PEOPLE WHO NEED PEOPLE

People,

People who need people

Are the luckiest people in the world.

We're children needing other children.

And yet letting our grown-up pride

Hide all the need inside.

Acting more like children than children.

This song never ceases to send tingles straight to my heart. 

You know what else constantly touches my heart...?

You. 

People. 

Real, live people. 

I am going to make an effort to blog about the incredible people that make my hairs stand on end.

WOMEN IN BUSINESS QUOTES

"Success isn't permanent and failure isn't fatal." 

- Jack Welch

"You can't have everything at once unless you want to sacrifice things that are of eternal significance. We can do anything, but we can't do everything."

"We are our best advocates."

These are insights I gathered from special dinner I attended as part of the Women in Business Club. The guest speakers were Melissa Dalton-Bradford and Jacqueline White.

DISEASE

My roommate recently began working at an addiction rehabilitation center. She comes home every weekend dying to tell us about the amazing people she works with. This past weekend, she had a conversation with one of the clients about how people seem to think those who deal with addictions are inherently bad people. But in reality, it's the substance that is bad, not the person.

This principle is true when thinking of any disease, trial, or imperfection. Someone addicted to pornography, someone who suffers from depression, someone who has a short temper - these are all hard things - these things do not define a person. An individual's worth was decided and defined long before any addiction, disease, or weakness came to fruition. And these issues don't change anything. Learn how to look beyond the illness, see who they really are, and love them. Let your love laser beam straight through the walls of depression, anxiety, weakness, and addictions until it strikes their heart. Let them feel a piece of heaven through you.

NAKED

Last Saturday, I had the opportunity to participate in an Alexander Technique (voice stuff) Masterclass. It was life changing. I wish I could put the experience into words. Imagine being stripped of all cautionary behavior, wearing your fears on your sleeves, and dissolving all of your walls. That is what I experienced. I felt more like myself, more awesome, than I have ever felt in my life.

With tears in my eyes, I sang with my heart, my whole heart, and I was told it was more striking than anything I had done before. I felt pure and unadulterated. I wish I could be like that all the time. From now on, I plan to dedicate my life and career to doing just that - purifying mine and others' lives.

It is amazing what connecting with human beings can do to you. Vulnerability is incredible. I think I will post a video of my experience soon. But I will have to watch it first. Until then, enjoy this ted talk from Brene Brown about vulnerability. Your mind will be blown.