Susan notes: I love how these Daily Om messages often speak to me directly... so many life lessons to learn, so little time to learn them!

Disappointment provides us a bridge from expectations to acceptance of reality, wisdom, and the energy to begin again.

Whenever we do something in life with an expectation of how we would like it to turn out, we risk experiencing disappointment. 

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay them.

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. 'An idle mind is the devil's workshop.'

Written by a former child, who could have been any one of us...

1. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one.

2. When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals.

This is how it all starts:

A baby asks God, "They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?" 

God says: "Your angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you."

And the rest, as they say, is history! Happy Mother's Day to all the earthbound angels out there, and I hope you enjoy the links...

This Daily Om message captures the core of what AWR about: creating a worldwide circle of support and inspiration so that all of us can fulfil our destinies with power and joy.

Likewise, this photograph of me with my friend Lynn Harris (author of Unwritten Rules: What Women Need to Know About Leadership in Today’s Organisations ), embodies the same spirit of support and sisterhood. Together we are invincible.

I've learned that...

1) we don't have to change friends, if we understand that friends change.

2) no matter how good a friend is, they're going to hurt you every once in a while and you must forgive them for that.

3) true friendship continues to grow, even over the longest distance. Same goes for true love.

Guest blog post by Tara Mohr.

I coach brilliant women, lots of them. Dedicated, talented, brilliant women.
 
Most of the time, they don’t know their brilliance. They are certain they “aren’t ready” to take on that next bigger role. They are more attuned to the ways they aren’t qualified than to the ways that they are. They are waiting for someone to validate, promote or discover them. Sound familiar?