Is
Anybody Listening?
By Stephanie E. Wilson-Coleman
Author of Be Sure You Dance:
Life’s lessons to make every moment count,
Embracing Life’s
Lessons and Is Anybody Listening?
www.champagneconnection.com · www.asipofinspiration.com
Sometimes, in spite of your best efforts,
beautiful prayers, and endless study,
life appears to betray you, forcing you into a “battlefield state of
consciousness.” You find you must ready yourself to deal with your worst fears.
Conceivably, it can appear in the
form of unemployment, homelessness, divorce, the death of a loved one, etc. Just maybe, this nightmare is a
combination many things. It could even be all of the above. Even though
you have made your spiritual quest a priority, it does not take long to see the
cold hard facts. This leaves you thinking you are not going to make it. To keep this feeling of dying a painful death
at bay takes all of your energy, leaving you without
the strength to forge ahead.
Like
a good steward, you quickly pop in the tape of your favorite motivational
speaker, pull out your favorite prayer vigil, open a journal and start to
grapple with these unwelcome visitors. About sixty days later, you realize you
do not seem to be winning.
You
have followed all of the advice given by ministers and motivators alike. Yes, all
seems in vain. Even God seems to be hiding. So you cry out, “Is ANYBODY listening?”
Abruptly
my meditation was broken by the sounds of people jet skiing. Instead of being
annoyed, I remembered that “everything is temporary” and I was grateful for the
blessing of this real moment, no matter how short.
As
you are forced to battle and slay the negative forces and circumstances that
are occurring in your life, remember this promise— this too shall pass. Just
keep on keeping on. This wonderful universe is listening and the mere fact you
are alive is a testament to the fact you are winning in spite of how it
appears.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie warns
of the danger of a single story and it is at times like these that we find
ourselves focusing on the 20% of what is wrong in our lives and giving it our
full attention while ignoring and deflating the 80% of our lives that is
working. Life does not give us problems
or challenges, it gives us opportunities
that are designed to help us to continue to step into our greatness.
When life presents you with a
seemingly impossible opportunity make it an adventure – do the following: Look at your life six months from now. What must have happened for you to believe a
miracle had occurred? As the answers are revealed to you, it is now
time to start your new adventure today.
Live the life you’ve imagined. Dream Big!
Remember life is too short to drink cheap
champagne!
Today, through the organization she founded, The Champagne
Connection, Inc., Stephanie, a Success Mindset
Mentor & Transformational Specialist, and Pranic Healing Enthusiast has the uncanny ability to help
others transform emotional and mental obstacles into stepping stones to living their dreams. She has an insatiable appetite for helping
others re-think the impossible.
Stephanie helps people talk about, identify and work to
resolve the difficult, emotional, and often painful behavior and actions that
affect their financial health and the financial health of their families. She helps people recognize painful feelings,
hidden secrets to uncover memories that are keeping them chained to old worn
out stories of failure.
Her superpower:
Transforming Lives. With her
guidance, teeth-rattling soul shaking experiences vaporize at her command.
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