Britney is a young woman, who needs our compassion and understanding. She has experienced a life style that few of us can even comprehend, by choice maybe, but did she really choose? She is a young women trying to find her way without any type of foundation under her and just when she believes she has found some support, it turns into quicksand. How confusing and especially if you do not have a solid foundation. Britney needs to be loved from a place of purity and supported to connect to herself. I for one, hope that somehow she will find the support she needs to stop punishing herself, and begin to connect to the real Britney. What I want for Britney is for her to love herself, for who she is, and all she has to offer to herself, her children and to the world.

It is amazing that “religion” takes such a strong role in politics and our own live. Yet, many sit and listen to the interview of Rick Warren, for the purpose of judgement. Does not all “religions” say in some form or other “judge not less you will be judged.” Religion/Spirituality is a person path, one that each of us must walk in our own way. This path should not include judgement of others, this is a path of connection, love, compassion and a search for our own truth. There is a hugh need in this country and around the world to move from a place of fear, blame, shame and guilt and to move into love, compassion, connection and understanding. I invite everyone to stop living in fear and to move into connection and understanding from a place within of compassion and purity.

We must as Women start raising our voices, to bring about change for all. It is time to speak our truth, not only for our children but for ourselves. It is time that the world come from a place of nurturing, compassion and understanding. The old ways are no longer acceptable. We live in a world that can go to the moon and beyond, we live in a world that has eradicated and has the ability to permanently eradicate many disease. We live in a world where technology has and is changing the way we communicate, view the world and even shop and yet we can not speak our truth from a place of heart and address those who take advantage of the “perceived” weak. This is just one more example of how important it is, that we as women come together and speak from a place of Heart! Compassion is not about skin color, religious views, economic status, health or location, etc. it is about love, for ourselves and others. It is time for the world to come from a place of honor, truth, understanding and compassion. Speak your Truth, we must come together and Speak our truth from a place of heart, not fear or angrier. Keep speaking from a place of heart, the right person will here us and change will occur!

Thank you for share with us your truth. It takes great courage and compassion to put voice to the type of atrocities of which you have the opportunity to be a part of. It is only through Women, such as yourself that the less fortunate will ever have a voice. They need Women across the world to speak their truth for them. This is the only way, in my opinion, that we as women will ever be able to bring about change for all. We must all speak our truth from the heart in order to bring about changes for all! The world at large is in need of nurturing, understanding and compassion. You Go Girl!

It is such an honor and a privilege to have access to information of this magnitude. Thank you Ashley for have the courage to speak your truth! We all need to be aware of the holocaust of women which still exist. We all tend to get got up in our own world of survival and forget that there are others out there in worse conditions. As women we need to come together and speak from a place of heart for all. I hope this article will inspire others to speak their truth with courage and compassion. Can you imagine what could be accomplished if women around the world spoke with one voice of courage and compassion and addressed each issues as one? What changes would be possible? Thanks to this article and to Ashley Judd, she has opened our eyes wider so we may have the courage and compassion to speak our truth.

Ashley, you go girl, everytime a woman speaks her truth from a place of heart this empowers, not only her but all women. Keep speaking your truth, for you are a gift to us all!

Ashley, thank you so much for speak your truth. We need every woman on this planet to speak their truth from a place of heart in order to restore the balance. This is exactly what you have done, in my opinion, by sharing your diary with all of us. Please keep up the great work, you are raising others up by your presents and gifts. Thank you again.

Wow, there is so much passion around the elections this year, it is great! What if we carried this same amount of passion and enthusiasm forward to stop hungrier in this country, to better the education system in this country, to demand alternative fuel sources, to provide quality health care to everyone, to provide education to new mothers, to demand that resource be provide to prevent and stop domestic and child abuse, etc. etc. What kind of country would we be able to create together from a place of passion and cooperation?

Until we as women begin to acknowledge that sexism is alive and well in this country, we can not move forward, address the issue and make changes. Men and Women are different, in their thoughts and feelings this was the design of a higher power. Unfortunately, we as women have come to believe, and maybe it has been true, that in order to be successful in a male dominate society that we must connect stronger with our own male energy. Until we as women are truly willing to address the sexism issue in this country and the rest of the world, we can not move forward to restoring the balance. I feel we need to learn to respect each sex, for the gifts they bring to the planet. Balance is what is needed throughout our environment and the planet. Look around you, balance is not about race or religion, I believe it is about “vision” (male energy) and grounding/nurturing (female energy). I believe that the US and the World at large is in great need of both, thus Balance. This is a great opportunity to start looking for the truth and speaking the truth in order to start restoring the Balance.

