“Soc, do you think I could ever learn to read other people’s minds?”
“First,” he said, “you’d better learn to read your own; it’s time you looked inside to find your answers.”
“I don’t know the answers; that’s why I’m asking you.”
“You know far more than you realize, but you don’t yet trust your inner knower.”
From Way of the Peaceful Warrior by Dan Millman
Growing up I remember wishing I could read other people’s minds. It would be fun freaking my friends out and seeing the look on their faces when I could tell them exactly what they were thinking. Yet, more than that, it would’ve made my life easier as a kid trying to fit in. I didn’t know how to be myself so I tried to be like everyone else. I was always seeking approval so that people would like me.
People are so in the habit of doing what they think they have to do or someone won’t approve. We constantly ask others their opinion and what they think we should do in any given situation. How could anyone possibly know better than you what is best for you? The answer is, they can’t. Perhaps the reason we want others to tell us what to do is because it is easier. We are not taught to listen to our inner voice. We are not conditioned to be individuals.
Wouldn’t it be amazing if every school added to its curriculum the class, “How to Read Your Own Mind” and was mandatory for every student to master it? Imagine if we learned at a young age that every answer we seek is found within us and it’s easier to find than we think? What if we learned that we could trust that loving inner voice in every situation?
Ask yourself: Are you living by your truth, your plans and your desires? Or, are they someone else’s? Do you want to live a lie or live alive? Living a lie, living for other people, ideas, things, etc., means you don’t value yourself, either consciously or unconsciously, otherwise you wouldn’t think of not listening to who you are and what you came here to do. When you decide to value yourself by listening to and following the guidance of your inner voice that’s when you begin living alive. Start today! Go within and spend some time with your inner knower. You’ll be so glad you did. And, the next time you have a question or a decision to make remember to consult the wisest & best voice of all… your own!
After you have read this short story… your mind will remind you to Always En-Courage Your Wonderful Desire!
Once upon a time there were 2 very Powerful Beings names Desire and Courage. They had a very close relationship, like best friends, one just could not be without the other. When they support each other, Life is Wonderful Magical and Meaningful… they Feel Alive! And, when they don’t… when they squabble… DWF (doubt, worry, fear) sets in like a plague and all they want to do is sleep, eat ice cream and watch TV. And, when that happens… enthusiasm wanes, dreams begin to fade and life lacks luster to say the least. Desire is extremely strong yet requires Courage to move forward. One day Desire was feeling depressed and drained wondering what to do. It had been so long since she felt any support from Courage and she couldn’t understand why. DWF consumed her. Desire was weakening. Mustering her last bit of energy, she cried out for all the Universe to hear, ‘What’s going on?!’ Then, in an instant, a bolt of Insight opened her Heart and Mind to the answer! She stood up, shook off DWF and commanded them to leave! Desire’s Energy was back and she couldn’t wait to speak to Courage.
“Courage, you’ve been wearing the wrong hat! You’ve been wearing the hat of dis-, so you became dis-Courage. It’s not your fault! DWF tricked you into wearing it. DWF thought they could dampen our Spirit. They didn’t know who they were dealing with. We are Desire and Courage! And, to always protect us forevermore from DWF, I brought you a new very Powerful hat. It’s the hat of En-, so now you’ll be En-Courage!”
Desire was back! Stronger than ever. And, her best friend, Courage, was right by her side Encouraging her every step of the way.
Amy Huentelman Live Your Life Alive Love&Freedom+Expression=LivingAlive
You were born with Unique and Valuable Gifts that you’re supposed to use to do what YOU Love while always having the Freedom to Express who you are!
What do you LOVE to do? Do it!What is it that you’ve wanted to change?Change it!What Gifts lie within you patiently waiting to be Expressed?Give yourself the Freedom to Express them!
TODAY is the Day! NOW is the Time! What are you waiting for?
Decide to Live Your Life Alive!
