Passionate Theme of the Day: Grace & Grit & Goodness

“Who said anything about church? You can go to temple, go to a mosque, heck, Grace – go sit in a dang tree if that’ll get you closer to God.”
Grace and Earl in Bring It On Earl

“Granted, he chews tobacco and likes disco, but you’ve entered into the divine, Grace.”
Rhetta in Bring It On Earl

“I’m just Fed Ex trying to deliver a message.” ~ Earl the angel on TNT’s Saving Grace

Where to begin this random tangent? Last night (I actually happened to be home and the TV was on, which is rare with my new job as I’m usually attending some networking event) and caught the season two premiere of TNT’s Saving Grace. 

Passionate Theme of the Day: Pretty Little Mistakes

“A man’s errors are his portals of discovery.” ~James Joyce

“Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new.” ~Albert Einstein

“I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones.”~ John Peel

Mistakes. That’s the PMP topic of choice today. What the hell is a mistake anyway? A quick Google search finds this little ditty of a definition: “A wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention”. 

Passionate Theme of the Day: Hottness

“Music is what feelings sound like.” Anonymous

“...and dance is what it looks like.” – Kammie K.

“For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” Vincent van Gogh

Due to the consistent (and increasingly less gentle) persuasion of my friend, former student and fellow blogger, Lane over at The Road Through Life… I am officially ending my blogging hiatus. Thank you Lane, I am forever indebted to you for getting my train back on its bloggy tracks (and reminding me that my final post says I’m preggers with JJ Abrams baby…I’m sure his PR peeps are sick of seeing that post come up in his Google searches).

Passionate Theme of the Day: Pregnant with Possibilites

“The final mystery is oneself.”~Oscar Wilde

“Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don’t let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.”~R.I. Fitzhenry

“The universe is full of magical things, patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper."~Eden Phillpotts

Inspiration is a funny thing. You can seek it out. But it often eludes you. Chase it and it runs from you. It becomes a game of cat and mouse. Sometimes you just gotta simmer for a while. Read books of a different genres (Candy Girl author Diablo Cody knows how to tease, titillate and spin a yarn - I’m also finishing Synchronicity: The Inner Path of Leadership by Joseph Jaworski as well as Eckhart Tolle’s A New Earth - interesting mix, eh?).

Passionate Theme of the Day: Linky-Lovey-Love

"Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”
Mozart

“The mystery of love is greater than the mystery of death.”
Unknown

“If you judge people, you have no time to love them.”
Mother Teresa

Happy Valentines Day passionate friends!

I know it’s been awhile since I’ve written, but as I’ve mentioned before, my mind is full of ideas and creations around my book. I’m not ready to share the title quite yet, but I’ll tease you with the initials. DLMP…that’s my baby’s secret code name for now. And as soon as I launch the blog that goes with it, you’ll be the first to know. 

Passionate Theme of the Day: Success & Inner Peace

“ ‘Express’ is to communicate, convey, reveal, expose or give. “Yourself” is YOU. In Expressing YOURSELF we want YOUR thoughts, feelings and emotions, not someone else’s. “Express yourself FULLY” means “all of you”, not a partial rendition or “playing it safe” version…

Performers, singers, artists, and musicians find fulfillment in their work because they have a direct channel for expressing themselves fully. On the contrary, when someone follows a format that is “NOT really them” or is forced to fit a mold, the same level of fulfillment disappears. What prevents us from full self-expression?
Fear of JUDGMENT.

If we can learn to “let go” of what others might think, we can be free to “fully BE ourselves” What would you like to express to the world? What haven’t you revealed yet? How can you “express yourself fully” everyday? One of our deepest human needs is to be “fully seen” by another. And, it’s so fulfilling to do so. Try it, you’ll like it.”
~Life Coach Mary excerpt from her article 10 1/2 Keys to Living Fully Fulfilled

I’ve mentioned that it’s my intention to re-vamp the PMP into a resource site for all things passion and purpose. While the physical design re-vamp hasn’t taken place yet, that doesn’t mean I can’t begin sending you juicy pieces of goodness.

Passionate Theme of the Day: Bloggy Blues

“Hot funk, cold punk, even if it’s old junk, it’s still rock and roll to me.” ~ Billy Joel

Hello long lost bloggy-buddies. No I have not fallen off the planet. Just in a bit of a bloggy-blue period. Actually 2008 is forecasting to be a really BIG transitional year for me. I’m not privy to share all the details yet. But know that just because I don’t write often, doesn’t mean I don’t love you anymore! 

Passionate Theme of the Day: Live Laugh Love

"Live a life less ordinary
Live a life extraordinary with me.
If I could name you in this song
Would it make you smile and sing along?
This is the goal: to get into your soul
If I could make you dance for joy
Could that be the second-chance decoy?
The bird-in-hand I would need
To help you understand?”
Life Less Ordinary - Carbon Leaf

Happy Holidays. Merry Christmas. Happy Chanukah. Merry Festivus. HoHoHo and mistletoe and all that jazz.

Just wanted to drop off a little holiday love. I haven’t posted since Thanksgiving. I know it’s been a while. Life’s been moving at warp speed these days and LOTS of transitions are happening and are set to happen for 2008. My sister and my niece are leaving today for AZ and her hubby is heading out next week.

Passionate Theme of the Day: Gratitude

"If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, “thank you,” that would suffice.” ~Meister Eckhart

“Thanksgiving Day is a jewel, to set in the hearts of honest men; but be careful that you do not take the day, and leave out the gratitude.” ~E.P. Powell

“For each new morning with its light,
For rest and shelter of the night,
For health and food, for love and friends,
For everything Thy goodness sends.”
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ahhh…the amazing day of feast and friends and family. Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays. I know it causes a lot of stress and anxiety for many. But I love the food, the wine, the football, the hanging out in the family room and just vegging out. My plan on Thanksgiving is to have no plans and to allow the day to unfold before me.

Passionate Theme of the Day: Models & Mentors

“Mentor: Someone whose hindsight can become your foresight.” ~ Anonymous

“You know, you do need mentors, but in the end, you really just need to believe in yourself.” ~Diana Ross

Hello passionate friends. Today’s post is about models & mentors…in my case specifically, it’s about a model AS a mentor. I teach public speaking and we often talk about being a confident speaker. (That’s once we get them over the initial hurdle of not wanting to hurl once in front of the group). But conquering nervousness when public speaking is a whole different post.