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Quotation of the Week
Love lights up the world.... with its generous flames.
---Ralph Waldo Emerson  
Inner Journeys with Anne Marie Bennett Integrating the Practice of SoulCollage® Into Our Daily Lives Surprised by Love  Many years ago I boarded a plane as part of my consulting job with an
educational computer software company. This job required lots of travel, and
after several years of this, plane rides had become routine. Lonely and
routine. Until I met Michelle, a two and a half year old toddler who was sitting
across the aisle from me with her mother on this particular flight. She had
light brown curls and aware hazel eyes. Curious and adorable, she answered my
simple questions and asked her own with amazing clarity and vocabulary for one
so young.
When the plane landed I waved good-bye to her and went on my way. Inside the busy terminal, I was standing in front of the board of monitors looking for my connecting flight number and gate. Business as usual. Another airport, another airplane to board. Always going somewhere. All of a sudden, from several feet behind me, I heard Michelle's voice again, calling out (very loudly), "There's that lady! I want to give her a hug!" I quickly turned around and there she was... Michelle, arms flung wide, rushing towards me like a divine whirling dervish. I can't remember another time when I was so surprised by Love. So astonished at the exuberant, free-flowing, unexpected rush of it. As she clasped her arms around my waist, I was very aware of being held by a love and grace that was bigger than the two of us. It may have looked to passers-by like I was hugging her, but I know differently. That child was holding me! Reflection Activities of the Week: Let yourself be Surprised by Love this week. Be aware of strangers as you go about your business. Make eye contact with a few of them. Notice how you are connected, even though you know nothing about them. Also, be open to the possibility of surprising someone else with love this week! Give a smile to a stranger, send a card to a friend who's low, surprise someone you love with a hug or a few moments of uninterrupted time. Take a look at the Community Suit of your SoulCollage® Deck. Is there someone you love, or have loved, or has given you love, who is missing? Create a card for them this month for your Deck.  SoulCollage®
ExpressionsIdeas and Challenges to Spice Up Your SoulCollage® Practice Idea of the Week Holding Your Deck: I use a soft-sided zippered lunch container you can get at the drug store or any department store. Mine is a nice deep blue with black trim (I bought it at Walgreens). I bought 2 of them... they're very convenient for travel. From Kindred Spirit Cheryl in Illinois
Our Next Tele-Class The Voices of Our Addictions: Transformation Through SoulCollage® Presented by Kat Kirby, SoulCollage® Facilitator and Art Therapist in San Diego, California  Shopping, food,
Internet use, other people, drugs, alcohol... These are all things that serve us
for a time, take away our pain, but eventually no longer work for us. We'll use
this hour together to talk about ways we can use SoulCollage® to remind us of
our authentic self, thereby freeing ourselves of our addictions and finding our
way back to health.
Date: Monday, March 16, 2009 Time: 7:00 pm Eastern, 6:00 pm Central, 5:00 pm Mountain, 4:00 pm Pacific, 2 pm Hawaiian, 11 pm in London, midnight in Rome, Tuesday 10 a.m. in Melbourne Australia and Tuesday 12 noon in New Zealand Save the date now. All of our tele-classes are FR*EE for members, always! And remember, don't worry if you can't attend... we'll be recording it and you can listen to it anytime in your Member's Only Audio Library. We will give you the phone number and access code to call in that week's issue of Soul Treasures.
Upcoming Tele-Classes and Presenters:
April 2009 - Spicing Up the Soul of Life: Random Play with Your SoulCollage® Deck with Laurel Aston, Creativity Coach and SoulCollage® Facilitator in California. Join Laurel as she guides us through a couple of fun, deeply insightful activities that you can do with your Deck any time, any place. (Date and time to be announced... stay tuned). May 2009 - Date and time to be announced... stay tuned! June 14, 2009 (Sunday, 5pm Eastern) - Meditation and SoulCollage®: How Each Enhances the Other, with Marti Beddoe, Meditation Teacher and SoulCollage® Facilitator in Illinois. For new as well as experienced mediators. Marti will share with us some ways that her SoulCollage® practice has benefited her meditation practice, and vice versa. If you are looking to deepen your SoulCollage® work, this is the class for you! Kindred Spirits SoulCollage® Retreat
Come As You Are:Nurturing Self-Acceptance with SoulCollage®, A Weekend Retreat June 25-28, 2009 Rolling Ridge Retreat Center Andover, Massachusetts There are only TWO spaces left.... is one of them for you? Everything you need to know is on this KaleidoSoul page. New England SoulCollage® Facilitator Training April 17-19, 2009 in Litchfield, Connecticut. If you've been longing to take your SoulCollage® practice out into the world by becoming an "official" Facilitator, then please join us for a beautiful spring weekend at Wisdom House. There's more information on this KaleidoSoul page. Special two month payment plan available starting now. | |||||||
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