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June 2020 Update
New versions of myself keep appearing in my experience at this point. It’ s been a month since my last update here and I would write it completely different today… I wish you the same experience… may you meet more and more of yourself all of the “time”… expanding everything in ways you never could have imagined but seem to remember as you “go”… sending you and all the versions of me an abundance of Love!
May 2020 Update
What a year we are having so far. I suppose I’m back here to share and connect once again. I have years of work from 2013 – 2016 here from before… the work was flowing through me in beautiful ways back then… I have kept the writing accessible here, even without actively writing in this space, over the years and it has blessed me in many ways… sometimes reading my own work is a surprise and welcome reminder to me at just the perfect moment.
Now, in times like this… the posts are writing themselves in my head and even more so in my heart. I will begin sharing again… I just sent out a post for the first time in years… I do so with my most open hearted intention to do my personal best for the most good. I only share what absolutely pushes it’s way through me. I am thankful for the flow…
Sending you love! Thanks for stopping by.
August 2015 Update
Greetings! Thank you so much for visiting. I’ve been on a little break and haven’t shared anything here in about six months. I am excited to return, filled with a renewed surge of inspiration, energy and passion and utterly grateful I have this endeavor ready and waiting for me. For me, this is a sacred space. I have never posted just to post or kept to any specific timeline. I have always wanted anything that comes through to be from the deepest, truest, most soulful, still, quiet, space within and around me. When it is flowing through me, it comes quick and easy. When I’m able to touch that part of me and connect with something more than my little self, it is such a gift and my heart and soul connection are never more alive.
Writing has always been my mountain climbing or hang-gliding or any other thrill seeking adventure one might imagine. I am never more at peace or complete with joy (well, aside from the simple pleasure of being with my dear husband and children…I’m not just saying that, it’s true), then when I have let the words come through and got them out in the way they seemed intent on manifesting. Words are my companions; I love spending time with them, arranging them, even obsessing over which one says it best and more. During my little break from sharing here, I often found myself picking up various journals and/or notebooks I have lying around. I comforted myself often with the simple feel of my favorite pen in hand, just quietly letting little tidbits take shape or fill the pages. I love the written word so very much. It was hard to be away from this place of sharing; but the time just wasn’t right.
Recently I faced some challenges, a few health issues and some speed bumps along my way. I found myself lacking some of the authentic excitement for my daily path or struggling to gather my energy more often than not. If you’re interested in hearing more, I have updated the “My Story” link found at the bottom of this page. I didn’t bother boring us all with explicit details, just a general update of where I’ve been and where I find myself now. I can briefly explain it here by saying that it felt like I was treading water or trying to keep my head above water while swimming next to and/or staring at my beautiful and inviting yacht filled with every treasure one could imagine…all the things that make life amazing, just floating on-board my place in life, but simply out of my grasp or me unwilling and/or unable to climb aboard and take the wheel.
Fortunately, I could always see the treasure; I could always feel it next to me, even if my head was totally submerged in the muck I had allowed to cloud my vision. I’m ready to take the wheel. I’m back on board. My so-called yacht is roomy enough for us all. I am ready to sail along, riding the waves of joy, embracing the peace that is already mine, thriving even through the storms and I know I can use this space to invite, encourage and inspire others to flow along with me. We all have a treasure within us just waiting to steer the ship. Bon Voyage! Blessings, love and gratitude to All!
One more thing – I mention in my prior writing here a few years ago (below) that I had never embraced the social media world and shared that my blog was my first attempt or baby step toward doing so. I held back from taking that further, as far as Facebook, Twitter, Instragram, etc. I am now ready to plunge in and embrace the way the world communicates now. Please wish me luck as I dive in and give all those things and more a try. I’m excited to embrace new adventures and make more connections. Fun! I’m guessing that many images I may share would simply have words on them, but who knows. It will be fun to see what happens. Thanks again for visiting! I wish you all the joy your heart can imagine.
