{"id":918,"date":"2014-09-29T01:13:14","date_gmt":"2014-09-29T01:13:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/batesonline.org\/triciablog\/?p=918"},"modified":"2014-09-29T01:13:14","modified_gmt":"2014-09-29T01:13:14","slug":"sept-28-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/triciabatessmith.com:443\/index.php\/2014\/09\/29\/sept-28-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday 9-28-14 Homework for Oprah!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cIf you are working on something exciting that you care about, you don\u2019t have to be pushed. The vision carries you.\u201d ~ Steve Jobs<\/em>
\nHappy Sunday!
\nMy mind, body, and spirit had a great time this past Friday and Saturday of attending Oprah\u2019s \u201cLife you want\u201d tour in Newark. It was a wonderful experience of connection with thousands of people in celebration of the opportunity to learn and grow. In the promotions of the tour Oprah said it was something she has wanted to do her whole life so I was curious about this weekend because \u2018what hasn\u2019t Oprah done?\u201d
\nOprah came to this conference to teach.
\nOn Friday night she spoke for two hours about her own life\u2019s journey and how all the events of her life were threaded together to evolve her to who we see see her as today. She spoke of the whispers that we get from our inner voice (intuition, soul, guides, Universe, Source, God, I don\u2019t specifically recall which term she used) that she paid attention to along her journey.
\nOn Saturday morning as we arrived we were given a booklet that my expectation was that it was a program like you get at many performances but it came with a pen as well. I made a joke out loud that I hope Oprah didn\u2019t expect me to work \u2013 she did.
\nDuring the day\u2019s agenda there were three sessions with Oprah broken up by breaks and lectures by other spiritual though leaders (who Oprah called her Trailblazers).
\nI was surprised when during the first morning session with Oprah that she said, \u201ctake out your workbooks\u201d and that the back half of the program contained exercises for us to do. As the day progressed, the purpose of the conference became more obvious to me \u2013 \u2018the life you want\u2019 was about teaching (and empowering) each person there to know that they are co-creators of their own lives. From the stories of all the speakers we were given examples of how inner guidance works and moves us forward through the difficult times towards being who our souls call us to be. In Oprah\u2019s lessons we were asked to become aware of what our soul is wanting for us, to evaluate how we are doing, and to become aware of the resistance our minds may bring forward to block the inner voice of the soul.
\nOprah\u2019s lessons were building blocks for the homework assignment she gave for us to complete when we were home this Sunday \u2013 the assignment is to write up a vision for our lives.
\nI believe I have written previously about not being that interested in doing vision boards and such. My thoughts are that living in the present moment doesn\u2019t require planning for the future. That Faith, Trust, and acceptance are enough to live comfortable now knowing \u201call will be well\u201d. But, Abraham says \u2018law of attraction\u2019 is about creating a vision for the future and, now Oprah is teaching the same ideas!
\nI began to consider the possibility of my doing the visioning when Oprah said that she also did not see the need for it years ago but now she is teaching it.
\nSo this is my assignment today. I began the first part of this blog this morning telling about the Oprah conference and then went off to Sunday lunch with the family. Of course the conversation came to this subject of visioning. George expressed exactly how I have felt for a long time, that of not seeing the need to plan or set desires for your life. As we spoke I received one of those downloads from above \u2013 a big A-HA.
\nVisioning is an intentional positive act in your life. Yes we can live without planning or desire but that is not really co-creating your life. It can be peaceful and Holy to live in full acceptance of what may come. I am sensing that this may even lean to the side of negativity in that you expect that there will bad times, you\u2019re acknowledging that it is acceptable. Visioning is the active role of intentionally sending positive vibration into your energy field so that you will reap the good that you sow. Abraham calls this \u2018launching rockets of desire\u2019 \u2013 now I understand!
\nI just took a few minutes to write down in my lesson book my vision. Here they are:<\/p>\n