A Life Path to Joy​

My life began as an expression of my soul's desire to grow by experience, with many hills and valleys along the way. I wrote, danced, rode, painted and dreamed as a child. My awareness of my self began with yoga and transcendental meditation as a fifteen year old. The meditation opened up my view regarding the potential of the human experience. I easily transcended beyond this third dimensional world, although at the time, I did not fully understand the gifts in this method. I was full of hope and promise.
 

My Inspiration

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There are "every day" inspirations whether it has been my children, my clients, nature, or random acts of kindness witnessed through the day. And then there is a "life long" inspiration.

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Has there been someone in your life that you knew had special "light" around and within them? 

 

My Grandma Power, my maternal grandmother, has been my inspiration. She lived with my family, my parents and siblings, growing up. My Grandma was a single parent when my Mom was only fifteen years old when her husband passed away suddenly during the depression. She was a legal secretary and took in boarders to make ends meet. A gentle Victorian woman who never owned a pair of pants yet was strong to her core, was an example of the power of prayer and intention. My mother, her only child, had contracted tuberculosis as a young woman when there was no treatment for TB. No antibiotics, no medicine. Patients with this disease were moved to a sanitarium to die. All the other patients had passed away that were in the sanitarium when my mom was ill. She was the only survivor.

 

My Grandma Power went every day and prayed by her side for six months. My Mom was a miracle survivor. She was told she would never have children and she went on to have four healthy children. Seeing the intentions of my Grandma and Mom was very powerful education for a child during an era when women were considered second class, powerless citizens. My grandmother lived to be 96 years old and was never ill a day in her life.

 

My Grandma Power inspires me every day, 

to believe in a greater, collective power, to expect miracles, and not to limit myself as a woman.

 

Her mantra in her everyday life was written clearly in a gift she gave to me as a child:

"Love is the greatest thing in the world, therefore let us love one another." 

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I have great hope for humanity if we can shift away from being separate through judgement, fear, and anger, into a place of love for self, love for each other, and love for Mother Earth. We can achieve this if we accept and embrace my Grandmother Power's mantra. For a quiet, modest Victorian woman, she really knew the secret to a happy life. She was a channel for Infinite Love and now her granddaughter is as well. It is all about love, beginning with you.

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From my heart to yours, Brenda Leite