Spring has sprung!

The creative energy of spring is palpable as nature shows herself in many glorious ways! In the creek, around the corner from my house, a swan family grows. Sammy and Syndy show off their new babies. The pond in my front yard shows the lotus flowers springing up from the surface of the water, reminding me of the new beauty that this season has to offer. Grace constantly unfolds herself, like a toddler learning to play hide and seek with her fun-loving playmates.

Although we have been in the season of spring for more than a month, I finally feel her presence! I feel it in the way that I wake up in the morning, ready to greet the new day, appreciative of the mystery of what is yet to come. I feel like I am that toddler, once again seeking. I have removed the hands that covered my eyes, and am tickled to see what is being shown to me, now that I am ready to look.

I am reminded of the co-creative pulse of grace.  It is not just me by myself, but rather, I am guided by a bigger source of life, a source who wants abundance for me and the world.  I just have to tap into that flow in a conscious way and show up and act from the gift of all that life has to offer.  On my end, I must also know what to ask for. 

Here is my list (just so you readers out there can support me in creating!)

1. Love.
2. Creativity.
3. Energy to wake up early in the morning to enjoy the dawn and her gifts.
4. Support.
5. A teacher.
6. Students who need to hear what I have to share.
7. Abundance of resources so that I can share fully all that I am meant to share with my loved ones, students and world.

I believe in voicing my deepest desires…this is the only way that God hears.  Plus, I am held accountable to those around me cheering me on every step of the way.  At the same time, I hold the space for others to manifest their own desires and intentions. 

I am so blessed to have friends who have the same belief system that I do on this matter of manifesting.  I have a friend in Boston who shared with me the desire to have a new relationship in her life…one that is lasting, loving and supportive.  I hold the space for her in my thoughts and prayers.  I know it will happen.  She is ready and receptive.  My friend in Colorado, Krystyn, is manifesting abundance, and deeply desires to return “home” to Wilmington to continue the next phase of her life.  I’m sure when she gets here, she will manifest more abundance. 

Krystyn is the master manifest-or!  She lived with me for a few years as she was preparing for a sailboat excursion to the other side of the world.  When I first met her, she informed me that she would be leaving Wilmington on a sailboat.  Never once did she waiver from that dream.  She created a “vision board”, although it actually ended up as a collage on the closet door in her room.  It still hangs there, and on her last visit, we were checking out all of the pieces of this vision door that came true, or are in the process of coming true.  She never once doubted her ability to manifest the deepest desires of her spirit.  Even the day that I returned home to find my house broken into and her sailboat fund depleted by the thief, she began again with the knowledge that she would have to work even harder because her dreams would happen, no matter who tried to steal the dream from her.  To this day, she is still an amazing teacher, support and friend to me.

So, what is it that you want?  Share it with grace.  This is the season.  To every season there is a purpose.  Don’t let your purpose pass you by!  Show up…create…meet the energy of this new season with the energy of your inner child!  Play more, dream big, live fully and see what happens!  Let’s support each other as we create a world of abundant abundance.

If you want to see more of the swans and their babies, check out this link:  (courtesy of Erik Snyder’s neighbor, Cindy Simpson)

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This weekend, create your intention map.  Here is how to do it:

Gather up all of your old magazines, a great friend, and a bottle of modge podge.  (Music is also a must!  I recommend www.pandora.com.)  Sit on the floor, and just flip through pictures, words, phrases, and cut out a picture of what you want to see in your life.  You don’t have to have a preliminary idea of what it will look like, rather, just let the flow direct you.  It will be interesting to see what comes up for you!  Once you have lots of pieces to put together, start modge-podging.  Your vision will start to take on a life of its own!  You can put it on a piece of poster board, or start a little smaller on an piece of construction paper.  You can also find inexpensive, wooden boxes at craft stores and even create an intention box.  The only rules are these:

1. Dream big!
2. How much do you really want this?  That is the energy that you will have to match with the desire!
3. Do you believe you can have this vision?  You have to believe it!
4. Create it!
5. Put your vision board somewhere that you see it daily.  Watch your intentions become manifestations. 

I would love to hear what you come up with!  Send me your comments, and your intentions will be supported!