joni's Blog

Here we are at the end of July already! It's incredible to me how days follow days so quickly.
The sweetgrass has now been harvested once already although we may get another picking if the weather changes and we get a little more sunshine.
In this part of the country I think that this will be remembered as the summer that never was!
I just returned from a visit to the Ocean (Atlantic) and reveled of the beauty and vastness of our world.
I am so blessed and grateful in my life, with wonderful friends, family and good health, opportunities and possibilities.
I give great thanks to the Creator for my life, this day, this moment, and to the Women in the Braveheart network
It is good to stop here and connect on my continuing journey, thank you for being here.

Well,
All one needs to do is to tell the Universe that they are ready to move forward and the first lesson is "Let go."

Let go of the need to know or control outcome, be ready to say goodbye when all you want to do is hold on; let go of the ideas that others have for you.
Let go of the past and the future, let go of worry and guilt.
Let go and let God... let go and be present, let go and begin...

The fine women at Braveheart have convinced me to keep my website open so that I may be able to access it while I am "journeying" or upon my return.
It would be nice to be able to check in now and again..
I thank you all for your well wishes~ see ya later!

Joni

Iesewatera, swiioh:hake
I wish you well, on your journey

Good Afternoon Braveheart Women!
I have decided to spend the next several months on a journey "within and without".
I wish you all a wonderful summer ahead as I will be canceling my acct here until my return.
I thank you for your welcoming support and hopefully I will have access to high-speed Internet when I return so that I may take advantage of all the wonderful videos and teaching offered here.
With sincere appreciation~
Joni

Iesewatera, swiioh:hake
I wish you well, on your journey

In my life I have been blessed with wise and generous teachers, beautiful and giving friends.
I received nothing but unconditional Love from my family and I have no regrets in my life today.
In the past I have received "suprise" and anonomous gifts that revealed my blessings to me as they could have come from any one of my wonderful friends, I am surrounded!
I received this "internet " gift today and hope that you will enjoy it and pass it on to those who enrich your lives.
In gratitude,
http://www.hasanyonetoldyou.com[/url]

Everyday situations can challenge us all. I came upon this "teaching" recently and thought to share it~

If you find you have lost your cool in a situation where something or someone is "pushing your buttons" you can use one of three "doors" to get it back.

Door number one is meeting force with force: You could choose to react to the situation with anger or frustration and / or engage in conflict.

Door number two is yielding: You could concede, ignore, "turn the other cheek "or simply withdraw.

Door number three is the best option however as this door offers a fresh new solution to choose from that is different every time.

The challenge ( and the fun) is to figure out what that is.....

I invite you to join my community ~ The Y.O.U. Project.
As the creator of a local Women's Wisdom Circle, I have had the wonderful opportunity to learn and grow along with a diverse group of fabulous females!
This ongoing experience ( as well as many others) has motivated me to create this forum in the hopes of encouraging women to re-discover their unique styles, strengths and voices.
I'd love to hear from you!

This is from a posting by Ashley from the site: HelpOthers.Org
A valuable lesson!

"Last spring I was walking in a park. A short distance ahead of me was a Mom and her three-year-old daughter. The little girl was holding onto a string that was attached to a helium balloon.
All of a sudden, a sharp gust of wind took the balloon from the little girl. I braced myself for some screaming and crying.

But, no! As the little girl turned to watch her balloon go skyward, she gleefully shouted out, "Wow!"
I didn’t realize it at that moment, but that little girl taught me something.

Later that day, I received a phone call from a person with news of an unexpected problem. I felt like responding with, "Oh no, what should we do?" But, remembering that little girl, I found myself saying, "Wow, that’s interesting! How can I help you?"

One thing’s for sure - life’s always going to keep us off balance with its unexpected problems. That’s a given. What’s not preordained is our response. We can choose to be frustrated or fascinated. No matter what the situation, a fascinated Wow! will always beat a frustrated Oh, no.

