I recently attended a five day  ‘Coach” workshop in Boulder, CO with 60 other people from as far away as Hong Kong. It was an extraordinary gathering in ways for me I could only hope for ... but had no idea what it was I would be hoping for ... but got it any way. So many new puzzle pieces were put in place in Ronnie's life "puzzle" picture as more of the picture was revealed to me. So many. Wow!

On my way to Boulder as I gazed out the window of the plane, many thoughts began lining up in my mind to be "contemplated" by me during the flight. Soon I found myself thinking about the words I recently shared with a friend. 

"When you fall in love again, make sure it is the beauty of what is in the inside of each of you that you love and adore ... this is what truly matters ... and this takes time to know. Don't be blinded by the beauty on the outside. And don't think that your own beauty on the outside is what's going to hold a relationship/partnership together as the years go by. You already did that experiment and you know the results." 

Now as these thoughts went through my mind ... all of a sudden they stopped and there was silence... and the little man inside my head began talking to me. "So my friend what do you think. Isn't time to begin following your own advice. Invite the Love and beauty that has been bottled up deep inside you for so many years to be free at last. Let this beauty and Joy shine from you heart and soul and let it touch all that are with you ." 

While attending the workshop, for the first time in my life, I let my inner self free to be with others in wonderful, wonderful ways as a Joyful unconditional Love began to flow outward from my very being. I have never felt such a continuous flow of Joy radiating from my heart and soul before ... almost non-stop from Wednesday to Sunday ... and it felt"soooooo" good. I am grateful toNewfield Network,sponsor of this wonderful workshop, for creating the safe space that made this possible.

 Champion of Intentions 

While at a recent seminar, I was caught by surprise as I tuned into an intriguing statement I heard … “We judge others by their actions and judge ourselves by our intentions.” How true I thought … and then realized how I had become a Champion of Intentions … and that I had been living too much of my life in this manner. 

But yesterday I saw yet another aspect of this statement … it was prompted by a coaching session I had just finished with a client … an aspect about intentions and actions that was an awakening for me. 

I thought to myself, “Yes, even with all my imperfections, I still love myself” … but then realized too much of this love for myself has been mostly through intention and not enough action … the reality of actually doing things for myself and with myself and not just thinking about those wonderful things that someday I would do. 

Many years ago I wrote this thought about Love … “Action and words go hand and hand … and all good love is so free … but remember action speaks louder than words … and that’s how love should be.” 

For the first time I understood that what I said not only applied to the love I shared in a relationship with another … but also applied to the love I shared with myself … to love myself with actions and not just wishful intentions.  

I went to bed that night knowing I had found another revealing piece to my “Life Puzzle” and placed it in my “Life Picture” at the right spot … a piece that represented the start of a conscious shift from being a Champion of Intention to a Champion of Action.