Create Your Garden of Eden

Who do you thank?

My book was dedicated to one of my mentors, Cutty Joseph.

Cutty died several years ago when he was 84. I always think of him and his words of advice to me throughout the years. He was always saying I should do what I felt God had sent me to the earth to do. And this is why I dedicated the book to him. It was the outcome of his pointed advice.

Cutty had read the first draft and gave me very useful feedback. He was the one who cautioned me that there should be some reference to godly values. Readers should not just go out and create whatever they fancied; they had to be guided by what God would assess as “good” and “very good.” He was right and I modified the manuscript after his comments.

I did not disclose I was dedicating the book to him and so, when it was printed, I presented him with a copy.

He was in his late 70s at that point, and he chuckled and smiled in surprise when he saw his name on the dedication page. He could not believe I had dedicated it to him and he also could not recall that particular piece of advice.
“Did I really say this?” he asked?
“Yes, you did.” I responded. “And you also said ‘stop playing the ass’ but I did not think that was appropriate to include in a Christian book.”

We both had a good laugh that day for that was exactly how he spoke to me.

Cutty was a former politician, Minister of Government, international relations scholar, educator and ambassador. We met as we worked together on a revised vision document for the political party we both supported. He said I was too aggressive in my deadline of the document. He was prepared to take his time. I wanted it all completed in the shortest possible time. This was likely due to our 40-year age difference. His seniority and experience had caused him to be a bit cynical about the purpose and usefulness of the document. I was determined we could make a difference and we had to get cracking now. He was eventually right; and did not hesitate to remind of this when we saw the final destination of the document.

But Cutty pushed me to move forward; up and out of the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago where I was at the time. He reminded me that I was a Harvard law graduate and I could do anything. He encouraged me as a woman and an entrepreneur to carve out my own pathway. He said women in power were on the rise. He told me I could go to Geneva, to Shanghai, to New York, to London. He said the world was my oyster.

I ignored him for most of our early conversations.

But then I returned to his words of advice. When I was making a proposal for a bold career move, I consulted with him. And for this he was encouraging. He gave me his vocal and written support and made a personal recommendation to the decision maker, the Prime Minister at the time.

I think of Cutty ever so often when I am hesitant to make a bold move, when I begin to doubt and question my decisions or when I wonder what could have been.

However, his words are still true. While I can still breathe, my agenda remains the same; just do what I was sent to do. Because, although many years have passed, I still have a lot of value to add in many fields and indeed, the world is still my oyster.

January 30, 2020 admin Uncategorized No comments yet

True Freedom

We all aspire to be free where we can live without externally imposed restrictions and limitations. True freedom means different things to different persons. As we implement the steps of the Create Your GOE lifestyle, in essence, we are all embarking on a journey to a place of true freedom.

Let me explain more.

Is freedom the ability to travel around the world without being tied down in one location? For some, this geographic flexibility or nomadic lifestyle means they are not beholden to an employer or a fixed job, home or country. There have no ties and this gives them a sense of being in control of their life; they are free to go where they wish. This makes them feel totally free.

For others, freedom means they can spend their time on the causes and issues that interest them the most, even though they are tied to one location. They have the freedom to use their time as they wish. They may have a full time job or may have retired comfortably so they can now do what they wish with their time; pursue an activity such as gardening, photography or writing. Or, they can spend more time with their grand kids, or traveling, coaching others or volunteering in an organization.

Freedom is all about financial freedom for others. Perhaps their income is from so-called ‘passive’ sources so they do not have to work in a regular 9 -5 job. They earn money from rental property, dividends or interest from stocks and bonds, royalty income or some other form of payout that happens without them lifting a finger of heavy work. They are financially free because their lifestyle is not dependent on their income from a job. This freedom is the goal espoused by many financial advisors, and a good goal it is.

In the Create Your GOE lifestyle, we are focused on identifying your purpose or reason for living, and creating a life that allows you to express this lifestyle through a Masterpiece in your defined Garden of Eden.

True freedom, here, then, is the ability to live a life that allows you to express your God-given purpose so that each day can be branded as “very good.”

