Adrianna Larkin

I tend to think that our purpose has to be supported by our integrity.

There are a lot of definitions for integrity: everything from keeping promises to “Steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code". I have only one definition. It is simple and relies on much less ambiguity:

Do what you say you are going to do - always.

I am not the first one to come up with this or tout it’s virtue. Everyone from Jack Canfield to author Don Miguel Ruiz has stressed the importance of keeping your word.

Promises can be broken, circumstances excused away, words forgotten, and rationalizatios offered, but if in spite of everything that happens you can do what you say you are going to do - ALWAYS - (regardless of the circumstances)you will be remembered. Others will rally to support and do business with you because, there is a known product and simply: they know they can trust you.

All to often we overlook an innocent statement such as “I’ll call you tomorrow” go unnoticed as an opportunity to demonstrate integrity. Granted the world doesnt end if tomorrow becomes the next day, and if your child became ill and that was the subject of your focus, you will be forgiven, however…

What if in spite of all circumstances you made good on your word? How much more does that say regarding your integrity.

There will always be things beyond our control. Circumstances that we just can’t rise above, but when that happens: be the first to say that you will not be able to keep your word and offer somethig in kind to make up for it.

You will be remembered, in the hearts and mind of your clients, business associates, friends and family. You will in fact be remembered if you fall down on your word. So the question only becomes:

How would you like to be most remembered?

Not long ago, I was invited to be a guest on Voice of America radio. My friend Sheryl Lynn invited me to join her on her program “Glow with the Flow” March 11, 2010. I will once again have an on air conversation with a good friend who was there when the “Sacred Fire” CD made it’s debut and has been witness to the evolution of my own Sacred Fire.

“So, what would you like to talk about?” she asked beginning our usual dialogue. With a history of several on-air conversations and a common trait of being well versed in a variety of subjects, this was not an unusual question for one radio host to ask another.

“Passionate Choices” came my reply.

It was automatic. The words were out of my mouth before I could process them and they have been ringing in my ears ever since.

Most people understand (at least in context) what “Sacred Fire” means when I speak about it. That is a good thing, because I can’t always define it. Offering a detailed description for someone else seems a little like trying to describe why they might like chocolate. It is simply: different for everyone.

I can only define my own Sacred Fire: It is the juice, the spark, the mocha in my java that gets me up in the morning. It is the reason I live and breathe and smile. It once seemed like a destination, but I now know it as the continuation of the journey (the only one worth taking, really)…

Then in giving the definition of a Passionate Choice (or choices) the clarity began to reveal itself. Unlike “Sacred Fire", which may seem fuzzy at times (especially if you are in that slightly awkward place of finding yours), “Passionate Choices” can be easily understood by the individual as what feels most “right” to them in the moment. The words do not require definition, but will take each us to our own magnificent place of illumination and warmth where Sacred Fire lives.

I’m sure there’s a song in there somewhere….

Lisa Bonnice is my guest this week on Tuesday March 7, 2010 on PASSION’S PURPOSE & PROSPERITY broadcast live from BlogTalkRadio.com at 7pm on Tuesdays.

She wrote a neat little book that approaches the subject of weightloss from a spiritual and metaphysical perspective, but this is so much more than a weight loss book!

It is a book about wisdom…more specifically the wisdom that we inherently have about our own bodies, what is right for our life, why we make the choices we do, and more importantly: how to effectively make other choices without subscribing to a “diet", that will release the ideal body within. (She maintains that we don’t have to “make” our bodies better, our ideal is already there!)

Lisa is a walking testimony to her own process. She has struggled with weight most of her adult life and other solutions had not worked for her. So before writing about this process, it was fine tuned and crafted in such a way it was transferrable to others.

In addition to great insight, she offers her delightful sense of humor, and personal anecdotes to bring her message home.

Join me on March 2, 2010 at 7 pm – and you can even offer your thoughts and questions by dialing 646-649-1981!

Weather is frequently used as a metaphor for emotion. We all understand when someone is described as having a ’sunny disposition” or a “stormy look” in their eyes.

Fog is a favorite metaphor of mine. It denotes the opposite of clarity. As we move ahead with blazing new trails and taking measured risks we find ourselves in unchartered territory, and that makes everthing seem a little “foggy".

Sometimes it seems we cannot see anything at all and we are just feeling our way around..and thats a good thing. That feeling will keep the channels open and help raise us up where we need to be.

Newness is unsettling but it is also what prompts growth. As I continue on my path to my “perfect” career as an entertainer who teaches (whatever that looks like–I believe it is the feeling of that experience and not so much the visualization that gets you there), I am encountering a whole bunch of newness at one time.

And I would be lying if I said that it didn’t wig me out a bit.

But in the embrace of this experience completely and fully trusting that while I cannot “see” what looks like anything of great value, that it is there none the less. What is obscured by fog, does not go away if we do not see it. It means that we have become reliant upon one sense to process and define all of our world.

That leaves 4 more (or if you believe as I do, 5 more) unused senses waiting in the wings.

Part of the reinventing of self is trusting the “feeling” part. You have in fact done that for things like relationships, jobs, and values.

Now it is time to do it for what you really want. So go ahead. Reach for what “feels” right…it’s there–even though you may not be able to see it right now.

In preparation for the upcoming interview with Marry Robinson Reynolds, “The Masterminding Maven” (her trademark), I am reflecting on how much I have been able to accomplish with my own mastermind group, which consists of myself and fello radio host Joe Rumbolo.

I think the general consensus is that magic implies something unique, much desired, and arriving with ease. So magic in reference to the masterminding process seems perfectly appropriate.

The most magical quality of all is that there is a lot of room to make the process your own. When I first read about people who formed masterminding groups, (people like Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul author) I understood this to be usually anywhere from 6 to 12 people who would provide encoursgement, insight and information. Sometimes those numbers seemed a little daunting…

With a group that started as six dwindling to two I find the quality and the effectiveness of the mastermind has not been minimized in any way. The benefit however, of having someone–even one person–see your vision for you, is as the commercial says: “priceless"(and magical).

So I am “sharing the magic” as it were and inviting you to take a minite and look at Mary’s website: www.maryrobinsonreynolds.com.

There is some good stuff there and a lot of information to help you make a little magic of your own.