Do you sleep when the wind blows?

A handsome young man applied for a job as a farmhand. When the old farmer asked for his qualifications, he replied with an air of confidence “I can sleep when the wind blows.” The statement puzzled the farmer. But he liked the pleasant looking young man nevertheless and hired him.

A few days later, the old farmer and his wife were rudely awakened in the night by a violent storm. They quickly began to check things out to see if all was secure. They found that the shutters of the farmhouse had been securely fastened. A good supply of logs had been set next to the fireplace. The farm tools had been placed neatly in the storage shed, safe from the elements. The tractor had been moved into the garage. The barn was properly locked. Even the animals were calm. The young man slept soundly. All was well. The farmer then understood the meaning of the young man’s words, “I can sleep when the wind blows “.

 Because the farmhand did his work loyally and faithfully when the skies were clear, he was prepared for the storm when it broke loose. So when the wind blew, he was fearless. He slept in peace. 

How does this apply to our lives?

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 As we, the Forgetting 2 Remember Participants and Staff, prepare ourselves for this up coming  weekend retreat.  Turn on your light and start looking into your heart.  Start your work today, listening, breathing, tuning into your soul. 

What is your heart’s desire from the level of your soul?

I’m here, present and available for each of you.  317-833-4942

Derinda

Regaining Our Passion

I read a story recently that I want to share with you.  An elementary school teacher was giving a drawing class to a group of six-year-old children. At the back of the room sat a little girl who normally didn’t pay much attention in school.  She did, though, in the drawing class.  For more than twenty minutes, the girl sat with her arms curled around her paper, totally absorbed in what she was doing.  The teacher found this fascinating.  Eventually, she asked the girl what she was drawing. 

Without looking up, the girl said, “I’m drawing a picture of God.”  Surprised, the teacher said, “But nobody knows what God looks like.”  The girl said, “They will in a minute.”

I love this story because it reminds me that young children are wonderfully confident in their own imaginations.   Most of us lose this confidence as we grow up.  Ask a group of first graders if they think they are creative and they will all put their hands up, some even jumping up and down in their chairs. Ask a group of high school seniors the same question and most of them won’t. 

I believe passionately we are all born with tremendous natural capacities, and that we lose many of them as we spend time in the world.  Educational systems, religious dogma, society pressures and parents’ belief systems all play a part of us losing the sense of who we really are.

Who are you?  What is a passion you have inside of you that somehow got tucked back into the corner of your mind? 

Becoming aware of the confidence that little boy or girl inside of you once had is a great start to rekindling those forgotten flames.  And now as an adult, we try to figure out how to get it back.  When all is said and done, though, it’s been in you all the time.  You are already whole and complete.  You just get to find the spark and remember it again. 

Need help in finding that spark?  The weekend intensive seminars are filling fast.  Give me a call or send me an email and take that first step into remembering. 

We all know of people in our lives that can grow from the experience of remembering who they are.  Please pass this along to them or have them join you for a weekend intensive retreat. 

What an amazing sight it will be by the end of this summer to see a group of incredible people that have chosen to “Bridge the Gap” between where they are in life and where they want to be.

July Seminar

You gain strength, courage, and confidence by each experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along. You must do the thing you think you cannot do.  Eleanor Roosevelt

Smart lady!  The July seminar has a few openings left!  Part of attending a weekend seminar is to let go of some level of fear to attend.  And each time we do that letting go it becomes easier.   We all want more peace, happiness, connection and love.  We all want to live to our fullest potential.

 All the information you need is in the upcoming events on this blog site and the next thing to do is contact me. 

Think about joining me and others on this journey of bridging the gap between fear and love.  Remembering all that you are and forgetting, letting go, of the old ideas, thoughts, fear that have held you back.

Oh yeah, by the way, it will not be a horror!

Seminars!

Progression is happening!

The kickoff  weekend seminar May 22-24, 2009  is full!   We have scheduled the next weekend seminar for July 24-26, 2009 and are taking reservations now.

Let me tell you about the upcoming seminar;   Forgetting 2 Remember, “Bridging the Gap Between Fear and Love”.

The Friday evening through Sunday afternoon seminar will be held at DYF Camp in Noblesville, IN.   Website:  www.dyfoindiana.org  The seminar will be on-site at the camp for the entire time.  All food and accommodations will be provided during the weekend.

The focus of the seminar will be around letting go of the fear that holds us back in our lives and coming more in balance with the love that we all want.  Re-connecting to remembering all that we had forgotten about ourself and spirit!

This transformation will take place through a series of guided activities facilitated by me, Derinda Kempa, throughout the 2 1/2 day seminar.  It has been fully designed to support self-awareness, balance and well-being. 

What you can expect to take home from this experience?   A fresh awareness of yourself, more confidence, a higher appreciation and understanding of people. Living with less fear and more love in your life.

The cost of the weekend is $379.  A $50 discount will be given to anyone paying and reserving the  July 24-26,2009  weekend seminar before June 12, 2009.

Thank you for being apart of this incredible journey with me!

P.S.  I tried to make sure I covered the who, what, when, where and even the why!  : )