Sonia Choquette - The Power of Your Spirit: A Guide to Joyful Living

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Soul Lessons and Soul Purpose:
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The Time Has Come to Accept Your Intuitive Gifts!

Traveling at the Speed of Love

Trust Your Vibes at Work, and Let Them Work for You

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Vitamins for the Soul: Daily Doses of Wisdom
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Copyright 2011 by Sonia Choquette

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Editorial supervision: Jill Kramer Project editor: Lisa Mitchell
Cover design: Christy Salinas Interior design: Tricia Breidenthal

The Rumi quotation in Chapter 5 was used by permission of the translator, Coleman Barks.

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The author of this book does not dispense medical advice or prescribe the use of any technique as a form of treatment for physical, emotional, or medical problems without the advice of a physician, either directly or indirectly. The intent of the author is only to offer information of a general nature to help you in your quest for emotional and spiritual well-being. In the event you use any of the information in this book for yourself, which is your constitutional right, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for your actions.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Choquette, Sonia.
The power of your spirit : a guide to joyful living / Sonia Choquette.
p. cm.
ISBN 978-1-4019-2809-4 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. Parapsychology.
2. Spiritual life--Miscellanea. I. Title.
BF1031.C517 2011
133.9dc22

2010049777

Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4019-2809-4
Digital ISBN: 978-1-4019-3097-4

14 13 12 11 4 3 2 1
1st edition, May 2011

Printed in the United States of America

To the Holy Spirit, the Divine Source
of All Life. I offer this book in humble
service to, and in deepest gratitude for,
your never-ending loving light upon us all.
Thank you for the gift of my life.

Pure logic is the ruin of the spirit.
ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPRY

Several months ago, I found myself in a hotel room in San Diego after presenting an all-day workshop to several hundred people. Tired and ready to relax, I decided to order room service and rent a movie. After skimming through the selections for something light and funny, I finally settled on a romantic comedy called My Life in Ruins.

The movie itself was cute enough, but the main characters struggle actually made a big impression on me. Georgia, a young Greek-American tour guide living in Greece, is unhappy and frustrated with life. Her friends tell her its because she has lost her kefi, a Greek word for Spirit. To them, this was the obvious reason for her misery and why nothing in her life seemed to work out. To make matters worse, no person or event could change her situation. It was up to Georgia to rediscover her magic power, her kefi. Otherwise, her world would remain colorless, uninspiring and most likely, loveless. Only she could uncover her inner spark and get back into the flow of life.

Like most Hollywood stories, this one has a happy ending. Georgia reconnects with her Spirit; and she finds that her life once again has profound meaning, laughter, and love. That night I went to sleep feeling happy and relieved. One more person who found her Spiriteven if only in the moviesmeant one less miserable person in the world. Hooray!

The film reminded me that the idea of losing your connection to Spirit isnt that unusual. In fact, it might be the most common problem from which people suffer today. In my 35 years of experience as a professional intuitive counselor and teacher, Ive come across this quite often. Through my one-on-one intuitive sessions and the classes I teach, I work intimately with thousands of men and women all over the world. I continually encounter incredibly lovely, generous, and caring individuals who feel lost, disillusioned, and powerless. Yet most of them also know in their hearts that there must be another way to live.

Reconnecting with Your Divine Self

We all want to successfully deal with challenges, face disappointment with grace, tap into our inner power and creative expression, feel excited by a purpose, and live by an intuitive guiding wisdom. We want to be more spontaneous and carefreelaughing or singing out loud, and dancing with abandon. We want to open our hearts, leave our fears behind, and find genuine peace no matter what is happening around us. To put it simply, like Georgia, we want to reclaim our kefi and get our Spirit back.

But as much as we wish for a significant spiritual breakthrough, as much as we long to know our Divine self and uncover our intuitive genius, were still not making the commitment that will ensure our success. We want the gifts, but we arent engaging in the practical work necessary to obtain them so we remain stuckand more discouraged than ever. When it comes to being empowered, were like window-shoppers on Madison Avenue, gazing longingly at the incredible possibilities dangling before our eyes, yet not claiming them as our own.