Click link to watch short Inspirational movie on How to Live a Successful Life by Jim Rohn
Once upon a time there was a BraveHeart woman named Golden Potential… Bold on the outside and as Authentic as rain on the inside. She had a gift for Inspiring others. She delighted in making others laugh & smile. Golden always felt hopeful because she knew what she was capable of becoming yet something inside was missing. Intuitively, she knew that in order to realize her visions she must fill the void. A prophetic Dream told her of a Wise woman that would reveal the answer and that like a Guiding Light; her Intuition would lead the way. Well, Golden was now on a mission to find this Sage and was willing to do whatever it took. Golden was up for the challenge of a lifetime because in her Heart she Believed it was worth any amount of sweat and tears. She knew how Valuable the answer would be. Years passed as Golden searched. Yes, I said years! She attended countless seminars of guru’s professing to have The Answer. She read numerous books hoping to find what she was looking for. She invested thousands and thousands of dollars trusting that Finally, It would be revealed. That once and for all she could Live the life she came here to Live! Yet all she seemed to manifest was a drained bank account. One evening, feeling doomed, defeated and depleted she dropped her weary body on her bed. And, as the question ‘Who am I and what do I want?’ echoed incessantly in her mind she fell into a deep slumber. In her dreamland a Knowing Voice answered her mind-bending question. ‘You know the answer… you are not your body, you are not your thoughts, nor your feelings… you are not any label that society has placed upon you… you are not what you do and you are not any role you partake in. You are Everlasting… Unchanging and Eternal. You are amazing Power… beautiful Light… unceasing Energy… radiant Joy… infinite Creativity… absolute Abundance… and unconditional Love. The way You Express these to the world is like none other… the way you Express these characters make you Uniquely You. When you really understand who you are there’s no reason to question what you want. It is already known. There is no longer any doubt. It reveals itself and comes forth naturally. Always Remember your Essence and Trust Your Nature so the only thing you can Be is your Self… your Inimitable Radiant Loving Self… which is your Gift to the world.’ Golden woke up with a new Awareness. She realized that the Knowing Voice in her dream was the Wise woman she had been seeking all these years… the wise woman was her Inner Voice. She had been on a journey… every bit of it worthwhile… a journey that all along was leading her back to her Self. With happy tears in her eyes she said, ‘I know who I am & what I want…I am Golden Potential and I am here to freely Express all that I AM to the world!’ And Golden lived happily ever after living her life fully Alive!
Amy Huentelman Live Alive Community Love&Freedom+Expression=LivingAlive
By the time you reach the age of 18, you've heard the word 'no' 200,000 times! No wonder that by the time we're an adult, we're conditioned to say no without any real thought to whether we just might want to say yes.
An inspiring film, "Yes Man", stars Jim Carrey as Carl Allen, a guy whose life is going nowhere because he habitually says no to Everything. It's like a reflex for him; it comes out before he even really knows what he's saying no to. That all changes when he signs up for a self-help program based on one simple covenant: say yes to everything and anything! Unleashing the power of 'YES' begins to transform Carl's life in amazing and unexpected ways, getting promoted at work, opening the door to a new romance, leaning how to play the guitar, learning to fly and even saving someone's life. A lot of other crazy things happen to Carl until he realizes he doesn't have to say yes to every single thing. That would make a person insane and he gets close to that. He realizes that the real covenant is to say YES to Everything and Anything His Heart says Yes to. He learns to listen to his heart.
By opening his mind to the possibilities, by saying yes instead of no, his life opened up to him. His life completely changed! Before he said no to life; therefore, he wasn't living. By saying yes to life... he saved his life. Suddenly he had a Life Full of Meaning, Love, Adventure, Opportunity and Fulfillment. He learned to live his life Fully Alive!
Has saying no become a habit for you? What is Your Heart Gently Urging YOU to Say Yes To?LISTEN!
Here's a simple exercise to assist you in Opening Your Mind to ALL Possibilities so Your LIFE will Open Wide for You: Every time an opportunity presents itself, immediately say Yes (in your mind). Then, pay attention to how that feels. When your heart resonates with the YES, move forward and take action. If it doesn't then you know that wasn't for you. Either way you're programming your mind to say yes to life, to say Yes to Your Life!
