Lee ~ LAM Reflections: May 2021 Blog: My Pageant Journey Continues…

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╭✿╯My May 2021 blog, which features on the official pageant page, is included below. Awesome blogs from pageant participants are featured here as well. See link below.

http://www.internationalpageants.com.au/blog-1

My May 2021 Blog:

My Pageant Journey Continues…
Love and compassion are the highest forms of intelligence & the most powerful forces on earth. Without these necessities, humanity will cease to exist. Our worth is determined by the amount of love & empathy in our hearts for others. A kind & caring gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal. Even though life has a tendency to limit us, we have it within us to exceed beyond these limitations and expectations, and to excel in our endeavours to make a DIFFERENCE, to IMPACT POWERFULLY and POSITIVELY on life, to ENHANCE and ENRICH life!

My Pageant journey has taken me on pathways I would never have imagined. It’s enabled me to embark on life-changing initiatives, to interact with others on a compassionate, loving and caring level and has equipped me with skills pivotal for the success of my journey and for accomplishing my platform goals.

My scarf-making initiative continues to soar with scarves reaching a total of more than 100. My target is to collect, knit, or crochet 200 scarves to hand out to homeless individuals before winter hits our streets. In addition to these, I’d like to provide beautifully gifted hampers and snacks to add to the scarves when handing these out. As these warm scarves, beautifully designed in their striking reds, astounding purples and dazzling greens, continue to make their way to my home, I’m truly appreciative and thankful to the many loving, compassionate and caring souls, who have supported this worthy initiative.

My evening trips to BB Soup Kitchen to collect the goodies for school kids have been a truly enjoyable experience. Chopping away at the vegetables as they get prepared for meals for those in need, has been a therapeutic respite after a long day at school and drive home in peak hour, bumper-to-bumper traffic. Seeing all the happy faces of other volunteers who sacrifice their time to assist with the preparing of meals for the homeless, is a sight to behold. It truly fascinates, invigorates, inspires and triggers desperation and determination within me to help out more and to do more for others.

Students at school continue to glow at the produce delivered to them 2-3 times a week, and yoghurt has become a firm favourite. I smiled when one of the students requested that I continue bringing the caramel drizzled yoghurt flavour, as this was one of her favourites. Fruit is loved by all students, who make it a habit of collecting a few items of fruit for their snack break at the end of the day as well. I had to laugh when a parent highlighted that their discussions at home centre mostly on all the food items that I deliver to school and how her kids look forward to these each day. Items continue to include fresh fruit (bananas, apples, pears, plums, mandarins and oranges), yoghurt, milk, water, with new additions introduced as well; including sultanas, qukes (baby cucumbers), snack bars, milkshakes and apple juice. Bread rolls and bread loaves, doughnuts, cakes and tarts are personally handed to parents at the end of the day, as they collect their children from school. The response has been truly phenomenal, with numerous comments made at school about this wonderful School Community Initiative. I’m truly in awe of it all.

Zoom sessions with my Pageant family continue to invigorate, empower, guide and direct, with thoughts, discussions and tasks that prompt us to reflect, provide insight into and to perform.

An endearing moment occurred with Kate Delaney, USA’s Emmy- Award Journalist, who has interviewed more than 15,000 people and some of the biggest names spanning the gamut of politics, sports, and entertainment, when she interviewed me about my 2 books. She encouraged me to continue touching people with my words. What a powerful piece of inspiration! Since starting this Pageant journey, inspiration has come from EVERYWHERE and in all forms! What a phenomenal adventure!

This Pageant journey has taught me that it’s never too late to re-invent yourself; to follow your dreams to be what you might have been or to pursue what ignites your HEART, BODY, MIND and SOUL!

Thank you, Australian International Pageant, for this amazing opportunity.

Love and best wishes always.
Liesel Kippen ~ Ms Australia National State Finalist ~ Victoria

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