When you have identified your special purpose for your life or for an important area that requires attention (health, finances, spiritual, family, etc), you know that you are living for the reason that you are on the earth. This recognition and knowledge frees you to be your true self and live your life in a way that no one else can, because each person is unique.

But it is not enough to have clarity about your Purpose. You need to be moving toward expressing that purpose intentionally each day. And this can not be done in an ad hoc or willy nilly way. You need a system and a process. This is what we see in the original creation of the earth and the first Garden of Eden. The Creator had a process and he was moving forward each day. There was true freedom in going through this process.

When the Masterpiece was completed and placed in the ideal environment, there was also total freedom in his position. This was not because there was no limitation or accountability in the Garden of Eden, because there was. The Creator created the environment that was needed and defined the boundaries for his Masterpiece. And the Masterpiece, man, had a job to do. The Garden of Eden was not a paradise vacation destination. There was an assignment.

What can be as freeing as knowing that you are indeed doing what you were created to do? This is not being tied down, but being free to soar to the heights that are possible with the Creator. And his plans for you are always good and great, and way beyond what we think is possible. So there is no sense of being tethered to a small stake.

Let this be your freedom goal then: creating a life that is uniquely yours, where all your talents and gifts are expressed with a sense of purpose and where you are following a pattern and process specifically aimed at causing your best to emerge. Even if you have an external geographic, financial or time boundary, nothing cannot affect your internal sense of freedom when in this state.

January 14, 2020 admin Blog No comments yet

Your voice activated future

When we speak we are broadcasting our inner thoughts, our beliefs and our feelings. This is even when there is no actual microphone to magnify our volume or when we are alone in the dead of night.

Yes, even if alone, at least one person hears our every word whenever we speak. I don’t mean Alexa or Siri, those voice-activated software systems. And I’m not talking about God either. Rather, your words are being picked up and registered on the frequency of your internal heart and mind. You are always speaking to yourself.

Our words are sound waves. And these waves generate responses by the sub atomic particles deep in every cell in our physical being, which are wavelike themselves. Yes, science has conducted experiments, as best as possible, to detect and understand the nature of these responses. It is still not crystal clear. But when you speak, your body, mind and spirit responds. And so we must be careful, deliberate and intentional with the words we speak.

This is why speaking is such a powerful medium to create change. We see this in Genesis. From the first day, when there was darkness and God desired light, he spoke and we were introduced to the method of speaking words to cause change. And so it continued on each day throughout the Creation. “And God Said” is in each verse.

As you go through this process to identify your big or mini purpose in life and create a Masterpiece and an ideal vehicle for this Masterpiece, you are to utilize the speaking phenomenon at every step.

Words are the foundation on which we build our lives: the bedrock of our future. So whatever we wish to see in our future, we must start speaking today in our present. This makes our future completely voice activated.

There are two types of words or speaking we must broadcast to ourselves. First, we must speak words that are consistent with our revealed purpose. We do not speak against what is; We speak to command and bring to reality what does not yet exist. We are to speak the desired outcome on each day of this seven step process. If you are creating a specific end-product or Masterpiece for your health, career, business or finances, speak and call it into existence. Give it a clear name, such as: athlete body, six-figure job, peace beyond my understanding, godly boss, book audience, etc.

Whatever you desire, call it by name. And do this every single day, even multiple times a day. This does not mean you do not have faith. It means you are comfortable with it existing and training your mind to co-exist with the reality of this thing. In fact, increase your faith by becoming excited about your Masterpiece, even before you see it. Become excited about the prospect of a life with your Masterpiece and, remarkably, what you become happy about will turn up in your life.

When we speak, we are activating the creative process that cause things that do not yet exist to come into being.

The second type of words we must speak are words that align with the Creator’s Word. We are following his pattern of creating and we voluntarily choose to be governed by his principles, his standards and his promises. Therefore, we speak words as we see in the scriptures which support our particular focus and purpose. If we are pursuing health and wellness, we find the scriptures which align with this and speak them over our lives and back to God. If we are seeking to create a Masterpiece of love in our relationships, we speak the scriptures about love and family life to ourselves and back to God. There are scriptures relevant to every aspect of life. Allow our internal guide to show us where the applicable scriptures are. And meditate, focus and instill these scriptures into daily life.