So the next time you experience one of life’s unexpected gusts, remember that little girl and make it a Wow! experience. The Wow! response always works."

Good Morning!
I am a subscriber to the website~The Daily Good~http://www.dailygood.org
The latest daily email I received directed me to this awesome commencement address by Paul Hawken's at the University of Portland.
It is something that I think has to be shared!
Please find it at:
http://www.dailygood.org/more.php?n=3697

Perhaps many of you remember "Sark" (Susan Ariel Rainbow Kennedy) from the Old days!

I was just reminded of her wonderful and eclectic take on the world and wanted to share!

Visit Planet Sark and add some colour to your day!

Thank you all for your enthusiastic welcoming and comments, it is still a bit strange for me to have a written voice and it's still a bit "young"

I host a monthly Women's Wisdom Circle in my small community and asked the "Authentic"Question to those who are regulars within the Circle~

Their answers are as diverse and beautiful as they are and I hope you will relate to them here~

Authentic perhaps is understanding that you are a combination of beliefs and conditions that you can both sit within and struggle against. Finding yourself in everything and everyone and still somehow being just you. Being fragile and courageous in the same moment.
Being able to express your only’ness….

Authentic
is responding in the moment
with no story about who I think I am or
how things should be.
It is sensing, with all our senses, as a way to respond without thought.
It is responding according to my own level of consciousness.
I'll get back to you ...

Authentic means I can wear my new bright green shoes when I am inclined to be a wood nymph!

My answer is that I would take satisfaction in realizing that this moment is the most important moment in my life and that nothing else matters, because I cannot change the past and the future is up for grabs. The effort is getting to that realization and that is no easy task; a constant struggle if I wish it to be, or not by realizing to really "be" is the only way for me to be authentic. "To be or not to be, that is the question."

First, I had to be absolutely certain that I understood what authentic means. My dictionary says: genuine/ made, written or painted by the person who claimed to have done it,/ true and deserving to be believed or trusted.
So to be authentic means I have created who I am, I say "This is me" and I appear believable. Now....what would this "real me" do? Looking back over all the years of researching my True Self, I realize that I was always my genuine self-trying out all kinds of roles and ways of Being. Who else could I have possibly been? Some people believed my way of being and some didn't, but so what? Being authentic cannot be one static way of Being because everything is always changing. Wow, when I look back and see all the different hairdos, glasses and styles I wore, my Real Self sure was, and still is, a kaleidoscope. I have done so many things and still do. There is nothing to break out of, or be free of, to be my Authentic Self. Everything is just as it should be.

following your heart
and
I only care what anyone else thinks if they are important to me

What does authentic mean to me?
Speaking my truth, Being my truth - on all levels of my being - no matter what
Choosing to Do what I want, when I want, how I want.
Not caring what others think
Living through my Heart, allowing it to guide me

The potential of the average person is like a huge ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities waiting to be released and channeled toward some great good. -- Brian Tracy

The Braveheart network is a whole new avenue for me. I am not even sure if this is a blog..?
It doesn't matter.. I am here and engaged and that is enough.

I have had so many wonderful invitations to connect with women through this medium and I am a bit concerned that I will overcommit and not be able to participate and communicate with all the interesting groups and individuals out there!

I will do my best however because I see the enormous potential for everyone to learn about the "sisterhood" together.
The averge person believes that they ARE average, I hope to inspire all the women I come in contact with to Challenge that idea~
We are strong and vibrant Creators! Nothing less ~

What does authentic look like to you?

What do you think a truly authentic person looks like or does?
What would you do as a truly authentic person?

Do you dress up like a Princess when you feel like one?
Put a two-two on and dance to work?
Are you a Wildwoman prowling and snarling in the shopping malls?
Is everything staged within the parameters of defined cultural do's and don'ts?

Would you dress a certain way, move to a far off land? Live in a tent?
What would you do?
Work in a garden, perserve the wild things, play in the mud or roll down a sand dune?
Would you care what anyone else thought?
Would you care about fitting in?

I'd love to know.....