| Stop for a moment. Dream back to the time | | | | In short, AWE is not only your gift to the world, |
| when you were limitless. Maybe you were 4 or 5 | | | | but puts you in deep touch with your profoundest |
| or even 7 - before you learned the word | | | | truth. |
| "impossible." You could be invisible, or fly, or walk | | | | If you, like many others, have left your sense of |
| through walls. Feel that tingle of your unlimited | | | | wonder behind, take heart. It is never too late to |
| possibility. | | | | reconnect with your AWE. If you are willing to |
| Could you accept that this incredible power is | | | | defy expectation, then 40, 60 or 80 can be a |
| your REAL truth? Simply and innocently accept | | | | perfect time to discover your divine purpose and |
| that reality for a moment now. Feel the wonder | | | | truth. |
| of your authentic wildness. Could it be that what | | | | AWE is the connection to youth, curiosity and |
| you're feeling is your connection to universal | | | | adventure. It's your Outrageous Choice to tap into |
| source? | | | | this boundless source energy and live from your |
| That's your Authentic Wildness Expressed (AWE). | | | | deepest heart. |
| It's your creativity and magic. It's calling to you. | | | | There are three steps to enlivening your own |
| AWE creates the super hero and the beautiful | | | | AWE: |
| princess. The exotic dance and the daring | | | | 1. Acknowledge, Awaken and Accept |
| adventure. | | | | Acknowledge that this yearning exists, especially if |
| AWE is fearless, curious, and spontaneous. | | | | you have ignored it. Awaken that sense of the |
| Remember picking up a bee by its wings, or | | | | hero or the blinding beauty or the magician within. |
| climbing the roof to see the view or running | | | | Then accept that YOU ARE the magician in your |
| through sprinklers on a hot day? Then we grow | | | | life when you decide to open the door of |
| up. Become mature. So we know better than to | | | | possibility. |
| believe in our unboundedness. And we leave AWE | | | | 2. Wonder, Wellspring and World Consciousness |
| behind. We live in the certainty that reality is | | | | You could choose to respond to AWE with either |
| serious. We measure our time in rational buckets. | | | | wonder or disbelief. Disbelief shuts it down, while |
| Fantasy is not held in high regard in the world of | | | | wonder gives it a home. Wonder opens the |
| growing up. We leave it behind to fill a role as | | | | wellspring which continually refreshes you at the |
| mother, father, boss, manager or neighbor. We | | | | core. As you open, you become conscious that |
| tell ourselves it is time to mow the lawn instead | | | | there are others - kindred spirits embracing their |
| of rolling in the grass. We leave the adventure for | | | | AWE - even as you do. World consciousness is |
| our children or grandchildren. As we watch them, | | | | the realization that all other beings are integral to |
| something is calling to us still. Their untamed | | | | YOUR story and spirit connects all at our wildest |
| energy touches our hearts. And, if we're lucky, it | | | | core. |
| opens us to outrageous possibilities. | | | | 3. Energize, Expand, Elevate |
| Look carefully, and you'll find it is still there for | | | | Energize yourself in mind, body and spirit. Read |
| you, fueling fascination with Olympic athletes, or | | | | whatever interests you. Be present in your body |
| other acts of daring and excellence. AWE fuels | | | | through meditation or exercise or conscious |
| bravery and deep compassion. | | | | breathing. Since whatever you focus on expands, |
| If we're truly wise, we never give up that longing. | | | | elevate your thoughts by focusing only on what |
| You could wear a red hat. Travel to Africa. Start | | | | you want. Do you wonder what you're focusing |
| a new business. Or take up singing. How dare you | | | | on? Take a look at your life. That will tell you |
| be outrageous? Actually, how outrageous do you | | | | immediately. If you do not like what you see |
| dare to be? | | | | around you - it is time to change your focus. It's |
| Consider the oldest person we know of: Jeanne | | | | time to re-design your internal landscape at the |
| Calment. She lived to 122. She began fencing | | | | first step to change the outside. |
| lessons at age 85. She continued to ride a bike | | | | As you accept AWE into your life, your horizons |
| until she was over 100. Following our hearts in | | | | grow. Opportunities begin to seek you out. |
| AWE can add more time to our life or put more | | | | Contacts, relationships and events fall into place |
| life in our time. | | | | with uncanny synchronicity. You feel more alive as |
| If you think that AWE is self indulgent - think | | | | increased energy flows through your veins. Isn't it |
| again. AWE is not about YOU. AWE is what was | | | | time to dance with your inner spirit? |
| given to you by the divine source. It's part of | | | | AWE is a practice which I invite you to undertake. |
| your divine contract. It's the power you were | | | | It is a moment to moment return to the present. |
| sent here to deliver. Recognizing it and honoring it | | | | Say Yes. You life depends upon it. The YES |
| restores your personal connection with the Divine. | | | | Connection is your part in creation. |