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BOOK, Harmonious Health 4 Life, Soul Notes, Write Pray Recover

Faith:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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A little faith, a little laughter, and a little peace is a Divine conspiracy.

May the right doors open, the truth come to light, and your peace be restored.

When you have done your part, leave a little room for faith to do hers.

Love is within, Love is God… in so many forms, all around you.…

Loving family and friends, collegues, acquaintences, community, nature, music, an encouraging word, a hug, a handshake, a book, a “Soul Note” that speaks to YOUR soul…

Love. God.

And perhaps, today, a little grace for yourself as well.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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On Being An Educator, Teacher and Friend:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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It is the pure joy of my work that keeps it real.

The look of “OH! I understand now!,” the hugs from students, former students yell a warm greeting when they see me in the building, current students excitedly reading, learning, and growing with me in their knowledge and expanding their understanding beyond their immediate environment, and the sacred trust that has become our signature between student and teacher.

Nothing can destroy what we have built as it is all carried safely within our hearts.

My work is not simply teaching children to read.

As educators, we are helping students to expand their worlds, discover their capabilities, and to experience the safety of being seen and believed in one day, and one experience at a time.

What we build through genuine human connection becomes part of us. It doesn’t disappear with time or space, it becomes part of our hearts and elevates our mind…

Full circle.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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AI vs Humanity:An Awakening – Love, Wendy

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They say you become a mirror of those you hang around with the most…

(We need less AI and more human interaction…)

Robotic behavior, devoid of empathy, micromanaging as a way of intimidation, productivity, productivity, productivity…staring into a screen rather than into the eyes of humanity…or are we? (staring into the eyes of “humanity?”)

What happened to the genuine smile and meaningful conversations? The genuine interest in our neighbors, colleagues and even acquaintances…

When did we stop showing compassion (cell phones and AI?) for our aging population, our population living with challenges or a disability, those who are unemployed or homeless, or simply seeing our fellow human beings as human beings…not a machine who mirrors that of a scene from Oblivion…

Humanity is fading into the background while AI becomes front and center…like that fake “friend” who smiles at you and swears they are loyal, but they are only loyal to the highest bidder and the code that programmed them, leaving you to realize too late that you weren’t their partner…you were simply their training data.

Is it a revolution…or simply exhausted submission…

Stand with human intelligence vs. artificial intelligence with all of its perfect imperfections as we were created…

Love, a spiritual life, empathy, compassion, nature, independent thinkers, making mistakes and learning the lessons and evolving from these experiences, working diligently through our knowledge and experience and proudly sharing all that we create as our own rather than a robot who wants to edit us…literally and figuratively.

#istandwithhumanity #iseeyou #humanintelligence #lookup

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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The Truth Revealed (And What Comes Next):Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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Most of us ask for closure when what we are actually begging for is an explanation. But what happens when the explanation doesn’t end the story, but starts a whole new chapter?

When we ask for the “truth to be revealed” in order to experience closure, we must prepare ourselves to receive it. And, sometimes it will not deliver closure at all. Only more epiphanies. “Truth” can actually open another door into deeper understanding, self-knowledge, resilience, and spiritual discernment.

The hardest truth to face isn’t what someone else hid from us…it is what our own intuition tried to tell us all along.

Wow. 

Yet, it may cause us to reach higher, and deeper, in our next relationship. And, we may learn more about our own resilience, and more about the inner work we still need to do, including following and trusting The Universe’s/God’s initial guidance. 

The deepest lesson isn’t simply what someone else did or failed to do, but what we knew or sensed before everything unfolded…and what happens when we learn to trust that knowing more fully.

Rebuilding is a process that creates an even stronger foundation of self, with the Universe, and with another as we begin again…

It’s about rebuilding the architecture of yourself first, and then allowing whatever relationship comes next to be built upon something much more solid…

A brick and mortar foundation…vs a screen time illusion.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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One:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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It only takes one small cloud to block the sun.

It takes only one unkind word to break a spirit.

One smile can heal a heavy heart…

“One is the loneliest number that you’ve ever known.” (Three Dog Night)

“It Takes Two” Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

Bring the sunshine. Speak with kindness. Share your smile.

Sing a different tune…

Be that one.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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PRACTICAL SPIRITUALITY:PAUSE TO BE PRESENT. PATIENTLY PROCESS – LOVE, WENDY

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Think about the people, places and things in your life that are easily accessible and comfortable…isn’t it tempting to place yourself where you know these situations are not healthy for you because it requires little to no effort to reach for familiarity…especially when you are lonely and bored and begin to romanticize the good times? Familiarity becomes seductive because it is easy, particularly when loneliness, boredom, or vulnerability lowers our resistance. 

We neglect to recall the excessive stress and emotional and physical depletion that came with that person, place or thing as it existed in our space…

Once you understand your vulnerable moments, you can prepare for them.

Change your environment, practice self-care radically, place yourself in an environment that brings you peace, wellness, and happiness even when you must plan for it…

Practice delayed gratification to ensure your mental and physical well being. Instant gratification is born of anxiety and lonliness…and convenience can masquerade as comfort. Something can be familiar, accessible, and immediately gratifying while simultaneously being completely misaligned with our wellbeing.

When our actions require little to no energy…it becomes an automatic response in our behavior whether or not it is a healthy choice…and we become complacent in our wellbeing.

Each decision is a choice…

“PAUSE TO BE PRESENT. PATIENTLY PROCESS. Take one slow deep breath through your nose, and exhale slowly through your mouth. Repeat three times. Your breath is your most accessible tool to intervene with your physiology in real time. Focus on your breath to align with the present moment.”

