I hope you had an opportunity to celebrate the 4th of July with your loved ones and I pray that it was a joyful and uplifting event. We here in Texas have been experiencing, as mentioned before, a drought, but interestingly enough we had some rain earlier in the holiday week that stretched into the day of the 4th of July. This allowed many of us the opportunity to witness a beautiful night display of fireworks as the fire band was lifted for that night.
Even though I've seen countless fireworks in my lifetime, I still delight in watching them dance in the sky, as if for the first time. The lights fascinated me as they changed shape and color and I found that the multiple fireworks also created different patterns and flew in different directions at different speeds. As the fireworks exploded in the sky I realized that each had such a distinct personality and that I could name someone sitting at our table whose personality closely represented one of the fireworks displayed in the sky. Much laughter was heard at our table as we found delight in our differences. Interestingly enough, we found that those of us sitting at our table were also as diversified as the fireworks display. We were not all Americans sitting at that table, yet we were there for the same reason, communing and celebrating.
My older son, Edwin, had arrived from California with his girlfriend, Sara, who is from England, and my marketing and PR director, Mike, had his son-in-law with us from Argentina. We all stood up and offered our respect during the singing of our national anthem and no one felt it odd. You don't have to be an American, nor even agree with all that we represent, to honor and respect this country. We don't have to be the same, come from the same place, think, or act the same to be able to live together and get along. It's a matter of choice, or not, that allows us to tolerate, accept, and be comfortable with those that may not look, think, act, or live as we do.
My next-door neighbors are from Puerto Rico and American citizens, but they are so different from those of us born here in Texas. Well, actually, most US citizens are different from those of us born here in Texas (a Texas joke). Kidding aside, I actually LOVE the fact that we are all so different. It makes for an interesting, exciting, and great arena for personal growth and development. What better form of education can you receive than from someone born in a different country, coming from a different culture, being of a different race, having a different background, or different life experience? What a great opportunity to add flavor and spice into our lives. May we continue to be blessed and be given this gift of diversification.
Continuing on this same note; I would also like to add that even though I may not agree with all of your philosophies, politics, styles of living, morality, code of ethics, or choices made throughout your lives, and vice versa, I would hope that we could find a common ground or thread by which we could peacefully and lovingly connect and interact. Don't we live in a world filled with possibilities? The way that I see it; our only limitations are the lack of our creativity and willingness to bond. Let's create a new paradigm of community that transforms fear into love, hatred into acceptance, and intolerance into tolerance.
At the core, we are all the same, human beings wanting love, security, and acceptance. If we began this journey of offering love, security, and acceptance to ourselves, how much easier then would it be to do the same for others? Why not think about it and try it on for size? You may end up like little "Mickey" in the TV cereal commercial enjoying his breakfast, when his brothers say, from total surprise, something like "Hey Mickey, he likes it!" And maybe you will too!
We have been restructuring our two businesses, Bianca Productions LLC, and Living Life Publishing Co. In the coming weeks we will be implementing the changes into our websites and we invite you to return and view the progress.
Living Life Publishing Co. is now providing authors a unique, and lucrative, alternative to traditional publishing. While maintaining 100% of all publishing rights and profits, we help mentor/shepherd, custom design, produce, and help authors self-publish their book(s). We offer a diversified menu of services to fit your needs. Please revisit our website in the near future for further details.
Bianca Guerra, of Bianca Productions LLC, is now offering a full-service life-coaching program structured to work with present-day concerns that focus on immediate and future goals & accomplishments.
One specialty focuses on
helping women baby-boomers find an alternative to retirement by redefining their priorities, discovering their true passion, and acknowledging their inner needs. Life coaching is also offered to adults & teen/young-adults, (accompanied by a parent or guardian), wanting help with creating and implementing personal and positive transformation. Working to co-create realistic, positive, short, & long-term goals while helping to open the doors to self-discover practical tools needed for their positive transformation are the rewards of life coaching.
We also are offering, to the public, healing modalities given to, and channeled by, Derek O'Neill, Psychotherapist, Master Healer, Teacher, and Martial Artist. Derek initiated me as a Rising Star Teacher enabling me to offer The Rising Star Practitioner's Initiation. I've also been trained as a practitioner of the Rising Star Healing Modality, practitioner of the Prema Birthing Healing Modality, and facilitator of the More Truth Will Set You Free Workshops. As an instrument of God, I act as a facilitator of profound healing energy and love that help transfer divine life energy, via The Rising Star Healing Modality, into that part of the being that needs it the most. It is considered probably the most complimentary healing system on the planet at this time. Please refer to www.bornfreenow.com for a more comprehensive explanation of the healing modalities. These healing modalities are categorized as faith, or prayer healings, and are not a substitute for medical evaluation and/or treatment. If you are seeking medical consultation and/or treatment, please consult your medical practitioner.
As a Rev., and holding another degree in, Bachelor of Ministerial Science, I also offer spiritual counseling upon request. For those of you unaware of this part of my life, let me just say that I am not proud of having kept this quiet. As I have made some unwise and unhealthy choices throughout my past life, I didn't want people judging or criticizing me for not living a more "holy" life. I realize that this great fear of mine was just that, my fear, and I was imposing all the judgments upon myself by me. Let me say that my past is no more, and what will be now and in the future is what I will make of it. I am no longer bound by my past as I choose to live in the now and live a more God-like life. You can also apply this principle to your life. Why not just let go of the past and focus on yourself in the here and now. Notice what you love about yourself and acknowledge where you may want to see improvements. No one is perfect in human form, but as long as we are spirits living in a human body, there is always room for growth and evolution of our human ego. Our job, as I see it, is to love and accept who we are right now. This will help us live with love and accept others even more. And when we see the love and acceptance reflected back to us through the eyes of others, realize that we've just given ourselves a gift. Instead of striving for perfection, an impossible humanly task, why not strive for more love, joy, peace, and acceptance. This will contribute to our feeling more God-like and just a little more perfect. What would we do without that edge of imperfection and the desire to transform it? Just a little food for thought.
In closing, I feel that we are all exactly where we are meant to be and that, in a more broad and universal sense, we are all perfect just the way we are, as seen through the eyes of God. Our journey, as I see it, is to self-discover this truth that lies within us, via the connection with our inner Divinity. Until we believe, or just know, this to be true, we will keep looking outside ourselves for the answers to perfection. If we are fortunate to self-discover and experience the perfection of "the spirit" that resides within each of us, we probably will want to align our human-self with our God-self automatically. This union of the body, mind, and spirit will hopefully leave the decision making to our spirits thus allowing our bodies and minds to reap the benefits of this union. Let's give ourselves a rest and allow a higher, more conscious power to take the wheel.
Let the journey begin and let's allow ourselves to enjoy it thoroughly!!!
In Love, Gratitude, and Service to All,
Bianca Guerra
