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TEO Spring Equinox 2009: Reliving the Loving Energy

admin — Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:10:06 +0000

Special thanks to Marta Vindiola for her loving effort and uniqueness to share this with all who wish to experience TEO

Living From the Inside Out… Are You Ready?

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 02:30:58 +0000

Living from the Inside Out… Are You Ready?

Greetings laura !

Welcome to Spring! Are you ready to step out anew? How do we fortify and grow the dreams we have been nurturing all winter? How do we live in a new way, born from the fullness of our hearts?

Each of us has a unique and necessary purpose in this life. Fulfilling that unique and necessary purpose leads to the evolution of human consciousness in this world. We could say that our only goal in life is to identify this purpose and to live it!

The unique and necessary purpose we are referring to is not an ego-driven thing, but rather, a heart-driven thing. It is recognizing the importance of each one of us stepping-up and full filling the role that only we can play in this world, based on our specific abilities and the particular sensitivities that our life’s experiences have taught us. No one person’s role or ability is more important than another - all are crucial, and all look different. But they all come together like the parts of the body to form a well-functioning whole. Think of if this way, the heart doesn’t sit around lamenting that it does not do what the brain does, nor do the lungs wish they could do what the kidneys do! All are necessary and all are unique, but they create a totality where the sum of the parts is greater than the whole. The same can be said for each of us in relation to the whole of humanity.

The key to living our unique and necessary purpose is to recognize that it comes from the inside out - that our individual gifts and sensitives are like no other’s. When we focus our attention on what others are doing or what their gifts look like, we distract ourselves from looking where we can really find our own gold: inside our hearts, shaped from our life’s experiences.

Here are some clues to reveal your unique and necessary purpose:

What makes your heart sing? Even thinking about our unique and necessary purpose will lift our hearts. Now this is a feeling to pay attention to, as it will be your guide!

Remember the dreams you had for yourself as a child - our unique and necessary purpose has been with us from the beginning, revealing itself through what seemed to come to us “naturally”. As we grow, we get distracted, or “practical”, or discouraged in some way or another from following that path, and all of the life experience we gain along the way of “forgetting” creates the skill set we need to fulfill our unique and necessary purpose right now, today.

Look at what comes easily to you. We often dismiss our gifts as not valuable because we perceive that “anyone can do this” or “it can’t be this easy”. We are well-suited for our gifts, and do not need to make thongs complicated or difficult to make them valuable.

…and some tools to put your unique and necessary purpose into action:

Choose every action from the center of your heart. To do this, feel a memory of your heart singing, and use this as the quality measure for the action you are contemplating. Does what you are contemplating feel similar in quality to the memory? If so, then say YES!

Notice how mind chatter reduces your heart-centered feeling. Notice the “I can’ts”, the “I shouldn’ts” and the “it’s impossibles”. When you have observed how these thoughts disconnect you from your heart, then you can see that you have an option: to choose from the chatter or to choose from your heart.

Imagine what you desire as if it’s already done. What does it feel like right now, in this moment, to live your unique and necessary purpose? What would it feel like t do this every day? What would it feel like if everyone in the world lived this way?

Blog with us and share your experiences of recognizing and acting from your unique and necessary purpose. Click this link: BY THE WAY…

Play, explore, invent, and inspire yourself!

In Love and Gratitude,
Laura & Luca

JOURNEY Inward - Outward - Forward TEO

2009 Summer Eco-Spirit Journey
to the Pyramids of Teotihuacan, Mexico

INWARD - OUTWARD - FORWARD

The Invitation
Join us in Teotihuacan, a centuries-old university purposefully created to reveal and fortify action toward each human’s unique and necessary purpose in this world. With the masterful guidance of the One Community Programs teachers and the wisdom of this ancient place, experience your life’s purpose, initiate your creativity from balance and sustainability, and set free your awakened participation in the world.

Click here to view a video about experiencing yourself in Teo

The Details

DATE:
July 23-28, 2009
COST:

$1095 includes double occupancy room, meals, all ground transportation, entry and teaching fees. Air fare and gratuities are extra. Visa/MC accepted. To guarantee your spot, registration and a 50% deposit are required by 6/23/09 (spaces may remain
after this date on an as-available basis).