What happens when we do this? We become aligned with what God said. And we are connecting with God’s creative power to bring those words to reality in our lives.

Our words are powerful beyond our imagination. And God’s Word is even more powerful. It is beyond our comprehension. Let us combine our words and partner with God in this realm to create the life that he designed for us.

January 7, 2020 admin Blog No comments yet

Before you change anything

December is a great time to assess your life over the past 12 months. And this December 2019 is also the end of a decade so it is even a better time to evaluate your life before you decide to change anything.

To put this into our Create Your GOE context, let us look at what happened before the creation of the world in Genesis.

The first thing we see God do in Genesis 1.2 is to describe the state of his world. He looked at it and assessed and evaluated the situation and made a statement about the world. It was void or empty. It was without form or structure. And it was dark.

While theologians have several theories on why the earth became dark and void, we are focused on how to apply this system to our lives to get results. So let’s start.

When we start out in Creating our Garden of Eden (GOE), we start from where we are. I call this Day ZERO. It is not mentioned as a day in Genesis, but for our work here, we will use the term Day Zero. In the first edition of the book it was called “Pre Creation Assessment” but Day Zero is easier to remember.

What is your Day Zero like? Where are you now? Is this where you planned or hoped you’d be? Are you satisfied overall? Are you excited about your progress?

If you want to see more progress or you want to stop going in a certain direction, you first need to be very clear and specific in assessing your current situation. Write down a statement about your life now and mark the spot. Make it a definitive marker so that when you look back you can trace your progress from this spot and celebrate your successes. Yes, you will have success using this Create Your GOE system. God did. And so will you!

If you are not honest with yourself, you’ll never be able to move in the right direction. Many people can deceive or hide their true situation from others. No one can read your mind or hear what you say to yourself when you lay in bed late at night. This is the moment of truth. Or, perhaps it is when you first wake up in the morning and it is not yet daylight. Your moment of truth has to be your starting point.

We all must have a moment of truth.

Write in your journal or on a blank notepad. Create two columns by drawing a line down the middle of a page. One the left side, headline “I am here now”. On the right side, write “This is where I want to go.”

In this first part, we focus on the left side where you are now.

Here is a checklist of some areas to review and assess from 2019. Write your comments on the Left side of your page. Remember God’s world in Day Zero was not impressive. So don’t try to pretend yours is.

Health and Wellness. How are you doing in this area now at the end of December? Are you healthy and fit or in poor health? If you cannot move, walk, or breathe comfortably, everything else really becomes secondary. Your physical body is your vehicle to get around in this earth realm. If your vehicle breaks down, you are limited. You can’t get another body. And health and medical support takes a great financial and emotional toll.
Mental and Emotional Wellness. Are you positive and motivated about your life, or are you down, sad, unhappy, and depressed on the inside? Do you love yourself and feel valued? Was 2019 full of stress and are you carrying that forward? Are your thoughts positive or do you struggle with finding meaning and purpose in life? Do you feel you need help in handling your emotions and your thoughts? We focus on the internal first in this system so you need to be honest about it.
Intellectual Wellness, Career or Business. How do you feel about where you are in your career, or the growth (or start) of your business? Are you challenged on a daily basis? Are you fulfilling your dreams or living someone else’s dream? Are you stuck or moving ahead? Do you have a clear long term plan for your career, business, work or ministry? Are you growing or declining? Are you excited?
Social and family relationships. Do you have connections with others in a family or community? Are you close to your parents, siblings, children or relatives? Can these relationships be strengthened? Are you alone and lonely? Do you have real friends, or some support network if not with your immediate family? Everyone needs someone else at some point. Do not overlook this aspect of your life. Identify your true status. And while having friends on social media is better than nothing, determine who you can call on at a moment’s notice.
Spirituality. How do you feel about your relationship with God over the last year and decade? Are you walking closer with Him? Do you feel you hear Him speaking to you clearly? Do you know what He wants of you and how He operates in the earth? Is this an area that needs improvement; in your bible study, connections with other believers, or in your involvement in sharing his Word to others? What’s your assessment here?
Financial Wellness This is a significant area for most people. How was 2019 for you from a financial point? Is your earning power and net worth increasing? Did you make some unwise decisions? What is your current financial cushion if something happened to you today? Are you comfortable, challenged or celebrating? And are you sharing and giving to causes you care about? Can you even afford to?

