The happiest people don’t necessarily have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes along the way. Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched and those who have tried. For only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives. The…
If you’re looking for an impressive and inexpensive way to add warming light to the rooms of your home, try candles. You can make candle holders and candle lanterns with many items you have at or around your home. Look for objects that are interesting, and use a variety of shapes and sizes to create…
If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito. ~ Dalai Lama ~ If you want to make a difference, first decide what is important to you. People with a sense of purpose are driven, focused, committed, and lit up from the inside — unable to be deterred or…
So many conditions of happiness are available – more than enough for you to be happy right now. You don’t have to run into the future in order to get more. ~ Thich Nhat Hanh ~ While you’re figuring out your purpose in life, don’t forget to sing. Many studies suggest that singing—with others, in…
Incense is known to purify the air and has an extraordinary soothing effect on the mind. This is one of the most important reasons for using incense in meditation. The aromatic effect of incense offers tranquility to the senses. Earlier civilizations used incense as a herbal medicine to treating health disorders. Used in aromatherapy, incense…
Money is not enough, money can be got, but they need your hearts to love them. ~Mother Teresa ~ A study in the Journal of Family Psychology showed that one of the strongest effects of love in our lives is joy and that joy was created by healthy, positive family and friend relationships, rather than level of…
May you grow up to be righteous, may you grow up to be true. May you always know the truth and see the lights surrounding you. May you always be courageous, stand upright and be strong. May you stay forever young. May your hands always be busy, May your feet always be swift. May you have…
The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind. ~ Kahlil Gibran ~ Confucius once said that there were three ways to learn wisdom: “First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest;…
A vision is not just a picture of what could be; it is an appeal to our better selves, a call to become something more. ~ Rosabeth Moss Kanter ~ “The first step toward creating an improved future is developing the ability to envision it. VISION will ignite the fire of passion that fuels our…
The seasons flow from summer to autumn to winter to spring. The tides ebb and flow. The cycles of the moon wax and wane. The cells in our body are constantly changing and re-creating themselves. The circumstances we meet each day are different from the ones that existed the days before. Look closely at life…
I wish that I could stand on a busy corner, hat in hand, and beg people to throw me all their wasted hours. ~ Bernard Berenson How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. ~ Annie Dillard, The Writing Life How we spend our days depends on whatever we…
Angels are always there to listen. Have you shared your innermost thoughts today with an angel? When angels are at work, prepare for random miracles, for they will happen. Angels are often silent. But they are listening to every thought that stirs our souls. Angels are the gatekeepers to our soul. Angels are the guardians…
United in unconditional love, we see a world that is whole and perfect for all. Unconditional love, some say, is the only true kind of love, while others call it impossible. To believe in unconditional love, and to actually love unconditionally, requires a great deal of thought, action, and faith. If you can love yourself while…
Monthly Horoscopes— Daily Astrology — May today mark the beginning of many new joys and accomplishments… and a continuation of all of the good things that you have already achieved. Starting this new year, set your mind on how things will be better. Focus your mind on what you want, as opposed to what you don’t…
The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children. ~ Nancy Friday ~ Parents serve as role models through the examples they set with their attitude and behavior within the family and in the outside world….
Each patient carries his own doctor within him. We are at our best when we give the doctor who resides within each patient a chance to go to work. ~Albert Schweitzer Always listen to what your body is telling you. Healing yourself from within requires you to be conscious of the things you’re doing and…
Do you want to have fun in your life? Learning new things is the key to having that fun. Get a hobby. Do something you love to do or that you always wanted to experience. Take dancing lessons. If you like to draw or paint, take an art class. Frame these drawings and/or paintings and hang them on…
When we acknowledge that all of life is sacred and that each act is an act of choice and therefore sacred, then life is a sacred dance lived consciously each moment. When we live at this level, we participate in the creation of a better world. ~ Scout Cloud Lee ~ The difference between…
Do what you love. Do what makes your heart sing. And never do it for the money. Don’t go to work to make money. Go to work to spread joy. Seek ye first the kingdom of Heaven, and the Maserati will get here when it’s supposed to. ~ Marianne Williamson ~ To be…
Put your ear down close to your soul and listen hard. ~ Anne Sexton ~ Say not, “I have found the truth,” but rather, “I have found a truth.” Say not, “I have found the path of the soul.” Say rather, “I have met the soul walking upon my path.” For the soul walks upon all…
If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place. ~ Nora Roberts Don’t sit back and do nothing. To succeed in this world, you have to make your own luck. Not everybody’s…
Sweet Spirit: I am made in Your image and likeness. I am that which You are, continuously expressing as life and love. I am alive in and through You. I am love expressing Itself. I am filled with hope, joy and power. I am one with All that is. I am a conduit for peace and plenty. I…
Everything that exists in the Universe today is composed of only one reality. This reality is that “all is one.” Every living thing is connected by a living energy that surrounds us. We are in a Universe where nothing ultimately exists but one solitary Self that was made of the same matter and energy as…
Each one of you has been called. Every individual soul has work to do. None can do the work of another. Each must do his or her own work. Therefore, we say, accept it, my child; accept the task laid before you and pray to the Great Spirit that you may not fail. ~ White…