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first... take a minute and
You really are on a journey... you are always moving in some direction... with or without your own active participation.
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Are you standing whole in your relationships, today?
Are you standing unsplintered and integral?
Have you compromised beyond a point of well-being?
Remember that there is no contest. There are no points gained, or races won by your martyrdom.
Are you knowing this, right now
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Are you standing unsplintered and integral?
Have you compromised beyond a point of well-being?
Remember that there is no contest. There are no points gained, or races won by your martyrdom.
Are you knowing this, right now
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Are you so ready to leave your Trouble for your High Places?
inhale grace...
exhale all the negative... you don't need it.
exhale all the negative... you don't need it.
welcome
to the experience of
re-inventing
yourwomanspace
to the experience of
re-inventing
yourwomanspace
What do you want to do?
Today, do something new and bold and fabulous.
Write a poem or a song.
Write a real letter to someone you love.
Plan a fund-raiser for a family in need.
Design a new email campaign for your business.
Rough out a book proposal for the book you’ve had in mind to write.
Create a plan for a women’s workshop.
Come up with an idea for a new non-profit organization that deals with the issues of community that you are most passionate about.
Sew a new outfit.
Paint a room. Or a single wall . . . or a chair.
Do something that can serve as a symbol of your readiness to move your life forward.
Take a step, one baby-step, forward toward your High Places.
Yes, you may.
Today, do something new and bold and fabulous.
Write a poem or a song.
Write a real letter to someone you love.
Plan a fund-raiser for a family in need.
Design a new email campaign for your business.
Rough out a book proposal for the book you’ve had in mind to write.
Create a plan for a women’s workshop.
Come up with an idea for a new non-profit organization that deals with the issues of community that you are most passionate about.
Sew a new outfit.
Paint a room. Or a single wall . . . or a chair.
Do something that can serve as a symbol of your readiness to move your life forward.
Take a step, one baby-step, forward toward your High Places.
Yes, you may.
Your WomanSpace
The inner space of Self where you actually live . . . the home of your mind and heart... your inner-experience of Self . . . the world and life inside your head... the totality of your beliefs . . . the sum of all your beliefs about Self . . . all your beliefs about your Creator . . . and all the beliefs of others that you have accepted, and internalized, and come to view as your own... your Self-energy . . . the space of combined energy within, from which you gather and give offerings of Self to others... your vast inner-ocean of emotions, assumptions, beliefs, fears, doubts, hopes, visions, suppositions, superstitions, perceptions, perspectives and intuition, all creating the inner reality, that you draw from to create the mirror-world of your outer reality
The inner space of Self where you actually live . . . the home of your mind and heart... your inner-experience of Self . . . the world and life inside your head... the totality of your beliefs . . . the sum of all your beliefs about Self . . . all your beliefs about your Creator . . . and all the beliefs of others that you have accepted, and internalized, and come to view as your own... your Self-energy . . . the space of combined energy within, from which you gather and give offerings of Self to others... your vast inner-ocean of emotions, assumptions, beliefs, fears, doubts, hopes, visions, suppositions, superstitions, perceptions, perspectives and intuition, all creating the inner reality, that you draw from to create the mirror-world of your outer reality
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Jeremiah 29:11
Copyright © 2009 Esther Davis-Thompson
Enjoy this excerpt from
Raising Up Queens: Loving Our Daughters Loud and Strong
Recognize your gifts . . .
Our daughters need to be taught early to honor their gifts. They will learn this best if they can see us giving a place of honor to our own precious gifts. We may have forgotten about that “special gift” that God bestowed upon us to remind us, and others, that we are Queens in the Spirit. We may have forgotten that the “special thing” God enables us to do is our vehicle for going out to bless others.
Today, take a moment to thank God for your gifts.
Does the Spirit sing through you in a voice of resonance and clarity? Well then, your voice is your special gift, and it can help someone’s pain.
Were you born with an inner Peace that seldom fails you? Then, your gentleness and calmness and quiet steadfastness is your perfect gift . . . and it can calm and strengthen those around you.
Do you know Joy? Not a joy given of this world, but divine Joy? Or do you know Faith best? A Faith so crazy that sometimes you look at your self and say, “Girl, please!”?
Have you ever seen yourself Light up a room full of sad people who seemed to be waiting for you to come and show them the way to somewhere important? Well, your kind of Light is straight from the Spirit!
Today, promise yourself to recognize your gifts and to offer them every chance you get. Walk strong, knowing that you are well-prepared to do all that you are here to do.
Raising Up Queens: Loving Our Daughters Loud and Strong
Recognize your gifts . . .
Our daughters need to be taught early to honor their gifts. They will learn this best if they can see us giving a place of honor to our own precious gifts. We may have forgotten about that “special gift” that God bestowed upon us to remind us, and others, that we are Queens in the Spirit. We may have forgotten that the “special thing” God enables us to do is our vehicle for going out to bless others.