August 2013
“When the personality comes fully to serve the energy of its soul, that is authentic empowerment. This is the goal of the evolutionary process in which we are involved and the reason for our being.” –Gary Zukav
Live What You Know is about creating enough space around our choices to make them from the still quiet place that matches our soul’s intentions. When we live what we know, we leave reactionary living behind; we no longer react to one thing after another as life throws us various circumstances. Instead, we feel the stillness inside and we align our choices with our soul and we live with purpose and truth. We don’t react, we act; we don’t let life live us, we live our life. Knowing things intellectually is one thing, living what we know is entirely different. Live What You Know is all about staying in the flow of life and our individual purpose. When we live our purpose, we live in peace and joy. Lets flow!
My name is Stacy, I am the creator and writer here. I am married to a wonderful man and have two amazing children. I live in Southern California. About seven years ago, I had a distinct moment when I realized I was not my thoughts and there was something else inside me that was not letting me live my true potential. I became interested in the part of me that began watching my thoughts. I had always thought there was a good reason for my unhappiness, when I realized that it was all just inside me, I began to desire change in a really big way. I began seeking truth; I followed a path through various books, speakers, spiritual practices and whatever I could find that felt like truth to me; the connections and lessons that showed up have been amazing. I learned so much and I am so grateful for the path that I have been walking. I am more than seven years into my gathering of information and many attempts to truly align my choices with what I know. It is definitely a practice. I can be somewhat hard on myself and I always expect a lot from me; then I can easily slip into a funk when I fail. As someone who really wants to do her best all the time, I vacillate between making all kinds of rules for myself, to letting it be and having compassion for my setbacks. I have even had spreadsheets of daily checklists to help me stay on point with all the wonderful habits that can support what I feel I have learned. I want more at this point. I want to live it!
While studying The Course In Miracles, I learned that you truly learn what you teach and you truly heal when you heal others. This was a very important discovery for me. I have always felt very passionate about helping others live their best possible life; I have always envisioned myself doing that – knowing I would, just not knowing exactly how. My perfectionist tendencies always creep in and make me think it will have to wait until I am ready. It is kind of funny to me now that I thought I would figure it all out before I could share it with others and help them. Kind of silly to think you can “figure it all out.” Anyway, I felt my soul leap with joy and knowing when I discovered this truth. From that day on, a festering began inside me to share and teach and heal as I continue to learn and heal myself. I tried ignoring it for a while and it just got stronger and stronger.
I started hearing myself helping friends, family members and even strangers on various occasions. I would hear myself sharing or talking with people and I would know that I was learning from what was coming out of my mouth. I would hear my own voice and think, “wow, that is so good.” I would sort of tap into something that came through me and truly helped those that were willing to be helped, including myself. This feeling of really using all that I had learned to help others brought me a joy and a peace I had never felt before. I then noticed that at times when I was feeling out of sorts or a lack of peace, I would have an opportunity to help someone and share a connection with them over some type of healing and I would be left feeling utter and true peace. I had tapped the stillness and I knew that I had to find a way to tap into it more. I had reached a point where I was ready to live what I know and help others do it too.
So here I am. I have never been a social media person, I have never joined facebook or tweeted or any of that stuff. I really thought I was going to write a book and I never ever considered a blog as something I could be interested in. Well now, I am interested in it. I am so grateful and so excited for this platform. Who knows, I may have just a handful of interested readers (like my family who have to) or I may have many. My true intention is just to have a place where I can hear myself and share myself in an effort to help others and myself grow and align our personalities with our souls. I want to have this vehicle to put that vibration at the forefront of my life. This feels so right. I can’t wait around for someone I know to have a need for help for me to feel peaceful…that would be silly. I am ready to embrace what I know and encourage me and everyone interested to live it daily. This is going to be so great! Yay! What a thrill!
I think I am just relieved to have a place to share! I am also thrilled at the thought of connecting with people about our soul’s journey (okay – I finally used the “J” word)! Thank you so much for visiting! I am so grateful and honored to have you stop by! Sending you lots of love and joy! If you want to hear more about me, head over to My Story.
