| Not long ago, I attended a seminar that featured | | | | The only true security comes from within.(2) |
| Naomi Judd, half of the legendary country music | | | | Choices are sacred.-You always get to choose. |
| duo, | | | | Just learn to question |
| The Judds. Naomi, with her talented daughter, | | | | every choice that presents itself in your life.(3) |
| Wynonna, set the standard for country music by | | | | Honor your intuition, or inner wisdom.-Be defined |
| selling millions of albums, performing to 'sold out' | | | | from within. Silence and solitude |
| audiences, and winning numerous awards.The | | | | can be helpful and are creativity's best |
| Judds had just finished a whirlwind reunion tour | | | | friends. Live by your inner wisdom. "Your |
| after a decade of not appearing on stage | | | | gut gets it before your head figures it out."(4) |
| together. | | | | Take risks.-Risks can be fun. They help you out |
| During that time Wynonna pursued a successful | | | | of your |
| career | | | | comfort zone. You were actually BORN TO WIN. |
| as a solo artist while Naomi recovered from | | | | But "any kind of success without personal |
| illness. | | | | fulfillment is still failure."(5) Peace of mind is the |
| Incidentally, Naomi's youngest daughter, Ashley, is | | | | goal.-It gives you the ability to deal with |
| the | | | | "stuff."She remarked that shutting out background |
| talented actress, one in the same.Naomi talked | | | | noise, |
| about the early days of being a single | | | | such as the TV, is essential. There was a period |
| Mom and raising her 2 daughters and having a | | | | of |
| dream | | | | time when her and her kids didn't have a TV for |
| to "make it" in the music business.She worked as | | | | entertainment. In fact, there wasn't any |
| a nurse and actually secured a record | | | | electricity, |
| deal with a record company executive while a | | | | telephone, or running water.As a result, Wynonna |
| member | | | | improved her singing and guitar |
| of his family was a patient.She said that her | | | | playing, while Ashley honed her acting skills and |
| daughters didn't always appreciate | | | | became a voracious reader.It's evident that |
| her disciplinarian ways. In fact, the girls' favorite | | | | Naomi has complete confidence |
| saying was, "If it ain't one thing, it's your mother!" | | | | in her inner wisdom. She paced confidently back |
| | | | and forth on the stage, making eye contact with |
| But she was disciplining them for what would lie | | | | |
| ahead | | | | every listener in the audience.Naomi Judd is living |
| for their futures.Naomi taught her girls 5 | | | | proof that adopting these 5 |
| important life lessons:(1) Change is the true nature | | | | life lessons can help to enrich your life and |
| of the world.-She insisted that security is | | | | fulfill your dreams. |
| superstition. | | | | |