Today, take a moment to thank God for your gifts.
Does the Spirit sing through you in a voice of resonance and clarity? Well then, your voice is your special gift, and it can help someone’s pain.
Were you born with an inner Peace that seldom fails you? Then, your gentleness and calmness and quiet steadfastness is your perfect gift . . . and it can calm and strengthen those around you.
Do you know Joy? Not a joy given of this world, but divine Joy? Or do you know Faith best? A Faith so crazy that sometimes you look at your self and say, “Girl, please!”?
Have you ever seen yourself Light up a room full of sad people who seemed to be waiting for you to come and show them the way to somewhere important? Well, your kind of Light is straight from the Spirit!
Today, promise yourself to recognize your gifts and to offer them every chance you get. Walk strong, knowing that you are well-prepared to do all that you are here to do.
and here's an excerpt from
From Re-Inventing Your MotherSpace:
Creating A Good and Blessed Future for Our Children
I will dress up in Faith, today.
Nothing is more disheartening to a child than to see his mother getting whipped by life. Nothing puts a dent in a child’s spirit quicker than seeing and fearing that his mother has encountered some force too strong for her and she is about to succumb to the negative forces and let all go down the drain. Nothing makes him sadder than seeing his mother sitting as the guest of honor at her own pity party, looking ugly and whipped.
Whatever is wrong in your life today that has you looking whipped, you owe it to your Self and to your child to set about fixing it. First, fix your thoughts. You must have been thinking some pretty ugly thoughts or you wouldn’t be in this sorry space. Think Faith. Hardcore, no-holds-barred Faith. Think this: “God is able, so I am able.” Now, the rest is easy. Set about fixing-up yourself. Get dressed. Fix your hair. Find the lipstick. Dash on the cologne, (dollar-store works fine, as does Chanel No. 5). Sing a song, any song. Talk to yourself. Go, girl, go!
Whatever you’re faced with is a spiritual battle. The issue is not whether you win but whether you are developing the tools to maintain a faith-filled stance through it all. Right dead in the middle of this battle, you just might discover what an indestructible, untouchable, battle-winning, marvelously creative child of God you are!
Whatever you are going through is posing a lesson. And not just for you—your children are watching! They are gleaning directions from you on how to wage spiritual warfare against despair. If you don’t figure out what to do and how to do it, your children will be robbed of a valuable experience that could become part of their repertoire of responses to life. The same kind of battle will come back their way one day. Will they be ready?
Your MotherSpace
Self-coaching your way toward one step at a time
Esther Davis-Thompson offers beautifully lyrical reflections on motherhood in the African-American community."
---Publisher's Weekly
"This book is a treasure-trove."
--- Lucia Herndon, Columnist, the Philadelphia Inquirer
Impressive... MotherLove reminds us we are our best thing."
--- Nikki Giovanni, poet
"Powerful and nurturing."
--- Barnett Wright, Philadelphia Tribune
"Rich with affirmation, common sense, and wisdom about recovering one's spiritual 'motherspace' ...a gift to women trying to mother well."
--- The Other Side
"An empowering compilation that feeds the spirit and nourishes the soul."
--- Black Issues Book Review
"As a teacher and mother of ten children, Davis-Thompson knows of what she speaks. MotherLove is a personal passionate vision for renewing the emotional and spiritual lives of children, families, and communities."
--- Vital signs (National Black Women's Health Project)
“The author of this spirit-filled book has created a meditation on motherhood that comforts, challenges and cherishes us. We owe her husband and ten children a debt of gratitude for sharing her with us.”
--- Pearl Cleage, Author and Playwright
“An empowering collection of reflections, quotations and affirmations.”
--- EBONY Magazine
“Esther has done an excellent job inspiring and cajoling us to be better parents, teachers, mentors to our children”
--- Jawanza Kunjufu, Author
Reviews for Esther
Davis-Thompson Books
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from From Trouble to High Places: Meditations for Women Who Are So Ready to Cross the Bridges that Lead to Joy!
Are you ready to move your life forward? Well you've landed at the right spot. Welcome to the Re-Inventing Your WomanSpace Website! As you choose to walk up out of trouble and head for your High Places, you will need to leave some things behind. You cannot carry the heavy ballast of your past disappointments, your past angers and bitternesses, your past fears and insecurities with you. You will need to wash yourself of these and cease giving them your energy. You will need all of your energy for the new things God has planned for you!
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Take a step... one little step in the direction that you really want to be going in... Are you tired, yet, of waiting for your real life to catch up to the life full of God's blessings you have imagined for yourself? Well today's the day... Come check out our take-a-step missions and take your first steps toward crossing the bridges that lead to your Joy!