TO REGISTER & for MORE INFORMATION:
Contact Laura @ 203-215-0070 or laura@onecommunityprograms.com

follow this link for more information

see END NOTES in the newsletter
for what travelers have to say about the March 2009 Teo Journey…

Please Join Us for Our Next Teleclasse Series…

THE OPPORTUNITY
Support personal growth and create community from the comfort of your own home. Join One Community Programs for an open forum style teleclass series.
Join in, Speak up, Offer insight, Just listen,
. . . it’s totally your choice.
Don’t miss the chance to experience a community of caring, like-minded individuals and at the same time be inspired to seed and nurture your dreams for the coming season.

THE DETAILS
Call in number:
218-486-3860, enter pin 6102585#
(try logging-in a bit early - if you get a busy signal, keep trying!)
Time:
8:00 until 9:00 pm, EST
Dates:

Wednesday, April 29
Tuesday, May 26
Wednesday, June 24

Tuesday, July 21
You Imagine it. You Create it. You Share it.
We look forward to having you join us!

One Community Programs Monthly Columns

EcoBeing April 2009
Choice Making
Click here to see EcoBeing

ECO BEING

BodyBeing April 2009
Welcome to Spring!
Click here to see BodyBeing

BODY BEING

2009 On-going Workshop Series

Conscious Choice - Personal Action - World Change
The 2009 “Thriving through Change” Workshop Series

Now is the time …
to see the opportunities present with change.
to act on opportunities created by change.
to sustain opportunities for you and for the world.

Join us in your neighborhood to build a community of like-minded individuals for a three part workshop series on how to live in happiness, to create conscious choices, and to sustain personal passion and world balance.

The difference in your personal life, your community and the world is YOU!

Please join us for the following on-going workshop locations and dates:
Tampa, FL     6/14
New Haven, CT     5/15, 6/26
Wayne, NJ     5/17, 6/27, 7/12

LOOK! TWO NEW GROUPS FORMING IN MAY!

Litchfield, CT

Brooklyn, NY

LOOK FOR THE NEW GROUP DATES SOON

Please email us to inquire or check our website…

Click here to visit our website for series information and to register

End Notes

Read what a few of our One Community Programs Teo travelers have to share about their March 2009 journey experience:

“It is difficult to put my heart into words! What an amazing experience I had in Teotihuacan! A journey of so much growth! Through Laura and Luca’s loving guidance and unwavering support I found the strength, courage and beauty that is me. My humblest gratitude to them for their dream.” Amy, Indiana, US

“I am consistently very touched by Laura and Luca’s support in my journey. Their ability to guide each person through Teotihuacan is amazing, our backgrounds and stages being so diverse. I love they way they call for and embrace spontaneity, expanding and enriching individual and group experience. I see their integrity and light as the magnet that attracts new people spontaneously, seamlessly following the process in their embrace–the Universe’s verification of Laura and Luca’s total immersion in the Oneness that we are. These Masters are beautiful mirrors, complementing each other in perfect harmony. Their integrity and light support me in magical ways, I am so grateful to have them in my life!” Marta, Mexico City, Mexico

“I am filled with peace, love, happiness and freedom! I am connected to my heart, body, spirit and others in a way I have always yearned for, a place where everything my heart desires is possible. It is all there for you, if you are willing to realize the amazing gift that waits for you is from within yourself. This personal journey will transform you life. Heal yourself in this most glorious environment. Laura and Luca are the guides you have been waiting for.” Barbara, Frensdorf, Germany

Please consider joining us on the journey of a lifetime - to embrace your lifetime!

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Imagine… Our Year of Joy

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 01:22:14 +0000

THANK YOU

We would to thank everyone for making our website a
valuable resource and for the many thousands of visits that occured in
our first year. It is your enthusiasm and repeated infusion of energy
to the One Community Programs website that has inspired us month after
month to create the beautiful news letters and content that is our
website.

A Time-out For Laura

We would like to take a moment to give our deepest gratitude for all of you that have given Laura, both in the past and now in her time of greatest need, the utmost loving energy and support. As most of you already know Laura became suddenly ill and required surgery. She is recuperating and we will be back doing what we love most; sharing ourselves with each and every one of you. If you are wishing to attend one of our ongoing workshops please contact the local person and they will let you know the status of the workshops.

TEO in JULY of 2009

We have the love and care for all of you that were going to join us in Teo during our July 2009 Journey but we must announce that we are postponing our Journey. Please note that we fully intend to make our Journeys to TEO as we did in the past as soon as it is possible.

We hope that you understand and we will keep you posted regarding the re-booking of our TEO trip.

