Sunday, June 14, 2009. Saturday morning began early with the vendors open at 8:00am and the music began at 9:00.  It was a rousing tribal beat, perfect for waking up.  The best part of waking up is NOT Folger’s in your cup 🙂    Don Miguel Ruiz was the opening speaker.  He has such a quiet yet powerful way about him, and his words are simple and profound.  He told a story of how as a young teen, he once sat with his grandfather and told him all his teenage ideas and philosophies.  He began to see a slight smile cross his grandfather’s face after a time, and he thought, “Oops.”  But it was too late,  It was his grandfather’s turn to speak.  His grandfather told him that he had just heard Miguel parrot many ideas that others had told him.  He did not hear any ideas that came from Miguel.    Don Miguel Ruiz learned from his grandfather that we search for everything we believe we don’t have, not knowing that everything we are looking for is already inside us. We are born with it.  We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.  No one else.  Us.  We do it.  We don’t need to seek outside ourselves for guardian angels.  There are 6 billion of us on the planet.   Life is a dream and you are not who you think that you are! There are 6 billion Messengers on Earth… Angels who give & receive messages. What kind of messenger are you? Powerful stuff.

The first set of workshops were with Life in Balance, Jean Adrienne and Judith Lukomski.  I like that the ULC paces the workshops so that everyone has a chance over the weekend to attend all the events.  Michael Mirdad spoke after lunch.  Your Perfect Self is here NOW! Don’t try to go get it…you grow to it. Just shift your consciousness. Michael always has good practical words on cutting through the nonsense and getting down to what’s real.  Getting down to the business of waking up.  He is a good teacher and an entertaining presenter.

I’ve got to tell you, I spent part of the time in my room working – as usual – and had to call upon the staff at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott North several times and service could not have been better.  I’d ordered a room with a refrigerator and they had my room ready when I got there more than an hour early.   I asked if a balcony room was available and it was, so they ordered the refrigerator moved to the new room.  It was there by the time I got up to the room.  My balcony door didn’t have a lock and within 5 minutes, someone was up correcting it.  I requested several extra items Friday and Saturday, and they promptly brought them.  Everyone was ultra courteous and gracious, on the phone and in person, from Lorre at the front desk (perfect place for her – what a good first impression!) to the housekeeping staff.  They’ve made some upgrades since I was here last.  The rooms I saw had immaculate marble tile floors and immaculate carpet.  My bed was extremely comfortable, with two giant pillows and two sleep size, perfect for sitting in bed proofreading.  The desk in the office area by the balcony was the perfect place to set up the laptop, since this is a working weekend for me.

I missed the dinner event, which is always very fun.  Each year I’ve gone,  we’ve have wild fun at the Saturday evening dinner. This is my 10th Universal Lightworkers’ Conference; I missed last year and the year before.  Even when I have to work through half the conference, it’s always a fun time.  I enjoy the speakers and presenters, I enjoy seeing many friends I only keep in touch with via email, phone and Facebook. I always leave the Universal Lightworkers’ Conference refreshed and renewed.

I really liked the bed I had.  Very cushy.  I may get one like that.