When I first thought to write my first book back when my second daughter was two years old, she is now 20, it was going to be a Mommy Dearest, Snow White, Cinderella kind of tell all book.  From the beatings to the molestations to the spiritual, physical and emotional abuse, I was going to tell it all. Though, in 2003, when I began to write on that first page, I found I was slightly embarrassed, even though I had shared my stories with countless others prior to this.

There was nothing to be ashamed of. What it was, is that I didn't think people really wanted to know the gory details. I felt what they really wanted was to know how I was so happy all the time. Why is it I didn't seem scarred or spiritually injured by what I had experienced? I realized that that was the story. Not the bad stuff that I actually had to go through, but the good that got me through it.

As a life coach, I find it necessary to speak to those "issues" without being too personal. Many of my clients are really taken aback to know I had suffered life experiences way beyond the everyday issues they face. The ORACLE Presents Ten Pages of Nothing But The Truth came from my atempt to answer the question, "Are you always this happy?" Usually I would tell them, 'not always, I have my days just like you. Only it lasts only for a moment, maybe an hour or two, but it always takes way more energy to stay in those dark places. I'd rather be in the light.'

The ORACLE Presents Ten Pages of Nothing But The Truth was my way of answering that question. I decided to write down some basic truths that help to keep me "happy" all the time; things I have been taught, or picked up along the way on my journey through life.

Please enjoy the third installment from VOL. I, Truth #3, DEDICATE.

DEDICATE

Be dedicated to your G-d, to yourself, to those you consider

family and friends. Dedicate your life to the continual pursuit

of an inner acceptance of the you you are.

Dedicate your time here on earth to the service of

and for others. They say Jesus turned water to

wine, washed feet and raised the dead: sounds like

service to me.

Be dedicated to your plan for life. No matter how

many times that plan may change. Stay dedicated to

the ultimate outcome of each of your decisions.

When you dedicate yourself to making correct

choices it becomes easier to dictate the outcomes

in your favor.