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Seeds of Humility from Thailand (Part IV) - Empowered Action

3/24/2018

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Elephant sculpture at Wat Chiang Mun, Chiang Mai, Thailand.

Here's a summary of the seeds of humility I gathered in our latest trip to Thailand (Part I, Part II, Part III):

Bringing the most awareness I can to a situation is a valuable contribution; I can dedicate any merit from my actions, however small, to the betterment of others--whoever I choose.
We can come together in our families, neighborhoods and communities with shared values that include courtesy, cooperation, and a desire for others to be safe, successful and happy.
There are other ways to be entertained that don't include harming animals or humans.

Each seed informs how I am choosing to step into empowered action.

“Courage is the commitment to begin without any guarantee of success.” ~ JoHann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Sowing the Seeds of Intention: Step 3 - Stepping Fully (and Easily!) into Commitment

2/25/2018

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An acronym to help keep elephants safe.

In steps one and two of Sowing the Seeds of Intention, you explored and clarified your heart's deepest calling at this time. You crafted a powerful vision statement, capturing all you would receive from living this vision. Now, it's time to step fully into the commitment to create it.

Here's an excerpt from my forthcoming book, Mindful and Intentional Living: A Path to Peace, Clarity and Freedom to explain more:

“Commitment is an act, not a word.” ~Jean-Paul Sartre

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Sowing the Seeds of Intention: Step 2 ~ Setting our Compass

2/17/2018

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Young boy feeding elephants at Elephant Valley, Thailand.

In Step 1 of Sowing the Seeds of Intention,
we focused on Illuminating and distilling our heart's calling. In this post, we'll focus on the four parts of clarifying our heart's calling that lead to creating a powerful vision statement and affirmations. This will set our heart's direction for action.

Step 2: Setting Our Compass

A) Review outcomes of Step 1
B) Pull out important statements of truth
C) Draft and refine a vision statement
D) Draft and refine statements of affirmation

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Sowing the Seeds of Intention: Step 1 ~ Illuminate and Distill the Heart's Calling

2/17/2018

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A baby elephant and mother at Elephant Jungle Paradise Park sanctuary outside of Chiang Mai, Thailand

In Part I of this series, we learned the three steps to Sowing the Seeds of Intention:

Illuminate and distill the heart's calling
Set our compass (direction)
Step fully into commitment

Intentionally living in alignment with our deepest calling leads to greater fulfillment and happiness in life. This post focuses on the first in this three step process: illuminate and distill the heart's calling.

Illuminating the heart's calling is really a lifetime expedition, but setting aside time on a regular basis to check in with our heart is a good practice to reveal new truths, deeper callings and possible misalignment with our values.

As I mentioned in the last post, I experienced a values crisis during our latest visit to Thailand. We've been engaging with and learning about elephants on each trip, but this last one really challenged me--enough to shift into action. I'll be sharing this experience as an example to work through sowing the seeds of intention, beginning with the first, Illuminate and distill the heart's calling.

“A highly developed values system is like a compass. It serves as a guide to point you in the right direction when you are lost.”
~Idowu Koyenikan

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