Pic above of Lara Casey with my handmade fabric flower belt on her head....hehe, I feel so famous to have her loving on it and me!BOY Have I got a lot to say!!!! I'm a little afraid I won't stop, so bare with me here. Sorry I don't have more pics for ya!! I'll be adding some funny ones with Lara and the gals I spend last Friday with so keep checking in.
So just to preface..I will tell you what I THOUGHT this workshop was going to be all about....
I, along with probably all of the wonderful women at the workshop, came into the room in the Hyatt and thought, Alrrright, I'm pumped and so excited to be here...I'm going to learn about how to build my business, branding, get things done better, ya know an all around strengthen our business and ourselves seminar."
BOY, were we wrong! I'm not saying we didn't get that out of the deal as WELL but we got SO MUCH MORE!!!
What I quickly realized was, we would be digging deeper and getting to what really holds you back in LIFE, not just in your business or passion in life, but what is holding you back RIGHT NOW?!?! Sooo, we all very quickly started sharing our deepest darkest thoughts/fear/confusions and started to find out what inside of us was keeping us from realizing our potential.
Lara continued to probe questions to us and take them a step farther, and farther and add a few wise quotes in between to see if we could find the CLARITY we needed. It took me a while and then SNAP all of a sudden it HIT ME. Close to the end of the day I was writing and realized my TRUTH. The clarity I didn't see and understand or believe before just HIT ME.
Here's what my big moment was all about...
What I realized was that I can't take on anymore until I take better care of myself. Now stay with me here because most would say DUHHH....(aka my mom has been telling me this for years) but the difference is this...I always THOUGHT I wasss taking care of myself. I've always tried my best and had lots of goals and made good decisions and worked out and cooked healthy meals but what I really need is to turn my GOALS (to exercise more, eat healthier, have quite time/prayer time with God more, quality time with Ben) I have to turn my GOALS (want to's) into my ESSENTIALS (have to's)...EVERY SINGLE DAY!
In doing such I will be able to take on more and God bless me with more and bring me more projects for my business and I will have the peace inside to handle it all and show others who God is through all of it. I had many more moments and connections to this point of clarity and would love to share this experience with everyone. Ever since the seminar, I feel like a prophet and want others to experience their own moment of clarity. It's created such a sense of PEACE and empowerment. I have also seen so many more things so much more clearly. Doing my bible study exercises and listening to Beth Moore's latest video presentation with my bible study group Sunday night had such a deeper meaning to me. It's all coming together and all sending me the same messages that are building on one another. Even today at my first day at work I was being sent messages about how to succeed in my career was through the same concept of being prepared and that you have to put preparation into today to have a great tomorrow. It seems so simple to me but it was such a huge transfer in my mind. I realized I had to create a whole new routine and day in order to gain all of the things I want out of life. I was afraid of loosing my new creative business since I have a full time job and I was afraid of loosing my happiness and "Emilyness" in my new job. What I realized was that I can not loose anything that I'm not willing to give up. God has already provided me with everything I need to have it all and to dream big and tackle it all. I just need to respect what he has given me and take the BEST care of it so I am able to handle it all. In turning the things I need in a day into my essentials that are in everyday I am creating more energy, more time, more positivity in brain, more peace inside, and most of all a Greater Capacity to Love Others.
Since the workshop I have been on fire and am learning and reteaching myself how to have my essentials in every day. I am simply starting anywhere with SEA sisters and not making everything happen in a perfect order. I'm just GOING for it. Of course I don't have everything where I want it to be, but if I simply never give up and do as much as I can in a day, after a good collection of days, we will see what will happen. I would bet more than my expectations and dreams.
Below a Pic posted from the Tmbler page (http://mth2010.tumblr.com/page/6) Lara made to follow all of the Making Things Happen tour events....below is my group of wonderful girls and a quote that Lara added to us...God Bless her and all these fabulous women!
April, Jenae, Debra, Elizabeth, Amber, Angela, Cynthia, Danielle, Emily, Lauren, Judith, Lisa, Lara, Carrie, Caroline, Jenny - Yesterday was just the beginning. Today, now, in this moment you have the choice to be remarkable. Give yourself license to dream bigger, as you did together just hours ago. Make the choice to be remarkable. Life is just too short to settle for anything less than the greatness - giving, loving, creating - that you were created for. xo Lara, Emily and Gina
