Lesson 4: Some Simple Truths

What an amazing day...and it's not even over yet! The kids have the day off of school, and sometimes it can be challenging to find things that keep them occupied while still allowing me to do the things I enjoy. But today has been just delightful!

Our day started with a parent-teacher conference for my son. He just started Kindergarten, so we were anxious to hear how he is doing! The first thing the teacher went over was his score on a recent assessment. The benchmark as a score of 61. He got 177!!!!! Ha ha ha! Amazing...

Next the kids and I stopped by the theatre where my husband and I "work"--volunteer, actually. It's our favorite hobby--I'm onstage and he's backstage. We had to stop by to order some tickets for Awards night this weekend. My husband has been nominated for two awards--one for co-set design and one for set construction. I'm pretty confident that he'll win at least one of them--unfortunately, I won't be able to be there to cheer him on because I am performing that night at another local theatre.

Anyway, we had to pay for his ticket for the reception. Since I will be elsewhere, he's going to have to take the kids with him, and we weren't sure whether we were going to have to buy tickets for the kids, too. Turns out they are going to let them come for free! Woo hoo!

Next we headed out to the pool. Today is a training day for me (training for a triathlon!), and normally I would just go while they are in school. But, since they had to come along, they donned their suits as well and we checked out a relatively new pool quite a ways away from us. It was AWESOME!!! They had a kids area with sprays and a slide, the pool was only 18 inches deep, and there was a full time lifeguard there to watch them while I went and did my laps. And it was FREE for me because it was part of the county-wide system where I normally swim. Cool! We are definitely going to go back there again.

After swimming, we went to lunch and ate outside in the beautiful, warm, but-not-hot, 85 degree weather. It was just delightful. As soon as we got home, I got a call from someone wanting to find out more about my business--how much better can it get?

So, now on to my Beyond Freedom...

Exercise: The Ideal Me

The first time I went through the program, I completely skipped this exercise--like I blocked it out, and it wasn't even there! Hmmm...I wonder what that is a sign of? Perhaps I am afraid to write it down in the event that I don't BECOME it--a psychological avoidance technique to protect me contradicting myself. Even now, I have done everything I could to avoid the exercise: I took a short nap, I put dinner on, and now I have caught myself surfing the web. I wonder why this is so frightening for me?

When describing the ideal me, I have to categorize it by area. There are just so many facets to a person!

Physically

I am beautiful. People notice me right away and comment on my beauty. My body is thin and lean. I am strong and healthy. My skin is soft and supple. My hair is thick and attractively styled. I am energetic and full of life.

Intellectually

I am smart, funny, and quick witted. People love to be around me because I challenge them to be better while at the same time I make them feel good about right where they are. I make people laugh. People love to be around me.

Artistically

I am a true performer. I love singing, acting, and dancing, not only for how I feel doing it, but for how it affects the people watching. I am instrumental in bringing to the stage works of theatre that empower and inspire. People thank me for changing their lives--for allowing them to see their own true worth in a way they never could before. Through theatre, I make a real difference in people's lives, and I leave them better than I found them.

As a Wife

I am loving, supportive, and available. I encourage my husband to live his best life, and I support him in achieving all that he sets out to do. I am loved and desired--I make my husband feel so good about himself, that he cannot get enough of me.

As a Parent

I am an encouraging and guiding force in my children's lives. I provide the freedom for them to make their own choices and experience their own consequences, yet I teach them all that I have learned so that they may make good choices and experience the rewards that come from living in harmony with God's laws. My children respect me and trust me. I encourage them to live their best lives and support them in achieving all they set out to do. I am loved--I make them feel so good about themselves that they always want me to be an important part of their lives.

As a Force for Good in the World--a Child of God

I stand as a witness of God at all times and in all things, and in all places that I may be in (Mosiah 18:9). I take a stand for the potential for greatness in every human being. In everything I do, I encourage, lift and inspire. I stand as an example for others to follow by living my own life in harmony with God's laws. I actively seek ways to help spread the message of truth and goodness and the power of every individual to rise up and step into their own divinely appointed seat as heirs to the kingdom of God.

Wow...that felt good!!! I can't imagine why I was avoiding the experience. Just like the description of my ultimate day, I need to make it a practice to write this out every day! So awesome...