
Affectionately known as "America's #1 Success Coach," Jack Canfield is the originator of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and a leading authority in the areas of self-esteem, achievement motivation, and peak performance. [www.jackcanfield.com]

Arianna Huffington is the co-founder and Editor in Chief of the Huffington Post and the author of twelve books. [www.huffingtonpost.com]

Seth Godin is a prominent author, blogger and speaker. [www.squidoo.com/linchpin]

Krishna Kaur is the founder of YOGA for Youth, a program that takes yoga, meditation, and stimulating discussions on the philosophy of yoga to urban youth. [www.yogaforyouth.org]

Norman Lear has enjoyed a long career in television and film. He is also a political and social activist and philanthropist. [www.normanlear.com]

Leilani Münter is a professional race car driver and an environmental activist who uses her voice in the number one spectator sport in America as a catalyst for change. [www.leilanimunter.com]

By going undercover to meet slaves and slaveholders, Kevin Bales exposed modern slavery's penetration into the global economy. He co-founded Free the Slaves, which has helped to liberate thousands of slaves. [www.freetheslaves.net]

Sophie Chiche, lifebyme.com founder and curator, enjoys asking deep questions and living a life of meaning. Today she's launching Shape House, an urban sweat lodge, a place to melt away fears and fat. [www.shapehousela.com]

Entrepreneur and writer Mastin Kipp founded TheDailyLove.com, which merges pop culture with inspiration, and co-founded The Love Yourself Company, an apparel company that has started a global self-esteem movement. [www.TheDailyLove.com]

Liz Phair is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. [www.lizphair.com]

Archbishop Desmond Tutu is Chairman of The Elders, a group of world leaders who address some of the world's most pressing problems. He works energetically for human-rights and in his ministry. [www.tutu.org]

Zainab Salbi is the founder and CEO of Women for Women International, a group dedicated to helping women survivors of war rebuild their lives. [www.womenforwomen.org]

Despite his physical challenges, Sean Stephenson has taken a stand for a quality of life that has inspired millions of people around the world. He's a professional speaker, psychotherapist, and author. [www.timetostand.com]

Kia Miller teaches Yoga at Yoga Works in Los Angeles, leads teacher trainings, and runs retreats and workshops on meditation, chakras, pranayam, and mantras, and other practices. [www.kiamiller.com]

Simon Mainwaring is an ex-Nike/Wieden creative, former Worldwide Creative Director at Motorola/Ogilvy, branding/advertising writer, author/speaker/blogger, Australian, idea geek. [www.simonmainwaring.com]

Shannon Bindler is a style editor, life coach, and the co-founder of Get Up Girl, an empowerment company that inspires women to shine. [www.getupgirl.com]

Grammy-nominated art director/designer/photographer Mathieu Bitton has designed over 450 CDs and movie posters. He's a renowned collector of and authority on black films and their soundtracks. [www.candytangerine.com]

Opus Reps founder and agent-producer Jorge Perez travels the world producing photo shoots with great photographers and celebrities. He's also very involved with Meals on Wheels in Los Angeles. www.opusreps.com
divine

On the road of life and death I have seen, studied, and understood the map of a divine living. Ten years ago I was given three months to live. I went into seclusion and had many close encounters with death. Jesus appeared to me frequently and in revelatory bursts of light, memory, and feeling. My passion is now awakening the Divine in others by bringing beauty and divine inspiration to uplift humanity as a reminder of their divine heritage and innate spiritual connection. To assist the planet to evolve into a vastly more tenable future by returning to sacred ways of living, relating, being, and doing and a remembering of who we are, who we have been, and all we can be.
What matters is real humanity in our spirituality. How we live life, holding, shining the light in the midst of great darkness. Whose life can you touch in a beautiful way? How can you make a positive difference? Beyond the greater meaning of life, the universe, and everything lies a soul that feels deeply, remembers wholly and holy, and cares passionately about something. That could be a belief or a mission, a human injustice, corporate greed, planetary issues, village drama or family imbalances. Wherever there is passionate feeling and strong opinion coupled with each individual’s unique gifts, soul purpose can be found. That is where heart and soul can fire the flame of the spirit into authentic action that will be supported and fuelled by universal energy and blessed with divine flow.
Higher than the Law of Attraction is the Law of Karma. Who you have been and how you have been is the unknown life force of who you are and how your life is now. Every day it is important to ask, Who am I? What am I here for? How can I best serve the divine? How can I make a difference? Show me the way.
Then breathe and feel. Breathe deeply into the heart, softening the walls of defense built from hurt and disappointment, frustration and despair. Taking action without asking these questions, waiting, feeling the answers, is like driving in the dark without headlights. The signs will come. Until they do, it is either not time to drive your vessel forward or you are not listening. Follow this light, and you are following the call of your soul and the call home. Then you are close to the Divine within your own soul home.
– Rev. Dr. Sahra Renata
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