Thank you so much for your love, support and understanding,

Laura and Luca

Paperclips are Special Too

admin — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 00:30:07 +0000

We live in a world that is fast paced and changing in every moment. Some times we may feel that we can’t keep up, or we are worth less than others, or perhaps that we don’t even count. This is the very moment that we need to be the most clear with ourselves. Each and every one of us has chosen to come and take human form on this planet and we bring a specific, unique breathe to the community known as mankind.

Imagine if this was not true. Imagine if we had no specialness, no uniqueness; how would humanity evolve? What if we all discovered fire and that was it? What if no one put his uniqueness into action? There would be nothing new invented. Imagine a world without a paper clip or a post-it note. Imagine a world without the everyday objects that we take for granted. Even the smallest and simplest things took the specialness and uniqueness of an individual to come to be.

Each and everyday it is your specialness, your uniqueness that changes some part of mankind. It may not be noticed, but it certainly does contribute to the collective energy of humanity. We would ask you to take a moment each day and give yourself glorious praise for being that special, unique being that gives mankind life. We would like you to stop and imagine the next time you reach for even the simplest object what would happen if someone didn’t make the most of their uniqueness to create that object. Please blog and let us know what you find.

Body Being - Welcome to Spring

admin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:47:13 +0000

Body Being

Body Being is dedicated to honoring all aspects of who we are. That means taking care of our physical and energetic bodies to create balance and promote healthy living.

Welcome to Spring!

This month we celebrate Spring Equinox in lands north of the Equator. Equinox means “equal nights”, and all over the world perfect balance exists as we experience 12 hours of sunlight and 12 hours of darkness. For the soils of Mother Earth, as the amount of light increases, so begins the next cycle of rebirth. As winter’s hibernation phase is coming to a close, life exposes itself, and with that there is a call for new growth. How can we embody the energy of spring? We can allow the gift of light to enter into our being to feed our bodies and nourish our souls. We can plant seeds of conscious intent. We can LIVE!

Our bodies are made of matter, light transforms matter, and matter is energy. Our bodies are made of cells, and our cells have memory. Each moment of our life, whether consciously remembered or not, is embedded within our cells. All of our experiences and everything we witness has been downloaded into our bodies. As we practice awareness, we begin to recognize that we believe what our cells carry and that these beliefs become our reality. When we recognize that our cells are made of energy we can begin the process of shifting our beliefs. As we shift our beliefs, we shift our perception and ultimately, our reality.

By consciously breathing in light we can transmute any hibernating energy, locked deep within our bodies, which is not based on self-love. How does this work? When we witness our thoughts we see that our thoughts are based on beliefs. Is a particular belief true? Perhaps it is, perhaps it is not. Ultimately, our perception determines that. How can we tell the difference? Truth holds an energetic quality of tranquility in our bodies. Something that is not true or something that goes against our divine nature holds the quality of disharmony and this makes us feel uncomfortable. In using conscious breath to release beliefs that go against ourselves, we begin the process of transforming our cellular structure. When we release old energy from our cells, space is created and available to seed pure intent.

Our bodies are the soil of our being. As we till our soil we bring air to those places that have been buried. As we breathe in love our soil becomes love. Our soil then becomes a pure place where heart-felt desires and dreams are planted, nourished and cultivated. Moment by moment, we feed the garden of our being by breathing in light and fortify our bodies with love.

In this fertile soil, we recognize the illuminating quality of our individual journey, supported by our surroundings, which opens the gateway for heart’s intent and soul’s purpose to enter. While we recognize our individual journey and shed light to what we wish to transform, we open the gateway for heart’s intent and soul’s purpose. As we willingly embrace our process and open to the energies that feed and sustain us, we fully live. It is true. We can support every aspect of our existence by simply bringing awareness to our breath, which is, of course, the gift of LIFE itself!

Here are a few suggestions to aid in this process:

Meditation: Holding the intent of pure transformative light, breathe into every cell of your body for the count of eight, hold your breath for a count of four, breathe out any sensation that feels heavy or stuck for the count of eight, then hold your breath again for a count of four. Find a comfortable pace for your breathing and feel the rhythm of your being.

Tammy is a licensed acupuncturist, herbalist & energy worker who draws directly from nature, the wisdom of The Four Agreements© and other ancient traditions to support her clients on a path of healing, health and balance. Tammy reflects for her clients the belief that when we live in truth, balance and complete wellbeing, we align ourselves with the universal source of all life and create the opportunity to open and utilize our unique and sacred gifts.