“The realm of consciousness is much vaster than thought can grasp. When you no longer believe everything you think, you step out of thought and see clearly that the thinker is not who you are.” –Eckhart Tolle
Hi Stacey, Nice intro on who you are and what you stand for! Thanks for following my blog. Blessings, Brad
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Thank you so very much! I love your work! I look forward to your posts! Sending you love!
Stacy
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Thanks so much Stacy! blessings to you too.
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I’m a SoCal girl too! Anyway, I love your story Stacey. I’m going to go check out your posts now, which I have no doubt will be inspirational and encouraging. Celeste 🙂
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Hi Celeste! How exciting you are so close! I am super excited about stumbling into your amazing website today! I can’t wait to dive in and check out all the amazing things I peeked at earlier today! Thanks for the lovely message and the wonderful work you have put together for us all! Sending you love!
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Nice reading about you
Thanks for visiting my blog. Be in touch. Browse through the category sections, I feel you may find something of your interest.
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Thank you! I appreciate you stopping by. I feel thrilled to have found your beautiful website! Your work and willingness to open and share is a blessing to us all! I am sending you lots of love and wishing you joy! Always!
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Stacy, I’m so happy to meet you. Thank you for your loving presence on my Sending Joy site. I love your writing and your positive outlook on the world. I notice you have posted quotes from A Course In Miracles. I have been a student for 21 years and use my Course learnings for my teaching. You are such a light. Even your photo is filled with light. Have a beautiful day raining with miracles. I know you will because clearly you know how to see the miracles in all things. Love, Sharie
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Thank you so much Sharie for this lovely message!! What a gift to me this morning! I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and I hope you will stay in touch. I love your work and I am so grateful I found Sending Joy. Twenty-one years with The Course – amazing! What a gift it has been to me…the joy of remembering! It brought me to sharing in this way and I am so grateful for how it has opened my heart to everything! So great to chat with a long time “student” of The Course! Sending you love and wishing you joy! Love, Stacy
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So glad I clicked through via Celeste’s blog! I just signed up to follow your blog too! 🙂
Do you not have comment option for regular posts? They aren’t showing up for me, just wondering? WP kind of acts wonky at times.
Happy Week, G
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Thank you Geraldine! So great to hear from you!!!! Welcome!!! I don’t have the regular comments…I am thinking about adding them in because I do enjoy connecting. Originally I left them out and setup a contact e-mail. Just trying to manage my responsibilities and time well. It is so great to connect with such a amazing people out there though…thinking about it. 🙂 I am so happy you stopped by and thrilled to have you following!!!! Happy week to you too!!! -S
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Hey! I just wanted to let you know I just nominated you for the Sunshine Award in my blog… I wanted to pay forward the sunshine love to you! If you want to share the sunshine too, you may find out more about it here… http://divinewiz.com/2013/11/29/the-sunshine-blogger-award-fun-facts-about-me/ Either way, thanks for being a lil ray of sunshine in your posts!
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Michelle: Thank you so very much for thinking of me for the Sunshine Award! What a gift…it means so much to me! I am really touched and grateful for your support! I love your work and passion for life and wellness. I am sending you so much joy, love and gratitude. I will definitely pay it forward! Thank you thank you thank you! –Stacy
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Hi Stacy,
Thank you so much for your kind nomination to endlesslightandlove.com for the Sunshine Award, your nomination is truly appreciated and it is accepted with the love in which it was sent. I however do not take part in award acceptance criteria due to the time it takes to comply and the sometimes unfairness of picking one blog over another. Thank you my friend for thinking of me and congratulations to you for receiving the award yourself 🙂
Namaste
With Love
Always
Mark
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Thank you Mark! It IS so hard to choose others with so much love and light out there! Sending you love and joy! Stacy
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Thanks 🙂
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Hi Stacy,
Thanks so much for thinking of me for the sunshine award, I appreciate it! It will serve as a reminder to spread awareness, love and light out into the world! In gratitude xx
Kajal
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Kajal:
Thank you! I appreciate your work and all you do to spread love! Sending you love and joy right back!
