7. Day 27: Guess Who’s In The Wedding Party?
I found myself sitting at the dining table with my daughter and a dear friend (who also just happens to be a wedding & event planner;) purportedly brainstorming about the wedding but actually getting a crash course in honesty. Who doesn’t love those early days of planning a big event? It is a time when dreams run wild and all is possible. What was different here is that I had also invited honesty. In myself, in my daughter and in my friend. I didn’t say “Now, let’s be honest with one another!” but that is exactly what happened. I was blown away by how...
Read More7. Day 8: Telling The Truth
Soon after asking my self what my blog was really about, I received this beautiful note from a dear friend. It was so an answer to my heart’s question I have to reprint as written. I recognized the Voice of Love instantly. (the quote by Neale Donald Walsch was perfect as he is one of the first authors I ever read who shared God’s voice so directly) “Good Morning, Your blog is all about telling the truth and being fearless in the expression of the truth of your being…love. Blessings on your way to being fearless in all that you think, say & do. Much love always,...
Read More7. Day 6: 100 Ways To Know Honesty
I am loving all that honesty has to give. Since I have noticed I am fearful of honesty in many ways I wanted to know how I can be with/ practice/ encourage honesty in myself. So I asked Holy Spirit for ways I can come to know honesty as a quality of love. After this list, I really do want to know honesty. In all things. This honesty, I can trust, allow and welcome. 100 Ways To Know Honesty As A Quality Of Love Listen Don’t interrupt Trust the moment Notice my heart beat Extend trust to being honest Practice to taking time to answer Remember I always have everything I need...
Read More7. Day 3: Honesty Is An Alarm Clock
Of course my pension for people pleasing will not disappear overnight, nor will my desire to practice honesty on all levels appear magically. I found these quotes at the perfect time in this month of extending love to the fear of honesty. This first one seems to be a direct path to honesty with regard to people pleasing. Rather than people pleasing, heart pleasing is the way out of pain and fear. What can I do to let those around me sense their innocence, purity and beauty? Pleasing someone in order that they not be un-happy is not the same thing as seeing their true nature of...
Read More7. Day 2: People Pleasing & Honesty: Can They Live Together?
Holy Spirit, I step with some trepidation into the light with honesty. For some reason my looking for and at honesty in myself has highlighted my great skill in people pleasing, rather than honesty. Could you clarify honesty and this second cousin of pleasing others. It feels false, or at least, not the whole story. HS: Precious One, There is nothing wrong with pleasing yourself or another. It is often great joy to give that very thing another is desiring. Where pleasing disconnects is when pleasing becomes the goal and end. Allow the energy of pleasing to meet and welcome the great...
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