Dear Friends,

Steve and I had the opportunity to talk with a group of high school students at El Camino High School in Oceanside last week.
They are in a Leadership program. We talked about “Ignoring the NO,” based on Steve’s latest book. ( See BOOKS on this website)
We were able to tell them our stories of how a high school counselor told Steve he wasn’t college material and his grades weren’t good enough to be an architect.
Needless to say he ignored the NO and went to college and became an architect. He also has 4 college degrees. I was told in college after ‘a not so excellent’
student teaching in pre-school, I should not be a teacher. I admit I floundered in the preschool setting, and the teacher gave me no direction or leadership.
Needless to say I did not drop out, and I went on to my full day student teaching experience as a Senior. Everything came together and I loved it! Got an A.
At El Camino we encouraged each student to follow their heart and say YES regardless of well intentioned people telling them NO.

Ignore the NO is not just for students, it is for everyone of all ages. We know God has placed a calling in each one of us and we are here to complete the
calling however that looks. We also know a calling evolves as we grow spiritually, and we take our learnings from one area to another.

I was called to be a teacher. That calling evolved into Science of Mind
(New Thought) ministry for children which evolved into ministry for families, which evolved into INTERFAITH Ministry. Everything I learned helped me today
in my interfaith work and purpose. Steve went from architecture, to metaphysics to being a Universal minister, to a Unity (New Thought) ministry to
INTERFAITH Ministry while writing 20 books along the way.

Remember to listen to your Inner Divine (Di “of the” – Vine “Father”)
Wisdom which gives you the ideas, the purpose and the knowhow.
God always says YES. “There is always a way to which human sight there is no way.”(unsure of author) Everything is working together for your good, happiness,
joy and bounty. Trust in God. Trust in your God Self, the Higher Wisdom and Intelligence. Whether your calling is a PUSH or a PULL, just FOLLOW it!

When someone comes to you with a “crazy idea” encourage him or her to follow all the leads, do some research and just GO For It. It is not your job to discourage,
only to encourage. If they “fail,” they will learn wonderful lessons and encourage them to try again. Thomas Edison, inventor of the LIGHT BULB had to experiment
over and over again until the light bulb worked!

Everything we have today came from an IDEA, thought, experiment, failure, success. It is evolution. Enjoy the process!

Ignoring the NO and saying YES,
Abigail and Steve