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Celebrating Others

Celebrating Others

By Paula Kawal • on July 8, 2007

As we approach the summer months in which there are so many parties and birthdays I thought it appropriate to write a post about celebrating others. How do you celebrate the people in your life? Do you throw parties, buy gifts or do you put a lot of energy toward creating things they enjoy? Many times we get so caught up in the what that we forget

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Spiritual Teachers: Accepting when it’s time to move on

Spiritual Teachers: Accepting when it’s time to move on

By Paula Kawal • on June 4, 2007

Spiritual Bonding The bond that develops with a spiritual teacher is a strong one. These light-holders of the universe mirror to us the light of our own consciousness, take us by the hand and show us the way through the thick overgrown forests of our egos and lead us toward feeling the spirit, that

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A Seven’s Guide to Unresponsiveness

A Seven’s Guide to Unresponsiveness

By Paula Kawal • on March 5, 2007

The Situation So you are trying to connect with someone who is hard to get a hold of…you’ve emailed and called…left funny or challenging messages and used all the charm of your personality to no avail. If you’re a seven on the enneagram, this is personal; nothing drives a seven

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Openess Determines Perspective

Openess Determines Perspective

By Paula Kawal • on February 12, 2007

Starting the Day Sebastian, my six year old son stops suddenly while putting on his shoes and says, “Maybe Mrs. Visaya (his first grade teacher) wants to be famous.” I pause a moment while tying his shoes to say, “What makes you think that?” He responds confidently, “She

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Energy Flows…Watch Where it Goes

Energy Flows…Watch Where it Goes

By Paula Kawal • on February 11, 2007

Always Tired In the not-so-long ago past I was working with a Southern Gospel group who also happened to be good friends of mine. They felt God was calling them to go into full-time ministry and wanted to make a change in their lives…so they hired me. One of the lead singers used to be my boss…I’d

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Re-Write Your Story

Re-Write Your Story

By Paula Kawal • on February 9, 2007

Close Encounters So you’re about to go into a room with that person who asks you questions that make you feel uncomfortable. The conversations always leave you feeling less than good and you’ve developed either a history of avoiding them or anxious anticipation of the next unpleasant encounter.

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Consciously “Placing” Trust

Consciously “Placing” Trust

By Paula Kawal • on February 9, 2007

Definition of Trust Reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence. Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006. Is it just me or is the very definition of trust a paradox? It is a dependence that provides confidence and security…which

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What Do You See When Things Get Broken?

What Do You See When Things Get Broken?

By Paula Kawal • on February 6, 2007

Dismantling Christmas Yesterday was the day I finally took down my Christmas decorations. I know, I know…you’re shaking your head in disbelief, I mean here it is February…we’ve already passed Groundhog Day and I’m just now dismantling Christmas! It is like this for me

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The Guardians at the Gate

The Guardians at the Gate

By Paula Kawal • on January 27, 2007

Challenges Yesterday my daughter and I headed out to our favorite hiking spot. It is fun because we never know just what trail we will take and sometimes we go exploring to see where the new ones we find go. We had just gotten to the end of our driveway when she trips and lands flat on her face on

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Blessings and Rainbows

Blessings and Rainbows

By Paula Kawal • on December 8, 2006

Lessons from the Ocean Surf While in Molokai this past Thanksgiving I developed a morning routine of saying hello to the ocean. Each morning I’d awake around sunrise, read a little of something inspiring and then take a short walk out to a rocky cliff that afforded me a great view of the pounding

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