I grew up believing that we all have unique and valuable gifts… presents from God that were given to us for the Purpose of Using in the service of others so that we would have a Joy-filled Life doing what we Love. My father discovered his gift at a very young age; it was playing the piano. He dreamt of being a musician and becoming a famous composer. Well, his Dream was stifled and his Spirit crushed in an instant when his father ‘told’ him he would be a doctor, no questions asked. Just picture that scene: a wide-eyed child so full of Life, so excited to share his discovery, full of Enthusiasm about what he wanted to be when he grew up and to be completely shut down by his dad, the one he trusted and believed. I saw my dad work very hard as a physician during the week (and whenever he would get called out during the night/weekend) and be a musician only on the weekends (or whenever he could fit it in). I knew he Loved music and he was a Brilliant musician. So there was this heavy contradiction in my mind. I believed in something that I didn’t think was possible. Yes, he was offering tremendous service as the amazing loving doctor that his patients adored. But, he wasn’t Living his Passion; therefore, he was never truly Happy & his Spirit was never really Alive. Some may say that his father wanted him to be realistic. I don’t believe in being realistic. That’s part of the lie! That’s what they (all those nonbelievers) want you to accept as true. And when you do, it’s like dissing your Dreams and your Soul will suffer from it. Reality is for nonbelievers who lack Imagination. Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere. So what happens when you believe in something you don’t think is possible? For me, the latter part was subconscious. I didn’t realize it for many years. And, for many years I couldn’t understand why, when it came to doing what I Loved, I would only get so far. I always had some success right away (you will always have success when you do what you Love as long as there is no Inner conflict) yet then my mind would talk me out of it. I would stop, get distracted, and you know… self-sabotage. It never made sense to me! It would drive me crazy! I’d ask myself, ‘Why are you not doing what you love?’ My mind gave me plenty of really good excuses, which I believed! An excuse is a well-planned lie, isn’t it? Look at how much energy we give our excuses. After time the lies completely cover up the truth and we don’t remember our passion anymore much less how to live it. We pretend that the lies are the truth. We convince ourselves that we’re happy with our life or someday we’ll get to do what we Love or the worse thing possible… we decide to settle for less! Less than what? Your dreams?
What are Your Unique & Valuable Gifts? Are you taking Loving Care of them and Using them Freely to Express Who You Are? If you’ve never recognized your gifts, perhaps they’re lying dormant covered by reality. You can find them by asking yourself, ‘What do I Love to do more than Anything else, what is my Passion?’ Your Gifts and your Loves are connected. Wake them up today and Lovingly bring them to Life! Remember… just like Beautiful Flowers need sunshine and water to grow, Your Gifts Require Your Love & Attention in order for them to Flourish in Your Life.
I decided that I could no longer LIVE A LIE; it became way too painful and destructive. I woke up from my mental facade. I began to Value myself and clearly see that I was worth the time & energy necessary to Nurture My Gifts. Interestingly, when you add V for Value to LIVE A LIE it beautifully becomes LIVE ALIVE!
My Passion is to remind YOU to Live Your Life Alive! The only way this is possible is when you Love what you do and Always have the Freedom to Express Who You Are! Most people do not love what they do. If you love your life and live your love, congratulations! If not, I ask you: How long can you live cleverly pretending you are not living a lie, that you are indeed living the life you’ve dreamt of? Isn’t it time you take a moment and remember who you are, what you came here to do and get on with it? Pretending is exhausting. Living Your Passion is Exhilarating!
Amy Huentelman Live Your Life Alive
Love&Freedom+Expression=LivingAlive
Seeing with ‘old eyes’ we may not be able to believe in someone else’s dream. Why? Too many reasons to mention yet mostly because we don’t always believe in our own.
What if we chose to see & believe with ‘new eyes’?
What if no matter what happened or didn’t happen to us in the past, regarding our own dreams, we Shifted our Consciousness to one of All Possibilities?
What if every time someone, no matter who they were, shared their vision of what they wanted to create or expressed their dream, in that moment, we Chose to Open our Mind & Heart to a Higher Vibration of Love & Absolute Belief and in that Beautiful Space affirmed to them, ‘I see that happening for you! Absolutely!’
What if we practiced this exercise with everyone we came into contact with? That we were in the habit of silently affirming with a smile ‘I Believe in You’. And, while we’re at it… why not include ‘I Love You’ too.
What if we repeated over & over again either silently or aloud...
I Believe in You Because I can see right through To the Real You And all you can be & do
IMAGINE the POWER of sending that priceless Gift of I-Believe-in-You Loving Energy numerous times each day.
Imagine… since we’re all Connected… waves of that I-Believe-in-You Loving Energy coming right back to YOU!
Imagine the Amazing Beautiful difference it would make!
Imagine what you would do if you a thousand percent Believed in YOU!
The next Live Alive video (coming very soon) will be about the # 2 Thing that Prevents Us from Living Alive! One of the telltale signs (of the # 2 Thing) is: You rationalize any thing to make yourself feel better.
