself and those who have been placed in my path.  I am living out my purpose with uninhibited passion.

I share this with you from my heart, not to receive reassurance but to receive community.  I believe that when we are honest and true with each other in the good, the bad and the ugly - a good work takes place and we are known more fully amongst each other.  

I dare you to feed from the trough of goodness and truth.  Put your doubts on a diet today.  Live out your life with uninhibited passion - woohoo!

Truthfully yours,
Cindy

R U working together?

Teamwork: Simply stated, it is less me and more we.  Author Unknown  

I dare you to take 6 minutes (it will be worth it) and watch this video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbpwlqp5Qw

What's been on your to-do list FORseeminglyEVER?  How could you elicit some help from your "team" to make it happen?  If you need some help getting your creative juices flowing, let me know.  "We" is a great resource.  I dare you to use it.

Join me in thinking outside the box,
Cindy

P.S.  I love the rain!

Live Free or Die

"Live Free or Die" is New Hampshire's state motto.  I used to live there a long time ago and embraced this motto as my own.  Indeed,  when I turned 40, I declared my forties, my decade of freedom.  So far, I'm living up to it.  My heart longs for each of us to experience freedom - freedom to give, freedom to receive, freedom to be ourselves, freedom to live, freedom to thrive, freedom from fears, freedom to create, financial freedom...the list goes on.  

Patrick Henry (one of our country's forefathers) spoke these famed words on March 23, 1775 to the House of Burgesses (the legislative body of the Virginia colony),  "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!"

Have you heard about a girl named Neda this week?  Her name means "voice" in Farsi.  She was a student heartlessly killed by a sniper on a rooftop in Tehran this past Saturday.  So sad, so tragic.  She had just come from singing lessons - something women in Iran are prohibited from doing in public.  This week, she has become the voice of freedom for those who suffer oppression throughout the world.  Social media has memorialized her:
http://tiny.cc/voiceoffreedom

I dare us to choose to live free as we remember all of those who have gone before us in the name of freedom.   I dare us to release the ties that bind us - that keep us from moving forward.  What's one step you can take this week toward realizing your own freedom?  What thoughts ruminate around in your head that keep you bound?  Is it time to replace those lies with the truth?  The truth will set you free.

I thank Neda for her courage.  I pray for her family and country as they mourn and fight for the freedoms we take for granted every day. 

Striving to live free,
Cindy