Divine Diva II
Here is the continuation and final installment of Divine Diva’s interview of me: www.divinedivadelights.com
When I faced obstacles or fear along the way, how did I overcome them and move beyond them?
I was a timid person all my life. Somewhere along the line, I became brave, and what that amounted to was that I began to find out what I actually thought and felt. Then I was able to go ahead and do what I wanted rather than what I imagined the external world wanted of me.
All the obstacles I face are within myself. I’m always my own problem. And I have learned to let my difficulties go, to just forget about them and simply forge ahead no matter what. I am still learning to disregard self-defeating thoughts and questions that push their way in uninvited. You know what I mean: “How on Earth will I ever be able to do this? This is too much for me. I don’t know how to deal with all this.�
I learned it’s better to focus on what is before me to do. When I go ahead and do the best I can, imperfect though it may be, help comes. When I think of what I want instead of the obstacles to what I want, that’s when the marvelous things start to happen.
What or who inspires me and why?
People. Their lives.
When I taught school, it was the children who inspired me. They were so beautiful and honest. I think of them often, the good times we had, and all that they taught me.
When I was working with people out of work and in despair, I would be inspired by the talent and goodness of those who came to me. I especially remember the husbands who were happy to work to support their families. They weren’t thinking of themselves and what job would personally make them happy. They were simply happy to work for their families. I met many unsung heroes.
Now it is the people who read Heavenletters who inspire me tremendously. They are incredible. When they tell me how Heavenletters have affected their lives, I can only be uplifted and overwhelmingly grateful for them.
Of course, the true inspiration comes from God Who blesses us all.
If I could go back in time and change anything about my life, would I change anything? If so, what would I change and why?
What would I change?
I would be taller and slimmer!
I would always be calm.
I would be more careful about spending money.
I would say yes more often than I said no.
I would find out who I am a lot sooner.
I would appreciate who I am.
I would be less inhibited and less selfish.
I would find fewer things to get in a huff about.
I would be kinder.
I would have come closer to God sooner.But if going back and changing one thing would alter the whole course of my life, then I would leave everything as it is and not change even the unhappiest times, for my life is beautiful now.
What do I feel is my greatest achievement?
Doing what I’m doing now, and yet it is not my achievement at all. It is a blessing given to me.
“Beloved, there is no need to sail alone on this
adventure We are meant to share. I hold out
My hand to you and pull you to My heart.”
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What are the most important lessons I have learned:
All worry is a waste, for there is nothing to worry about.
We are on Earth to brighten the lives of those around us.
Life is full of surprises.
Our thoughts are powerful, and it’s good to change most of them.
Make no excuses for anything.
Let go of the past.
Better not to take ourselves so seriously.
We might as well enjoy our lives while we’re at it.
Keep giving love.
There is a God.
What do I hope to be remembered for?
Heavenletters, and the certain knowledge that God is available around the clock, and anyone and everyone can have a deeply intimate relationship with God. God loves us just as we are.
“Stop waiting for Me. You already have Me.
I am ready for Our adventure.
You are still looking for your shoes.�
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What is the best advice I can give other women who are not
sure what path to choose in their life?
The people who know exactly what they want to do, and are happy to stay with it, have an easier time than most of us who don’t know what we really want, or we no longer want it.
There seems to be the idea that that there is some perfect C*A*R*E*E*R for us, and we have to find it — like a perfect soul mate. Maybe we don’t have to. The word career seems like a status word to me now. Maybe we don’t need careers so much. Maybe what we’re doing now is just fine. Maybe life is our career.
There is one book I used a lot when I did career counseling — Managing with Style by Rowe and Mason. I recommend it highly.
And, of course, whatever you’re doing, as much as you can, put your whole heart into it.
What does success mean to me?
Recognition is part of it, of course. It’s really nice, for example, Divine Diva, to be invited to this interview.
But mostly, I think we can’t think in terms of success or not success. Success has to be more than popularity or any outward evaluation. We’ve all succeeded to this point in our lives!
Although we’re happy to be successful in the world’s eyes, we’re still pretty much the same as we always were – and as happy or unhappy as we ever were.
And does everyone know that what we call success brings more challenges and more responsibility along with it? You deal in a bigger arena, and you have more challenges to deal with and more and bigger decisions to make.
True success for me will be when I really know and live Oneness.
Thank you, Divine Diva, for inviting me here and giving me the chance to talk to your audience.
With blessings and love,
Gloria
Godwriting is a blog by Gloria Wendroff and is about Gloria's daily life as the Godwriter of the Heavenletters project that is having a profound effect on the lives of people around the world.
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