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Feb 04
2010
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Tomorrow is Right NowPosted by Annie Crawley in Untagged |
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"Do not ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and go and do that because what the world needs is people who have come alive." I still pinch myself every time I fly back to "Sweet Home Chicago" to present at schools, organizations and of course Our World Underwater, celebrating it’s 40th year. Our World Underwater changes lives. It is as simple as that. Thousands of people flock in sub-zero weather to spend three days dreaming of another life. I should know, Stan Waterman’s film on the creatures of Lembeh Strait viewed for the first time at a Saturday night film festival in the mid-90’s changed my adult life. I remember watching the unbelievable as real and vowing to myself, "I have to go there and see these creatures!" Can you think of an experience that changed your life and caused a series of events to take you in another direction? Have you ever dared to come to the edge of life as you knew it and take a quantum leap of faith and having the courage to try? What is stopping you? I jumped a decade ago and never looked back. One week ago I was in a studio in New Jersey with legendary Stan Waterman recording the Narration for Sensational Seas 2 and we had a blast!



During the past two weeks the world watched the worst catastrophe in Haiti unfold, and like our economy, the worst has not been seen. During times of crisis I am amazed at the highways of thoughts and feelings that emerge, yet I believe in hope. On one page we are shown the devastation, and on another the jubilation, with people praising God and rejoicing. I am reminded of the words from Viktor Frankl in which he suggested people survived the concentration camps because of three reasons: they had something bigger that they believed in, they had loved ones, and they also believed tomorrow would be a better place. I found myself donating to organizations committed to making clean drinking water available for Haitians. I met Ken Surritte, the founder of
The high school I attended in Chicago was named after this great man and when I read this quote, it touched me for many times I have felt like a wayfarer following the stars in my life, and now I believe I have embraced my destiny. One week ago I was on a plane heading from Santa Barbara to North Carolina to speak to students in the University of North Carolina Journalism department as part of
Lately, I have felt like I have been down a long and winding road. I have been very frustrated because there have been so many forks in the road. The two paths turn to four and eight and I have been unable to make decisions, so I am stagnant looking at all the choices, saying now what? Now what?
Gratitude and Service are my two words for 2010 as my heart overflows with gratitude and I want to live a life of Service. At the strike of 12 on New Years Eve, I found myself completely sober and fully alive in Ashland, Oregon as I had just completed the Neale Donald Walsch Holiday Retreat. The four days we spent exploring the meaning of our lives and who we are completely reset me for the entry into 2010. Please contact me if you want to know more as I would love to share this experience. During 2009 there was a lot of unrest happening all around us and I struggled to stay on path with both passion and purpose. Have you ever felt like you lost your meaning in life and needed to reconnect with your inner desire and purpose? I found myself questioning the direction I was heading, choices I was making and felt as if I needed to reset my GPS. What became very clear to me during the workshop and the first week of what will be the BEST year of my life is that I have the ability to create my life. Yes, you read correctly. Every moment of everyday I get to create my life exactly the way I choose. I have written about this before, but in 2010, I am going to live the experience of creating my life. When we realize that our life is our CHOICE we awaken to a life full of freedom.







