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Well life, as it should be, has been evolving for me. With the recent passing of my dear father, I know the journeys of my life – both physically and figuratively, have been trailed by some interesting lessons and experiences.  So I thought I would take this moment to share a bit of the soft under-belly of my life with you today.

You see, in light of some of the vast changes in my recent life, I have been compelled to get reconnected with myself, creating clarity and abundance, and designing for myself a beautiful life once again.  I’m sure you can imagine the magical feeling and results that this can be creates when you get focused.

Over the years I have always acted on the thoughts and impulses that ‘come to me’ and what most of my readers do not know is that my most recent journey to Mallorca, Spain was actually 100% driven on running away from the chaos in my head and heart in the wake of my father’s death.  Yup. There you have it. I admit it to the world.

In a few days, I found myself on an island off the coast of Spain, wonder to myself, “What have I done?”.  Ultimately, I did not regret it and the experiences and new friends that I gained have been irreplaceable.

Thank goodness, however, time has done its job, the healing is taking place, and the impulses that come to me have finally been a bit more trusted and perhaps more stable. But I have still come to appreciate that if a thought or impulse comes to me, I must act.  It’s in my nature and still, it has done nothing but serve me in large ways.

Today, my day is filled with one magical moment after another because I do so!

For example, the other day my old assistance came into my thoughts and I knew I needed to contact her to help me get my life organized. I also know that between her and me tempered aggressiveness, we could really implement and keep me to task on my many cool and prosperous ideas I have burning.

And I will share just one more example of acting on a thought or impulse. The other day, I had hit a real low. Crying and sniveling in the wee hours of the morning. Well right then and there, huddled on the floor of in my bedroom, I had an impulse to contact my T’ai Chi family.  I did!  Right then and there I picked up my PDA and sent a message.  A call for help.  By the light of day however, and with perhaps more logical thinking, I felt embarrassed that I have reached out in such a pathetic way. Would I have done it if I had let my head deliberate over it? Of course not!

In the end though, it had proved to be a spectacular thing; A few days later, my T’ai Chi Master and his family came out to my home in the country for a visit. His wife gave me some much needed loving guidance in my new garden, in my kitchen (not my favorite place), and with my disorganized closet.  But the most significant benefit to my recent [embarrassing] impulse was that my old T’ai Chi Master told me that he wanted to train me as a Qigong Master, at no charge, so that I could provide Qigong T’ai Chi classes to this much needed community.

So my most recent lesson in all this:  When you open yourself up to REALLY listening, win-win opportunities will ‘come to you’ that will serve you in ways that you couldn’t possibly have imagined. Roads will open up to take you down journeys full of magic and prosperity only your dreams would have dared imagine. This is Providence.

So think about it!  Had I not acted on that impulse right then and there, in the tender, wee hours of that morning, I would have missed this wonderfully crazy opportunity. And who know where this road will take me…

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