I have recently written a series of posts about the controversy about building a mosque in NYC on my beliefnet blog.  For some reason this issue has engaged me. Here is a video blog post. I have a feeling I may have a lot more to say about this topic and I am not really sure why.

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Have you ever had one of those white-hot AHA!-moments where you suddenly understood something that  had been eluding you?

Well I just had one recently . . .

I am leaving for Lithuania in a few days and I was trying to get everything done before I left. One of those things was opening up my favorite program, Mastering Life.

I’ve been re-working this apprenticeship program for a while now. As I was going through the class material, I suddenly had a flash. I’m really enjoying the updating process and getting excited about these updates, but I’m feeling really pressured to move faster and try to get it done immediately.

Then my little voice suddenly piped up and said, “Allow yourself to fully savor reading and editing this material rather than just getting it done.”

What a relief. Now, while I spend time in my favorite place in the whole world (next to my home in Hawaii) I will savor re-reading and editing, tweaking and changing.

I was amazed that because I wanted to get things done I forgot to take time to smell the roses. Life is after all a journey best savored in the moment. So I am back to savoring and all is well in my world.

With lots of love and aloha,
Susan

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Aloha!

I need your help…

I hope you will take 5 minutes to answer 11 short questions about what you most want out of life. I’d love to hear about your frustrations and successes and everything in between.

The reason I’m doing this is simply to make sure I’m helping you on your journey as best I can. I want to create programs and systems that truly help you create the best possible life you can have. But I can’t do it without you!

Here is the link for the survey

Once again, thanks in advance for taking a brief moment out of your day and I really look forward to hearing from you!

With love and aloha,
Susan

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Fear is such an interesting emotion. It has stopped so many people from living the life of their dreams, it has allowed events like the Holocaust and encourages so much pilikia (trauma and drama) in the world.

If we decide to move away from fear we create fear to move away from but if we consciously choose to move toward love instead we create love to move toward. Doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out which method would create a more pleasant experience.

Yet, our habitual, knee jerk reaction is to run away from fear. Our bodies are even hardwired to do that but you can begin to make a conscious choice moment by moment until moving toward love becomes your default setting.

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Speaking words of wisdom, Let it Be, Let it Be. That song has been stuck in my mind for months now. Those of you who are familiar with my work know the Grandmother. She shares her wisdom through what I call teaching stories. She was a storyteller and her stories appear in three of my books.

For a long time I have wanted to write a book of teaching stories. My agent wasn’t wild about the idea but the other day I decided I would write it and the publisher would come. I fully expected the book to be written by the Grandmother. Imagine my surprise when Mary showed up instead. Here is one of her stories. I guess the two of them will share the honors of being the storytellers.

With love and aloha,
Susan

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