The Lotus and the Butterfly...
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ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FROM THE INSIDE OUT
UPDATE: Wayne Dyer used to say all the time, “Don’t die with your music still in you.” To me, that means, “You have a RESPONSIBILITY to share what you know. And NOW is the time for you to do it.” It’s a fact that people die suddenly and unexpectedly – my mom did, when she was 51. Prince did, just last Thursday at the age of 57. And as I type this, (I am currently 51) I happen to be waiting for biopsy results. There are no guarantees that I’ll be around long enough to get this material perfect before I share it with you. This glimpse of my own mortality has me shouting, “Let the Revolution begin!!”
So I have begun where I am with what I have. I've shared the first video (from the new web site) above. To see more - to see what I'm up to with this - please visit www.thelotusandthebutterfly.com
ORIGINAL REQUEST:
Hi! My name is Sandi Daly and I used to live a 100% "victim" life. Why? Because I grew up believing that was "normal" and that it was the way my life was meant to be.
In August of 1999 - after 34 years of living a life of physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, and spiritual abuse - I began the process of changing that belief and that way of life, and that process began with one simple thought.
"There's gotta be a better way for me to live than this."
I had never in my life even entertained the POSSIBILITY that there could be a different way of life for me, and when that thought showed up that August day I had no idea what to do with it. I did not believe it was possible for me to have a different life, because I could only see my entire life up to that point as proof that it was NOT possible.
But I stayed with that brand new baby thought, and I followed its lead. And my life changed.
Ten months later I made a SPECTACULAR leap of faith, and I left my domestic violence life behind me forever, and I have written three books about different aspects of that experience ("Choose Your Universe," "Pop Your Paradigm," and "Successfully MidAir").
But without those ten months of INNER work, leading up to that leap of faith, that "spectacular" experience would have ended not in a brand new, different kind of life, but with a re-creation of the old one, because I would have taken that leap within the patterns of belief that I had always lived.
I have recently come to recognize that the sharing of this "There's gotta be a better way..." part of my story will be incredibly valuable to those who are still "in it," and who are thinking some version of that thought for themselves but have no idea what to do next. I absolutely believe that my own experience was a part of my Purpose in life, so that - from here - I could create this program and share it with those who are currently existing in that type of experience.
That is what this GoFundMe request is for. I am now working on this book/program that is meant to help those people who are currently living that kind of life, and who are ready to start entertaining some version of the thought that "there's gotta be a better way." (And SO MANY of them are! They just don't know what to do with it, so they sit either in complete disbelief, or in wishful thinking, neither of which will do anything to create any sort of healthy change for them.)
Leaving is not an EVENT. It's a PROCESS. My own experience taught me that. This book/program will provide:
1. A clear, simple, easy-to-understand description of why "just leaving" doesn't work
2. An understanding of how choosing to trust the "there's gotta be a better way" idea can successfully change a victim's life
3. Several real and specific tools that can be applied within the life that is begging to be changed, for the purpose of really creating permanent change
This will be a book/program that is meant to be provided to men and women in shelters AND those who are still in relationship with their abusers and are looking for a way to live that experience differently, in a way that will have them feeling empowered within their experience, rather than stuck in it with nowhere to go.
I am asking for help in raising $20,000 to fund this project. Why? Because I feel - urgently - that NOW is the time for me to do this, and it is a program that is so worthy of funding because it is so desperately needed in our communities!
I turned 51 on Wednesday January 13, 2016. My mom - who lived and died as a victim - died when she was 51. And she died without ever finding out that there was another way she could have done her life.
I am living this year in her honor, and this project is dedicated to her memory. She tried SO HARD to change her life, but none of the things she did made a difference. And then she died. I did not change my own life until after she was gone, so she never got to see me happy or emotionally healthy.
This project is being created in her honor, and in honor of ALL of those men, women, and children who have died as a result of domestic abuse.
In honor of those who are gone, but FOR those who do NOT have to live and die that way!
This is YOUR opportunity to make a difference. Help me to help them. Please.
The funds raised here will go specifically toward the creation of this Heart Work, and I will be happy to account for where every penny goes, to anyone who asks for that accounting. I am so serious about this. It is my Purpose, and it is my Divine Calling, and I SO appreciate any and all assistance in helping me to bring it into reality!
Thank you so much!
