‘Show me how to embody everything that is my joy.
Face me toward my Soul, my innocence, my beauty, my strength, my gifts.
Show me what I knew before I took on the veils of human form.
Show me who I am with no attachments, and who I am fulfilled.
Rinse comparison from my psyche,
lift my gaze to my Higher Self.
On the dark days, just remind me that I am a good person
and that I was chosen to be here.
Please affirm that I am valued regardless of my productivity or my past.
Help me notice how my Loving shows up in everyday doings.
Help me see how I make a positive difference to the atmosphere of Life itself.
Show me how to revel in my Divine qualities
and to give them generously to the world.
Support me to make empowered choices
that are the best for my body, mind, and spirit.
Help me integrate the parts of myself that I’ve abandoned
so that I move forward, fuller and wise’ (by Danielle LaPorte)

Stop stealing dreams

A short talk on The Tribes We Lead by Seth Godin with Greek subtitles at: https://www.ted.com/talks/seth_godin_on_the_tribes_we_lead/transcript?newComment=&language=el

And Stop Stealing Dreams at:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXpbONjV1Jc & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_Nad6RIjr0

A few days ago I listened to a podcast in which Seth Godin and Marie Forleo were discussing marketing and creativity. Marketing would not normally be one of my frequently chosen topics to read and listen to nowadays.  However, there was a time when such topics did interest me, especially earlier on in my life when I was studying Economics. This podcast took me back to my university years and I started thinking of how and why I had let go of that dream and whether it was my dream to begin with, but also how certain ideas and limiting beliefs came about. Many of us carry so many debilitating beliefs to do with money, marketing, perfectionism, success, visibility, our deserving or not, our worth, which often operate at an unconscious level and are the result of our early experiences and conditioning from family, school, environment and society in general. Alienation from our deepest aspects and yearnings affects the choices we make as individuals (and as a culture). We don’t stop to think what and who these beliefs serve. We hold onto ideas about how things should be and/or our place in the world without questioning their validity or wondering who they ultimately serve.Read more