In my mind, one of the messages that Jesus tried to convey was equality and compassion for all. Unfortunately at the time many did not hear this and many to this day, do not hear this message still. Jesus did not sit in judgement, he healed on the Sabbath and he did not discriminate in his healings. This question always comes back to the Bible, which may I add has been rewritten numerous times, by people who have all had their own agenda’s at work (Ego). Jesus never said anything regarding treating Women as second class citizens and yet this has continued for over 2000 years. Homosexuality has existed since the beginning of time and still I do not believe that a loving compassionate Higher Power/God would ever condemn someone that he has created in his own image. I am curious what is it going to take for human beings to stop judging each other and living in a state of fear and to starting understanding that every single person on this planet desires the same thing. “Love” Honestly, do we not have more important issues to address, children starving, Violence against Women, children and the elderly, disease, lack of education, lack of respect for our planet, etc.

I feel we are all kidding ourselves, if we think that sexism does not exist today. Sure we may have more options today but equality does not exist in this country, nor in many others. The fact that know one is truly addressing this, is truly appalling. This is not about the Women’s movement of the 60/70’s. This is about Women stepping up and standing proudly and firmly in their position as equals. The is about Women receiving the same amount of respect as men. For no other reason than human dignity. Until we in this country value Women as equals, we will never have a Women president, not to mention that many other countries have already had Women leaders. We will never have equal pay or equal say in this country. So Women, it is up to us to determine our own futures, if the status quo feels comfortable great if not step up and start speaking your truth from a place of heart and not ego. This is the only way we will ever be heard or being about change.

Mary, I am in the process of writing a book and starting a foundation, which will empower Women with the tools and skills to speak their truth in a manner in which they can be heard. Not only in this country but worldwide. I believe that every woman no matter who she is, greatest desire is to feeling safe, secure and to be able to provide this for her children. I believe that by empowering Women, our sons will learn to respect Women and our daughters will learn that they deserve to be treated with respected always. By women speaking their truth and being heard we have the ablitiy to end hungrier, to end violence against Women, to eradicate treatable disease, etc. etc. and hopefully one day to live in a worldwide society that values women as equals! Any Ideas?!

Mary I love your story, when we take the time to connect to our true selves, that is when magic happens. We are able to move out of our own way and take the leaps with confidence and joy, how great a feeling is that, scary YES, exciting YES, driven in fear, anxiety, panic NO! This is what life is about connecting to your own resources and most importantly creativity. When we connect to our true Passion, we have now entered a new door into a Universe, which is more than happy to provide us with the resources we need to accomplish our mission, Be Aware and please let’s not beat ourselves up if we miss an opportunity, it will come around again! Can you imagine what type of world we could create if more people truly lived their passion/mission. What could be the possibilities for this planet? I invite everyone to connect to their true self and live their Wildest Dreams and you will become a millionair/billionair!

The bottom line is, the energy is changing and it is showing up in every area of this country and the world at large. It is time for the old energy (male/sun) to wake up and realize that the new energy (female/earth) is greatly needed. The new energy is not a threat to the old energy it is bringing the world into balance. The old energy has dominated for over 5000 years. It is now time for the new energy to take it’s rightful place next to/equal the old energy. Many who are strongly intrenched in the old energy will feel that they are being taken advantage of or will feel threatened by the new energy. This is a normal response many of us do not welcome change, however that rarely prevents it from happening. Having more female Doctors in the work place is just a physical sign that the energy is changing and that their is always resistance to change! I invite every human being to embrace the change, things are only going to get better! Look around you what do we really have to lose as opposed to what we ALL will have to gain?! CONNECTION TO OURSELVES

In our lives today, we have become a society of “Me” and in doing so we have lose, a great deal of simple pleasures that life has to offer us. By looking outside of our selves and truly connecting with our surroundings, we will discover the magic of ever season and of every moment. Would that not be a wonderful place to retreat to, the mournful song of a dove, the return of the robin after a long winter, the sweet smells of spring flowers, a warm smile from a passing stranger, a fish leaping from a pond/river, the musical humming of insects? Can you imagine what every day would feel like if we move out of the Me mode and connect to the WE mode. The delight of Magic would return and who would We be if We live with a sense of wondrous curiosity every moment of the day and what could We accomplish?