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There’s no doubt about it. Life comes at us at the speed of light. I’m not a rocket scientist, but I know that’s pretty darn fast. And I also know that my own life seems to be happening faster and faster, too. With all the ways to receive information — radio, TV, Internet, CDs, mp3s, videos, DVDs and print publications — it’s no wonder that many of us suffer from information overload.

This is especially true when it comes to personal development. I am admittedly a self-help junkie. I’m always reading some new book about how to make my life better, or listening to a meditation recording or watching an inspirational DVD. The choices are almost overwhelming. Subliminal recordings. Music. Meditations. Toning. Yoga. Journaling. Visualization.

But lately I’ve been feeling the need to simplify. A lot.

You see, what I realized is that while all these things are great ways to help me learn and grow, they are nothing compared to the innate wisdom I already possess. All the books and videos and CDs are only tools to bring that out. They can’t do it for me, no matter what astonishing testimonials they offer.

So I decided to kick it down a notch and just focus on doing what feels good in the moment for my morning and evening routine. I let go of the need to use every personal development tool I have every morning before I start my day. (smile) And while I do still use my meditative music sometimes, I don’t feel the need every day. It’s just fine with me to let go of this feeling that the latest whiz bang personal development tool is going to take my life to the next level.

You see, I really do believe that I have the innate wisdom to get where I want to go in life. And I believe that’s so for everyone. Where all the tools come in is in allowing assistance in becoming who I came here to be. Assistance may come in the form of working with a coach or mentor. It may come in the form of a book or recording. Or it may come in the form of working with my Divine Team. (“What’s a Divine Team,” you may ask. More on that some other time.) In whatever form the assistance comes, it is only that: assistance.

You may have heard the saying about giving someone a fish and you feed them for a day. Teach them to fish and you feed them for a lifetime. Relying on one particular tool or, in fact, relying on anything outside the wisdom of Spirit, is like relying on someone else to give you food. But when you know how to feed yourself by developing your spiritual wisdom, you will never be hungry again.  One thing is for sure. Tuning in to wisdom is like riding a bicycle; once you learn, you never forget how. And trusting my spiritual wisdom is turning out to be even more fun without all the bells and whistles.

I have been singing my whole life. Quite literally. From the time I was very small, I felt singing connected me to the Divine (still do, in fact). I’ve listened to a lot of singers and I love a lot of them.

But every so often, I am struck not just by a voice or a song but by what someone captures in a moment with their voice, with their being. It is impossible to describe when that happens. I have felt it myself in rare moments. There is a silence that falls between you and your fellow humans afterward and you know IT has happened — that ineffable sense that a great chord has been struck somewhere and no one who was there is ever the same again.

This was what happened when I saw this video:

Yes, I know, I know — this was a singing contest, replete with Simon Cowell glaring from the judge’s box and Mum standing nervously in the wings, with the crowds totally primed to love this little girl. Got it.But when the camera catches this child’s eyes as she’s singing, all I see is a little girl — not someone preening for the camera. She’s just a little 6 or 7 year old, complete with missing front teeth who is absolutely, incredibly herself. And she is Divine. More than just her singing, which is beautiful — she is beautiful in her completeness.This is what happens when we let go and just Be. This is the music that happens when we do that.I know I am a different person because of Connie and I will never forget her. Read more