Sunday, June 24, 2012

Notes from Caroline Myss' Interview on Super Soul Sunday

We all have sacred contracts. They are spiritual documents our soul recognizes.

The spirit is a part of you the feels like hope. A part of you that is drawn to hope.

If you have life you have purpose.

If you are in the right path you are not in a position to betray yourself.

When you are in the path you are not psychically drained, you are tired but you are not losing yourself.

We are never in the wrong path, we just take unwise choices. What is your definition of God? Mystical law. Nature of the universe, order of things, transcendent cosmic force.

I believe in... God

I am ready to forgive... Myself

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Another Father's day without you...

As Father's day is approaching, I can't but think about my dad, about how difficult it is to celebrate this day without him. I also think about the other daughters and sons that will go through the same situation. This will be the 3rd Father's day his body is no longer with me and my family in Earth but his soul still is.

Last year I had a very interesting experience on Father's day, which made me think he was around. I was on a cruise on the Mediterranean. I rented internet for a few minutes to log into Facebook and wish my brother and friends who are dads a happy day. I also posted this note for my dad on my wall: "Daddy I hope you are having a great day in Heaven!! Happy Father's Day. I love you today and always." (Papito espero que estes pasando un feliz dia en el cielo!! Feliz dia del padre!! Te amo hoy y siempre.)

Right after I finished writing it, the Latin band started playing a Pasodoble. It made me remember my dad even more! He didn't take dancing very seriously, but when it came to Pasodoble, he was passionate about it! He taught me how to dance it. If we were in a party together I always dance pasodoble with him. As a matter of fact that was our last dance in May 2009 at my niece's communion party. As soon as I listened to this music play my eyes filled up with tears. Then like this was not enough to bring memories of him, the next song the band played was "Cielito Lindo" the song my dad used to sing to me... and in the lyrics I want to believe he was sending me also a message: "sing and don't cry" (Canta y no llores)! He didn't want me to cry. He wanted me to be happy, to sing and enjoy my vacation! He wanted to let me know he got my Happy Father's day note! I'll make sure I send him another this and every Father's day until the day I leave this body and go back to the source and I am able to dance with him again.

As I go through another Father's day without my dad, I have to be thankful for the years I shared with him. I have to remember that he is now an angel looking out for me, my sister and my brother; my mom, the love of his life; his grandchildren, even the one he never got to meet. His energy is around all of us. The energy never dies it only transforms. A part of him is in our cells. His soul is now one with each of us. He can be with all of us, in different places at the same time.

Blessings to all who walk in similar shoes, I want you to know that you will be in my thoughts. Celebrate your dad's lives and still wish them a Happy Father's day. His soul might be there celebrating with you too, happy and proud of having a daughter or a son like you.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Tell me about yourself

Today I'm going to have an interview. I don't know about you, but I don't like interviews. They make me so nervous. I really have a hard time about being interrogated.

I have never really like when the interviewer says: tell me about yourself.

Why do we have to start by telling what we do as if that is all there is to ourselves? Last year around October if you would have asked myself to tell you something about me I'll say... "well... I'm unemployed and searching for a job." Then I watched Oprah's Lifeclass lesson 1: The false power of ego and it made me realize that "nothing, no material possessions, no position, no job, no status would ever really matter in terms of defining who you are. Nothing defines who you are." I still don't have a job, but I no longer say I'm unemployed. I might say (from what I learned from Iyanla Vanzant) I'm temporarily out of the workforce.

OK... I know... it is a job what I'm looking for and that's what I need to talk about, my past job experiences and how that experience can be transferred to this new position. How can I deliver the same message without identifying myself with a job?

I think I don't like interviews because I don't know how to sell myself. There are some people that can sell sand in a desert covered by it. Perhaps I don't know how to sell myself because I don't believe in the product I'm selling and that makes it even harder. I'm more about showing with actions how good I might be performing my job than with words. Once I'm there, loving my job or not, I will be dedicated to what I do and do my best. If I could only have someone to give me the chance to show them with actions how much value I can bring to their companies.

Maybe it will be easier for me to tell more about myself and be more excited to have an interview if I were really interested in the job I am pursuing and I wanted it so bad. Then I would probably do whatever it takes to show my potential employer that I'm the best candidate they could ever select.

Anyways, I just wanted to release these thoughts, to open some space in my mind to focus on the task in hand: preparing myself to tell my interviewers about myself.

Have a great day!