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NEVER GIVE UP
On New Years Eve, I took myself out for Chinese food and did a bit of writing and reflecting on 2013, thinking about dreams and goals for the year ahead. After dinner, the fortune cookie arrived (the best part) and it read: Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Great, I thought. Couldn't this fortune be a little bit more fun?
Nope, it was just a good old-fashioned reminder that there are no short-cuts in life, and good things come when we commit and "buckle down" as they say back home in Texas. As my stepmom Vivian says all the time (one of her "Vivianisms"), All you got to do is just get up every day and ring that bell. I didn't like hearing that as a teenager, but now in my early thirties, I see it in a new light. I take it to mean, it's time to roll up my sleeves, get focused, and to stay steady. But above all and most importantly, to never give up.
With that being said, sometimes the ego (Edging God Out) and Fear (False Evidence Appearing Real) sneaks in and says, Wait a minute who do you think you are? Or you can't do this, you must be crazy! Or fill in the blank... Any number of thought concoctions fear and ego serve up for thedrama de jour. I used to think having an ego meant being full of oneself and arrogant. Now I am coming to see the way the ego operates, it is the internal hater, the perpetrator trying to keep me small, afraid, and above all: imprisoned.
But the truth is, the ego is akin to the boogeyman, and it can't hurt us if we don't believe what it says to be true. And if it's not a kind and loving thought, chances are, it's coming from the ego. The ego cant hurt us if we live in the principal of perservering and never giving up.
Perseverance takes courage because it is the shedding and letting go of perfection. It is having the guts to walk through the mile high and mile wide but paper thin cloud of fear and into the light of our purpose.
In building A*LIGHT, I have experienced (as we all have) ups and downs. But deeper than the ups and downs, flows the lifeblood of perserverance. We learn to keep going when it doesn't always feel good, to keep going through the laughter, through the tears, to keep going when no one is watching and when all eyes are on us, to keep going when the mind says no when the mind says I can't do it. Because you can do it and a dream is inside of us to become a reality. It is there to manifest. Road blocks and difficulties are not set backs, they are set ups to teach us lessons to grow completely into who were are, and show up fully for the dream.
I have a friend who ran the twenty six mile LA marathon from Downtown LA to the beach. She shared with me that as she was rounding out the last several miles one word continued to run through her mind:
YES. She just kept saying to herself over and over again, YES YES YES.
This week, to all of you out there in the first month of 2014, I wish for you, and for us all, to feel the flow of the divine, like the wind in our sails, to press forward, go deeper, further, into our dreams, our purpose, our destinies-however they may reveal themselves in their own unique way. And no matter what the terrain may look like, or what storms or blue skies are ahead, to know deep in our belly and in our heart: Yes, I can do this!and Yes, I will never give up!
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Ellen Etten and Ripley Rader became partners in crime their third day at NYU, when they realized the other was just the right amount of crazy. Best friends since, they have always been fans of one another and shared a passion for creating quality work for women in the entertainment industry. This passion led to the formation of their production company, Red Tent Entertainment, which is dedicated to producing female-driven content. Though both are also big fans of men in general, they believe in the need and power of quality female characters in the entertainment business.Their first project, the digital series "LA'd", was hosted by the popular website hellogiggles.com and won Best Webseries at the Hollywood & Vine Film Festival. Their second project, "A Little Too Close with Ellen Etten" is currently on Felicity Huffman's website,whattheflicka.com. Both projects were written, directed, and produced by women. Another Installment of "A Little Too Close" is coming out late January. In this installment Ellen hits the streets to talk to talk to perfect strangers about some of life's bigger issues- primarily love, marriage, and everything in between. They look forward to working with many talented men and women in the future, and are currently in development with a number of projects ranging from the web to the big screen.
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Executive Chef and Lifestyle Expert Pace Webb is one of the most sought after chefs on the Los Angeles food scene. Her catering company, Taste of Pace, is renowned for their monthly underground, invite-only Supper Club as well as being tapped to cater high-end celebrity and charity events for clients like the Breast Cancer Fund, Charlie Sheen, Shepard Fairey, and Acura. With her infectious personality and Christina Hendricks-like curves, Pace has been chosen as part of an ensemble cast for a sexy new series on a major cable network, focusing on women in the culinary arts in Los Angeles, premiering this fall.
Pace's journey to start her own lifestyle food brand and catering company started at the age of 17 when she was diagnosed with colon cancer. She took this experience as an indication that she needed to reevaluate what she put in her body. Studying alternative nutrition gave Pace the foundation and love for the impact clean food has on the body. After studying abroad in Rome, she became classically trained in Western European Cuisine. Now, cancer-free with a fresh lease on life and a passion for traveling, living in over seven cities around the globe, Pace created her company to focus on wellness, new creative food combinations and most importantly, rich joie de vivre! Pace's sparkle, and performance-like art for feeding people comes naturally as a fourth-generation entertainer. Her unique view on food and general panache for incredible flavor pairings has caught the eye of major brands such as Yahoo, Jell-O and Acura, hiring her to create recipes and host web series. She pens her own blog, and contributes to various food and lifestyle magazines, including Utterly Engaged and Chalkboard Magazine. Hosting weekly cooking classes in her downtown loft/kitchen allows Pace to give back to her community, and inspire a new generation with healthy, simple and fresh local ingredients. Pace currently lives the fabulous life in the downtown Los Angeles Arts District with her dog, Willie Nelson.
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Nathalie Fino is a yoga teacher living in Los Angeles, California. Born to a German mother and an Italian father, she grew up in Germany. She was first certified as a Hatha Yoga teacher in India by the Sivananda Organisation in 2002. Subsequently, in Germany she continued her studies, incorporating various yoga schools and styles such as Yoga Vidya and Iyengar. Then, in 2005, she found her passion and love for Kundalini Yoga in Los Angeles. Now a certified teacher through IKYTA, she trained at Golden Bridge Yoga. Along with challenging kriyas and meditation, she places great focus on pranayam (breath work) in her classes. In 2010 she also completed The Khalsa Way Prenatal Yoga training with Gurmukh Khalsa. Nathalie teaches at Golden Bridge Yoga Hollywood, private clients as well as corporate clients.
"Nathalie is a passionate, energetic light on the planet. She has so much zest for life you somehow feel more alive in her presence. She possesses a strength and courage in challenging times that is admirable. She is a Yogi, a singer, a dancer, a creator. There is nothing this woman can't do. And yet, she shares her vulnerability and softness in a unique way, often when you least expect it. She is authentic as a teacher and in everyday life, learning and growing through the ups and downs of life, sharing her wisdom freely from her experience." Rachel Sat Siri Dougherty
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