Beauty Wisdom


The Of


This excerpt has been taken from the upcoming book You Can Create an Exceptional Life by Louise Hay &


Cheryl Richardson (Hay House, September 20, 2011). Available where books are sold.


It’s a warm November day in Tampa, and Louise has just delivered the welcome address to more than 3,000 attendees of Hay House’s “I Can Do It” conference. Standing at the side of the room, I watch as the sold-out crowd erupts in affectionate applause when she announc- es that she’s in her ninth decade, and it’s the best one of her life so far. It’s such an inspiring moment.


On the way to our hotel, I study Louise as she walks purposefully toward the front door. A unique blend of funky


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and elegant, she’s dressed in a flowery crinkled shirt draped over tight-fitting leggings. She radiates the energy of youth and the beauty of aged wisdom.


We arrive at the hotel and head up to Louise’s room. She immediately opens the balcony doors, and I feel a comfortable breeze graze my skin while I scope out a place to sit. I flop down, cross-legged, on a wingback chair near a stunning arrange- ment of flowers—lilies, tulips, sunflowers, and raspberry- colored roses—resting on the


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center of a coffee table in the middle of the room. “The flowers are a gift from someone who needed my help last week,” she tells me. “They make me so happy.”


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