I Am A Woman of Wonder

"This is a wonderful day, I have never seen this one before." ~ Maya Angelou Oh, the beauty and possibilities to be found in a new day! Always filled with the unexpected, always open to the options and choices that the Universe provides. Of late I have found myself to be a woman of wonder. Each day I begin with an honoring ritual for what is yet to come. I trust that my guides, that Spirit, that the soulshapers on my path will bring love and light. It always is so. How? Because that is what I look for.

I have learned to go through my days without expectations, to live in the moment, to embrace the wonder of each day. It is always there, if only I remember to seek it. Even on those days with lots to do. Even on those days when I am a bit spent. Even on those days when others try to work the smile off my face. My woman of wonder can find something that holds delight. Now the rest is up to me!

We learn in life how to fan the flames. We do it with our thoughts, out intentions, our words and our actions. Which fire you choose to burn is the real question. I choose to burn fires of passion, inspiration, appreciation and beauty. With that intent in my soul, the Universe responds.

Each day can unfold with the greatest of possibilities and options. Each person we meet can offer lessons and gifts. Each conversation we hold can lead to a place of inspiring potential. Every step we take can create a new dance. It is beyond wonderful. It can be so. One can live in this essence and have this beauty surround and be a part of who they are. It becomes contagious! Others will want to be a part of this magic, but it is truly your reality! And it is all within you, around you, before you and up to you! You too can be a woman of wonder, look for it in your truth, look for it in life.

Blessings ~ Lisa

©COPYRIGHT 2013 Lisa Meade

Wild Woman

"Within every woman there is a wild and natural creature, a powerful force, filled with good instincts, passionate creativity, and ageless knowing. Her name is Wild Woman, but she is an endangered species. Though the gifts of the wildish nature come to us at birth, society's attempt to "civilize" us into rigid roles has plundered this treasure, and muffled the deep, life-giving messages of our own souls. Without Wild Woman, we become over-domesticated, fearful, uncreative, trapped." -Clarissa Pinkola Estes Wild Woman embraces beauty for that is what feeds the essence of her Soul. But the beauty she embraces must be the purest in its form. Not highly processed and commercialized. No, she embraces the beauty found in a blade of grass, in the first sip of sweet tea, in the whispers of children, in the call of the hawk and in the holding of a friend’s hand.

Wild Woman embraces the power to be found in the shadows of her truth. Knowing that the balance lies in the place between the darkness and the light. Wild woman does not run and hide from her pain, but sits with it and allows it to talk to her in its own language, one not mimicked from any source but instead shared from heart.

Wild Woman fights to be heard. She will kick and scream and punch her way to the Truth if she needs to. But she will also tenderly share with grace and delight the delicate wonders that are birthed within her each day. She knows that her message matters and shares it with love.

Wild Woman lives simply, powerfully and creatively ensuring that she is available to all the richness designed for her by the Universe. She tends to her soul’s needs with a dedication. She opens her heart wide so that the flow of love is unblocked. She clears her mind of the lies, the mis-guidings and the opinions of others so that she can hear her authentic voice.

Wild Woman is willing to stand on the very edge and lean into the wind knowing her wings will lift her and if they don’t she trusts that the fall will be what saves her! Wild Woman trusts that being in the moment and being present allows the very cells of her being to vibrate and share in the frequency of the Universe and all is as it should be and she dances in that joy!

Blessings ~ Lisa

©COPYRIGHT Lisa Meade

Listen to the Voice of Integrity

Listen to the silent voice of your integrity. When the voice of knowledge becomes the voice of integrity, your emotional body becomes the way it was when you were a child. You return to the truth, to your own sense, you return to love, and you live in your happiness again. ~Don Miguel Ruiz Our world loves the quest for knowledge. Degrees are measures of success. Education is valued. And not that it shouldn’t be, but what we do with that knowledge needs to be equally valued or even more. How do we bring our knowledge into alignment with our intentions and connect that to our service and relationship with others?

When this alignment happens we feel so full of wholeness. Truth is the only meal the soul needs. Integrity builds our connection to truth. It fosters our relationship with our body, mind and soul. We find joy in our moments, we see beauty around us, we hear promise and hope, we have hearts overflowing with love and it is happiness that sets the rhythm of our steps along our path.

When we learn to listen, to truly listen to our integrity we allow its wisdom to mesh with our knowledge. We learn to shut out the chatter of the should’s of old stories and others opinion. We learn to hear the whisper of our soul. We trust the gentle nudging of our intuition. We put to practice what our purpose beckons.

When we learn to listen this way each day brings abundant possibilities to us. We find ourselves seeing with a perspective of brightness and wonder. Our doors and windows are wide open and we are ready to usher in the positive energies created by our intentions and our truth.

Blessings ~ Lisa

©COPYRIGHT 2013 Lisa Meade

Asking the Questions

“Asking the proper question is the central action of transformation- in fairy tales, in analysis, and in individuation. The key question causes germination of consciousness. The properly shaped question always emanates from an essential curiosity about what stands behind. Questions are the keys that cause the secret doors of the psyche to swing open.”-Clarissa Pinkola Estes Sometimes it takes a good dose of courage to ask the questions, but the end results are what make it worth it. Have you ever met someone who just won’t go there? They don’t want to rock the boat, they are willing to stay in the stagnant water, they would rather live with dissatisfaction and lack of enthusiasm than take the risk in finding happiness and passion. So they just spend day after day, week after week, even month after month just going through the motions. Some will stay in this dull grove for years, living, but not full of life. Often, life will rock the boat or toss them overboard and they are forced to ask some questions, seek some answers, live outside their comfort zone and this can bring about a fabulous life change for them…or not.

When we feel stuck in a rut that is a clue that we need to begin asking some questions. When we are feeling disempowered…questions! When we are frustrated or feeling trapped…more questions! When we are feeling lost…ask some questions! What is beautiful about this is that we are able to encourage our growth and evolution with these questions. They truly are the keys to our forward movement, our learning and our power!

Asking questions takes practice. It also means listening to the answers. Taking the time to see how they resonate with our soul. How they may challenge us or how they may create more questions to seek answers for. There is no rush. Sometimes the process leads to clarity right away and the door swings wide open and we stride through. Sometimes it takes a little more time and consideration and we are offered a few doors as answers and we decide to take our time to view all the possibilities. Whatever happens, you can trust that all this questioning will lead you to some answers, some surprising and some feeling like the perfect fit.

Blessings ~ Lisa Meade ©COPYRIGHT 2013 Lisa Meade