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Dawna Markova
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What would it be
like to open our hearts to our fear, to befriend it with
wonder, as one would a deer in the forest? What if you
could bring
it right into the hearth of your awareness instead of ignoring
it and thus
allowing it to become an undifferentiated mass of demons that
gang up
on your in the murk? Stuffed behind walls, fear becomes
a horde--the
Demons of Doubt who will trample you under stories of what
others
think, of your endless failures, impending humiliation, and
lost control. Together and ignored, they will drive you out of your own
life. But when
you invite them into the layered light of your awareness, they
can't
join together and rule you from the shadows.
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Once you begin to
acknowledge random acts of kindness - both the ones
you have received and the ones you have given - you can no longer believe
that what you do does not matter.
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I will not die
an unlived life. I will not live in fear of falling or
catching
fire. I choose to inhabit my days, to allow my living to
open me, to
make me less afraid, more accessible, to loosen my heart
until it
becomes a wing, a torch, a promise. I choose to risk my
significance;
to live so that which comes to me as seed goes to the next
as blossom
and that which comes to me as blossom, goes on as fruit.
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As
with any other great force of nature, there is both glory and
danger in
the stories we tell ourselves. Some are toxic and keep our
problems festering. Others are tonic and bring us beyond the limitations of our
previous history. To be in a life of our own definition, we must be able to discover
which
stories we are following and determine which ones help us grow the
most interesting possibilities.
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Compassion is the skillful way to respond to
pain and difficulty.
It is what makes it possible to open to what is occurring instead
of shutting it out or walling off against it. |
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When
we find ourselves devoid of passion and purpose,
the first thing we need to do is stop. But that's not easy. |
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When cancer first came into
my life, people all around me treated
it as the enemy. I was told I had to join the medical team
and we'd
fight together to defeat it. This was the wrong thing to say
to someone
who was the last one to be picked for any team. I was much
happier
sitting on the sidelines and encouraging the other players.
I was
totally unskilled at defeating anything. So I secretly went
my own
way and decided that I was free to choose the meaning of the
healing
experience. I decided I would develop a friendly
relationship
with the cancer, which was something I was good at. |
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Twenty
years of living with a life-threatening disease, cancer, brings
me into daily conversations with my soul. My healing has
depended
upon these as much or more as it has on medical expertise. I
think
cancer was my soul's desperate attempt to get me to pay attention
to
its needs for intimacy, authentic expression, creativity, and
replenishing
solitude. I think of cancer as a teacher that was not
invited,
but has come to my house to visit from time to time nonetheless. |
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Inspirational
speaker and writer Dawna Markova, Ph.D is internationally known
for her groundbreaking work in helping people learn with passion
and live on purpose. She is the CEO of Professional Thinking
Partners, a group of consultants whose expertise lies in the
expansion of human capacity. Her clients include CEO's and senior
leaders of several Fortune 500 companies, including Royal Dutch
Shell, Xerox, Ford, EDS, Daimler-Chrysler, and Hewlett-Packard;
governments including The Government of Nigeria; the Canadian
health care system; and entrepreneurial businesses such as Canyon
Ranch. In addition, she has worked with many non-profit
organizations, including foundations and school systems around the
world.
A popular keynote speaker at business and educational conferences
around the globe, last year alone she spoke to over 11,000 in
eight countries on a wide-range of topics including
organizational learning, living with cancer, and empowering
individuals, groups and nations.
A long term cancer survivor (she was told she had six months to
live almost thirty years ago), Dr. Markova has appeared on Iyanla
and other tv programs. She is a frequent guest on Wisconsin Public
Radio and New Dimensions, as well as numerous other radio
stations. Her books include I Will Not Die an Unlived Life, The
Art of the Possible, The Open Mind, No Enemies Within, An Unused
Intelligence, How Your Child is Smart, and Learning
Unlimited. As one of the editors of the Random Acts of
Kindness series, she helped launch a national movement to help
counter America’s crisis of violence. A former board member of
the Visions for a Better World Foundation, she is very
active in making the world a better place. |
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