Abounding Greatness

Well, I have come home full in heart after attending a conference on the Nurtured Heart Approach founded by Howard Glasser.  I was given the great privilege of sharing my journey to greatness and making the 18 inch trip from head to heart in the process!  I was overwhelmed with the amazing response I got and my heart was touched deeply.

I attended this conference at the urging of a friend and with even more coaxing presented as well.  I did not think in any way I was qualified as I am not a therapist, a teacher, a social worker, or the like.  In fact, I am not even formally trained in the Nutured Heart Approach.  But, the fact of the matter is, I have received one-on-one training as I have applied the principles of greatness to my life over the last 18 months and as a result I am living life like never before!

I discovered in an even deeper way what greatness really is and how it can not be swayed by how you feel, what is going on at the moment, or by what others may say or do to you!  Greatness just is...it has no qualifier and no one is exempt! 

So, to be totally honest, even after being at such a conference for three days and allowing my heart to be full to the point of overflowing, I tried to derail myself on the way home.  Go figure?!?  I tried to convince myself that as I returned home to an empty house (my girls are both out of town) to a job I do not like that I had nothing to return to.  Thankfully, I had three determined friends that would not give up and continued to energize me and in time the reset happened and I allowed myself to return from my head to my heart once again!

Here is what is interesting, I am still there in full force!  I have been hit with some challenges at work, I am home alone in a VERY quiet house, but I have a calmness within and a deep-seeded knowing of who I am and the greatness that is within me.  In fact, this is deeper than anything I have felt in the past year!  The roots of knowing are deeper and more meaningful than ever before.  I have vision, I know what I want to do and where I am going!

This is what living FEARLESSLY is really all about.  It is knowing that your greatness is not something that comes and goes, it is in you from the day you were born!  It cannot be taken away no matter what circumstance you are in.  To know this, allow yourself to journey the 18 inches from head to heart.  Will it be painful at times-possibly, but I can guarantee you without any doubt that the journey will change your life in ways you never thought possible.

At the end of your journey (which by the way never really ends) you will find abounding greatness that was always there. It was just waiting to be discovered and to lead you along a path of life that is one of hope, healing, grace, empowerment, courage and much more.  You will find yourself living fearlessly and knowing your are "cape"able of all things.  Yes there will be setbacks, but these just provide opportunity for more growth and more greatness!

So I challenge you my friend...what is your heart telling you?  What are you holding on to that will detour you from the life you have always dreamed of?   Listen to that voice deep within your heart and allow it to lead the way...only greatness awaits!