Notes To My Younger Self:  Do your thoughts put out (and therefore attract in): Ease Grace Peace  Harmony Love Understanding Compassion Abundance Encouragement Serenity Respect Joy Faith Elevation Energy Refreshment Enthusiasm  Forgiveness Healing Clarity Trust Your heart’s desires… E.L. Chappel author…

Notes To My Younger Self:  Resistance: Spiritual definition ~a force or barrier that opposes or impedes spiritual growth, personal transformation, or connection with the divine. It often manifests as internal obstacles to change, procrastination, or resisting the call to embrace new possibilities….

Notes To My Younger Self:  “When we’re wounded, it’s all about us; it feels like all is aimed at us.”~Ellen Gipson Guerrero. E.L. Chappel author of Spirit Dance and Storm Makers Other’s behavior and words reveal how they’re dealing with their wounds…

Notes To My Younger Self:  “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting”…

“You, yourself, as much as anybody else in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.”~ Buddha E.L. Chappel author of Spirit Dance/Storm Makers/Coming very soon: The Surge So much of what you think will determine how you feel about—love— yourself.  aka…

Attributes of Confidence: Calm, cool, collected. Last to panic. Display composure instead of emotions. Not easily offended. (Outwardly and internally) Speak with authority, with words of fact, knowledge and experience. Celebrate others and their successes. Decisive decision makers. Focus on their strengths….

“You do build in darkness if you have faith. When the light returns you have made yourself a fortress which is impregnable to certain kinds of trouble; you may even find yourself needed and sought by others as a beacon in their…