We spend the majority of our lives making decisions, both big and small. Decision making is linked to our emotions. Be calm when you have a decision to make. Take a few deep breaths before you start analyzing the problem. Most of our choices should be meaningful and contribute to an end goal. One of…
Category: Awakenings
GROWTH – MARIANNE WILLIAMSON
Sometimes people think that calling on God means inviting a force into our lives that will make everything rosy. The truth is, it means inviting everything into our lives that will force us to grow – and growth can be messy. The purpose of life is to grow into our perfection. ~ Marianne Williamson ~…
OPEN ARMS
Love is always open arms. If you close your arms about love, you will find that you are left holding only yourself. ~ Leo Buscaglia ~ Being open to love is a spiritual thing. And to be spiritually open, you must first choose to. Love can only bloom if you’re open to love in…
LOST LOVE
Lost Love is still love. It takes a different form, that’s all. You can’t see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken, another heightens memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it, you dance with it. ~…
UNDERSTANDING WHO YOU ARE!
Being familiar with yourself is a form of knowledge, and it, too, doesn’t require understanding. You may get to know the images that crowd your dreams and see how they change from one period to the next, but all the while you may not have a clue as to what they mean. I took it…
OUR CALM WITHIN
The height of human wisdom is to bring our tempers down to our circumstances, and to make a calm within, under the weight of our greatest storm without. The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear. ~~ Daniel Defoe ~…
I’VE LEARNED — I AM TOUGH
I’ve learned: That Life is tough, but that I am tougher! Accept things as they are. Knowing that you can’t change anything other than your attitude and actions gives you power. Choose how you react to any given situation. Make sure that the attitude you have is a positive one. If you hear negative thoughts…
I’VE LEARNED — HOW I REACT COUNTS
I’ve Learned: That I can’t choose how I feel, but I can choose what I do about it. Every day of our lives, we are presented with difficult situations and events that will cause us to react. We might take it calmly or we may react much more strongly than we would like. How we…
I’VE LEARNED — CLASS CAN’T BE BOUGHT
I’ve Learned: That Money can’t buy Class. Class is Respect. People with class are generous, compassionate and responsible. They show their true self to the world with honor and integrity. They know it is important to treat others the way you would want to be treated. Giving others advance notice before cancelling an invitation, checking…
THE CIRCLE OF OUR LIVES
Life, like a good book, often comes full circle. ~ Richard Paul Evans (Michael Keddington’s Journal, The Carousel) ~ When you’re young, you can’t take care of yourself, you depend on others. This also happens in old age, you depend on others for your care. It also means that events and relationships are cyclical,…
NEW AGE CRYSTAL HEALING
Different crystals contain different powers and are said to be used in healing to enhance and amplify the healing energies needed for good personal energy. Crystals and stones can be used on their own, in conjunction with Reiki healing or other types of therapy. These crystals a found throughout the world and range from different…
WHOLENESS
Sweet Spirit: We gather as a people who yearn for wholeness. We long for deep connection and yet we get hung up on our apparent differences. We need a new way of seeing ourselves and each other. Show us the truth in ways we can understand. And so it is. Amen. ~ Our spirit,…
YOUR INNER WISDOM (With Affirmations)
There are no prescriptive solutions, no grand designs for grand problems. Life’s solutions lie in the minute particulars involving more and more individual people daring to create their own life and art, daring to listen to the voice within their deepest, original nature, and deeper still, the voice within the earth. ~ Stephen Nachmanovitch …
LIVE FULLY WITHIN YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES
The Universe is sending you the right everything. You won’t realize this until you fully show up in the situation the way it is. In other words, whatever the circumstance, if you assume that the circumstance is perfect, then you live fully within that circumstance. How can I be the best I can be within the circumstance that is…
SEEKING GOD
“For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” Then you will call on me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me…
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~ What this possibly means is that actions speak louder than words. This usually happens when someone says they will do something one way, when actually what they do is much different than what they said they would…
MOONSTONE OF SERENDIPITY
Moonstones have a highly spiritual nature, they pull vibrations from the Mother Earth while connecting to the energy of the moon, to work serendipitous events into your life. Its energy balances the masculine-feminine vibrations within your body and will nurture your spirit. The Quartz Crystal is the most popular of the Moonstones. These beautiful crystals…
FULL MOON LUNACY
A Full Moon is considered to be the strongest of the moon’s phases, the one that has the most influence on us. Scientists claim that the moon has no effect on us. Many of us who have studied and observed the full moon, believe very differently. Many believe that the energy of the moon can…
THINK ONLY GOOD
Resist pessimism and negative thinking both in private and national life. Think only good. “Think God.” Whatever your trouble, put God, and thoughts of God, in place of that trouble. Think godly things. Even if he or she does not appear to be doing so, see that your brother-sister is striving towards God. See the…
LAUGHTER IS THE BEST MEDICINE
Laughter is a pleasant sound, it spreads joy all around. Whether you’re young or old, laughter can be like magic to our souls. Whenever we’re feeling sad, laughter can sustain us so that things don’t seem quite so bad. If we give in to laughter it can be like a cure for something that seems…
STRENGTH OF CHARACTER
True personal strength is not to be found in an iron will or in superior intelligence. Real strength of character shows itself in a willingness to let life sweep over us and burrow its way into us. Courage appears as we open ourselves to the natural alchemy of personal transformation, not when we close ourselves…
WHEN THE IMPORTANT BECOMES UNIMPORTANT
We all at some point in our lives, experience a rebirth. That simply means that we’re changing our priorities. What was once important becomes unimportant. What was of no value becomes urgent. What we ignored is now given the utmost attention. When we shift our thinking during this rebirth, we will experience startling changes, both…
GRATITUDE & LIFE
Gratitude is one of the most misunderstood and neglected energy sources in our life. Whatever we give gratitude for, we increase. Give gratitude for your health and you will enjoy better health. When you give gratitude for the challenges that come your way, you are not giving gratitude for the pain, but for the opportunity…
ARE YOU HAPPY?
Are you happy? As a happy individual, you know that people, not things, are the true keys to a joyful existence. People who pursue material goods, as opposed to the pursuit of emotional fulfillment, tend to be less satisfied and express fewer positive emotions. People are social animals and seek the companionship of others as…