As I looked back over my 2019, and the last decade, there are many areas where I could have made different decisions. The intention of this post is not to get focused on regret about the past, but to simply plant a stake in the ground and declare “I am here now. But this not my final destination.”

Often when we take ownership of where we are, we can breathe a sigh of relief from holding everything in and pretending it is all well. After you have written down your assessment of your current life, take a deep breath and open yourself to move forward to change your life.

December 29, 2019 admin Blog No comments yet

5 “must dos” before 2019 ends.

As we approach the end of 2019, while crowds of shoppers are making last minute purchases, you can calmly and intentionally take the following action steps to close off this decade strongly.

Make a list of 2019 Dead Weight
This refers to people, projects, attitudes and habits which slowed your progress in 2019. No doubt there were projects in the past year which were not part of your core purpose. You may have over committed to someone or been overly ambitious with your to-do list. Ask yourself if a project is moving your forward or dragging you down. If it is not moving your toward your core purpose or Masterpiece as identified on Day One, then it can be left in 2019.

Dead weight also applies to people, groups and causes. You may have a friend, colleague or even a family member who is full of negative energy or simply unappreciative and annoying. If you maintained the friendship for charitable reasons, clear out the friendship box by leaving this person in 2019. You do not have to send a goodbye card or provide a long explanation. Write a Note to yourself stating you are leaving this person in 2019. As you create your Garden of Eden, you cannot exist in a state of darkness. And creating light means eliminating the darkness of people who bring heaviness when they are around.

Personal habits or attitudes that did not serve you well in 2019 should be left behind. Resolve to leave your emotional outbursts, short temper, sarcastic tone or a dour outlook in 2019. As you create your Garden of Eden, anything that does not allow you to thrive and be your best self has no part in your future. Leave the poor habits behind.

2. Email Inbox Clean Out.
In this technology-driven world, email inboxes seem to be never ending, with promotions from every retailer you’ve visited, to websites your mistakenly registered with for one useful pdf. Many retailers sneakily ask for your email address when you’re at the cash register just to get your email and proceed to inundate you with ads on a daily basis. Aim to reduce your inbox newsletters from unnecessary content. One technique to deal with this is to join a service that rolls up all newsletters and promotional mail and unsubscribes you from them. This is very useful. And the service will check your inbox regularly to see if there are ‘new’ subscriptions. One company I find useful is https://unroll.me.

In addition to the promotional emails, now is a good time to clean out old files which are simply bloating your inbox. If you have not read or responded to emails from 2, 3, or 5 years ago, it is a good chance you can delete those safely without even reading them. Seek to get to inbox -zero by December 31st and then you can resolve to do this deep clean once per week moving forward.

3. Organize your Financial records.
Financial records are an important part of any life or business you are creating. And these records are often needed when you least expect it. Take one night this last week of 2019 to organize you paper financial documents. You may also want to digitize them at the same time by taking a photo or utilizing a special app. For records that are digital, you should make a backup copy of, for example, your Paypal or Venmo account. Keep these in an organized folder and then make a copy of that folder online.

Also, take a quick look through your tax files. Is there an action to be completed before the end of this calendar year? Then do so right away so as not to lose a benefit. We all know that tax time is early in the new year. This is a stable part of the seasons of life. And in Day Four of our Create Your GOE process, we plan for the known seasons on life. So begin now to compile the 2019 financial records so that you can easily pass them to your accountant or have them accessible for your online tax filing.

4. One Last Dash to the Finish Line.
If you’ve been procrastinating for the year on one item, and it’s pressing on your mind, give yourself some release from the stress by taking one of two actions. First, you can make a mad dash for the finish line by devoting a few hours to make some headway on the project. Some people (like me, I confess) love the adrenaline rush of a deadline. We can sprint forward and accomplish more in half a day than in the prior half a year. If this is your style, then you need to work with your style, though this cannot be a dominant strategy for success. So, if you planned to work on a second book but this has not yet started, you can spend a few hours on the outline. If you intended to start an online business this year and you feel very disappointed in yourself, spend 4 or 5 hours researching and writing the top opportunities or the top contenders in your industry. If you were meaning to volunteer with an organization, you can join now. And volunteer starting next week. By taking some action, you will give yourself a small win that will create a favorable mental framework. And thank yourself for taking a small action. Feel the satisfaction of moving forward. This will create the good energy to motivate you to continue taking those small actions.

