A Blog by Adrienne Wallace

I HAVE... by Adrienne  A. Wallace Looked into the eyes of a stranger and wondered .. What love does (s)he know? Does (s)he have a home? Did (s)he notice me looking at him? I have .... Doubts Thoughts of another life Prayers being answered Forgiveness for those who have done wrong Strength and hope I have.... A plan I change from time to time. Profound belief that courage,compassion,truth, grace, aptitude, love and creed are the solution for most all ills of the world. People I will always miss People I want to know I have.... Said no to people who wanted me to say yes Taken on task that I was unsure of Been satisfied with my results I have.... Had my truth denied, refused, ridiculed Maintained through my own action I have .... Cried Laughed Won Lost Dreams I have .... A man who loves me with all my faults I call him "Father" A best friend Children in my life every day Hopes for a young family of my own I have .... A love o...

Happy Holidays to each and everyone who reads this. I have been trying to deny a cold, but this is my saga nearly every Christmas lately and my voice is a bit challenged! I am grateful for the mediums we have today. Voiceplayers, the internet itself, blogs and all social media. Thank you! Thank you! This is a great way to help extend and form connections. I use the snapvine.com voice blog to allow you to hear what I would love to share in person. Please have a listen. I think there is an embedded player and arrow below the written portion of this entry. Thank you for following and reading the blogs from time to time. Thank you for your emails, questions, stories and encouragement. We get there together and never alone. We are instead ALL ONE. Today, I must share my wish for you: It is that your nights are as divine as was the night a saviour was born and that each encounter in your days to come affords you tender mercy and prosperity. Finally....and of all these things, I wish you ...

- Adults are responsible for their own joy - Ex boyfriends will always wonder what I am up to and so I know made an impact - Success is defined by things and that is unfortunate - My heart is the most resilient muscle in my body - There is no such thing as a non-profit for me since profit is about leaving something in a higher and better state than I found it. I am the CEO of a empowerment zone and not a non-profit - Late night allow for a great deal of creativity - There are levels of tired that are just unacceptable; when you wake up annoyed at being waked up you need to change something in your life. - You should follow me on twitter @adriennewallace - Everything done with love and good intention usual heals something you did not expect it to.

A dear loved one of mine had spent a late and cold evening telling me about what people were not doing for him and how he was not doing what he wanted to do in terms of work and his personal life. He "hates" living where he lives and not having a car and complained that the family did not get together as much since his mother passed and so many other things. I listened intently. I was listening because I love this person and also because I was telling myself that his echo of grace would soon come from all the words of his experience. His pain deserved to be put down and at this time there was nothing more important than that. It would soon come. He talked about work and job opportunities that he thought would come through for him and he blamed everyone outside of himself for the opportunities not working out for him; him not getting a job, respect, etc. It was all about him. I respectfully tried to make it clear to him that we sometimes get whatever it is that we are putt...

The DNA of relationships- The easiest science I know One night, I spoke with someone who I just met earlier in the year, This is a person who is quickly becoming a cherished friend. Talking with her and the few things we said to each other allowed me to think deeply about relationships and particularly friendships. If you knew me well, then you would know that I believe that the way to measure a relationship can be as simple as "How you feel when you hang up the phone. " I implore anyone who talks to me and also ask myself these questions: Was Love expressed? Was there Laughter? Was there Honesty? Was there good intent for tomorrow? Where we centered during the conversation? Did we listen to each other? Am I eager to see, encounter, hang with this person and talk with him / her again? These are things that I can decipher from a 5 minute phone call. The answers are revealed in the DNA© that builds the conversation. For me there are only two types and no hybrids exist. Yea...

The only problem we ever have with now is that it is not about us as we are defined. We are defined by our fears and our maddening resistance to change. That is the problem with now. The problem with now is that it requires thoughts outside of ourselves. Imagine it is not about you. What would now look like when we acknowledge that it is not about us? The problem with now for many of us is that we do not see NOW we see past. NOW is when we need to ask ourselves, "What does the past have to do with today?" The problem with now is that it requires that we look at ourselves for cause and not blame or depend solely on others that we feel are different than us, obligated to us, or most comfortable to us. We drive through life most times viewing the things and people around us as the cause of what is wrong with now. We put them as a problem in the view scope and as the object in front of us. We grab blame energy instead of motivation and inspiration from things. We trip over the...

I saw a message from a friend that required a bit of my life's learned philosophy to be considered and so I shared the following (that starts after the line) with her in reponse. Today, as I remind myself of how deeply connected people are and how the experiences of life can be so similar for many of us, I also decided that I needed to share this philosophy in a blog with the rest of you. Essentially, this person nicknamed "Young Lotus" was having some "confusion" with the false values and "constant pretending" of people. My response to anyone faced with this challenge with the dramatic and less than authentic is below. Remember it is not about the situation.It is about how we skillfully and spiritually respond to the challenge others present us with. All is well :) ____________________________________________________________________________________ This makes perfect sense to me. As we become more conscious of to whom we belong and why we are here, ...