Smiles are the next best thing to halos. ~ Unknown
Today, give a stranger one of your smiles. It might be the only sunshine he sees all day. ~Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
Smiling is infectious, You can catch it like the flu.
Someone smiled at me today, And I started smiling too. ~Author Unknown ~
Smiling can make others happy. “When you’re smiling, the whole world smiles with you.” It’s true. Research shows that smiling is contagious. Ever been around someone who just had something fantastic happen to him or her? Isn’t it almost impossible not to feel good, too? Studies show that something as simple as seeing a friend smile can activate the muscles in your face to make that same expression, without you even being aware that you are doing it. Smiling makes everyone happy.
We all have Guardian Angels. They are willing to communicate with us if we let them. Sometimes we are just too busy to listen. If you want a clear, concise message from your angel, you must ask a direct question. Your angel will always answer your questions. You must ask your question out loud. Clear questions will get you clear answers. Answers will always be definite, something you can put your hands on if you are open to hearing what your guardian angel is trying to tell you.
PRAYER:
Angel of God, My guardian dear, To Whom God’s love, Commits me here. Ever this day, be at my side, To light and guard, to rule and to guide.
Amen
If you want to tune into your angel’s power, honor your Guardian Angel by wearing an angel pin. This can be for you personally, or for you to give as a gift. Angel jewelry is suitable for children as well as adults, males as well as females. Angel pins can be used for gifts, rewards, protection, guidance, friendship, love and good luck.
Have you ever looked back at your life and regretted a decision or two? There will be regrets no matter what decisions you make. At major crossroads of our life, every road taken means a road not taken. A sacrifice must be made. You give up something in order to gain something else of higher value. You cannot have it both ways.
If you make a decision after spending time thinking it through and maybe talking with a friend about it, and you are clear on what you are gaining and losing in this decision, then the sacrifice is made clearly and is a healthy one. Once you have made your decision, accept it, embrace it, and when you look back upon it, smile for you did your best.
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We do well to listen to this Inner Voice, for it tells us of a life wonderful in its scope; of a love beyond our fondest dreams. ~The Science of Mind
“Never focus your attention on what the world has to say about you. Rather turn your focus inside and listen to what your inner voice has to say to you. You can find the answers to the most complicated questions of life from your deepest self. Pay attention and listen. Your inner self has to say something to you. Listen to that eternal entity within, and you shall discover the way through which you’ll reach your goal.” ― Abhijit Naskar, Love, God & Neurons: Memoir of a scientist who found himself by getting lost.
It’s time to start tapping into your inner voice, listening to what is inside. You will really start to figure out what your true passions are. When you know what they are, then use your logic and reasoning to figure out how to get there, and how to let you create the life of your dreams.
You and I are essentially infinite choice-makers. In every moment of our existence, we are in that field of all possibilities where we have access to an infinity of choices. ~ Deepak Chopra ~
Making choices is a part of life, we all do it many times a day. When making choices, keep a balance between your head and your heart – you don’t want to throw logic out of the window. After you have made your choice, remind yourself that everything is happening just as it should.
Sometimes we make a decision and we don’t get what we originally wanted. Many times, what we do get can turn out to be so much better. If we think too much about a problem, it is easy to over-complicate it and end up more confused than when we first started. Try following your instincts.
Our freedom to choose allows us to shape our lives in ways that fit our needs. Taking full responsibility for our choices helps us realize that we did our best and we’ll have gained valuable experience for next time. A choice that we make today could make not only our life happier, but make a better world in which we live.
You must constantly ask yourself these questions: Who am I around? What are they doing to me? What have they got me reading? What have they got me saying? Where do they have me going? What do they have me thinking? And most important, what do they have me becoming? Then ask yourself the big question: Is that okay? Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change. ~~ Jim Rohn ~
As you live your daily life, learn to forgive and laugh at the mistakes you are making along the way. Feel the enthusiasm for your daily vision. Stay open for amazing things to take place, for they will. Spend time with people who are supportive and for you. Know others who are actively creating the best for themselves, and learn from them.
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Never limit yourself because of others’ limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination. ~ Mae Jemison ~
We should never be satisfied with a limited imagination. Your imagination is the power to save you from whatever circumstances you now find yourself. Dreaming of what can be allows us to tap into our creativity, reminding us what it feels like to be passionate about something. Imagination is the key ingredient to expansion in the advancement of our world. When we turn our thoughts to that which we want to create in our lives, the possibilities are endless.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create. ~ Albert Einstein
Do you feel you need to have approval? Our primary source of approval needs to come from within, rather than outside forces. We need to approve of ourselves in order to feel inner peace and security. Self Esteem comes from how we feel inside. It is important to eliminate internal conflict to make this happen. When you disapprove of yourself, all the outside approval in the world cannot make up for it.
It is important to act and speak in a way that makes you feel good about yourself while also helping others to feel good, too. When you do this, take the time to stop and acknowledge it.
