Enjoy the Lemonade and Pay it forward!

By Elinor Svoboda | March 5, 2025

A sure sign of spring ahead – a lemonade stand!

My 8 year old daughter and I were taking a walk in our neighbourhood when we came across two small kids at a makeshift lemonade booth, offering us a refreshing cup for sale. Too bad we weren’t carrying any money! Their mother stepped up and suggested they give us a cup for free and asked us to “pay the kindness forward.” We all happily agreed.

A few minutes later while my daughter sipped her lemonade she asked, “what’s paying it forward?”

I explained the phrase was referring to kindness like a currency, that we take the spirit of generosity from the lemonade family and be let it grow into our day, sharing it with others as we go. We talked about how everyday positivity can turn a day around, that small acts of kindness can have a big impact, often in surprising ways.

My daughter was quiet for a moment, “being mean can do the same thing.”

When I asked her what she meant, she explained, “If one grumpy person is mean to someone else, then that can spread into that person’s day, then onto another and then another! It’s like when you cough on someone and make them sick!”

The wisdom of children!

I was amazed at how profound her simple observation was, how easily she explained the impact of our behaviour on each other and what I might call ‘energy manners’. I asked her, if we have an immune system for our bodies that helps us fight getting sick, how do we fight taking on negative energy?

We talked about being strong on the inside by holding love and positivity within us, apart from what is going on with other people. I explained that often the grumpiness that comes our way has nothing to do with us! If we take on all the negativity we are exposed to, then we can get really weighed down.

In the children’s course, we describe the impact of negative energy to the young students and give them a protective bubble to wear against the ‘arrows of negativity.’ We have a similar shielding system for adults in our foundational course, along with powerful light systems that has a direct connection to universal love and light.

I told her, “that’s why mommy meditates every morning, it fills up my positivity battery by connecting with love.”

While that lemonade kept us fuelled with positivity for the afternoon (and ready to share it), the deeper takeaway was how to stay steady within, knowing the outside world can dip and sway in unpredictable ways. Keeping a wellspring of love and kindness within is essential to spreading positivity on this planet.

They say when life gives you lemons, make lemonade – this experience with my daughter took that saying to another level. Maybe something like…Fuel your inner lemonade with love and share the sweetness!

I welcome you to pay positivity forward and see it spread into your day!

Posted in Community, Healing, Kindness, Meditation, Wellness and tagged children, community, energy shields, negative energy, positivity

Level 1 is the beginning step to taking back your life

“I wish that Level 1 was required to graduate from high school. But for now it’s the kind of course that each person must to decide to do. My wish is that everyone will choose to raise themselves to their full potential. And Level 1 is the beginning step to taking back your life.”

-M.K. Redmond WA

It was really circumstance that brought me to the Training – a friend was doing it and I didn’t want to be left out.

“And so my Journey began … Right from Level 1, I felt my family’s belief systems that had held me hostage for so long, begin to dissipate. I found a passion and love for life that has transformed not only my life but my children’s as well. I feel I’m a better person and a healthier parent. I’m excited about life in a way I could never have imagined.

This may not be what Spirituality means to others, but for me, taking Level I was the start of my true spiritual journey. This work has changed my life in every way. As a teacher of this work, I can share it with others, to perhaps create a happier world where we stop terrorizing ourselves and connect to the goodness within us all.”

E.S. – VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

If I had to narrow it down to one thing that I have received

“If I had to narrow it down to one thing that I have received from undertaking courses with Faye Fitzgerald and the Training in Power Academy, I would say that the deep sense of self-esteem and understanding of my unique contribution to the world is what stands out in my mind.”

B.F. – VANCOUVER ISLAND, BRITISH COLUMBIA

I was a psychic child

“I was a psychic child and learned to read palms when I was 11 years old and from there to astrology, numerology, tarot, back to palms. People avoided me they were afraid I would know too much about them. I avoided people as I did not want to know. Since taking Level I (in Abbotsford), I am now able to work and fit into mainstream society. I got on my own team!

The work is difficult, it takes focus and courage and the payback is incredible! I have learned to look to myself for answers, rather than to the exterior. I no longer blame others for my challenges in life. Mostly I’ve become aware of the rewards of being in service to myself first and others second. Life is rich.”

M.D. – ABBOTSFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA