This statement woke me from sleep at around 3:00 a.m. one night recently. I had selected a picture earlier that week for a picture collage I was doing to honor my inner child. The image was of a young girl, no more than six, draped in strand after strand of pearls. So, I believe these pearls of wisdom came from her. At 3:00 in the morning, I really didn’t want to ponder the message, but when I woke up later it was still ringing in my head. What was the message? What did that wise child want me to know and recognize?

Well, for me it was a message of living…especially in the moment. Why was I saving my lovely, expensive pearls just for special occasions? I can’t think of the last time that I wore them. Their beauty was trapped in a box and hidden from the world. What a shame? Needless to say, I heeded the message and put my pearls on with my denim skirt, flip flops, and my white cotton t-shirt that very morning. When I walked outside, I smiled a smile of naughtiness. Knowing I was doing something unconventional somewhat thrilled me.

During the day, a few people noticed. No one said anything though. I secretly wished they had because I would love to start a revolution. A revolution to not put anything on hold for the “right time”. There is no other time than right now. I am using the pearls of wisdom from my inner child to apply to other facets of my life that I have put away in a box. What am I waiting for? Wear the pearls!

At Seeds of Intentions, we have a perfect pearl necklace from Dogeared Jewelry to begin your process of “wearing the pearls”. It has it’s own inspiring message: “from humble beginnings as a grain of sand, the pearl slowly grows into an object of beauty and simplicity. symbolic of honesty, integrity, prosperity, and wisdom. pearls represent the best within us. let your necklace be a daily reminder of the beauty that shines from a loving heart. enjoy and believe!”

You may also consider journaling or creating a visual journal page to honor your own inner child.  His or her wisdom is magical and should never be taken for granted.  Below you’ll see my “Pearl Girl”.  She is a wise one!

Written by Amy Spradlin
Co-Founder

Seeds of Intentions
“Plant Yours Today”

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“Accept responsibility for your life. Know that it is you who will get you where you want to go, no one else.”

Les Brown quotes resonate with me.  Especially this one because I have come into the experience of knowing this to be true. I also realize that there are steps between doubt and knowing the truth about this and anything.

Here are my feelings about the steps to knowing…..

1. first there is fear about being responsible for your life,
2. then there is doubt that you can be responsible,
3. next there is hope that you are responsible for your life,
4. then trust comes about,
5. now there is belief that this is so,
6. finally you come into knowing that you are responsible for your own life. This is where true freedom exists, and you realize you are the creator of your own life experiences.

Each step is vibrationally different and is an experience unto itself. Allow yourself to be where you are on any subject. My feeling is, “what’s the hurry”? We are here throughout eternity. Enjoy the process. Enjoying  the contrast as contrast is the spice of life. Each step is simply the “launching point” to another level of understanding.

You can “feel” your way into the knowingness and the acceptance that you are responsible for your own life experiences. You are the sole (soul) creator of your own life.

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Finding my way is always fun when huge new thoughts come to mind. Maybe this article will nudge you back or affirm your direction/path/place on the planet.

What if we – being from source, divine, essence of All – you know…

we are all part of deity that has come to earth as a part, in order to appreciate the whole better?

If you are wondering why you are feeling one way one week or month and then flip into another mode, take a look at this article. Those of you wondering about the New Earth, Earth changes, Shift of Earth Energy, Mother Earth “letting go”, your own ascension, enlightenment, or why you just know more for no apparent reason: you are not alone. All these things are related, connected, turned on. We are all experiencing some very new stuff. You may relate to quite a bit here. Please!  Enjoy it!

Your experience of shift has occurred.  It is occurring still in other aspects of life on earth.

Much of your experience now is blessed with new sight.  You see differently.  You feel more deeply.

You connect more intimately from the (heart). Take now and expand the heart for that is where your knowing comes from. This is where your dreams reside and with the refocusing on the heart and away from the (old) memories of the old book of the soul you open the new book of the soul.  In it you find it resides in all of you.

The new book of the soul is a continuous wave that reaches the consciousness of what you call the Divine and tugs at your physical being to be allowed TO BE. This long lost being is found in the heart.  It hears your breath and the rhythm of universal life. It collects vibrations that match your hearts desires and leaves you hungry for more. It leaves you filled to overflowing with love and gratitude, wonder and passion. It flows with compassion and understanding, joy and life itself.  It manifests being from the beingness of al life and connects you intimately with your hearts desires. There is no limit here. There are only limitless bounty and abundance and it has been waiting for you for eons.

The new book of the soul is like no other before. It is the culmination of all that is contrast to what has once been said to be dark or lower vibration. This is enlightenment to the light of love. This is the squiggle and breath that resides so limitless and infinite through all beingness.

The new book of the soul moves and integrates with you and about you filling your cells and channels, your energy fields and those with whom you come into contact. Those is more than what you perceive, whether by sight or to be animate or alive. All is alive. All vibrates the energy of life. You are apart of it all and it a part of you and together you will feel at One.

The new book of the soul is connected and unified. It has neither depth nor depthlessness. It is the source of what you call Miracle. It is the source of the soul itself.

The new book of the soul has pages that are filled with your endless imagination. It can not hold karma. It can not hold memory. It only connects and moves; it integrates and connects. There is nothing faster calibrating, nor faster moving – not even light. This is beyond the Merkaba, beyond the state of mastery; for there is no light that is not shining, nor energy that is not vibrating perfectly in alignment with the source of the soul. There is nothing to master over. For divine understanding is relative and perfect as well.

The new book of the soul will be as coming home at last to the one you love most dear. You are at calm peace. You are confident and serene. You can not “slide” from this place or go back to where you thought you were. It is now and now IS.

The possibilities are endless and limitless. The human form has changed for those who have crossed over to the new book of the soul. We can now share this with you: the new book of the soul is like Atlantis in very small ways. The new book of the soul is how you say, heaven on earth. There is no death. There is no fear. There is only love. From now is now. Watch and know as you connect rapidly with those of your kind, with those crystal beings who were born unto you, with those who have traveled similar paths to come to be at one in what we call heaven on your earth.
It is not with some sadness you might feel regret and some aspects of grief upon leaving the earth you long knew. But how quickly love envelopes you, welcoming you into what you have longed for and prayed for and imagined.

You will find it fun and surprising at first how easily life becomes your hearts desires. It is exactly as if “no” is not uttered you. You become one with all and they feel their divine source through you and so pay service to their own self by serving you and those with whom you connect and who connect with you.

And so a family unlike the separateness you once knew grows in joy and thrives.

This is where your story begins.

This is where we will share the joy of being you.

Happiness Joy Love and Laughter to you!

Fran Picco Contributing Writer and Integrated Energy Therapist

Fran Picco
“Turned on, Tuned in, With Love”
http://integrated-energy-therapy-and-spiritual-healing.com
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Most of my life I’ve been journal writing.  I’m not into daily journal writing, but journal writing when the mood hits me.  About five years ago, through the wisdom of one of my favorite feisty women, Sheri Gaynor,  I was introduced to a new tool for manifestation and finding your authentic self.   It  was called Visual Journals.

In the first class Sheri asked us to go through magazines and pick only images that spoke to us personally.  We didn’t need to understand what they were saying, we just needed to select pictures that made us hesitate and ponder.  Then we were asked to tear or rip those images out (no scissors allowed) and glue them onto a piece of paper creating a picture collage.

I noticed right away that I was one of the first women done with my visual journal which actually didn’t surprise me all that much.  I am not one for detail and neatness.  With my extra time, I decided to watch the other women create their picture collage.  I was surprised at how differently we all approached our task.

Some women were methodically and very thoughtfully looking at each page deciding if a picture was worthy to be displayed on their visual journals.  Others were gently tearing each picture so that it appeared that scissors had been used.  Still others were creating these artistic masterpieces that could be taken from our class and displayed in the nearest art gallery.

To say I was a bit apprehensive about my haphazard picture collage is an understatement.  I heard the familiar words whispering through my head, “You can not share your piece, others will laugh.  Why did you think a visual journal class would be for you?  You are someone to observe and enjoy art from afar, not someone to get into the center of it and actually create it.”

Fortunately, I was not the first low self-esteem artist that Sheri had encountered.   She knew my kind well.  So she rang her chimes and gathered us in a circle.  I made no eye contact with her, a trick I learned from elementary school.  Because I was looking at the interesting piece of lint on the floor, I didn’t notice that Sheri had taken out a picture collage book of her own creations.  She proceeded to share with us pieces that looked a lot like mine:  overlapping, corners hanging over, no-awareness-for-negative -space pieces.  I relaxed a little and sat back.  I was a little less apprehensive to share.

Each woman had an opportunity to speak to the class about their picture collage and their authentic self.  I was blown away by their insight. When it was my turn to share, no one laughed, although several cried.  No one made me feel like I didn’t belong there, they actually hugged me when I was done.  Needless to say, I went back eleven more times until the class was over.  I never missed a day.

My visual journal has transformed as I have transformed.  It went from segmented pictures joined together by glue like a caterpillar, to layered images with secrets lying just below the surface like a pupa, to simple, beautiful pieces like an emerging butterfly.  My visual  journals page have filled my life with new awareness and have been a catalyst to many manifested intentions.

My journal writing has taken on a new dimension because I use my picture collages to spur my writing.  This has led to a much deeper dialog with my authentic self.

Each of us has our own way of experiencing this world:  messy and hurried, methodical and thoughtful, straight-edged and meticulous.    Each of us has our own way of manifesting our intentions.  Know that each and every way has its merits.  Sometimes we have to get messy in life, so that we can look forward to cleansing.  Sometimes we have to be thoughtful, so that we can process our needs and desires.  And sometimes we have to have straight edges, so that we can have a direct line to our authentic self.

For more information about the process of creating your own visual journals and picture collage, please visit Sheri’s website.

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Written by Amy Spradlin
Co-Founder

Seeds of Intentions
“Plant Yours Today”

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• setting your intentions  for how you can contribute to the healing of the planet
• setting your intentions for how you can help the sustainability of the planet
• setting your intentions towards appreciating all aspects of this wondrous planet we live on. Write down everything you can think of that you so cherish and appreciate about this Mother Earth.
• sit down and watch the videos Planet Earth or all the magnificent ones out there and really admire the beauty and wonder that this planet truly is
• decide to be the type of person you feel you want to be that can assist in offsetting the negativity of the planet…for starters

So, how absolutely perfect that this is coming to you on this Earth Day, April 22nd 2010! We want to share with you an Earth Day video, a moving and beautiful documentary film with you.. a film about people in this world who care to heal this world and restore the planet to its natural state of being and harmony with all living things.

The Movie is titled For The Next 7 Generations. Here’s a little bit about it:

Synopsis:

In 2004, thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers from all four corners, moved by their concern for our planet, came together at a historic gathering, where they decided to form an alliance: The International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. This is their story. Four years in-the-making and shot on location in the Amazon rainforest, the mountains of Mexico, North America, and at a private meeting with the Dalai Lama in India, For the Next 7 Generations follows what happens when these wise women unite. Facing a world in crisis, they share with us their visions of healing and a call for change now, before it’s too late. This film documents their unparalleled journey and timely perspectives on a timeless wisdom.

Grandmother’s Mission Statement:

“We, the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers, represent a global alliance of prayer, education and healing for our Mother Earth, all her inhabitants, all the children, and for the next seven generations to come. We are deeply concerned with the unprecedented destruction of our Mother Earth and the destruction of indigenous ways of life. We believe the teachings of our ancestors will light the way through an uncertain future. We look to further our vision through the realization of projects that protect our diverse cultures: lands, medicines, language and ceremonial ways of prayer and through projects that educate and nurture our children.”

Please view the beautifully moving trailer below. After that, visit their website and purchase the movie if you’d like.

For The Next 7 Generations Trailer from Laughing Willow on Vimeo.

Again, we encourage you on this Earth Day 2010 to support these filmmakers and the indigenous Grandmothers involved. Visit their website. Buy the film. Appreciate the message. Join in their conscious efforts. You don’t have to join any group or make any grand statements either. You can simply be the person you care to be.

Talk about inspirational movies and educational movies….here is one! Write about it, journal about it, use it to launch other journal writing topics, ideas and prompts. be moved!

Do You Want to See This Movie?

• If you want to come see a showing of the movie For the Next 7 Generations,
• and you want to listen to two of the Indigenous Grandmothers in person
• and you live in the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado…click here and let us know you want to be informed of our showing of the movie and our schedule of events for this.

If you are familiar with our discussions on consciousness, you know that there is tremendous power in offsetting the negativity of the planet on an individual level. You DO NOT have to DO anything.

Simply BE the person you want to be. In fact, I encourage you to read some simple tools on how you can be a powerful contributor to healing this planet on an individual and local level. Click here to read more.

Liz Gracia Co-Founder Seeds of Intentions

Written by Liz Gracia
Co-Founder

Seeds of Intentions
“Plant Yours Today”

Please visit our community of websites and blogs where our intentions are to provide highly conscious information and products for self improvement and personal growth. Visit our Shopping website for inspirational gifts, unique gift ideas, thoughtful gifts and meaningful gifts you will be remembered for.

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Copyright 2010 Liz Gracia and Seeds of Intentions

Journal Writing ideas, journal writing promts and journal writing topics can all be found in the Book 5

Today’s journal writing ideas are coming from one of Seeds of Intentions Best Selling Inspirational Gift Books. The book is written by Dan Zadra and asks the question,

“Where will you be five years from today?”

The next five years can be the most exciting and satisfying years of your life—or just another five years. Let the 5 book be your guide. Graduating from college? Considering a new career? Inspiring your sales or service teams? Setting goals for retirement? Here’s your inspiration. The 5 book is your “playbook for life.” It features thought-provoking quotations and real-life examples to serve as both a spark and a road map for what’s exciting in your life.

To see more about this book and buy it click here.

Remember the importance of setting intentions. If you do not take the time to set intentions for your life you are in effect “living life by default”, something, if you are a student of the Law of Attraction, know something about.

We all are a mixed bag of intentions and vibrations and emotions. It is essential to become conscious of that which you think about and give your attention to. Where are you focused? Is it on what you want, or by default everything around you?

This book is providing prompts for journal writing, reflective journal writing and daily journal writing ideas. Use them! Start today to chart the next 5 years of your life DELIBERATELY!  You will be amazed by the power to create that you truly have…it’s up to you and you alone.

There’s is great knowing and love here for you the truth of your true identity! Use it. Enjoy it.

Liz Gracia Co-Founder Seeds of Intentions "Plant Yours Today!"

Written by Liz Gracia
Co-Founder
Seeds of Intentions
“Plant Yours Today”

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The Book 1 asks, “How many people does it take to make a difference?”

This is the highly-anticipated sequel to last year’s best-selling 5 book. The Five book inspired hundreds of thousands of people to decide how to make the next five years of their life the BEST five years of their life. Now the One book will inspire you to discover “How will I make a difference…how will I give something back…how will I give something beautiful to the world?” It is said that we all come into the world with special gifts in our hands designed to make the world a better place. The purpose of the 1 book is to inspire you to discover and celebrate your special gifts and, above all, to share them with a world that truly needs you.

Click here to review and order the Book One.

Here are some reflective journal writing prompts for you to consider:

1. How will I make a difference?
2. How will I give something back?
3. How will I give something beautiful to the world?”

Are you inspired by these journal writing topics?:

1. My special gifts…they are…
2. My special gifts have helped another in this way…..
3. I am discovering and appreciating that my special gifts are…..

Considering these reflective journal writing ideas and actually addressing them will bring you closer and closer to fully knowing and understanding the special gift that you truly are to this world.

What if you don’t think you’re all that special? Well consider this….Do you realize how extraordinarily special and important you are if you have only inspired, moved, appreciated, assisted just one other person in your life? I bet you can come to mind with at least one person you’ve helped in your life.  If you’ve done it once you are equipped to do it again.

Assisting one after another in some way has tremendous exponential power! Imagine that!?!

Click here to review and order the Book One. If you are an avid journal writer you are going to want to see our beautiful, inspired and meaningful selection of writing journals and notebooks. Click here.

Written by Liz Gracia
Co-Founder

Liz Gracia, Co-Founder Seedsofintentions.com

Seeds of Intentions

“Plant Yours Today”

Please visit our community of websites and blogs where our intentions are to provide highly conscious information and products  for self improvement and personal growth. Visit our Shopping website for inspirational gifts, unique gift ideas,  thoughtful gifts and meaningful gifts you will be remembered for.

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This unique handmade gift offers words of wellbeing, encouragement and inspiration. The designer Tamara Hensick uses whimsical wordplay and symbolism that blend magically into a sculpture made of pewter to create inspirational themes for the special times in our lives.

This unique handmade gift offers inspirational words on each side of the bar. Every day that you sit down for your daily journal writing use one of each of these inspirations as a journal writing prompt, topic or idea to launch you into a whole other realm of awareness and consideration. The following are the words on each side of the bar.

• Your Life Is A Work Of Art-Create It
• Your Life Is A Journey-Go With It
• Your Life Is A Gift-Enjoy It
• Your Life Is A Lesson- Learn From It

This hand crafted work of art Word Bar measures 6” long and is finely crafted of pewter.

Click here to view all of  Tamara Hensick’s unique handmade gifts for inspirational giving and gifts you will be remembered for.