A second strategy to deal with an undone task is to reformulate it into a bigger or more expansive project so you’re not simply dragging over an unfinished project into the new year. If you planned to get started on a new business project, but it never got off the ground, then expand it for 2020. If you were going to form a nonprofit or a ministry group and it was not started, expand the concept or the target group. Decide to take it international or create a larger team. In this way, you will give your self the moral boost of taking some action in 2019 and not simply moving the same item into a new year.

5. Pamper Yourself.
The last week of the year is usually a slow time in the business world. Many companies are closed and others have limited staff. While you can still continue with your strategies and plans, and may have interesting results by being active when fewer are, you can also simply take the time to pamper yourself. Identify a body, mind or spirit reward you can give yourself. This can be a special yoga class, or a massage. You can buy yourself a new book or visit a museum. Or you can enjoy an evening concert. Often during the energetic rush of creating our ideal life and our Masterpiece, we may put our personal comforts on the back burner. This week is a good time to do the opposite and end the year feeling like you have valued yourself by taking care of your inner body, mind or spirit.

December 23, 2019 admin Blog No comments yet

Listen to your inner voice

In Creating our Garden of Eden, our ideal life, using God’s pattern, we need to be sensitive to our inner voice, our intuition, also known as a hunch or instinct.

In this GOE Process, we must be tuned in to how we think about ourselves and how we feel when we are going about our life, whether doing certain activities or operating in certain roles. This is essential, specifically, in the Pre-Creation assessment where honesty is the first element. You have to be honest with yourself about what is not right with some aspect of your world – which can be described as the void and darkness we see in Gen 1:2. Once you are honest, then you can begin to focus on what you want and then create the world you wish. If you are not honest with yourself, you will feel a lot of internal disquiet and likely not achieve an outcome that leads to happiness and success.

In addition, throughout the GOE process, such as when you are to identify your values or make plans, your inner voice is what you will use to help come to your right conclusion.

Your inner voice is the true you. It is the you when no one is around. It is what determines your outer or external life. You are on this creative journey to create an ideal life because you are dissatisfied with what you see in some part of your life. This is the inner voice directing you to a better, to a greater masterpiece. The inner voice knows you are unique with a unique purpose in the earth. S/He wants you to win.

Often you need to sit and converse directly with your inner voice. This can be done through reflecting on your day and what went right and what did not. Many find using a journal to list your successes at the end of the day to be useful. Even as you run or engage in some fitness activity, your inner voice can often be very vocal during this time of a ‘mindless’ activity. For me, early in the morning or in the shower are times for my inner voice to bring clarity and inspiration.

How do we become more sensitive to and trusting of our inner voice? By listening to it and following its lead. And then as we realize following it serves us well, either through protecting us from some harm or preparing us for what lays ahead, we build up our confidence. This can be in big areas, such as a warning about a person you are thinking of going into business with or lending money to. Or, even more significant, when you get a hunch about a potential romantic date or the route to take on a late night.

And the intuition can also alert you on a smaller scale, such as when you are prompted to take a final look around a room before leaving, and realize you were about to leave an important item behind.

The inner voice is always speaking and as you listen to it more often, you begin to hear it about the ‘noise’ around you; and these days there is much noise around whether from other people, or from society or from the news and a never ending stream of information on social media.

Many do not value this inner voice as much as their analytical mind which looks at facts and weighs the pros and cons objectively. Often, the inner voice is not logical or conventional. We do not need a second opinion to be the same as our logical mind.

When you do take the time to listen to your inner voice, and hear it clearly, acknowledge this, either by saying a “Thank you” or by a silent smile. This will cause you to hear it more often. What gets rewarded or acknowledged, gets strengthened.

As a Christian believer, your inner voice is attuned to the voice of God. So when you get an unction, you really are hearing directives from God. But you have to train your inner voice to hear and know the voice of God.