Tammy’s email is: tammy.internalalchemy@gmail.com

Eco Being - Choice Making

admin — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 18:12:25 +0000

“Our problems are in our consciousness, and not in our world.”

While reading these words of Krishnamurti I began to wonder if all the problems we see in the environment are simply metaphors for the state within us that we are projecting onto the planet. Listening to our words about planetary health could be rephrased to describe ourselves: We are in crisis. We are polluted with the poisons of our past notions and actions, we are damaged beyond repair. We lack the ability to heal ourselves. There are holes in our (atmospheric) boundaries. Many of our gifts are now extinct and more are being wasted everyday. We are running out of energy. There are not enough resources. We are not fully valued and respected. We act counter to our best interests to satisfy an immediate craving. It’s almost too late.

Sound familiar?

This is not to say we are not truthfully seeing crisis on our planet; we cannot deny what we see and experience. But what we SEE doesn’t necessarily MEAN what we assume. If we are out of balance, then we will of course experience unbalance on our planet, as we are one organism with it. Jacquelyn Small says it this way: “We cannot just go out and save the world; we must first save the psyche who images the world!” The awareness of our connectedness with Earth and owning our power and responsibility regarding this relationship, and to ourselves are what matters. The choices that spring from this knowingness are inevitably balanced ones.

Whether consciously or not, we are co-creating everything that we experience in our lives. We live in a consensual reality. We are not only in league with other humans, but with the natural beings of the planet and the forces of the Universe. Claiming the power of choice and choosing with awareness are absolutely vital for us as humans. It is owning our role as creator. When fully operating from this state, we see everything else around us doing the same thing—Creating!

We have some big changes to make in our lives and in our world as many of us are not pleased with what we’ve created in the past. It is tempting to feel powerless to change the huge structures that exist—the ways our food is grown and marketed, the business of producing our clothing, how we live and keep ourselves healthy, our building and transportation systems. Just learning which choices we prefer is daunting! Being informed is a big task. We’ve believed our choices are black, white or none because that’s the way they’ve shown up on our breakfast tray.

Even if we could feel confident that one choice is best for all concerned, what difference would just one alternative choice make to influence change in the greater whole? By seeing our part in this consensual reality and withdrawing our participation in that which we no longer wish to see, we are free to make an informed alternative choice. This is choosing with awareness! This alternative choice-making has a cumulative effect. Obama’s online fundraising campaign, which was enormously successful by harnessing small donations from large numbers of ordinary citizens, is a great example of this principle.

If you still question your influence, as one person exercising your role as creator, ask yourself what are the consequences of refusing your power of choice? Yeah, that’s right. Look around. The consequences reverberate from the personal to the planetary and right back again.

In the coming months I’ll be exploring some everyday issues that directly affect the larger environment, with the hope of making more informed choices. Please join me and don’t forget to write in to share how you are exercising your creator muscles.

Meanwhile, feel free to use these mantras to keep yourself motivated and supported in your quest for more informed choices:

Start small but make some steady progress, refuse to be overwhelmed. Being overwhelmed prevents me from staying awake to the options.

I refuse to self-judge about past choices, keep trying. Self-judgment prevents me from staying awake.

I don’t have to know everything about every choice. I make the best choices I can with what I know right now. I intend to stay open to and to seek more information so that I may choose even more wisely next time.

Lisa Morris is a landscape architect, shamanic healer, land whisperer, and mother of two cool sons. Through her ongoing studies of Katasee, an ancient Peruvian shamanic tradition, Lisa helps others reclaim awareness and cooperation with the wise voices of the Earth.

Lisa’s email is: lymorris@rcn.com

Summertime in TEO

admin — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 22:14:13 +0000

July 23, 2009

July 28, 2009

Summertime in TEO

inward, outward, forward

July 23-28, 2009

Join us for an eco-spirit journey in Teotihuacan, Mexico to energize your personal power. Discover and experience the inward, outward and forward journey that will change the way you live your life.

Contact:

Laura Turlington laura@onecommunityprograms.com

Luca DiMatteo

luca@onecommunityprograms.com

Deadline: May 23, 2009

Cost: $1095.00

Sitting on the Fence?

admin — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:06:46 +0000

Sitting on the Fence?

