Adele 101: An Open Letter

To My Family and Friends:

I've been doing a lot of soul searching lately; I realized some very important things about myself. Because I value my relationship with you and want you to better understand me, I share with you a few key points about me that I hope will enlighten you about who I am and about my decision-making paradigm. (See the movie Sahara for a very funny quote about that....)

1. I love you.
The signature Adele-ism is love. Even if I go months without seeing or talking to you, the love I have for you is constant, unchanging. My heart has a great love-bearing capacity: I'm not even at 15%! :)

2. At my core, I am a spiritually connected being.
The Divine is my energy Source. I know that for religious or spiritual people, that seems like a "duh" statement. For me, however, it goes much deeper, to the cellular level. In all things I do I  lead from my spirit, I seek to connect to the Spirit, and I act in accordance with what I feel in my spirit. Ultimately, for me my spiritual "logic" (aka faith) supersedes what I can perceive with my brain's "logic."

3. I am highly intuitive and high-energy.
Not only do I seek spiritual connections (within and without myself), I also am highly intuitive and process situations quickly; and once I know something, I want to take all of the ideas/inspiration I've received and do them all right now (the "go big" attitude). Sometimes my decisions and quick action can be perplexing to you; it may appear that I'm not thinking things through or that I'm being too hasty to jump all in to something so quickly. The truth is, I never make a decision, especially one with significant consequences, without first wholly considering every reasonable facet. Most often this happens quickly and I know through intuition what needs to occur. (The struggle then for me is to believe my intuition and move forward and/or figure out HOW to do what my intuition says is best for me.)

I am weathering a tumultuous time in my life where I am dramatically changing the entire course of my life. ("Go big or go home," right?) Daily I am terrified, and daily I question whether I am strong enough and connected enough to make these gargantuan decisions. I need your love and support now more than ever. I know that what I do or what I may decide in the future to do might cause you to say "What the crap!?" and wonder about my sanity.  Please, please trust that I am not making any of these decisions lightly. Please trust that I have thought and struggled enough with these decisions to know what is right for me--and what is right for me may not be right for you.

The last 6+ months have been harrowing for me, and I know that there is more opposition and harrowing to come as I continue forward. Your love and support would help me better weather the storms ahead. (I know it shouldn't matter to me as much as it does...but it does.) To this end, I've shared with you three key insights to understanding me. I hope what I've shared will help.

Thanks for your love and support.

Love,
Adele