I absolutely adore Facebook memories. I start most days by looking at what those memories are. Most of them make me feel very happy. Some of them are harder to read but always ground me in my truth, remind me of my divinity. Today's Facebook memory from 2014 was a day I will never forget.

I remember this day like it happened only a few minutes ago. Over the weekend, I listened to Paulo Ceolho on Oprah’s Super Soul Sunday. He talked about the first time he realized he was alive. He asked Oprah if she remembered the day she knew she was alive. The question provoked me intensely but instantly a few moments came to mind. My dolphin encounter was one of them.
We spend a great deal of our lives sleep walking. Just moving through life. I sure as heck have but there have been a few times when I was deep in the haze where I had a profound moment, the knowing I was alive. This day with the dolphins out in the wild was one of them. Most of these revelations have occurred for me in nature when I was “alone”. These moments take my breath away, sometimes they exhilarate me, sometimes they scare me. Each one though, filled me with determination to wake up. I haven't always have the vernacular to explain the awakening. I am just damn grateful that something in me kept paying attention. Now the days where I sleep walk are few and the days where I know I am alive are my norm. It is amazing to be awake! To know I am alive and for a reason!
About 18 months ago I began a practice of waking each day and asking myself this question,
What will I do today to live in full service of my heart?
Talk about life affirming! There is no way to be conscious of what your heart needs and still sleepwalk through life. I encourage you to write the question down on a card or piece of paper and set it on your nightstand. Let it be the first thing you see each day. A simple reminder that you are alive and that you have a choice to embody this one miraculous life of yours or to not. I am here to tell you that the comfort of sleepwalking is nothing compared to the radiant life that awaits you when you wake up and step fully present into your life!
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