tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64647281182471911612024-03-13T20:11:00.830-06:00Living On MiraclesAdelaide Woodcook and Maridel Bowes--Authors of "Houses of My Consciousness"http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855451035845406473noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464728118247191161.post-25425850995372861032010-12-03T22:34:00.001-07:002010-12-03T22:35:30.952-07:00The Miracle of Your Invisible Network<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Do you know that you have an invisible network? After being inspired to write a book, I had the “what,” but I didn’t have the “who.” I needed a co-writer who could bring my tale of transformation to life. I needed someone to create a book cover. I needed a professional photograph for the back cover. I needed someone to oversee the publishing process. And though I didn’t know it yet, I would need someone to market what I’d created! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Instead of focusing on <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">how</i> I was going to find the people I needed, I chose to believe that the plan was in place--just hadn’t been revealed yet. And with that, I took inspired action on the first priority: contacting the one “ghostwriter” I knew. The cost turned out to be prohibitive, but I took that to mean that there was evidently another person better suited for the job.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Within three days, the perfect scribe presented herself. It was the person I had secretly wished could write my story, but believed her to be too busy with her own work: my daughter, Maridel. Unbeknownst to me, she had just decided to take a bold step and write for a living—and was looking for a “ghostwriting” project!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">At each step the invisible network became visible. But the amazing thing is that most of the people were in my life already. My granddaughter-by-marriage, </span><a href="http://www.designingattitude.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Nikki Bowes</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, became a graphic artist during the time that the book was being written and asked <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">me</i> if she could create the cover for the book. When I asked my hairdresser, Pam, if she knew of a good professional photographer, she pulled out examples of her beautiful portrait work and said she would be honored to do it. When it came time to publish, </span><a href="http://www.whoareyoucallinggrandma.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Maridel </span></a><span style="font-size: large;">took on that phase as well, having published her own book a few years before. Nikki was in the hospital when the back cover design was due. As if on cue, her brother-in-law, Joe Hatzel-- also a graphic artist—seamlessly collaborated with her and met our deadline! While the book was in production, my daughter, Linda, took an unusual route home from town one day, stopped at a book fair, and met </span><a href="http://www.thestonepublishinghouse.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Aaron Patterson</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, the young man who easily and effortlessly became my marketer.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-size: large;">How has the invisible network revealed itself in your life? </span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please leave us a post and let us know—or any other comment you wish to share! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just click on the “Comment” link below…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">In Spirit,</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Addie and Maridel</span><br />
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>Adelaide Woodcook and Maridel Bowes--Authors of "Houses of My Consciousness"http://www.blogger.com/profile/13855451035845406473noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6464728118247191161.post-4399148468650088322010-11-27T15:42:00.007-07:002010-11-27T20:29:01.355-07:00Welcome to Our Blog "Living On Miracles"<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Are you living on miracles? If so, you’re “living on love” as we say about people who are high on the thrill of a new relationship. But to live on miracles you don’t need a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">new</i> relationship. You just need a growing, trusting relationship between you and the Divine. (Whether you call that source “God,” “Higher Power, “Spirit” or any other name.) We believe that what people call “miracles” are really an expression of our alignment with Spirit—a living romance unlike any other. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">My daughter, </span><a href="http://www.evolvingjourney.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Maridel Bowes</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">, and I have just published a book about my spiritual transformation. It’s entitled, “Houses of My Consciousness – Waking From Religion to Spirit,” and is the story of my passage from a strict, rule-bound religion to a spiritual experience of vitality and joy! It’s filled with a lifetime of miracles and in fact, the book itself is a miracle. When you set out to write a great read at the age of 88, you need a few of those to pull it off! So in these first few blogs, we want to share with you some of the miracles that made this book possible. Let’s start with…</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The Miracle of Inspiration</b>. The first miracle involves a total stranger. I met her when I was 87 and had concluded that the sun had set on sharing my passion of spiritual growth with women. I had held many seminars and workshops over the years and had taught lots of classes. I had even written a book about my life to give my family on my eightieth birthday. Still I felt such longing to leave a larger legacy of the miraculous transformation I had experienced—but no idea how to go about it. At some level I believed it was too late. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Then on a vacation, I met a young woman on who, after meeting me said, "You have the light of God in your eyes. Have you told your story?" I was stunned.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>How did she know I even had a story?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>After hearing a synopsis of it, she <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">urged</i> me from her heart to tell it. As if her passion had reconnected the loose wire of mine, I knew I must do it! Isn’t inspiration miraculous? It’s like getting a spiritual transfusion.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">You will be able to read all about this “divine appointment” in my book, but for now, I just wanted to share with you the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">miracle of inspiration</i>. It opened a whole new world to me! Remembering that inspiration is literally an experience of being “in spirit,” we need to receive it as a miracle and then follow where it leads for there are few things as powerful as “in spirit” action! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Who or what was your most recent source of inspiration? </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;">Please leave us your response on the comment link below and let us know!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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