As you look back over the year (and decade) now ending, do you remember occasions when your intuition was proven right over what others may have advised? Do you recall when you ignored the inner voice resulting in a negative outcome? Is your inner voice getting stronger through use and attention? Or, is it weaker due to neglect and continuous dismissal?

Take the time to think on these past situations so that you can intentionally learn what your intuition sounds and feels like. And as you learn and focus on the directions of the voice, you will learn to trust your true self more.

December 15, 2019 admin Uncategorized No comments yet

Scaffolding to build your dreams

We are now in the Christmas season and one of the memorable scenes at this time of the year in New York City is the Christmas tree at Rockefeller Center.

The Christmas tree is a large towering tree, some years it is up to 100 feet tall. It is decorated with more than 50,000 lights and, according to the official site, more than half a million visitors pass the tree each day during the Christmas season, from early December through January.

Recently, this year, I was working in the area around Rockefeller Center and was looking forward to seeing the tree fully lit. As I walked around a few days before Thanksgiving, I noticed the tree was already in place. It was not lit yet, but what struck me was the scaffolding around it.

I never really thought much about how the tree lights were hung. But as I got a closer look, it became clear that the wood planks and steel frame was absolutely necessary to allow workers to climb high up and into the tree to hang the thousands of lights, electrical wires and other decorations.

Rockefeller Christmas Tree hidden by scaffolding — Scaffolding on Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree

As I saw the scaffolding and the tree hidden underneath, I immediately saw the connection to the Create Your Garden of Eden process. This process is the scaffolding for you to build your Big Dream!

We are all looking to find our purpose, build our dream life, and establish our Masterpiece in Life like a major Christmas Tree that stands 70 -100 ft tall in the center of our lives. Our Masterpiece is decorated to make us stand out and be significant – in whatever way we define significance and relevance. And it is a unique expression of who we are.

And our Masterpiece when completed will be something we can be proud of and that reflects who we are. We should be able to look on proudly and say it is “very good.”

The CreateYourGOE process is similar to the necessary scaffolding before the Masterpiece is revealed. It keeps the Masterpiece hidden while we focus on the inner work. During the construction phase, often you cannot see the building when it is covered in scaffolding. Similarly with the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, if one looked at the structure from a distance, all that was visible was the scaffolding. It was only when you are very close could you see some branches of the tree to let you know a tree was inside all the metal and wood.

Scaffolding is necessary to support the structural work, the electrical, repair or maintenance work in any major building which cannot be done from a ground level. It also protects workers during the building phase and ensures they can get to the top and move around in safety. And the scaffolding is the sign that some great construction is ongoing.

The Create Your Garden of Eden process, like scaffolding, takes you through all the elements you need to ensure your Masterpiece is both functioning as intended and is beautiful to view.

On Day Zero in Pre-Creation, we determine our end goal and where we want to go
On Day One, we get clarity and eliminate the immediate obstacles to getting started
Day Three, we put the foundation, and the planning in place.
On Day Four, we budget and develop action plans for future seasons.
On Day Five, we consider alternate scenarios.
On Day Six we bring all the components of the Masterpiece together and
On Day Seven, we move forward with our Masterpiece in place and performing at our best from a position of peace and rest in Him.

So as you embark or continue on building your purpose, do not overlook the importance of the scaffolding. If the scaffolding is faulty, or not strong enough, it can hinder the completion of a great masterpiece. Use the scaffolding during the season of construction. Step on it with confidence. Hang your lights high up. Do all the hidden work for the project or the business or to get to your fitness goals.

Scaffolding does not stay up forever. When all the initial work is finished, you can step back, remove the scaffolding and let the Masterpiece you created and built as part of your ideal life shine for all to enjoy.

December 9, 2019 admin Blog No comments yet

A mindset of gratitude

This week, those in the US celebrated a national holiday of Thanksgiving. This holiday was initially in gratitude to God for a bountiful harvest season and for the blessings of safety and good health. With pumpkins and turkeys fully available during the fall season, these became hallmark foods for the celebration. However, like so many festivals and holiday traditions, time has blurred the original intent and now, for most, it is a day to gather with family over a large dinner meal. And then to begin the shopping for the next festival of Christmas.

