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The world is a different place today. What a blessing.
There is truth in everything. But not all things are true. It is not true that we are born for no reason, and no matter how much we fear we do not have a purpose in life, it is not … Continue reading →
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Can I give you a hug?
She wanted more hugs in her life but didn’t know where to get them. She lives alone. Drives a milk truck and is always alone. Where to find hugs? She couldn’t very well ask the farmers whose milk she...
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I see you. You are beautiful just the way you are.
When I walk into the Choices seminar room on the Wednesday morning, I know that miraculous happenings are afoot. That wonder and awe are in the wings, waiting breathlessly for the trainees to arrive...
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To contribute my best I gotta give up my worst
I am off tomorrow to be in that place where hearts break open with every breath and miracles unfold with every heartbeat. I am off to coach at Choices for five days. I am happy. I am excited. I am...
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I changed my glasses. I can see clearly now it was me, standing in the darkness
I changed my glasses last night. I hadn’t realized they were foggy until Mary Davis, the facilitator from Choices Seminars, mentioned in an email, “all these things you have on your plate are really...
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In the light of today, there is no past.
At Choices, I watch people of all ages struggle to step out from beneath the shadow of their upbringings, the burdens of the past, the sadness of the lessons they’ve learned on the road of life that...
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Change is possible.
The biggest obstacle to change is that we think we already know the answer. Joe Davis Choices Seminars is about change. It’s about changing the things in your life that aren’t working. It’s about...
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Where is freedom?
Freedom isn’t free You gotta pay the price You gotta sacrifice For your liberty. Up With People Our hearts cry … Continue reading →
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What happens when you fear making a mistake?
On the Wednesday morning of every Choices session, the core team meets for breakfast before the session begins. The conversation centres around what to expect in the next five days, with Mary Davis,...
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Who are you when you believe your true self will guide you?
One of the tools trainees in Choices work on is their ‘contract statement’. A personal I am statement about who and how they need to be to live life outside the comfort of limiting thoughts and...
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Our human condition is a journey through love.
Choices is an experiential journey. It is an exquisitely constructed series of teachings and processes that have been honed and developed over 35 years to fulfill on founder, Thelma Box’s vision of...
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When hearts break open
We all carry the scars and bruises of life. Those little, not so little and some times huge hurts and cuts that hinder our ability to live fearlessly and freely in love with being who we are. Sometimes...
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If you can imagine it, you can make it so.
Ten years ago, when I first walked into the Choices Seminar room, I could not imagine that I would still be walking into that room almost every month, excited to be part of miracles unfolding. Ten...
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It’s Hug a Stranger Week! (Week 4: Acts of Grace)
When in an open-hearted space and place like the Choices Seminar room, it is easy to give generously. Of yourself. Your time. Your treasures and talents. At the hotel where the Choices Seminar is...
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Facing the belief that is a lie.
Fear lives in my belly. It is that grumbly, rumbly, churning feeling of disquiet that eats away at my peace of mind. When I give into it. Love lives in my entire being. It is that warm, soothing,...
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Choices: Changing the world one heart at a time
Life is filled with crossroads, intersections, moments of choice. Which way to go? What to do next? Where to stop? Where to begin again? For the next five days my choices have narrowed down to three...
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Choices: Gratitude and Miracles
We all have them. Those moments in time that have caused us pain, to feel rejected, to feel lost, alone, less than, not worthy of love, joy, caring, affection. And in those moments are the grains of...
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Choices: Simple tools to live life fully
I am off to spend five days in awe and wonder tomorrow. I am off to coach at Choices Seminars where I will be immersed in the human journey. It has been several months since I have been in the …...
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3 Things I learned through Choices
The world can be a harsh place. Filled with breath-taking beauty, it also holds inexplicable pain, suffering and terror. It can be easy in today’s world to forget about the beauty. To believe the...
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As teenagers, my sister and I liked to play tricks on each other (the naked truth — I liked to play the tricks, she tolerated them. I’m the youngest… what can I say? :)). One night, a girlfriend and I...
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