The Best of 2008

What a year. Hurricane Ike, Hillary Clinton, the surge in Iraq, the Olympics in China, Gas Prices, Foreclosures, Palin, McCain, Financial Meltdown and our soon-to-be President Obama. That's just the tip of the iceberg. Quite a feat for a mere 365 days.

When I watch the "year in review" on the news, it's easy to think "two-thousand-GREAT" might have missed the mark a bit. But when I see the year through the lens of my own experience, a different picture emerges. Here are a few of my favorite things from 2008:

5. Travel and exploration. This year brought me to Costa Rica for the Alliance for a New Humanity Conference (including shaking hands with Oscar Arias Sanchez, the president of Costa Rica), San Francisco for Brendon Burchard's Partnership Summit (awesome experience), Palm Springs for the Association for Global New Thought conference (Michael Beckwith and Barbara Marx Hubbard keynoting - double WOW), multiple trips to Unity Village (including a live interview with Eckhart Tolle) plus some rejuvenating family time in the Colorado Rockies (see photo).

4. The growth of Unity.FM. 2008 was our first full year of broadcasting, leaving us now with about 50,000 listeners per month from more than 60 countries. Highlights of the year included my trip to Costa Rica, lunch with Deepak Chopra, then the production of Unity's fall series on Jesus and the Awakening to God Consciousness with Deepak and Wendy Craig-Purcell... Watch for it on PBS this spring!

3. The birth of The What If Up Club. I began 2008 with a morning meditative walk, asking "God, what is it that is mine to do?" The answer would not go away. It was time to write the book. Now, almost a year later, the book is almost complete. And the journey of its evolution has created a community that spans the globe... Are you in the Club?

(Pictured - What If Uppers gathered at Unity Church of the Hills in Austin, Texas)

2. The ultimate birthday celebration. The weekend of my 39th b-day, my mother came to town to babysit so we could enjoy a few nights out on the town! Here we are with Joe Vitale and his sweetie Nerissa in the glow of a Blue Rock Christmas, featuring David Wilcox, Billy Crocket, and my beloved cousin Beth Wood. To top it off, Joe drove us to the show in his new Rolls-Royce Phantom. Such delight!

***1. Another year of watching my daughter learn and grow. There is nothing sweeter to me than time with my husband and daughter. Our focus this year was "balance," and 2008 brought us together in a wonderful way. Highlights include this year's rousing toddler version of "Jingle Bells." Enjoy!

I give thanks for such extraordinary blessings... Most of all, for all the wonderful people I have met following the path day by day. THANK YOU for being a part of my world. '08 was great, but 2009 is our year to SHINE!

Wishing you a happy and joy-filled new year...

Mindy

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A Smile from the Universe

I've never seen anything like it.

Shawn (my husband) and I were driving back home after spending Thanksgiving with family. It was a crystal clear night in the hill country, and we marvelled at the beauty of the sunset as we drove the backroads between Fort Worth and Wimberley.

There were two stars on the horizon. And a fingernail moon. As night fell, we noticed something amazing. The stars and the moon drifted into a celestial smile. The two stars twinkling as eyes, and the moon grinning beneath.

"Honey, look!" I said. "The Universe is smiling at us!"

And indeed it is. It always is. It's smiling at every single one of us.

Did you see it??

:)