Annie Meehan

Silence

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So they say silence is golden…

However, I have to say that I find speaking a little more golden than silence. I recently was in a five hour car ride with my husband and youngest child. I found myself praying at one point that one of them would please start speaking. Even though, as I have gotten older, I have learned to enjoy some moments of silence, it is when it goes on for hours that it starts to bug me a bit. You see I love shared stories, the hope, dreams and fears that come up in conversation. I find the sharing of conversation a little more golden today than any amount of silence.

What about you? Do you long for noise, adventure, conversation and stories? Or do you seek silence, quiet and peace in your day? I think often it depends on what stage in life you are at. I remember my mom always saying, “All I want for my birthday, Christmas, Mother’s Day…etc. is peace and quiet, as a single mom with seven kids you can imagine how she craved the quiet. Today she may have more quiet than she bargained for living alone at 87. Sometimes we have to be careful what we wish for. I think I had years when the kids were younger and life was busier or more stressful that I longed for a little peace, quiet and serenity in my life. Today I get a little more quiet on a daily basis than I like, working alone, reading and writing alone. I love connection and conversation. In fact my love language is quality time, I love just getting together to hang out and talk. As a coach, how can I encourage my family to develop a more talkative side? Any way….who wants to go on a road trip and chat it up? 

Are you more of a talker or listener?

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Do you crave the conversation or the quiet?  

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What is your favorite thing to do on a road trip?

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Angels

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Advent Angels…Have one? Be one?

Are you and angel? Have you had someone come into your life and act like an Angel, an unexpected blessing out of the blue? I have so many times been given gifts, love and blessing by friends and strangers alike. The biggest Angel in my life was a woman named Kate. She worked as a church secretary and overheard my mom making calls to shelters for a safe place to stay in the late 70’s when we had lost everything in a fire. She offered my mom & us 7 kids a safe place to live until we could find a place of our own. Back then shelters would only take up to 3 kids per parent. Kate showed up and became an Angel to all of us. Since than I have often been given gifts, kindness and blessings. I love when I get to be an angel for someone in need. Just yesterday I was amazingly blessed by a shopping angel. God is good and gives us gifts of kindness through words & acts of the kindness of others. In this season of Advent, are you needing an Angel or is it time to step up and become an Angel for someone in need. Use what you have been given to be a blessing to those around you. I hope and pray each of you are touched by an Angel in this lifetime. Blessings to you, may Angels surround you wherever you go!

Do you believe in Angels? When was the last time you saw one, felt one in your life? Is it time you become one? Who has blessed you? Lifted you up and believed in you when you had no one & felt alone? In this special season I challenge and encourage you to be an Angel to someone in need!

Are you in?

Faith

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Faith

Failure- Finding Faith-Forgiveness  and then FREEDOM

The thing about life is we are all on a journey from Faith, to Health, Relationships to Career, Do we ever fully arrive or are we always striving to get there, wherever there is. My Faith Journey has been my biggest Blessing in Life. I have learn that no matter how hard I try I always have days & times that I fall short or fail. Just because i fail does not make me a failure. When we fall short, we can accept our mistakes, apologize if need be and move on. I think It is easier to ask for forgiveness than to need to offer it. Don’t we all have an unforgivable list. What is on yours? What if you have to walk through one of the unforgivable? Without my faith I could not forgive many of the wrongs I have had to walk through in this life but on the other side of forgiveness is Freedom & JOY! Who do you need to seek forgiveness from? Who needs your forgiveness? When we offer Grace rather than judgement we give & receive freedom. On my own it is very difficult but with Christ, forgiveness & freedom come much easier. What role does Faith play in your journey? Are you able to offer & receive forgiveness easily?

Vacation

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Vacation

I live for vacation! I start planning in the fall for the next year’s vacations. I love to get away for a night, a weekend, a week or a month at a time. As a kid I never went on vacation and I never want to take the privilege of getting away for granted. We earned/won a trip for our family to Florida this year. For so many of the other families it was their very first trip, their first time to the ocean and their first time on a plane. It was so exciting to see! I will never forget how blessed I am to travel. I will always work hard to have that freedom. There are so many places to go and so many people to meet. We always have something to learn from and something to teach to each person we meet along the way in life.

 

What does living your best lifelook like to you?

Where was your favorite trip to? What did you love about it?

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How old were you the first time you flew on a plane? When did you see the ocean for the first time?

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What is your best vacation memory? 

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Faith in the Advent season & all year through

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Faith-The key to never feeling alone. What do you have faith in? Who do you have faith in? During this holiday season is it more about giving or receiving? Is the season of Advent a season of reflection and growth in your Faith, slowing down and celebrating all you have been given? Are the holidays filled with Busyness and anxiety? Are you looking to love more or be loved more? Do you decide on a gift based on what you give. I find most peoples faith grows stronger in their time of need, what if this year you decided to grow in faith even while you had plenty and no need for want? Often I am asked to share a story of hope, inspiration & faith in the dark moments of my life but I am even more grateful when my faith grows in the sunrise seasons. Are you a person of faith in a God that is bigger than you are? There is so much freedom in faith. There is peace, comfort and JOy in any season when you are reminded you are never alone and no problem is too big for our God. I love the beauty of this season, the lights, the music and the laughter but I never forget the true reason for the season. I am blessed beyond measure but it is never by stuff but by forgiveness, healing & relationships. By being able to give and receive love all year round. Why are you blessed? Who do you have faith in? Does your faith grow in the struggle or Success of life? Wishing you many blessings the whole season through. May it be a blessed and peaceful Advent season for you & yours

Do you have an Advent wreath? Is that just a Catholic thing or do other faiths light a candle each evening of Advent?

Words have power

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Words have power – Can You Rephrase That?

Sometimes what people write on Facebook just shocks me. People can be so harsh, negative and angry, often about nothing. Do you know that everyone sees that? Your name calling, swear words and hatred? If you are too far left or right you seem to hate the other side, and isn’t that what you don’t like about them? That they don’t like someone else?

I was reading a post last night about a Twin Cities service that made a mistake. We all make mistakes. It went on and on about how awful the company and people were while being filled with swear words. Where is the grace, the forgiveness to turn the other cheek and the quiet understanding and recognition that they made a mistake? Do we need to attack them personally?

I know not all of you are looking for a job right now but you might be someday. Be careful what you post because once it’s out there, it’s on the internet for good and can often still be found even after you delete it.

I was reading a book recently which suggested 10 topics to avoid on Social Media in case you are ever looking for a job again. Those 10 topics are:

1. That you are interviewing
2. Political views or who you’re voting for
3. Your pay or other people’s pay
4. Religious views and anti-religious views
5. Negative feelings about co-workers
6. Medical issues
7. Personal drama with dating and marriage
8. Drug or alcohol use, talk or photos
9. Sex life or raunchy movies
10. Intentions to take someone else’s job

Use Social Media to encourage, spread good news, share what you love, take people on your travels and show pictures (just not too many of your kids). We know that everyone thinks their kids are perfect but others might not.

I encourage you to find many interesting and positive things to share. Social Media can be a wonderful thing if it’s used in the right way!

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