She Speaks {With Wisdom} 2013 My Happy Highlights
FULL
My head was full, my heart was full and my stomach was full!
CHUNK
- Is courageous, calm and composed.
- Speaks with humility and respect.
- Knows who she is, her identity isn't up for grabs.
- Establishes a pattern of wisdom and in so doing-is trustworthy.
- Is humble.
More wise words from the weekend: (my words italicized)
- We do not compete, we complete. (We are all working together for the same goal-advancing the Kingdom of God) {Carol Davis via Lysa}
- Write out of your healing rather than your pain. {Susie Eller}
- Do the "due diligence" to make it work. {Whitney Capps}
- Don't turn around and show your backsides during power point. {Tom Davis} -added for a laugh. :)
- Deliberately exceed their expectations/ Adopt the posture of a learner/ Perfectionism is the mother of procrastination. {Michael Hyatt}
- God repackages the pain of our past and hands it back as a gift. {Karen Ehman} I know this to be true!!!
- God-sized dreams always involve fear. Fear's biggest threat is to keep you from your dream. {Holley Gerth}
Other highlights for me: (and I really am bullet-pointing this for my own reference, but please read and click away!!! You will not be disappointed meeting some of my new friends!)
Upon arriving at the hotel:
In the hallways and in-between:
- I kept bumping into beautiful-smile-girl. So we chatted in the lunch line and smiled at each other often :) : Allison Hoffman
- I had lunch with Rev. Dr. Trudy Simmons ,a truly tender-hearted and beautiful woman.
- And another gorgeous sister over dinner: Lindsay Morgan Snyder blogs at: Put the Pencil Down
- As you know, food is a great connecter and I also met adorable Mandy Smith at the table. She blogs at My Joyous Heart
- Delighted to introduce you to this amazing woman of big dreams: Janet Pearson who founded the "Beautiful You" conference. (And is stunningly beautiful herself!)
- Barbara Walls has Spiritual Spa Ministries
And from my Speaker Coaching Group
- Sharlene Prinsen (who happens to be my NEIGHBOR~for real!) who has written a book published by Hazelden "Blind Devotion" about PSTD and Addiction.
- The other 10 wonderful women do not have blogs. Yet. :)