Hi folks!
Welcome to my new blog! Before we set out on this journey, I want to talk with you about a big change that happened in my life. This change opened up room for growth and helped set a lot of the tone for my turquoise ‘baby.’
Until late 2011, I never imagined I would actually pull the trigger to take a giant leap forward on the path to enlighten my soul. That was, until December 2011 rolled around:
It was a pleasant day… no hard deadlines and nothing out of the ordinary happening… even though it was the holiday season in the Twin Cities. I was happily plugging away at my awesome job at Metromix Twin Cities (an online entertainment guide based out of KARE 11) and co-planning a killer New Year’s Eve party for the masses. Late in the afternoon, I received a phone call at my desk. A knot quickly formed in my stomach, but I disregarded it. That phone call turned into a punch in the stomach. I was hit… hard. It was so hard, I didn’t feel the first impact, but then a, sore, lingering ache vibrated through my body. Warm, heavy tears filled my eyes; I couldn’t hold them in. I couldn’t speak. I couldn’t comprehend what was happening. I was numb… raw.
“Metromix has been shut down, and you have lost your job.”
Or so I thought…or so we all think when these “bad” things happen…
A door closed. Others are opening… where am I being pulled to?
{“What are you going to do now?”}{“What kind of jobs are you looking for?”}{“What’s next?”}
{keep doors open}{knock on a lot of doors}{kick down a damn door if you really want to get in there}
- amazing job leads
- a lucky voice over right out the gate
- an opportunity to work with a beautiful non-profit organization, Peace Begins With Me (a small BIG peace project)
- opportunities to challenge my comfort level
- time to work on “me”
- a plane ticket to an amazing destination that will help me personally and professionally
- the opportunity to start a heart-centered blog that I’ve been dreaming of
{What have you been given?}{What amazing opportunities do you see for 2012?}There are so many if you choose to see them!
editor’s fun fact of the day: a little more background on the name of my blog…
Turquoise is a stone with properties that helps us understand ourselves and to bring our ideas and emotions under control so we can see them become fruitful in our reality. It helps you stop and listen, be still and be ready to hear the truth about who and what you are. Only then will you obtain your full power.Honored by the native Americans as a sacred stone, the gemstone absorbs negativity, transmuting it into useful energy. It also helps you to become one with the universe.
Pretty cool, huh?!
I am brought right back to the beginning of your blogging journey Blair. What a gift. I love how you saw what seemed like the end and turned it into an amazing journey of discovering about yourself and allowing doors and windows to be opened and to unfold naturally. I admire and love how you are writing from a such a beautiful heart-centered approach and sharing yourself so authentically with all of us through your writing. Keep doing what you are doing.
I also love what you wrote: “follow your truth and have your heart guide you to what’s next on your amazing journey? I hope you will, because I am giving it my best shot”… I’m joining you with this one… life is such a beautiful gift when we learn to do this.
Bless you and may your journey through life be one of magnitude and blessings you can’t even begin to imagine yet. xo
You are always know how to express such genuine kindness every time. I am so grateful for that Suzanne. Thank you. I will keep going…following my truth…letting my heart guide me. I know you will too 🙂
Blessings to you now, and always! xoxo friend!