I use to feel proud of my ability to rationalize anything and everything! I felt it was a great skill that enabled me to use my creativity to ‘wipe out’ in my mind any uncomfortable situation or unpleasant feeling.
When I was 21 I was living in North Carolina right on the beach, Wrightsville Beach to be exact. At the time I was pursuing acting and like most actors I was waiting tables to pay the bills. One day I came home tired late in the afternoon after working a few shifts right in a row. The sky was very dark and there was an eerie feeling in the air. Then came the heavy rain, thunder and lightning. I turned on the TV to find the news reporting a Tornado Warning! That it was advised to go to the basement and take shelter immediately. I thought, that’s just great! I’m by myself… I have no idea where my roommate is… I live in a beach house on stilts… I have no basement… and no place to go! Then, I rationalized this way: If I didn’t turn on the TV, I wouldn’t know this. I’m just going to pretend like I don’t know… I’m exhausted anyway… I’ll just take a nap and forget about it… true story and just one example of how I use to rationalize any thing out of my mind in order to feel better.
Perhaps in this instance there was no real consequence, or was there? I mean, I’m still here so there was no real danger. Yet what about when we’re in the habit, like I was, of rationalizing all the time? What happens when we rationalize... why we don’t listen to our Inner Voice… why we don’t do what we Love… or why it’s OK that we’ve given up on our Dreams?
I found this picture and it made me smile and sort of laugh remembering how I use to be. Isn’t it true that the more we choose to Live Awake in the Beautiful Awareness of Who We Are… the less we can ‘pretend’ things away and make excuses… like there is no turning back! It’s a good thing yet at times still tempting maybe for a moment to want to rationalize some things.
Question: Do you rationalize? Or, did you use to rationalize like I did? And, if so… what & why? Please share your thoughts and feelings and stories!
A dear friend sent me an encouraging message the other day. One of the things she said was ‘KEEP GOING’.
The next day when I was relaxing on the train in New York, seemingly out of nowhere I was reminded of her message and it struck a chord deep within my Soul. In that moment I felt immense Joy and Gratitude and my Spirit cheered! I could not contain my favorite kind of tears. You know the happy kind that just flow like a drizzle from a faucet, couldn’t stop them if you tried. The kind where you’re crying and smiling and laughing all at the same time while your Soul is saying Yes!! Yes!! Yes!! It’s truly one of my favorite experiences in Life because I feel magically Alive!
So why did I feel that way? Because in my Heart I Knew I would Keep Going… finally!!
In the past… whenever I would get excited about something new… some new project… a new interest… a new creative endeavor… whatever. My pattern was: Go * Go * Go * Go * Go * Go * Go * Stop * Go * Go * Go * Stop * Go * Go * Stop * Go * Stop * Go * Stop * Go * Stop * Stall… * Quit
I use to call myself all kinds of unpleasant names because once again I didn’t finish what I started. I could never figure out why. Instead of asking the right questions I just labeled myself as weak or lazy or stupid.
Yet what if I did do the right thing? What if I did make the right choice? What if I intuitively knew that that thing actually wasn’t my passion and that’s why I moved on?What if I was drawn to something temporarily simply to learn a Lesson?
What if Everything I did or didn’t do was perfectly orchestrated to bring me right here… Now…
What if all of those experiences were part of my Journey to Remember my Passion & Purpose in this Life?
I would have to say… YES… I Believe so!
I Encourage YOU to Keep Going!!
Whatever Journey you’re on at the moment… whether it be to Learn to Love Your Self… to Attract Your Soul Mate… to Remember Your Passion… to Allow Your Self to Express Your Passion…. Whatever it may be…. KEEP GOING!
And, when you feel like you may have given up on yourself… ask your Self the Right question. If you really Listenyou will Hear and you will Know.
Be Good to Your Self!
We ALL have Unique & Valuable Gifts… We ALL have an Authentic Message to share… that comes from our Soul. When you discover it… when you Remember… you will know… the feeling is indescribable.
Now I’m on a new journey… a Journey to Fulfill my Passion & Purpose in this Life.
I will always be Grateful to my friend for sending me that message because I am a human being… I know there will be challenges… yet since that message is now ingrained in my Soul… whenever I have a human moment that just for a moment feels like I might want to give up… I’ll lovingly hear… Keep Going!!
THINK About What You Want For instance... if you Say you want to do something yet you don’t do it... then an equal or greater part of you really doesn’t want to do it or else you would have done what you said you want to do.