We can choose to either celebrate or not to celebrate festivals. But there is tremendous spiritual, social and emotional good to cultivating a mindset of thanksgiving, appreciation and gratitude.

If you’re reading this, most likely you have lots to be thankful for. For starters, you’re still alive. And you have access to the technology to allow you to read this message. And you can read. And if you’re in the Create Your Garden process, you’ve been looking at your life and working toward creating the life you want where you live each day fulfilling an inner purpose.

I’m very grateful for just being clear on my purpose. And to know that the Creator assigned me the role to help others identify their inner gift and bring it into reality in a way that energizes, uplifts and fulfills them. I enjoy working specifically with creatives, entrepreneurs and business people to help them optimize their talent, skills and ideas.

There was a time when I was not clear on what I was specifically to do on the earth. I had an idea, a sixth sense, but I could not articulate my purpose in a defined way. And I know there are others, many others, who still go around life in a circle or in a kind of fog, moving from one day to the next, from one week to the next, from one month and year to the next without examining their direction and destination. And not knowing why they are here on the earth.

If you are still on that search, then I urge you to read the book, Create Your Garden of Eden. If you have started and stopped before completing it, it is never to late to get back on track. All you have to do is start your engines and press the gas.

Regardless of where you are, take a moment to be thankful for where you are, for having got to this point in your life…still alive. And for having connected with a blog, post, or group of others who are moving forward to create their ideal life. And for having the faith and trust to believe and know that there was more to life than you were experiencing.

Besides material blessings, be thankful for your mindset of creativity. Be thankful for hope. Be thankful for those who are supporting you. Be Thankful for the God who gave you life and who has never turned his back on you. Be thankful that tomorrow is another day to keep reaching for your destiny. Be thankful that it is not yet over and you are still in this earth side of the boundary of heaven. And be thankful that you can continue to apply God’s pattern to create a better life for tomorrow than you had yesterday.

Just remain in this mindset of thankfulness. It is a good foundation from which you can move upward.

Keep creating,

November 29, 2019 admin Blog No comments yet

Is Someone Waiting For You?

Consider this: You are here on the earth as a unique person with a special combination of ideas, experience, perspectives, outlook, beliefs, background and personality. There truly are no two identical humans on the earth. Each person is absolutely unique.

And each person has a purpose that is unique to him or her. Even if there are two identical twins with similar views and beliefs who both go on to become medical doctors, teachers or designers, each will see the profession in a slightly different way.

This means that there is something only you can do in the way that you can do it. And somewhere, there is someone or some group of people waiting on your unique perspective, insight, passion and persona to show up.

I recall years ago asking a classmate about his law practice during a 20th year law school reunion. His comments have stayed with me, shining a light on a point that fits in with the Garden of Eden process. He said that he often thought about the legal clients he could have helped earlier if only he had more confidence to start out earlier.

This resonated with me because I know there are many who can benefit from the help, work and support of others. But many remain seated instead of stepping up to their purpose.

And what of your tribe, following, supporters, members or team? They are waiting for you to move forward toward fulfilling what your destiny demands.

We have the command to have the dominion over the earth in Day Six. This is to exercise control over the area you have been assigned. This can be in the arts, in the professions, in education, in the home, in music, in entertainment, in technology, in management, in social work, in ministering…in whatever area your calling exists, you need to pursue your purpose because others are waiting on you.

These may be students who need direction, support or coaching to develop their potential. Or young workers or retirees, employees, artists or creatives who will need the company you are to start to move to the next chapter of their lives. There may be health and medical inventions buried deep within you. You may have technology inside you that can change the course of life for someone on the other side of the earth.

Your purpose is unique to you. And the diversity and variety of life on this planet should let you know that God had enough creativity to give everyone a unique purpose. And so there is someone waiting for you to do what you are gifted and graced to do to come into their own purpose.

Can you let yourself imagine and envision the impact you can have if you were to step forward and identify your purpose and begin to live each day powerfully. This is why the Create Your Garden of Eden process was shared. There are so many who can benefit when you put internal doubt, fear, uncertainty and confusion aside and walk toward the light of your purpose. The world needs what you have been created to do.

Keep creating,

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