Do you have a clear vision for your life? Are you seeking a new direction? What does your ideal life look like and feel like?

We are always changing, learning and growing. A right and clear vision helps define our mission in life that gives us hope, faith and belief in our dreams. As a result of significant changes and achieving milestones in our lives, a renewed vision keeps us moving forward and inhibits us from remaining stuck in the past. It gives us new direction and purpose, inspires us to take action steps, and builds courage and self-discipline. As we shed the old and embrace the new, creating a new vision can keep us on track with living our best life.

It is time to let go and release old patterns with new insights, perspectives and wisdom to refresh our mind, body and soul. When we are in the flow of life, we relinquish control, discard faulty beliefs, and trust that all things work together for our wellbeing and happiness. Being awake and aware in our lives inspires us to be present and pay attention to internal guidance, signs and synchronicities. Buddha quotes, "Whatever precious jewel there is in the heavenly worlds, there is nothing comparable to one who is awakened". It is important to take the time to build on significant milestones and lessons learned that made us more resilient. Thus, building on the foundation already laid.

As you create your new vision look for the higher purpose and meaning. Profit from life expriences and discover more about yourself. Step beyond your comfort zone and live life to the fullest. Imagine your best life by moving beyond self-imposed limits, exploring your passion, choosing love, and being present and being your own to master. Dr. Jean Marie highlights each.

Our Love In Action Practice is to examine your life. What changes would you like to make? What dreams would you like to pursue? What is holding you back? Take small steps, build on each and see where it takes you.

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Dr. Jean Marie closes with her excerpts on Self-Inspiration and Honorable Success.

We all encounter experiences that disrupt our lives. The impermanence is life is reflected in the loss and change experience. The magnitue of loss is a personal experience that thrusts us out of our comfort zone into a desperate survival mode. It can be sudden, anticipated and compounded by other problems if one is already involved in a stressful situation.

Whether we have actually experienced loss or anticipate life change, it may be difficult to overcome. Feelings of impending doom and being on the verge of emotional collapse, there is a way through. Upward bound and getting on the other side of the mountain requires us to accept change, adapt, and adjust using tangible practices and spiritual grit. Morevover, it is essential to anchor and sustain ourselves in healthy, purposeful and empowering ways.

Life is full of transitions, both welcomed and unwelcomed. Losses and changes are inevitable cycles in the human experience through significant life changing events at different stages in our lives. Losses may result from death of a loved one, relationships, catastrophic events, financial status, health challenges and injuries as well as physical changes due to the aging process. Furthermore, transitions may include geographic moves, career and business affiliations. These imminent experiences and painful separations should not be minimized in any way.

During these transition points, tangible practices and spiritual grit helps us get through it and sustain ourselves during these difficult times. Ultimately, we may find ourselves more confident, courageous and spiritually centered. Each life is a carefully orchestrated masterpiece, filled with challenges and opportunities. We can Get Through It by acknowledging our feelings, seeing it as an opportunity for transformation, overcoming and letting love be the healer. Dr. Jean Marie highlights each.

Our Love In Action Practice is to reflect and journal on loss and change experiences in your life. What did you learn? How did you grow? How have you become more resilient? What were the hidden gifts? When you are experiencing loss and change look upon these qualities and bring them forth in your present life and see where it takes you.

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Dr. Jean Marie closes with her excerts on Spiritual Grit and Self-Triumph.

How we feel about ourselves impact all key areas of our lives including Spirituality. Our knowledge and experience of love may be limited that inhibits our capacity to be more loving of ourselves and others. As we become more spiritually centered, we return to our natural state of being.

What is spirituality? How can we grow spiritually? How can we live heart-centered lives? Spirituality offers a framework to authentically connect to ourselves, others, the world around us, and the universe at large. The expression, "We are spiritual beings having a human experience", speaks to the plight of the human condition and aspiration to ascend to our natural state of being. Life experiences may leave us feeling unworthy, broken and incomplete. The illusion of brokenness in physical has no place in the spiritual. We are whole, unbroken and complete.

Transcending false beliefs and earthly values, spirituality is an internal and personal quest for truth, meaning and purpose. The fruit of the spirit highlights spiritual markers of love, peace, goodness, faithfulness and self-mastery. More specifically, the Wholistic Model of Love, the 'Recipe of Love' adopted from Henry Drummond's analysis of love includes ingredients of patience, kindness, humility, generosity, courtesy, unselfishness, good temper, guilessness and sincerity.

Spirituality enriches our divine connection for guidance and direction that enhances our capacity for peace, wisdom and healing. It is our soulful connection to our inner self and natural state of being that is pure love. It is the divine wisdom that all that we need is within us. Religion is established organized beliefs with prescribed rituals, traditions, moral codes and dogmas. It includes external actions and practices that give us a sense of spiritual fulfillment and living heart-centered lives. Both spirituality and religion are paths to self-understanding, personal growth and self-discovery. Whether through practices including mindfulness, meditation and prayer, we aspire to express and reflect our divinity and become more loving. Dr. Jean Marie contends that spirituality is on a larger scale seeking eternal truths, greater understanding of the oneness of humanity, and interconnectedness to the world and universe beyond the dimensions of what we see and experience on a daily basis as human beings.

Dr. Jean Marie highlights how we can grow spiritually and enhance our soul connection to be loving and live heart-centered enriched lives. She highlights the importance of cultivating your inner self, being in harmony and integrity, and trusting yourself. She provides reflective questions, practical considerations and encourages listeners to create an action plan for spiritual enrichment to track challenges, feel good experiences and outcomes.

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Access Dr. Jean Marie's book, Living in the Spirit of Love: Our Natural State of Being, to learn more. She closes with her excerpts on Self-Discernment, Self-Wholeness and Wellspring.