Gwen Bell via Leigh Ann

     This knowing better and getting better and being better is hard work.  It means effort and work at every turn.  It also means doing most of the work on your own.  The path to enlightenment is often a lonely one.  But sometimes if you are really lucky...you find someone else who seems to be traveling on your path at the same time.  Years ago I read A New Earth and was simply bursting to discuss it with someone....anyone.  It wasn't easy to find a soul who had shared the passion for it.  I bumped into a buddy of mine and she had read it as well.  For almost four years our paths would cross here and there in our deep, dark woods and each time it would be a great conversation, an encouraging word or the best hug ever.  Then a year ago I was lucky enough to start spending hours with her at work.  A year to the day.  We have spent a year sharing things, comparing notes and advice and listening.  She has been a source of power when my light bulb gets dim...ironically...enlightenment can be quite dark at times.  Today she passed me yet another little treat.  Gwen Bell has a new life lesson on non-violent communication and it begins with ourselves.  Empathy is important especially when we tend to be so hard on ourselves.  I will now be receiving emails of inspiration as well as tweets to do the same.  I am excited about the next level and layer of growth.  I am ready to read some new books.  I am thrilled to have a dear friend to discuss it with!  Thanks again, Leigh for yet another new thing...and even more so for finding me in the woods when it's needed.