To all the other Dreamers out there, don’t ever stop
or let the world’s negativity disenchant you or your spirit.
If you surround yourself with love and the right people,
anything is possible. – Adam Green
Attending a retreat or hosting one was always a favorite event for me. Every year in October, I would host a few retreats at lovely resorts. Although each retreat was in a totally different area, each event was booked at a location that was the picture of nature in its glory.
Sometimes our accommodations were in individual cottages, other times in quant hotels or a Bed and Breakfast Inn but no matter how different the venue the common thread was they were “peaceful” settings. These retreat outings offered more than business training…. they offered a time-out from our busy lives.
This was an opportunity for each individual who attended to press the Pause Button in life and for this time period they did not need to be the executive, committee chairperson, student, employee, significant other or Super MOM.
We were away by design in a place that was Peaceful and yet Powerful…. a gathering of Like-Minded, positive people. The magic of a retreat is being around ‘Encouragers’, people who know how to dream and who easily support each other’s vision for the future.
This past week I had the pleasure of attending an event much like a retreat and although I set out to be there as a speaker and trainer and to celebrate the major promotion of an associate, I came away renewed.
While I was there, I, was surrounded by a peer group that lifted me with their words…. Who were grateful for my presence and whose love I could genuinely feel.
This reminded me of the power in the annual retreats. Confirmed in my mind and in my heart that gathering together with like-minded people creates an energy unlike any other.
I thought of the benefits that a retreat experience offered…………..
- An opportunity to break from routine
- A chance to connect with others.
- A chance to rediscover who you are.
- Explore a New You.
- A feeling of freedom to focus on your Dreams.
- Time to pamper yourself.
- Being with like-minded people that believe in your dreams is an empowering experience.
- Feeling Joyful.
- A place to Renew or build new friendships.
- A feeling of Rejuvenation
As I said, “I love the Retreat experience” and I know that many of my life decisions have been made during such retreat experiences…allowing me ‘Time-Out’ from the routine schedule of my life.
To sum it up… it was a time of Discovery…. where I found the confidence to Dare To Be who I wanted to be with clarity for the life I wanted to live.
I am sure there were times when I returned home from those retreat events with a Renewed Spirit that my husband wondered who was this person …. What he saw was a Renewed Me. The retreat was a time for me to be …….BEAUTIFULLY BOLD.
Are you at a point in your life to be Beautifully Bold?
