"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any."
Coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous! (God, Goddess, The Source, Higher Power - use whatever word evokes power for you.) It's my connection to that higher self or higher power that helps me when, as Alice Walker reminds me, I start thinking I don't have any power.
One of the ways I know I'm connected to that power is when I am paying attention to the coincidences. And one of those lovely coincidences has been happening in the last few days.
On Saturday, I got together with my friends to do a fun, informal goal setting night where we had a lovely dinner and discussed what we anticipated our lives would be like in 2019. During the evening, one of the things we talked about was finding new streams of money through
Social Entrepreneurship, or creative fund raising.
On Sunday, I attended an amazing event in Auckland called
The Auckland Writers Festival (Thank you Trudi!) During one of the events, I heard four amazing women speak:
Eleanor Catton, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Sandi Toksvig and Jessica Jackley. As Jackley spoke, I got chills as she elaborated on Social Entrepreneurship and what great 'givers' New Zealanders are. I sat up and paid attention. And then on Monday morning, while reading the NZ Herald online, an article jumped out at me, again about New Zealanders and their generosity, with a link to an incredible website called
Give a Little.Givealittle is the free, safe and easy way to receive online donations for charities of all types and sizes.
In three days I had heard about the amazing generosity of many people in New Zealand and the wonderful giving being done, often anonymously, through various ways of giving, micro-financing, social entrepreneurship, etc. I was paying attention.
So on Tuesday, I went to our office at
Figjam Workshops and my business partner and I set up an account at
Give a Little. We published the information on our page on
Facebook, and we are getting the information out there.
When I pay attention to the little coincidences around me, and when I remember to act on those little nudges, then I am connected to my power.
Although I enjoyed every aspect of the Auckland Writers Festival, the highlight for me was hearing
Alice Walker. What an amazing woman!
So I'd like to finish with a video clip of Alice Walker speaking at Google. Please take the time to watch and be inspired!
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Please let me know what you thought of the video. And I’d love to hear of any 'coincidences' that you've experienced lately. And as always, thank you for taking the time to visit. I appreciate it.
