Core Foundations

How I Found My Core Foundation...

I remember it was my twenty-sixth year, I was over a quarter of a century old, and I didn’t have a large foundation of core friends that I could go to when I needed to talk about life, my dreams, pursuits, and joys.  It was not a bad thing.  I had best friends, an amazing guy, and a strong family unit, but I kept having this feeling that there was a group of people I was destined to meet and once I’d met them my life would never be the same.   They were out there and I needed to find them.   

         
   At the time I was working on finalizing the written portion of my children’s book and was trying to figure out my next step.  That was when my mother called me wanting to talk about this publishing cruise she had heard about.  She first had to explain what that was.  ‘Publishing Cruise?’ I thought.  Hayhouse, a publishing company focused mostly on wellness books, was putting on a conference with amazing speakers who would explain how to get your book published…the next step…I was resistant thinking of a week at sea, when I hadn’t even spent a day on the ocean.   

Do I have motion sickness?  I don’t even know.  Will I miss seeing land?  These were some of the thoughts that rolled through my mind, but my mother strongly urged me to take the trip.  She has always been extremely intuitive when it comes to decisions such as these.  So I made preparations to go on this journey, flying into Fort Lauderdale Florida.  Then from there I loaded onto a giant ship called the Emerald Princess, signing my life away for at least the next week.  This cruise ship was the biggest ship I’d ever seen in my life.  I felt like I was in the movie “Titanic”, but instead of men in suits and woman in long gowns, it was Hawaiian shirts and day dresses.  After exploring the cruise and getting the lay of the land, it was time for dinner. The day was June 6th and it was at that dinner table, Table 9, that I met extraordinary women.  We spent a week conversing, debating, laughing, and energizing.  I felt alive!  It was as though I was breathing new air into my lungs.  We kept running into each other throughout the ship and each time we did we would have in depth conversations for hours.  Each woman was unique, creative, beautiful, and smart.  They impacted my life and filled a void that I had not truly known was there.  I knew that this was a pinnacle in my life and that these women had changed me for the better…forever.

            From that trip I learned many things, one being: seek a core group of people to share your life with.  Having this set foundation allows you an emotional outlet and gives you the power of balancing your life through support and love.  These women have helped me through rough patches, been my cheerleaders when I accomplished goals, and been my wings when I needed to lift off and take flight.  

Be intentional and what you seek will find its way to you.               

-Tasha Ina Church, Multicultural Author

If I can find my core foundation so can you...