Today was our first 100 Day Challenge Chicago meeting with the intention of streaming live online. Well, that part didn’t take place as we had Internet connectivity issues, but the rest of the meeting was quite powerful. And we still video taped it, so Lilou will be putting it online (YouTube and Ning) soon.

There were 45 people in attendance and it was a great blend of people wanting to know more about the challenge and those of us who are already involved. It was day 90 for the Ladies Lovin’ Life and four of us attended.

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My favorite part of the event was getting to put faces to names within the Positive Focus community. I was so grateful to those of you who came up and introduced yourselves and I look forward to seeing you at meetings soon.

We held our second COW on Friday and this one was regarding Abundance. There were 12 of us discussing what abundance means in general, what it means to us personally, and where we would like to see more abundance in our lives. We had great discussions and great energy and I’m so grateful for everyone’s participation.

Kai sent everyone home with an assignment to allow abundance to physically manifest and I’m interested to see if everyone follows through. I have an assignment too and I look forward to it!

Event sharing:

“The “Abundance” workshop was inspiring, positive, informative and AWESOME! It’s a gift that I fought thru traffic to attend!! To connect with other likeminded people who are striving to be their higher self for the upliftment of others is liberating and complete love… tdb” ~ Tiffany

Our third free hug event was absolutely perfect! It amazes me that each time, I’m a bit nervous — will the huggers show up? will people want to be hugged? Will it turn out to be private property and we will be asked to move? All those organizer fears and I just tell myself it will turn out perfect however it turns out. We were at the corner of Michigan Ave. and Pearson St. — we couldn’t have asked for a better corner!

My niece Cassie and I were first and followed shortly by Michelle.

Then Amanda came, Justen came, Danya and Josh came, and Judy. The hugs were abundant and people laughed, smiled, and were truly enjoying the feeling of a good hug.

Pictured from left: Amanda, Justen, Cassie, Carol (back Josh, Danya), Judy, and Michelle

Our attempt at a group hug was challenging with so many people walking by and getting hugs.

Some of the unique stories were:

Toni — a little girl who couldn’t have been much more than 6 joined us in line and gave out three hugs until it was time to go and catch the American Girl show — she was quite adamant about not missing it and was so cute!

Two backpackers had walked from Hope, IL to Chicago (www.iliveinspired.com) and little did we know at the time, that when we got home, there would be an email from Geri telling us about these guys and that they were on their way to Chicago!! They were coming to meet Oprah — 7 days, 7 nights, and then hoping for 7 minutes with Oprah. They walked from Hope, IN to Bloomington, IN to meet the Dahlia Lama and spoke with him for 7 minutes.

A dancer being photographed around Chicago for her portfolio joined us and standing to her right is a woman from France. This woman and her friend joined our hugging line for quite some time. We had six or more people come stand in line with us and one time had 13 people giving out hugs!

You can see more pictures in the photo gallery.

Event Sharings:
“Far surpassed my expectations. I could try and explain it in words but there are none for it. Thank you so very much for getting us together to do this amazing event. I look forward too the next one! ::hugs::”  ~ Justen

“This was SUPER awesome!!! I was afraid to try it out but I’ve been needing to take a risk and get out of my comfort zone. Turns out it wasn’t scary at all. It was fun and people responded so well and hugged a lot and were really nice! It sent a lot of love to the world! It felt good to have a nice sized group of huggers as well.” ~ Michelle

“Amazing!!!” ~ Danya
It was a day I will treasure for a long time and I can’t wait for the April event.

Much Love,
Carol