Hello out there! I'm Kathy and quite new to the world of blogging.  You may have already read my friend Susan's first blog regarding having gone to the Oprah event, here in Montreal a few days ago.  As Susan mentioned, Oprah didn't say anything we hadn't already heard or knew intuitively, but it was a real reminder of staying on your path of truth, remaining connected to your passion or what truly motivates you to be or remain joyful.  

Susan and I left that evening, inspired to start a blog together.  She and I are such close friends.  We speak on the phone, get together for lunch or dinner and spend the entire time chatting, catching up on each other's lives, asking for advice or sometimes just venting.  What's great about our friendship is our honesty, non-judgement and truly wanting what's best for the other.  She is one example of the people I've chosen by whom to be surrounded in my life.  These choices, however came after many hurtful experiences from choosing friends who didn't want the best for me.  Although it took me a long while to become aware of this and the reason for which I was making these choices I'm truly grateful for having learned the lessons as they helped me to make better choices.  Interestingly, my inner voice, my whisper, my subconcious, my instinct always told me whether the choice was right or wrong but I wasn't yet mature or wise enough to listen or have "blind faith" in those whispers.  


Oprah uses an all encompassing question to help her make choices.  She asks herself "what do I want?"  Having been a "yes" woman for many years in her life, as am I, she learned that it is important to say no when it's something that's not aligned with what you want.  It is the question that has resonated within me since hearing it from her and something am I now using.  It is helping me to connect my passion with my career.  

I chose to do what I do because I was good at it but didn't realize that it's something about which I'm truly not passionate.  This is my journey to find my passion, become centered and stay true to who I really am......
Being able to discuss it with Susan on this blog and putting it out there forces me to focus on it which will result in it becoming my reality.  Along the way, Susan will venture down her own path journalizing it along with mine.  Together we will help each other and begin to discover new parts of ourselves.  Here we go :)