strength – Saturday Soul with Sandy Hibbard

Dreaming ties us all together

Sandy Hibbard — Sat, 09 Dec 2023 16:15:58 +0000

I have been snowed in all weekend (and part of that time without electricity), so I have been thinking plenty about my dreams, my life, my desires – what to do next, what I should have done, didn’t do. Sometimes things happen in our lives that absolutely throw us off center. Smacks us upside the head. There have been several times that has happened to me and I watched my dreams flow right out of me. Finding your muse and igniting your dream AGAIN is sometimes challenging (that is an understatement), but when we can dream together it connects us to something bigger than ourselves.

What I mean is this: think of when you have shared a dream with someone? Didn’t you feel more empowered? Remember when someone supported and encouraged your dream? Didn’t you feel stronger? I hope that on this cold frozen day you will let yourself be free to dream and find the strength and encouragement to pursue it!

Love & Peace,
Sandy

PS, if you missed any of Saturday Soul last week, check out the links below so you don’t miss a single heartbeat!
A lesson in driving (or not driving) on ice and how to make better decisions: Stop! Slow Down! Chill out!
Learning to be content with our circumstances: Learning to surf the waves
Our sheer existence is an awesome miracle: The Awesome Mystery and Miracle We Share
Is your mind handing you a pile of shit? Are you taking it? Beware of Destructive Mind Storms

Dreaming ties us all together . . .

We can often get bogged down with the duties of living and building a business. I loved this quote from American novelist and poet Jack Kerouac: ”All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.” Everyone from the CEO to the mailroom clerk have dreams, I wonder what would happen if we allowed each other our dreams without judgement? Think of how our lives would flourish and our businesses would grow if we were truly free to pursue our dreams without reservation and embrace those around us to do the same?

Building our business requires that we engage with passion, tell a compelling and sincere story, and really care about what our product can do to serve our clients needs. Keep your heart and mind focused on your dream, ignite it with passionately skilled action and watch it come to life!

Don’t Be Silent

Sandy Hibbard — Sat, 13 Jun 2020 18:13:53 +0000

When you eventually see through the veils to how things really are, you will keep saying again and again, “This is certainly not like we thought it was”. ~Rumi

Can we change this world? Yes, I believe we can, one heart at a time. But until then, let those of us who will lead the way. Don’t be silent! Stand for what is good, and what promotes love and unity… be a light. Every man woman boy and girl in this world is deserving of respect and love and the same freedom that you and I so vehemently pursue. As #garyvee said today “your hurt isn’t less if you acknowledge others, but not being empathetic to theirs is why no ones listening to yours” Continuously check your own heart and motives…. choose to be love and make a difference.

#sandyhibbard #makeadifference

Despite Even Me

Sandy Hibbard — Sat, 27 Aug 2016 16:34:45 +0000

Despite Even Me

We had our time but it has passed

One

Two

Three chances

Missed

This inversion nearly laid me out

Sucking down

Pressing

until there was no Oxygen

The most powerful of emotions

– Love

Under the covering of a silence so heavy

Unwilling

Chilling

Killing

my heart in the process

A brick wall

Laid steady stone upon stone

Unmovable yet ready to burst

Longing draped so thick and heavy

The weight of it is suffocating

The hope of ripping it down to see the light again is

Waiting

Anticipating

Lifting

Me to greater understanding

Of chances

Wary of second glances

Fancy wordy romances

This is my time to soar

Above the silence

Beyond the covering

of love’s strangled hope

Despite even me

One

Two

Three times gone

Too many to count

Too few to remember

Snap!

I take flight!

The amazing image is from Take Flight/Charlize Theron, NYT

A Grateful Heart and a Strong Will

Sandy Hibbard — Fri, 11 Dec 2015 18:00:27 +0000

Today I am thinking about my family and my sweet parents. My dad is fighting for his life against stupid cancer and is struggling so, yet with the strongest will and spirit I have ever seen! My mom is right by his side, after 60+ years, he is ever her love and serves him with her last ounce of strength. They are my inspirations. I am thinking of my sweet sisters and their families who are there by mom and dad’s sides, giving them the love, support and help they so dearly need, and my brother, who is here in NYC with me giving strength to his daughter and our Brooklyn family that has needed it this week. And of course my beauties – Josh, Sarah, and April – though not with us physically, they are there in spirit sending love and encouragement. Such love! I am grateful for all.
I can see my dad in day’s past, tootle-ing around in his garden with coffee, planting herbs and tending to his flowers, or cooking up something fabulously gourmet in the kitchen. He moves about stealthily but deliberately to what is in his mind – I love him. Get well pops, and be strong momma! Look for joy family, and thank each one of you for warming my heart with your love.

A grateful heart
I was thinking about a grateful heart
Where it ends and where it starts
There’s so much doubt that we endure
But I’ve found one thing to be true
When you seek to know another
Look with a sense of wonder
Deep into the heart
That’s where it ends and where it starts
Embrace those who choose to love
With tenderness and kindness
Walk in life without fear, open and sincere
Praise those who learn to forgive
and live with those who live!

The Wildflower

Sandy Hibbard — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 19:04:49 +0000

The Wildflower.
Beautiful thoughts by aheartafire and so true. No matter what the circumstances, we will push through – keep a grateful heart and a strong will! XOXOX

You are the Spark that is Enough

Sandy Hibbard — Wed, 22 Apr 2015 22:45:45 +0000

“Be encouraged today by the strength that lies underneath your pain.
Feel your tears then let them go – joy comes in the morning – you can count on it!”

You are the Spark that is Enough

You think big things come easily? Try giving birth to a child.

You think the earth exploded into being without a blast?

Does metamorphosis come without dying? Try to catch that butterfly.

Do we ever find the answer without asking the question?

Will Spring return if there is no winter death?

There is a season for everything

A time for all things

We are destined to grow and change and move into ourselves to bring nourishment and life, shelter and shade

But the shadow of our height will not appear if the rain and the sun have not done their work

Or the clouds with storm and thunder have not declared it so

When warmth mingles it’s kisses with the cold and frigid earth, a miracle will happen

A seed will grow, an opportunity, a healing, a new beginning

Small things are big, fragile things are strong

You are the spark from the big bang

Your creativity is the hand of God

Joy will come, oh yes it will

Grace and mercy too

As sure as the sun will rise

Because YOU are enough

YOU are all that is needed

Amazing images are by A/R.

The Strength To Start All Over Again

Sandy Hibbard — Thu, 26 Dec 2013 20:58:58 +0000

For what it’s worth: its’ never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There’s no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it. And I hope you see things that startle you. I hope you feel things you never felt before. I hope you meet people with a different point of view. I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start all over again.

~ F. Scott Fitzgerald

Wake Up and Be Awesome!

Sandy Hibbard — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 18:39:13 +0000

We have the choice, you know. To be awesome or to be unhappy, loving or mediocre, or just plain miserable. I have always said that we simply need to change our gaze in order to change our attitude. When the sh*t is hitting the fan we can stand in front of it and get blasted or we can move out of the way! Bad things happen, so get over it, that’s life. Focus on being alive and choose to ignite your grateful heart and to walk in the beauty of life that you possess all by yourself! Turn your gaze just a little and see the difference. Focus on the good and count your blessings, because you DO have them.
Be awesome today, it’s your choice!
Love and peace….