“Good evening! Wow! Look at this room! You know, I imagined standing up here and saying something like, ‘It’s just like I dreamed it would be,’ but that’s not true! THIS – THIS…” my hands extended toward the room “…IS WAY BEYOND MY DREAM!” I paused, just to breathe in the moment, realizing what a …
“I can’t believe they didn’t end the show with Heal the World…” I was surprised when I felt frustration rush heat all over my body in response to such a simple statement, but it didn’t take me long to understand why. Did they even watch the show?!? Maybe it’s just me and my obsession with …
My heart, O God, hungers after Yours I want to know You…I want to know You Teach me Your ways, show me Your heart I want to know You, I want to know You more I want to know who You are I want to know what You love I want to know just where …
It was exactly two years ago that a still, small voice inside of me whispered, “Yoga.” I ignored it, of course. I don’t have time for yoga classes. And then I heard it again. “Yoga.” Again, I ignored it. I can’t afford yoga classes. This went on for months, and then one day, I noticed …
“Can you talk? I need to process something.” It was early, even for her, to be sending me a text for support. She must be way upside down. I decided to just call her back. “Hey, Sister, what’s up?” “I can’t stop crying, and it doesn’t make any sense. I couldn’t work yesterday…I can’t concentrate…I …
It was a no-brainer for me, but she didn’t see it for herself right away. As her friend, I shared what I saw for her, “This isn’t about you learning from her as much as it is about you positioning yourself to work with her. You’re ready.” By the end of the day, she had …
Jacqueline VanCampen Founder of Wise Heart Within Author of Letters to My Daughter: A Mother’s Journey of Healing and Transformation I used to love writing poetry in my teen years. Most of my poems were about the perils of the heart – the breakups, the dreams, and the desire for freedom – those things that are …
“Okay, so take a few minutes and write down your revenue goals for 2011.” Ugghhh…I hate this! I wonder if she’ll notice if I don’t write them down again. She smiled at me from across the room. She noticed. We’ve played together for a long time. I’ve coached her with her books, she’s coached me …
The previous three weeks had been a blur of activity. I was pushing myself harder than I had ever pushed myself before. The deadlines were flying by, and I was barely making them. I was up at 4am to get a meditation and a bit of yoga in before I started work at 5am, and …
“Momma, I don’t want to grow up!” “What, honey? Why don’t you want to grow up?” My heart raced with fear when I heard my six year old make such an emphatic declaration. “I don’t want to work.” “Why?” But I already knew somewhere inside me what he was about to say. “You come home …