Perhaps you’re in the habit of thinking thoughts contrary to what you want.
When you Focus your thoughts on WHY you want to do something instead of what’s keeping you from doing what you want to do You’ll find your Self not only doing what you want yet also having what you want.
What do You Think About? Are Your Habitual Thoughts Distracting You from doing What You Really Want to do? What do YOU Want to Think About?
Here's to THINKING about what You LOVE & DOING What You LOVE!
LIVE Your Life ALIVE* Love&Freedom+Expression=Li vingAlive! Love to You* ~Amy
What is more Important to You... Protecting your Self OR Your Freedom
You are Free to Act… Speak… Express… without restriction Why do you watch your step, stifle your words & filter your feelings?
Notice how you protect yourself… Notice how your mind ‘chatter’ takes you out of the game of Being Free!
See how you relinquish your Freedom
If you protect your Self you will never be Free
I wonder if for a moment… you can…
Let go of who you think you should be…
Let go of what you think you believe…
Silence the lies that keep you running & hiding & hesitating… keeping you bound… restricted… confined within certain limits
Go within to the Voice inside… the One who Loves & Guides you… Ever patiently waiting for you to Acknowledge, Trust & Know…
Asking... ‘ARE YOU READY TO BE FREE?’
FREE to…
♥ Spontaneously Sing Your Song ♥ Boundlessly
Dance Your Way ♥ Lavishly Paint Your Story ♥
♥ Intuitively Write Your Inspiration ♥ Continuously
Create Your Picture ♥ Passionately Color Your
World ♥ Expansively Express Your Gifts ♥
♥ Independently Live Your Life ♥ Unconditionally
Love Your Self ♥ …No matter what!
LIVE YOUR LIFE ALIVE!
Love & FREEDOM + Expression = Living Alive*
Peace&Love to You*
~Amy
The equation for Live Alive is… Love & Freedom + Expression = Living Alive!
It begins with Loving your Self
We may say, ‘I love myself’… Yet how much do we Love our Self really?
As BraveHeart Women… we Freely Give Love to everyone around us… it’s our Beautiful Nature… When was the last time you Really gave Love to your Self?
Why not begin each day by giving your Self the Gift of this Loving Treatment (one of my favorites from Louise Hay)
You may want to print/write this out in your own creative way... place where you'll see often... & remember to Breathe as You Read these Loving words to your Self... notice how Good you Feel as your Heart Opens Wide to receive All your L♥VE
Isn’t it Time YOU Fell in L♥VE with Amazing Beautiful Glorious Inimitable YOU?
Deep at the Center of My Being… there is an INFINITE well of L♥VE
I now Allow this L♥VE to flow to the surface. It fills my Heart, my Body, my Mind my Consciousness, my very Being, and Radiates out from me in all directions and returns to me multiplied
The more L♥VE I use and give… the more I have to give… and the supply is endless
The use of L♥VE makes Me Feel Good. It is an Expression of my Inner Joy
I L♥VE my Self; therefore, I take Loving care of my body. I Lovingly feed it nourishing foods and beverages, I Lovingly groom it and dress it, and my body Lovingly responds to me with Vibrant health and Energy
I L♥VE my Self; therefore, I provide for myself a comfortable home, one that fills all my desires and is a pleasure to be in. I fill the rooms with the Vibration of L♥VE so that all who enter, myself included, will feel this L♥VE and be nourished by it
I L♥VE my Self; therefore, I do work that I truly Enjoy doing. I use my creative talents and abilities; working with and for people that I L♥VE and that L♥VE me and I earn an excellent income
I L♥VE my Self; therefore, I behave and think in a Loving way to all people, for I know that that which I give out returns to me multiplied. I only attract Loving people in my world, for they are a mirror of what I am
I L♥VE my Self; therefore, I forgive and totally release the past and all past experiences and I Am Free
I L♥VE my Self; therefore, I Live Totally in the Now, Experiencing each moment as Good and Knowing that my Future is Bright and Joyous and Secure, for I am a Beloved Child of the Universe and the Universe Lovingly takes care of me now and forever more. And, so it is
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I have no basement… and no place to go! 
Then, I rationalized this way: If I didn’t turn on the TV, I wouldn’t know this. I’m just going to pretend like I don’t know… I’m exhausted anyway… I’ll just take a nap and forget about it… true story and just one example of how I use to rationalize any thing out of my mind in order to feel better. 