Love,
Sandi
UPDATE: Wayne Dyer used to say all the time, “Don’t die with your music still in you.” To me, that means, “You have a RESPONSIBILITY to share what you know. And NOW is the time for you to do it.” It’s a fact that people die suddenly and unexpectedly – my mom did, when she was 51. Prince did, just last Thursday at the age of 57. And as I type this, (I am currently 51) I happen to be waiting for biopsy results. There are no guarantees that I’ll be around long enough to get this material perfect before I share it with you. This glimpse of my own mortality has me shouting, “Let the Revolution begin!!”
So I have begun where I am with what I have. I've shared the first video (from the new web site) above. To see more - to see what I'm up to with this - please visit www.thelotusandthebutterfly.com
ORIGINAL REQUEST:
Hi! My name is Sandi Daly and I used to live a 100% "victim" life. Why? Because I grew up believing that was "normal" and that it was the way my life was meant to be.
In August of 1999 - after 34 years of living a life of physical, emotional, psychological, sexual, and spiritual abuse - I began the process of changing that belief and that way of life, and that process began with one simple thought.
"There's gotta be a better way for me to live than this."
I had never in my life even entertained the POSSIBILITY that there could be a different way of life for me, and when that thought showed up that August day I had no idea what to do with it. I did not believe it was possible for me to have a different life, because I could only see my entire life up to that point as proof that it was NOT possible.
But I stayed with that brand new baby thought, and I followed its lead. And my life changed.
Ten months later I made a SPECTACULAR leap of faith, and I left my domestic violence life behind me forever, and I have written three books about different aspects of that experience ("Choose Your Universe," "Pop Your Paradigm," and "Successfully MidAir").
But without those ten months of INNER work, leading up to that leap of faith, that "spectacular" experience would have ended not in a brand new, different kind of life, but with a re-creation of the old one, because I would have taken that leap within the patterns of belief that I had always lived.
I have recently come to recognize that the sharing of this "There's gotta be a better way..." part of my story will be incredibly valuable to those who are still "in it," and who are thinking some version of that thought for themselves but have no idea what to do next. I absolutely believe that my own experience was a part of my Purpose in life, so that - from here - I could create this program and share it with those who are currently existing in that type of experience.
That is what this GoFundMe request is for. I am now working on this book/program that is meant to help those people who are currently living that kind of life, and who are ready to start entertaining some version of the thought that "there's gotta be a better way." (And SO MANY of them are! They just don't know what to do with it, so they sit either in complete disbelief, or in wishful thinking, neither of which will do anything to create any sort of healthy change for them.)
Leaving is not an EVENT. It's a PROCESS. My own experience taught me that. This book/program will provide:
1. A clear, simple, easy-to-understand description of why "just leaving" doesn't work
2. An understanding of how choosing to trust the "there's gotta be a better way" idea can successfully change a victim's life
3. Several real and specific tools that can be applied within the life that is begging to be changed, for the purpose of really creating permanent change
This will be a book/program that is meant to be provided to men and women in shelters AND those who are still in relationship with their abusers and are looking for a way to live that experience differently, in a way that will have them feeling empowered within their experience, rather than stuck in it with nowhere to go.
I am asking for help in raising $20,000 to fund this project. Why? Because I feel - urgently - that NOW is the time for me to do this, and it is a program that is so worthy of funding because it is so desperately needed in our communities!
I turned 51 on Wednesday January 13, 2016. My mom - who lived and died as a victim - died when she was 51. And she died without ever finding out that there was another way she could have done her life.
I am living this year in her honor, and this project is dedicated to her memory. She tried SO HARD to change her life, but none of the things she did made a difference. And then she died. I did not change my own life until after she was gone, so she never got to see me happy or emotionally healthy.
This project is being created in her honor, and in honor of ALL of those men, women, and children who have died as a result of domestic abuse.
In honor of those who are gone, but FOR those who do NOT have to live and die that way!
This is YOUR opportunity to make a difference. Help me to help them. Please.
The funds raised here will go specifically toward the creation of this Heart Work, and I will be happy to account for where every penny goes, to anyone who asks for that accounting. I am so serious about this. It is my Purpose, and it is my Divine Calling, and I SO appreciate any and all assistance in helping me to bring it into reality!
Thank you so much!
Love,
Sandi
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Sandi Daly
Organizer
Mesa, AZ
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