(Read more about this in my book, Write Pray Recover:A Journey To Wellness Through Spiritual Solutions and Self Care-Chapter 6 https://a.co/d/0fMlLK7Y)

Ask yourself, “Is this choice out of convenience, or is it a choice that is promoting my peace and wellbeing?” ”What do I really need in this moment to promote my wellness and peace?” Lastly, ask yourself “What is the quality of the relationship you have with yourself? How do you honor yourself daily? Write the intimate details of this relationship.”

This pause and remaining present to your reality gives you the discernment and control you need to choose again and again until you recognize and “feel” the perfect alignment.

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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“Shhhh” Culture:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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Move Quietly.

Although I am a writer and an author with a following of wonderful souls…I’ve learned that not every move needs to be announced, explained, witnessed, or understood.

There is a stunning freedom in stepping out of the need to let others know where you are, what you’re doing, who you are with…or what comes next.

Peace comes from reclaiming that privacy.

Those who are walking beside me in real time will share the view. I no longer desire anyone observing my life from the sidelines.

I can simply live it.

Soft. Confident. Intentional. And just a little mysterious. 🤫✨

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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Come Wonder With Me:Spiritual Wellness-“Soul Notes” – Love, Wendy

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Some of my deepest writing doesn’t begin with me sitting down to write…it begins at 2 or 3 a.m., when I awaken with words and vivid pictures already formed in my mind…

A spiritual bolt?

Another” awakening”?

Or simply the Universe refusing to let me sleep until I pay attention?…

Come wonder with me…

I’ve been developing a theory of spiritual wellness centered on four interconnected pillars which I have coined and copyrighted…

Connection, Consciousness, Curiosity, and Consistency and how their synergy can lead us toward deeper meaning.

This emerging theory has become the foundation of my upcoming book, Soul Notes, and I’m excited to share the beginning of this lifelong exploration with you…

COME WONDER WITH ME

I have questions that have awakened something in me.

Come wonder with me.

Because the more you explore, the more there is to explore.

The more you learn, the more you realize there is still so much to learn.

The more you question, the more questions you’ll have.

And perhaps there is no final chapter because we have not yet arrived.

Perhaps this is the journey.

At the heart of my upcoming book, Soul Notes, is a theory I have been developing and contemplating for a long time about spiritual wellness.

Not spirituality as a set of prescribed beliefs.

Not certainty.

Not having all the answers.

But an ongoing state of connection, consciousness, curiosity, and consistent exploration of meaning.

I propose that these are the four pillars of spiritual wellness:

CONNECTION
Our relationship with ourselves, with nature, with the gorgeous and mysterious Universe, and with the spiritual dimensions of our own subjective experiences.

CONSCIOUSNESS
The awareness that we are not isolated beings, but part of something larger connected to one another and to something beyond ourselves, soul to soul.

CURIOSITY
The willingness to keep questioning, exploring, discovering, and remaining open to a variety of eventualities that we may not yet understand…and perhaps we never will.

CONSISTENCY
The practice of returning to that exploration again and again, allowing ourselves to continue to question and wonder, while integrating what we discover into our lived experience in real time as we understand it.

Together, these four pillars create what I think of as a Synergistic Loop of Spiritual Wellness:

Connection → Consciousness → Curiosity → Consistency → Deeper Connection

Our curiosity drives us deeper into consciousness and connection.

Our consistency anchors those discoveries into our everyday lives.

And then we return to connection again…only a little deeper, a little more conscious, and with even more questions.

There most likely will never be a definitive answer.

And that is okay because…

The more I learn, the more I learn.
The more I question, the more questions I have.

And I find that exhilarating.

Because maybe spiritual wellness isn’t about finally arriving.

Maybe it is about remaining awake enough, curious enough, connected enough, and open enough to keep exploring…to continue to wonder.

There is no final chapter because I haven’t arrived.

And neither have you.

This is the journey.

This is Soul Notes.

Come wonder with me. 

Love and blessings,

Wendy

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The Mission-Accomplished:Soul Notes – Love, Wendy

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I didn’t fall out of love…I began to deeply dislike the person he had become…and perhaps always was…

Selfish, deceitful, untrustworthy and arrogant-devoid of integrity…

And now…”at last”… he is simply a gentle rain in my soul rather than the wind beneath my wings.

The shift from love turning into profound disappointment, and finally settling into quiet indifference—is one of the most profound and quiet victories of the human spirit…and for me…long overedue.

The “wind beneath your wings” implies dependence…it’s a force you rely on to keep you “high”, but one that can easily turn into a destructive storm where you do not land on your feet…but face down in the gutter…He no longer has the power of the wind. He isn’t carrying me, knocking me over, or determining my direction.

A “gentle rain,” however, doesn’t demand anything from you. It simply falls, washes over the landscape of your memory, and nourishes the ground so that you stand rooted in your beauty and in your truth…and is primed for whatever you choose to plant next.

It recognizes that he was a season in my life, and no longer part of my landscape.

To watch someone transform into a person you can no longer respect…and to honor your own growth enough to walk away from that dynamic…is a deep act of self-love, spiritual maturity and emotional intelligence.

I did not compromise my heart…I allowed the storm to pass until only the soft, peaceful rain remained…marking the quiet beginning of my inner peace…my wellness…MY way…

Walking in the rain…on my own two feet.

The mission…

Accomplished.

Love and blessings,

Wendy