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Tonight will be my fifth night at South Hill’s Marriott Fairfield Inn.
General Manager Steven Stanley (right) sent me a hosting invitation well over a week before I reached the Virginia border. Steve also has helped organize local school speaking appearances for me, in addition to restaurant meals.

I didn’t even meet Steve till last night, and I really enjoyed the ability to finally befriend him in person.

To the left is Richard, maintenance man for the hotel chain. Steve, Richard & I all enjoyed a fun conversation yesterday afternoon as Richard was about to retire for the day.

After saying goodbye to Richard, he unexpectedly returned to the lobby five minutes later and told me he’d like to get me some additional food for the road. I took him up on his offer, and he shuttled me over to the nearby superstore. I took him up on some bananas, avocados, hummus and black beans, and he continued to vocalize a wide-open invitation for me to place more into the cart. Admittedly, the new sunglasses I’ve needed came to mind, but I didn’t feel like mentioning them. I felt more than honored to received the food basket he was giving me, which will last me a couple of days.

I became very inspired by Richard’s stories of how he and his wife have hosted many recovering alcoholics and drug addicts across the years– especially given that he was once a serious alcoholic himself. The personal story Richard shared with me about why found he needed to make serious changes in his life brought tears to his eyes, evoking strong emotion from me in the process.

We all hold tremendous potential within– throughout our lives– potential to create a better, brighter world for ourselves in addition to everyone around us. We simply need to meditate to find our unique calling during our time here.

In which direction does your golden voice of intuition guide you?

Which way does your God Compass tell you to go?

Once we find what our path is and where it begins, no matter how scary it may feel at first, and regardless of whether or not we see where the path ends– true spiritual satisfaction arrives only as you TAKE THAT FIRST STEP FORWARD ~