He didn't sing at our wedding. Because we're not Kimye or Dwayne & Gabrielle. But as Joey can attest as we were walking to the car, or gleefully galloping as one might do when they are about to meet their favorite singer, on our way to the concert I said we were going to meet John Legend tonight! I can feel it! If not now, when? And Joey said something to the effect of: I'd say you're crazy, but usually when you say things like this they happen.
And it did happen. I made a giant sign, posted on social media, snuck it into the venue, and with a little luck had seats in the last row of the intimate theater. Back row. Not blocking anyone's view. This was going to work, I thought.
I was uber adrenalized to unroll the poster and wave it like the crazy fan I am, but I was anxious too.
What if we revealed it at the wrong time and John didn't see. Could he see it if all the lights were out in the auditorium? Or maybe I would be kicked out. But I had a plan b for that scenario. If I get the boot, sneak around to the tour bus and schmooze the right person. Did I mention that I brought a save-the-date for John? Not ashamed to admit it. I was on a mission.
So here I am standing and screaming the words to his songs and his wife, supermodel Chrissy Teigen, is in the soundbox feet away. No one else is standing. Just me. Clearly no one else knows tonight they are going to meet John freaking Legend! Definitely no one else is tugging at their fiance to get him to stand up too so the sign isn't crooked. John won't see the sign if it isn't straight, Joey! So I turn to give him the now's-the-time cue we agreed on. Here's kind of how I remember it going.
Amy: Gives the look
Joey: Stays seated
Amy: Gives the look again
Joey: Smirks
Amy: Is that a smirk!
Joey: Hands me something
Amy: What is he handing me? I'm so confused. And agitated. Just hold up the sign!
In my obsession-mode apparently Chrissy walks over and hands Joey two backstage passes and later that night after the concert we meet John Legend! We were 2 of 10 people that got to meet him and everyone else was pre-chosen before the show. AMAZING.
My point is that I manifested this reality. That feeling was dead on.
Something similar happened last month with tickets to the Oprah The Life You Want Tour.
This experience was transformative and instead of reliving how I got there I would like to share some of my favorite lessons from Oprah and her Trailblazers.
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TIDBITS OF LOVE BY AMY
From OPRAH'S THE LIFE YOU WANT TOUR
Disclaimer: These are just some of my notes. Happy to discuss more with you!
Sunrise Faith
Oprah opened the show with a sunrise.
All of the lights low. Slowly our wrists where we had our official tour bracelets turned yellow to represent the sunrise, the eternal source of our energy, the dawning of a new day, and the coming of Oprah to energize us on this journey. I loved the meaning and feeling of this phrase, Sunrise Faith.
Read a bit about Sunrise Faith here.
Oprah said we all get the opportunity to feel wonder every day. To make every day a fresh start. To expand on what is possible. To experience joy on every level.
Every moment you have the choice to open up...to listen to the whispers and live the way your life is nudging you to live... to walk boldly on your own life's path.
Oprah said we all get the opportunity to feel wonder every day. To make every day a fresh start. To expand on what is possible. To experience joy on every level.
Every moment you have the choice to open up...to listen to the whispers and live the way your life is nudging you to live... to walk boldly on your own life's path.
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| With the rising of the sun, you ask, "What will I make of this NEW day?" |
One of Oprah's favorite quotes
“I am the master of my fate;
I am the captain of my soul.”
And her spiritual religion is governed by this law.
What comes out must come back.
What you do
What you say
What you think
What you feel ...
comes back to you.
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| Read about 'Newton's Cradle. |
Every one of us is
looking for the same
thing - we want to
know we matter. - Oprah
looking for the same
thing - we want to
know we matter. - Oprah
You co-create your life with the energy of your INTENTION.
Energy is everything.
YOU are responsible for the energy YOU bring into a space.
(I hear this whispered in my mind when I'm in a mood. Hoping practice makes perfect over the years.)
The single best way to change your vibration is to EXPRESS GRATITUDE.
Deepak Chopra said DREAMS DO MANIFEST REALITY. I knew it!
...How does it feel inside you? Get still...
...You are the awareness disguised as a human being...
Some of my favorite lines by Elizabeth Gilbert
Find Beauty & Miracle in the World
He who would be what he ought to be must stop being what he is. ~Meister Eckhart
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| One of my favorites. |
Rob Bell had some simple but powerful words.
YOU are extraordinary.
YOU have been given YOUR life.
YOUR life matters - ALL of it.
The life that you want begins with the life that you have.
Quotes from Iyanla Vanzant
The life you want is on the other side of the labor pains it takes to birth it.
Your eyes will adjust to the level of deficiency present. Life doesn't play tricks on you. Your mind does.
Courage is knowing what you need to do
and doing it
before you're forced it.
Make loving you a priority.
Just breathe, baby. Here's to Life!
Oprah's mission was to ensure we learned that there is true strength and blessings tied to our silence and prayer. I've always believed this and her and her trailblazers articulated it beautifully.
Cheers to living the life you want. One step at a time. Always in the direction of your dreams.
XO - Amy
