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18. September 2011

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My Journey: Teacher to Comfortably Working From Home

I was a teacher for 11 years. I graduated in 1998 from a 2 year cohort program. I was a single mom and had a 3 year old daughter at the time and was very proud of  being the second child to graduate from college in my family. I graduated with a masters degree in 2010.  The road to self discovery to live a purpose driven life wasn’t very easy.  I am now expanding on the skill sets that was acquired during those years.  The most insightful and specific connection I’m making in  my journey so far is that people are just like the children that I taught. There were aspects that I loved and that I was very passionate about however, I also couldn’t take the confinement and the limitedness of my creativity. I had a relentless need to have lots of room to create something for myself. I wanted free enterprise. I gave every ounce of my creativity,energy and passion to the sweet angels in my class. At the end of the day…..I decided rich memories was my new passion. Due to the fact that we had some life threatening issues with Lee…..I understood and still understand the brevity of life. This is what set in motion to make my days count and to live a life with no regrets. It was a careful balancing act to not destroy what I had chosen to do while figuring out how to expand upon that. I often wondered if I was just “lazy”, or perhaps more of a “dreamer.” I often questioned why I wasn’t fulfilled with my lot in life. My mom was beyond proud. She referred to me as number two daughter, the teacher. The desire for free enterprise was something that I dreamt about. It was a safe haven to still go to work and teach and search on the side. Here are some of the ideas that I can recall that I entertained during my teaching career. 

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25. September 2010

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The Power of Intention!

Thomas Merton profoundly said “We are already ONE and we imagine we are not. And what we have to recover is our original unity. Whatever we have to be is what we are.”

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