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I was inspired after speaking with some healers from this community:  http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/group.php?gid=2414447769&ref=ts to compose The Healer’s Creed. I hope you find it useful and share it with others.

The Healer’s Creed

Committed to improving the mind, body and soul of all kind.
Servants of the universe using energy in all its forms to help others.
To illuminate the path for others and allowing them their chosen journey.
Embracing both our individual light and our darkness for we are not perfect.

Living with intention and mindfulness.
Aware of the consequence of our decisions and behaviour on ourselves and on others.
Looking past the illusion surrounding individuality and knowing that we are all inter-connected.
Honouring ourselves and others for all that we are and the decisions we make.

Knowing that through collective universal intelligence all is possible.
That we attract to us reality that matches the energy we resonate.
To exist in harmony and collaboration.

Dedicated to improving our wisdom and abilities
So we can heal ourselves and others in whatever way we can.

We are healers.

Baldo Minaudo, copyright 2009

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One of the things I love about this time of the year is that I get a chance to close the chapter.

When I was in school after each semester I would take a look at my progress towards my goal, how successful I was, what I learned, the mistakes I made, the consequences of different decisions, etc.  Then I would plan out my next year.

Well as an adult I find there is another element to consider that is perhaps even more important than the rest - the emotional chapter.

As we progress through our journey in live we collect many experiences, memories, possessions.  These items are what makes us who we are and we often keep them around as reminders to maintain familiarity and other times because we just didn’t decide to deal with them.  The consequences of carrying everything forward is that it gets heavier and heavier with each passing year.

This month I looked into my bedroom and realized that I had no more room left for clothes.  I have a large bedroom with lots and lots of storage space, as well as a den where I keep many of my jackets and outdoor wear.  So, when I found myself not being able to find room for a shirt, it was a wake up call.

I looked around me and realized that I hadn’t thrown out a piece of clothing in over 10 years.  And yet, many of the clothes I had, I wasn’t even wearing.  In addition, they carried many memories of a previous and long-lost life.  A life that had many experiences, both good and bad.

Then I realized these memories were being relived in snapshot format every time I looked at specific items.  That is when I realized that much of my mind and emotional energy, much of my creative force was trapped in the past.

So, I’ve decided to start purging some of this baggage that no longer belongs in my life.  I’ve been at it for a week and it hasn’t been easy, but its been refreshing.  I realize that it’s going to take me weeks or months to truly purge everything, just because including all my possessions there is much to deal with. 

The creative energy that I am now feeling reminds me of a simpler time in my life.  A time where I was designing my future and making important decisions. 

Tomorrow I tackle my extensive VHS movie collection.

This all started on July 30th, 2007 when I met for coffee with a outrageous young lady.  When I first saw this woman’s picture, something inside me said I had to meet her.  Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t anything romantic.  Rather, it was something more of a spiritual nature.  I just knew that it was time to and I was meant to meet her. 

Well, we met over coffee and my intuition was right.  We were destined to meet.  During our chat, I was touched and inspired by her life story and the strength of her convictions that allowed her to conquer her childhold illness and limitations.  This was a woman I could relate to.  You will see why in a moment.  In short, my tuition to meet her was bang on, so much so that by the end of our 2 hour coffee we had verbally agreed to co-produce a film based on her song, Butterfly which was inspired by her life struggle.

I have now co-produced this short 4 minute movie in collaboration with Cindy Ashton.   The Butterfly Movie is a pictorial journey into Cindy Ashton’s ‘Butterfly’ song inspired by her personal life story.

Cindy Ashton was born with a 20% chance of survival… She survived 3 heart surgeries.

The doctors told her not to push herself or strain her heart… She became a professional dancer anyway.

Her childhood illness left her with a damaged lung…She became a singer anyway

You’ll hear Cindy Ashton sing…the song, Butterfly in the Movie.

Today as an adult, Cindy is off medication, in minimal pain, dancing freely, singing like an angel and truly enjoying life in the spirit of the butterfly.

The ‘Butterfly’ song reflects the spirit which carried Cindy through her turbulent journey. It is a theraputic story full of hope and healing meant to be shared with others and spread throughout the world.

You can view the Movie at http://www.thebutterflymovie.com (click on ‘Watch the Movie’ at the top right of the website).

Please do watch this inspirational movie and share it with your family and friends.

Baldo Minaudo, Co-producer, The Butterfly Movie

Last Fall my father passed away unexpectantly after suffering a brain stroke.  I was at an executive retreat up north planning out the year’s strategy and plans with the management team of one of my companies when I received a call on my cell.  On the other end was my sister telling me that something was wrong with dad and he had been rushed to the hospital.  Within five minutes I was in my car driving towards Toronto. 

Looking back, it strikes me just how significant the change was.  Within a moment I went from planning out the growth of a corporate empire to being worried about my daddy.  I relived experience after experience I had shared with my dad as I drove back to Toronto.

Fortunately, I made it back in time to speak to my dad.  Unfortunately, the hemorage wasn’t stabilized and within two days he had a second bleedng which caused him to fall into a coma.  To this day, all I can say is that the experience of watching your father die slowly is inexplicable.  And then going through the funeral and burial while still in emotional shock is so incredibly painful, especially when it is so sudden.

This memory was brought back today when I learned that my brother-in-law’s father had experienced a similar stroke.  The world stops when someone you love falls ill or their life is at stake.  You can tell one’s priorities by what they do and how they handle a situation like that.  I stayed at my father’s bedside for the 10 days he was in a coma.  My mother refused to leave for anything more than going home for a quick shower.  My brother-in-law is at his dad’s side now as I type.

I hope that if anything like that happens the loved ones in my life will be at my side. 

So, the message here is plan as much as you want.  Focus on your business, your career, whatever your ego dictates if you wish.  But, when the bell rings it won’t matter.  What will matter is the people in your life and how you feel about the life you’ve lived and the relationships you’ve built.  Do, your job, not just what you need to move from one day to the next, but do your job with all of your heart and know that it is the best you can do.  Then, when you lay in bed you will know that you honoured your life with your best and that others will honour you with their best.  Because once that bell sounds there is no going back.

So, take a deep breath pull up your socks and enthusiastically go for that passion within your heart.