Greetings

We have noticed a lot of fence sitting lately - have you? Lots of us waiting to make a choice or to take an action. Waiting for this or that detail to be worked out. Waiting for the economy to get better. Waiting for the economy to get worse. Waiting for a path to be clear amidst what appears to be conflicting or overwhelming choices. At least two things happen with a “wait and see” attitude. First, we put the power and responsibility to shift or evolve a circumstance outside of ourselves. We are the creators of not only what comes into our lives, but how we react to it all. If we take a wait and see attitude, well, then we will get exactly that: a wait and see outcome. Second, when we choose to wait and see, we put ourselves in limbo, taking ourselves out of the only place we experience life: the present moment.

Sitting on the fence or waiting for the perfect moment is like waiting to live. Why wait to live? This moment is here now, and then it’s gone. Make the choice to get off the fence and to take the action to live now. The action can be as subtle as shifting a perception of a situation or as grand as changing the course of a career. By engaging conscious perception and conscious choice, we connect with what is true for us in this instant, and we open the door not only to our heart’s desire, but to live now.

Here are some helpful tools to LIVE NOW:

BREATHE. Consciously breathe. Anxiety and worry cause an automatic reaction in our bodies that takes us out of our center and into a fight or flight response. Consciously take a deep breath. A deep breath is the fastest way to calm ourselves and to bring us to the present moment.
CONNECT TO NATURE. Take a walk on the beach, in the woods, on a mountain or in a field. Connect with a part of the world that is not affected by beliefs and opinions. Feel yourself as no different that that tree, that mountain, or that wave.
ENGAGE ALL OF YOUR SENSES. We depend heavily on sight as our primary way of perceiving the world, but we have other ways to experience! Listen to the wind, rain or snowfall. Feel the warmth of the fire. Smell the soup cooking on the stove. Touch the soft, fuzzy blanket. When we engage all of our senses, it is hard to not feel alive and in the moment.
LOVE YOUR BODY. Exercise. Eat well. Lavish attention on the physical you. Taking care of our bodies supports us in living in the moment by keeping us fresh and healthy, and our attitude follows. It can be as simple as a bubble bath or a self-massage after the shower every day.
GIVE GRATITUDE. Spend two minutes every morning before you get out of bed expressing gratitude for your life. Gratitude is the fastest route to presence. For more on this - go to the writings section and read: The Bridge to Unity.
FREE YOUR MIND. Write down on a piece of paper everything that is on your mind: your doubts, your worries, your fears. Get it all out. Then put this piece of paper in a special place. Let the paper hold all of these thoughts, and free your mind to be present now.
ASK FOR HELP. Ask the universe to help you. Create a relationship with a like-minded community. Seek the reflection of someone or something that you feel is a clear reflection of life in the present moment. Ally yourself with nature, the elements, or other forms of life. For more on thisgo to the writings section and read: With the Ease of Water.

Do you have other tools you use to bring yourself to the moment? Please share you ideas with us and hundreds of others by go to our …by the way section and reading: YOUR PRESENCE IS REQUESTED…

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Enjoy Your Dance with the Present Moment - with Life!

In Love and Gratitude,
Laura & Luca

SPRING IS AROUND THE CORNER - ARE YOU READY?
Teo Journey - March 2009

2009 Spring Equinox Journey
to the Pyramids of Teotihuacan, Mexico

CONSCIOUS CHOICE - PERSONAL ACTION - WORLD CHANGE

The Invitation

Spring is a time of potential and action: when all the elements of this earth conspire to support new growth. Awaken from winter, energized to sow the seeds of your dreams for the coming year. Learn how to ally with nature to fuel your everyday choices. Imagine your actions in alignment with your truth, free from limiting beliefs. Engage the balance of the equinox to move forward in a sustainable way.

What do you desire for this year? Join us in Teotihuacan, a centuries-old university purposefully created to reveal each person’s gifts. With the guidance of the facilitators and the wisdom of this ancient place, set your dreams in motion, learn to create from balance and sustainability, and activate your awakened participation in the world.

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Please go to our multimedia section and view a video on TEO

TESTIMONIAL: Here’s what a previous Teo traveler has to share:
Suzy Spivey, Producer of Daring to Dream ™
“Laura and Luca are gifted facilitators who created a safe and loving space for transformation in this magical place, Teotihuacan. I’ve done personal growth work for years and this journey was the most profound experience I’ve ever had. Thank you both for helping me access my authentic voice!”

The Details

DATE:
March 19 - 24, 2009

COST:

$1045 includes double occupancy room, meals, ground transportation, entry and teaching fees. Air fare and gratuities are extra. Visa/MC accepted. To guarantee your spot, registration and a 50% deposit are required by 2/23/09 (spaces may remain
after this date on an as-available basis.)

