Happy New Year!

2010 is going to be a powerful year.

I feel it, I sense it and I own it.

A gift to you all to create a practice before each meal in this New Year.

I think it is a delightful way to start 2010.

With a loving practice for your mealtime.

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Recite before each meal.

This food is a gift from the entire universe.

The land, the sky, the ocean and the work of many people.

May I be the presence that deserves to receive this.

May I learn the right way of eating.

May I receive energy and be protected from illness.

May I walk the path of wisdom and love.

When I eat may I not forget the people who are now suffering from hunger in the world.

In this food, I see the presence of the entire universe supporting me.

-Mayumi Oda

And I offer you this from my heart for 2010.

May you be a guiding light for yourself and others who need protection and love.

May you be a ship to help others cross their ocean.

May you be a bridge for those who cannot find their way.

May you be the natural born  leader you are.

May you be love and live love and be the light you already are.

I Love You, XO

Laura

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The beautiful thing about Life is we have memories…

Memories are ours for life.  We get to keep them and treasure them and bathe in them.

I have so many beautiful changes and transformations that have taken place over these last 3 months, and if it were not for Leah putting out the challenge…

Leah put it out there, I asked her if I could jump in with her and the rest is history.

So much has changed, all good, and the best part for me was feeling that stick-to-itness of, NO MATTER WHAT…I still have it in me to do whatever it takes.
I am strong, I am powerful and I can do this. NO EXCUSES.

Thank you Leah for giving me the opportunity to affirm that by partaking in this daily practice and for your contributing to my being a more powerful leader.

One of the best things about this three month for me is that I finally wrote my book proposal and although I did not list it as one of my intentions, I told my agent I would have it to her by the last day of the blog.

I SENT IT TO HER TODAY and I am thrilled.

Yippee!

Fat Ugly Perfect – A New Conversation…

Watch out World. My book is coming.

Another thing I stopped talking about was my challenging class I took a couple of months ago called, “Black Diamond Glutes”.

I loved that class and I made it into the movie, which is on YouTube.

I thought I would complete this chapter with some highlights from my class. Can you find me in the video?

While it is true that I still cannot go down to the ground for 20 push ups, I love feeling stronger and…

I LOVE MY BODY!

I am blessed.

I love you Leah and thank you for your Courage,  Wisdom and Love…

To the readers, keep checking, we are going to continue blogging once a week (at least) and we welcome your feedback and comments always.

Anyone out there want a blog challenge?

You know where to find me.

Love You, XO

Laura

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Leah,

Love reading about your progress, realizations with Mum, your feeling your feelings and owning your power and your age!

Speaking of owning her power and her age, OnePinky member Kathleen has some great wisdom to share with us all.

Here it goes, enjoy!

Today I’d like to write about commitment and how it can reward us at unexpected times.  You may recall OnePinky Kathleen, who spent the day in September as a caddie at Pebble Beach.  She has maintained an 80 pound weight loss for 4 years now.  One of the things Kathleen loves to do is swim.  As a child, she was never on a swim team but she took it up in 1980 when she was 28.  She always does the same swim, 1 mile freestyle, because she loves giving it her best effort for such a precise distance.  Over the years, she has kept a journal of her swim times and as you can imagine, her times in the 80’s were her fastest.  In fact, she completely gave up swimming from 1989 until 2001 before the pool beckoned her back.  And while the joy of swimming had returned for Kathleen, her swimming times had not.  Her best time for a mile in the 80’s was 27:45.  Today on a good day, she was lucky to break 32 minutes.  In fact, that day in 2001 when she did her first mile in years, it took her 47 minutes.   Kathleen was convinced that she could never come close to her previous swim times.  But that really wasn’t the point.  The point was, that she had rediscovered something that she loved doing which was also very good for her body, mind, and soul.  So her swim times became secondary.  Then one day, she noticed her times started to drop.  Just a little, and then a little more. Kathleen told me that she has actually said to herself many times, “I will NEVER break the 30 minute mark.”

But a funny thing happened this past Monday….

Stay tuned to tomorrow.

XO, Laura

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