People get ready, there’s a train a comin’; You don’t need no baggage, you just get on board. All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin’; Don’t need no ticket, you just thank the Lord. ~ Curtis Mayfield (People Get Ready) ~ No matter how small or uncertain your faith might be, it is…
Loving your neighbor as yourself begins with you. You must love and value you if you are to love others. If you don’t have respect for who you are, you cannot give it to others. You have to acknowledge your own self worth. You must take care of you so that you can love and…
Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them. Every day begin the task anew. ~ Saint Francis DeSales ~ We have all heard that patience is a virtue. It’s hard to have patience when you want something badly….
Universal Spirit: In this moment: I let go of my busyness; I let go of the past and the future; I let go of my thoughts and feelings. I am aware of the energy that moves silently through my body. I allow my awareness of Your constant presence to expand, encompassing everything around me. I am…
Life is not always fair and nobody promised us a rose garden. Parents do everything in their power to raise us in a fair and just environment. The real world does not function on that principle, which is a big problem today. You will be treated badly for all sorts of unfair things that are…
Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. ~ John Quincy Adams ~ Though it is perfectly natural to experience sadness over loss or injury, according to St. Thomas Aquinas, patience enables one to bear suffering in such a way that he is not broken by sorrow or…
The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change. ~ Carl Rogers ~ When we can accept our own inner and outer experiences in this world, it becomes easier to accept other people also. And when you see the good in people it becomes easier to motivate…
If we are expecting our life to be a good one, if we believe it will be filled with opportunities and cause for celebration, then we will notice those things and live so as to promote them. This will happen even without our conscious intent. If we believe that our life is a full of…
The life of the individual only has meaning insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value to which all other values are subordinate. ~~ Albert Einstein The ability to want to help others comes from the…
Sweet Spirit: Thank You for this glorious day. I focus my attention on this day and the opportunities it holds. I release the past and my preoccupation with tomorrow. In this moment, I am happy, healthy and at peace. And so it is. Amen. “I have for many years endeavored to make this vital truth…
The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers. ~ M. Scott Peck…
In the depth of winter, I finally learned that there was within me an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus ~ We all have pent up feelings we don’t acknowledge, and it’s time to air them out and let the warmth back into our hearts. Releasing these cold feelings can be a very difficult thing…
Nothing else matters much – not wealth, nor learning, nor even health – without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life. ~ Harry Emerson Fosdick ~ Zest in…
Love is a choice you make from moment to moment. ~ Barbara De Angelis ~ Love is what is important. We all crave the love and acceptance of each other. We just make the mistake of thinking we have to look for it in someone else when, really, the only person we need to…
How do I change? If I feel depressed, I will sing. If I feel sad, I will laugh. If I feel ill, I will double my labor. If I feel fear, I will plunge ahead. If I feel inferior, I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain, I will raise my voice. If I…
Don’t ask God to send you a brilliant career, but rather ask Him to show you the brilliance within you. It is the recognition of our brilliance that releases it into expression. Stable, meaningful external effects don’t occur until we’ve experienced an internal stirring. Once an internal stirring has occurred, external effects cannot fail to…
Rain drops falling on my head, and never knowing when it will end. Should I run for cover? I would love to dance in the rain, knowing somehow it’ll help erase the pain. Sometimes when I’m all alone, and I see rain drops are falling outside again, I just know. People who love the rain…
That “change makes us uncomfortable” is now one of the most widely promoted, widely accepted, and under-considered, half-truths around … It is not change by itself that makes us uncomfortable; it is not even change that involves taking on something very difficult. Rather, it is change that leaves us feeling defenseless before the dangers we…
It’s not how much you accomplish in life that really counts, but how much you give to others. It’s not how high you build your dreams that makes a difference, but how high your faith can climb. It’s not how many goals you reach, but how many lives you touch. It’s not who you know…
Courage is standing up for what you believe in without worrying about the opinions of others. It’s following your own heart, living your own life, and settling for nothing less than the best for yourself. Courage is admitting that you’re afraid and facing that fear directly. It’s being strong enough to ask for help and…
Sweet Spirit: I am so grateful that my life progresses in the most extraordinary way. I know that each challenge I overcome and each smile I share adds to who I am. May today be filled with love for myself and for all the world. Help me live with a heart that is open to…
As I live each day may I do my part, to make one difference, to touch one heart. And through each day may it be my goal, to encourage one mind and inspire one soul. The world can be a tough and discouraging place at times. So encourage someone who is in a negative situation…
Always trust your instincts, they are messages from your soul. They are that inner part of you that strives to make you whole. Faith is knowing there is an ocean because you have seen the brook. Keep your face to the sunshine, and you will never see the shadows. Each experience we go through in…
An angel, robed in spotless white; Bent down and kissed the sleeping Night; Night woke to blush; the sprite was gone; Men saw the blush and called it Dawn. ~ Paul Laurence Dunbar ~ Dawn ushers in the opportunity for us to experience a new day, with new hopes, new dreams, new people and chances…