Hilda Villaverde - a successful Scottsdale business woman has taken the initiative to organize candidate forums in her home. She is unhappy with Trump's endorsement of RINO candidate for governor - has completed her research on conservative candidate Kimberly Yee - the first Chinese American Woman elected to an Arizona Statewide office as State Treasurer. Check out this link:
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More about Hilda below. We need more Hildas!!!
PLUMA SNIPPETS OCTOBER 2021 |
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There is no Peace
without Courage When all is said and
done, no matter what we think we want: money, health, possessions,
relationships, travel, success, consideration, good looks and a great body,
it all comes down to the bottom line…. we want peace of mind. We believe that
when we get what we want or arrive to that precise destination, we can
finally experience peace of mind. Years ago, at a
workshop on spiritual and personal development, I participated in an exercise
intended on reaching the bottom line of what truly matters in our lives. Of
course, a very personal matter, each one of us has specific desires shaped by
our background, environment, education, lifestyle, beliefs, and our mental
and emotional capacity to foresee a future of joy and peace. In the exercise, we
were asked to make a list of wants and desires. After several minutes and
dozens of items on the list, we were asked to choose only 3. From the 3, we
chose only ONE. And the exercise went as follows with a series of questions
and answers. For the sake of this
article, I will choose ONE of the items on the list of many: Financial
Independence. Q. If you were
financially independent, what would you have? A. Freedom to travel,
give, help, support, own, play, buy, have a chef and an exercise trainer,
etc. etc. Q. And then what would
you have? A. I would have what I
want and desire. Q. And when you have
what you want and desire, how would you feel? A. I would feel
happy. Q. And when you feel
happy what would you have? These questions and
answers would go on until the bottom line of attaining what truly matters is
the peace of mind that comes in knowing you have accomplished and arrived to
a state of internal harmony with your circumstances. No matter what you have
or where you are. And then came the rest of the exercise. In order to get what
we want; we must have the courage to ask. Asking is difficult, especially for
women. But there is no Peace without Courage. In her book, In
Order to Live, A North Korean Girl’s Journey to Freedom, Yeonmi
Park writes her heroic story of escaping North Korea. As she unravels the
physical challenges of escaping, one can feel her deep desire for peace and
freedom for her family. And just as there is no such word as ‘freedom’ in
Korea, there is no expression for peace in her mind. She can’t even imagine either
word. She writes,“All you know is what is in front of your
eyes.” North Korea does not allow for personal wants and desires. Peace of mind is
elusive. . . just when you think you've attained peace, another level of
challenge makes its appearance. As in Yeonmi Park's life, we must continue to
look beyond what is in front of our eyes. We must decide what we want to see
and create in our lives. Ultimately, we must ask and move toward what we
truly want and desire: peace of mind. And until every opportunity is
exhausted, and there is no place else to find your peace of mind, arrive at a
state of internal harmony with your circumstances. That is, until the next
challenge makes it appearance, and one needs more courage to continue. There
is no Peace without Courage. With love, Hilda |
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