{"id":125,"date":"2011-01-24T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/blissblog\/2011\/01\/wonderful-life.html"},"modified":"2011-01-24T01:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T01:00:00","slug":"wonderful-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/blissblog\/2011\/01\/wonderful-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Wonderful Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

O<\/font>ne of my favorite movies is an annual special…It’s A Wonderful Life <\/em><\/strong>and its meaning transcends the holiday theme. On so many levels, it resonates with the woman in the mirror who has learned that she does make a difference and that she may never know the outcome of the seeds she has planted. <\/font><\/p>\n

I had never considered another motif of the film and it came in the form of two facebook postings, One was a response from a facebook friend to something I had said a few days ago:<\/font><\/p>\n

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“Feeling both strong and fragile lately…opening up all kinds of boxes of old stuff (literally and figuratively) as I unpack my mother’s belongings and integrate them into my life. I can recycle old worn out beliefs into treasures, but first I need to air them out…and boy, are some of them musty): Learning to give myself time, patience and compassion to love myself through this process.”<\/font><\/span><\/p>\n

To which Lynette Chartier answered:<\/font><\/p>\n

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“It was after my mother’s death, while writing her eulogy and needing to sort through her things that I tapped into the subconscious knowing that I had had all along… that she was a misunderstood woman. In fact she could not be understoo<\/font>d because she did not really know who she was and therefore the result being that she died with her music in her .<\/p>\n

I made a clear decision in the summer of 2004 that I was not going to die with my music in me and that maximizing my potential – blooming into the flower I could be was going to be for 3 generations her, myself and my daughter – that I was going to put an end to a French Canadian cultural way of being – that of playing small so that others can be comfortable. And who knows maybe even for my grand children should my two sons have children of their own.”<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n

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and then I heard this profound song by recording artist, singer songwriter. humanitarian, world traveller, adventurer Jana Stanfield called George Bailey<\/em><\/strong>. In it, Jana shares the leaps of faith it takes to refrain from waiting until conditions are ‘just right’ to make choices to enhance our lives. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
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http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=qzScfQzclEE<\/font><\/a> <\/p>\n

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One of my hesitations occur when I stand in front of an escalator and decide on which step to place my feet. It is based on an experience from way back when I was a teenager. It was in the summer and I was wearing sandals that had slick bottoms on them. I took a step onto the escalator at Sears and ended up sliding down on one foot. Fortunately, I didn’t get hurt, but the fear remained with me. In the interceding years (and there are many:), I have never replicated that feet\/feat, but I still act as if it is likely to recur. <\/font><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/div>\n
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What areas of your life call out for more adventurous action, rather than wait and see? How can this help you to recreate your life?<\/font><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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