Stacy
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I am excited to follow your blog. Thanks for stopping by mine♡
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Thank you so much! I appreciate you following and I am super excited about your work too! Sending you love!
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Hello Stacy,
I’m not entirely sure how I stumbled across your blog, but I’m glad that I did.
“You learn what you teach” is entirely true. I’ve found my blog posts, although they are enjoyed by others, are really lessons that flow down for my own growth and development. The fact that I record them in a public forum and others enjoy them is simply an added benefit.
I’ll be following your blog as I feel there is a lot I could learn from you. Glad to know you are sharing your journey with the world.
Mark
PS. I love your book list. I’ve read many and will be sure to refer to it in the future for the titles I haven’t read.
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Hi Mark,
Thank you for this wonderful message. I really appreciate you taking the time to share your encouraging and supportive thoughts. I know exactly what you mean about the lessons flowing down…my most recent post about living the questions has had me so deeply entrenched in that particular lesson that I haven’t been posting for a bit. There hasn’t been lack of inspiration, just a rethinking of what my questions are right now and how to live the right ones. I am so grateful for this space to support my living up to all that I know and the true hope and intention that it can help others learn, grow and do the same ignites my soul. Thank your for your visit and support, it felt like a Universe hug! Also, thanks for the book list note! I have been reading like crazy…many others to add to it…your mention reminded me of it! Thank you.
Sending you joy!
Stacy
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I discovered you through Brad Volz site and am looking forward to learning more here Stacy.
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Thank you for visiting, it is a blessing. I saw your work and I can’t wait to find the time to delve into it. A blessing indeed. Sending you love and joy. Stacy
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Hello Stacy, I just found your blog, and it’s great to see how much love and positivity you are sending out to the world! This year I’ve been on a virtual quest to discover and comment on a positive blog every day, while keeping a list on my own blog as a reference. Yours is today’s entry, and I am glad I came across it! 🙂
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Meg, thank you so much for your kind words. I appreciate your visit and I just love your random kindness blog tour. What a wonderful idea and blessing to the world. That is a wonderful list to have and a gift to us all. How lovely. Thank you for including me. I am honored and delighted. I am happy to have made the connection. Your work is wonderful, I look forward to delving into all the various ways you are blessing the world. Sending you love and joy! -Stacy
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Hey there Stacy! I just happened across your blog randomly, it looks fun, so I gave you a follow. If you’d like to hang out with me, drop by http://www.thatssojacob.wordpress.com. Thanks, have a great day!
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Thanks for the visit and the follow. I appreciate it and I look forward to your posts. Sending you joy! -Stacy
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Hi Stacy – what is the source of the poem you shared by Mary Oliver? Did it come from a book? “When I walk out into the world, I take no thoughts with me. That’s not easy, but you can learn to do it. An empty mind is hungry, so you look at everything longer, and closer. Don’t hum! When you listen with empty ears, you hear more. And this is the core of the secret. Attention is the beginning of devotion.”
Mary Oliver
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Hi Marta. This comment was waiting for approval from years ago… my apologies for not seeing it… I didn’t spend much time here for awhile… but, I believe that I should answer today anyway, even though it’s been years, because time is just an illusion anyway and maybe today is the perfect day to respond. 🙂 There are no accidents, right? Anyway, I am not sure which book it came from, but I have five little Mary Oliver books that I do love and I will list there here: A Thousand Mornings, Why I Wake Early, A Poetry Handbook, Dream Work, Long Life: Essays and Other Writings. Thanks for the reminder of Mary, I think I will spend some time with her work again, it’s been a bit since I’ve read her… your chosen quote above it divine! Thank you for that! …I got the handbook to help my kids learn to write poetry… my daughter is quite the poet these days… you’re reminder here of the time when we discovered Mary Oliver is lovely and we are so grateful to you! Thank you! Sending you lots of love!!! -Stacy
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