SPECIAL ITINERARY ADDITION: A traditional SWEAT LODGE Temazcal will be an option on this journey, as well as a visit to sacred sites in Mexico City.

REGISTER & for MORE INFORMATION:
Contact Laura @ 203-215-0070 or laura@onecommunityprograms.com

Introducing 2 new OCP Website Contributors

ONE COMMUNITY is pleased to announce
two new monthly contributors to our website:
Lisa Morris and Tammy Waite.

Lisa will be sharing her visceral, sensible wisdom through
EcoBeing, a monthly column which invites you to focus your
awareness through your relationship with all other life.

Please go to our Eco Being section and read more

ECO BEING

Tammy will be offering soulful observations and awareness
through BodyBeing, a monthly column about living and how to
develop a loving, supportive relationship with your physical being.
Please go to our Body Being section and read more

BODY BEING

New Workshop Series

Conscious Choice - Personal Action - World Change
The 2009 “Thriving through Change” Workshop Series

Now is the time …
to see the opportunities present with change.
to act on opportunities created by change.
to sustain opportunities for you and for the world.

The difference in your personal life, your community and the world is YOU!

Please join us for the following 2009 Workshop locations and dates:

Wilbraham, MA 4/4, 5/16, 7/11
Tampa, FL 4/19, 6/14
New Haven, CT 2/20, 4/3, 5/15, 6/26
Fall River, MA 3/8, 5/3, 6/28
Wayne, NJ 5/17, 6/27, 7/12

Please go to our event calendar for more information

Join us from the comfort of your home…

Winter Teleclass Series

THE OPPORTUNITY
Support personal growth and create community from the comfort of your own home. Join One Community Programs for an open forum style teleclass series.
Join in, Speak up, Offer insight, Just listen,
. . . it’s totally your choice
Don’t miss the chance to experience a community of caring, like-minded individuals and at the same time be inspired to ignite the fire in your own heart.

THE DETAILS
Call in number:
218-486-3860, enter pin 6102585#
(try logging-in a bit early - if you get a busy signal keep trying!)
Time:
8:00 until 9:00 pm, EST
Dates:

Wednesday, February 18

Tuesday, March 3

Wednesday, March 11
You Imagine it. You Create it. You Share it.
We look forward to having you join us!

End Note: Invitation to Act Outside Your Comfort Zone

END NOTE INVITATION
How about trying one new thing today - something you have never done before that will bring more harmony to the world!?

Share a warm hello with someone you do not know.

Help someone without them knowing.

Sing a song in a public place.

Share your experience on our blog by going to our …by the way section and blogging:
Breaking-Out of the Box…

Breaking Out of the Box

Luca DiMatteo — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:23:48 +0000

We have all built our box of safety, comfort, familiarity. This is the place where no harm, or more appropriately, no perceived harm can come to us. But every now and then we long to venture out of this box, to make change, or to create something different. Many times we become frightened and we run right back and climb into the box. What is that scares us? I would like to offer up the concept that it is fear of the unfamiliar, breaking away from our comfort zone, which causes a sense of impending harm and makes us what to scurry back to our box.

We present a challenge to you. Take a chance, do something outside of your comfort zone, something that you have to come out of you box of safety to create. Perhaps it could be sing Karaoke. Perhaps call an old friend that you did something, well not so pleasant to, and create an opening for a new friendship. Maybe, it could be just sitting and enjoying the sun for an afternoon even though you believe that you are way too busy.

Please take us up on my challenge and blog me back to let me know what you experienced when you were Breaking Out of the Box!

Your Presence is Requested

Luca DiMatteo — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 19:01:22 +0000

Even as an adult, the thought of hearing the phrase, “Your presence is requested”, conjures up many scary memories of past wrong doings. So let’s look at this phrase as a key to opening up yourself to moments in your life. Those moments that I’m speaking of are moments of being totally aware of what you are experiencing in the precise second that it is happening.

The next time you sit down to eat a meal take a moment to Request Your Presence, notice how the chair feels that you’re sitting in, the weight of the utensil in your hand, the heat rising from your plate and whatever else you can experience for that moment.

Take the time to experience life and don’t just run through it in the dark. You can give yourself so much pleasure and fulfillment if you choose to Request Your Presence.

Blog me back and let me know what you experienced when “Your Presence is Requested”.