Fall Teaches Us to Be Present

Morning Meds 2.10

Fall Teaches Us To Be Present

We can choose to worry about the winter to come, lament the summer that was too cool, for some; or enjoy nature as she shows off her variety and sensitivity (I turn colors when I get chilly too :-). Actually, there is something to enjoy in every weather phenomenon if you look for it. Rainy days are so refreshing, the air feels so clean; cold days make you feel alive like an ice bucket challenge! The only problem I have with “perfect” days is how people talk about how they won’t last. I would love to see people that live in this neck of the woods embrace the extremes that are offered…or move…without complaining…Just a suggestion from the peanut gallery. I present you with the opportunity to unwrap the present called Autumn. Let it remind you that the only time on the clock is…   Felicity ONE WEEK LEFT!!!

What You Mean To Me

Morning Meds 2.9

This is to my mentor, who shall remain nameless. She strikes me as pretty humble, so I won't embarrass her. On our last phone call I promised I would explain to her why she means what she does to me. Enjoy my open letter to a phenomenal woman.

You want me to love you for the wise words you say, you want to replicate for me what your mentor gave you. What you are giving me now is the woman she helped to develop.

You appreciate my strengths, which is not an easy thing. One of my signature strengths is wisdom and um, I think I'm twice your age (give or take). So no, I don't need your wisdom as it is traditionally thought of, but knowing when not to speak is probably harder.

Knowing who you are is cool and everyone celebrates that, but knowing who you're not is what makes room for you in this world. You listen to me quietly enough that I can hear myself with enough refraction from your light that I see more clearly.

Indispensable
Formidable
Capturer of the heart of God. 

Thank you for being my friend and yes, a mentor to me.

Felicity

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What I learned from Temple Grandin and Donnie

Morning Meds 2.8

I recently watched one of my she-roes on Ted Talks. Temple Grandin, the most famous person with autism to write or teach, gave a speech, which of course showed her imminent brilliance. I was only a little disappointed because since my son Christian joined the speech team I thought it would be fun to have him do one of her speeches for competition. Alas, her speeches are quite episodic and she doesn't stay on one theme which is the convention. And heck, I'm glad she's unconventional... that suits her fine. 

One of her topics was about how visual minds like hers were comparable to the animal brain. She said, think of how a dog sniffs a tree, and gets all that good information just from that…  what dogs have been there, how long ago, etc. 
So of course, every time my dog Donnie sniffs a tree I'm so intrigued. I've been watching his instincts as I've been following my own lately. 

So there's something about instinct that I hadn't been told, but am definitely learning now, instinct within us as humans often needs to be freed to work. There is something, often different for each of us that hold our instincts hostage. We need to identify that to be free and make more decisions inline with what God has created us to do.

One of the ways we can do that (she said innocently) is with a life coach! I'm excited to be rolling out a new program, and if you know any entrepreneur with a network marketing or other kind of business who's struggling, please pass this along. I'm ignoring the traditions and following my instincts on this one, so I think I'll be a good role model for those who need support :)

A Tale of Two Dreams

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