When you work hard at something, or do well on a project, or complete a goal, find a way to reward yourself. Give yourself the acknowledgment that you deserve, for you have truly earned it. It is a good thing to have self-approval and internal harmony while helping others to claim theirs.
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When you dream alone, with your eyes shut, asleep, that dream is an illusion. But when we dream together, sharing the same dream, awake and with our eyes wide open, then that dream becomes reality!
Shared dreams come from the hopes, desires, frustrations, angers, hurts, interests and passions of individuals. Shared dreams are a way to turn bad to good, and good to great. When we dream alone, it is just a dream. When we dream together, it is the beginning of reality. Make your reality one you can be proud of.
Dreams expose truths about our lives that we often have trouble seeing. Dreams are imaginings of what we can make happen in our lives. Great dreamers grow to be independent in life, learning that they can make a difference. When you accomplish your dreams, you come to appreciate the experience of failure and know that failure is just part of success and that it wasn’t really all that bad as it was worth it in the end. Your dreams have no limits, you are the creator of your dreams, big and small.
It’s not only children who grow. Parents do too. As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours. I can’t tell my children to reach for the sun, all I can do is reach for it, myself. ~ Joyce Maynard
We as parents are constantly being watched by our children. They are looking at us to set the example for them to emulate. It is important to be the best example for them that we can be. That is not always easy.
When we lead by example, we make it easy for others to follow our example. Mahatma Gandhi and Alexander the Great helped change the world because they lived by example, and as a result, they accomplished great things. People notice what we do, whether it is what we want them to emulate, or not. When we treat others with respect, they tend to treat themselves and others respectfully, too.
Children watch how hard their parents work and develop their work ethic from their parents. If you want your child to be successful in life, it is important that you show them first hand that the key to success is hard work and dedication. The lessens that we teach by doing things the right way are far more important than the lessens we preach but don’t actually adhere to ourselves.
One of the most important things we can do is to admit when we are wrong, to apologize, and to say “I don’t know,” if we don’t. Leading by example doesn’t call for perfection by any means. If we can learn from our mistakes and can pass on those lessons to others, we all would benefit greatly. Great people don’t tell you what to do, they show you how it is done.
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You never know when someone might catch a dream from you. Or something you say may open up the windows of a mind that seeks light. The way you live may not matter at all, but you never know, it might.
And just in case it could be that another’s life, through you, might possibly change for the better, with a better and brighter view, it seems it might be worth a try at pointing the way to the right. Of course, it may not matter at all, but then again it might. You just never know.
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We need more love, to supersede hatred. We need more strength, to resist our weaknesses. We need more inspiration, to lighten up our inner mind. We need more learning, to erase our ignorance. We need more wisdom, to live longer and happier. We need more truths, to suppress deceptions. We need more health, to enjoy our wealth. We need more peace, to stay in harmony with our brethren. We need more smiles, to brighten up our day. We need more heroes, and not zeros. We need more change of ourselves, to change the lives of others. We need more understanding, to tackle our misunderstanding, We need more sympathy, not apathy. We need more forgiveness, not vengeance. We need more humility to be lifted up. We need more patience and not undue eagerness. We need more focus, to avoid distraction. We need more optimism, not pessimism. We need more justice, not injustice.
We need more facts, not fiction. We need more education, to curb illiteracy. We need more skills, not incompetence. We need more challenges, to make attempts. We need more talents, to create the extraordinary. We need more helping hands, not stingy folks. We need more efforts, not laziness. We need more jokes, to forget our worries. We need more spirituality, not mean religion. We need more freedom, not enslavement. We need more peacemakers, not revolutionaries. With these, we create a heaven on earth. ―Michael Bassey Johnson
Father/Mother/God: Individually and collectively, we can see where we have been asleep to You and to each other, asleep to our life purpose, asleep to very essence of who we are. Manifesting a life based on what we thought we needed/wanted has kept us very busy. Conditions within our lives and in our world are calling us to wake up, now. Our work is to experience our Oneness and make it real. And so it is. Amen.
A man should look for what is and not for what he thinks should be. Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind. Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler. In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. Dancers are the athletes of God. ~ Albert Einstein ~
One of the greatest sources of unhappiness, is the difficulty we have in accepting things as they are. Without judgment, without wishing for otherwise. When we see something we don’t like, we wish it could be different — we cry out for something better. That may be human nature, or perhaps it’s something that’s ingrained in our culture. The root of the unhappiness isn’t necessarily that we want things to be different, however: it’s that we decided we didn’t like it in the first place. We’ve judged it as bad, rather than saying, “It’s not bad or good, it just is.”
Daily Affirmation: Reruns hold no power over me. The past is past and I let it be. I place my attention on the live version of life and I care for today tenderly. Through regular spiritual practice, I am aligned with the vibration of the Divine in and all around me. I lovingly care for the body temple by eating consciously and exercising regularly. I am awake, aware and in tune with my life. Peace, love and joy are my experience and my expression. And so it is.
“Live today. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Just today. Inhabit your moments. Don’t rent them out to tomorrow.
Do you know what you’re doing when you spend a moment wondering how things are going to turn out? You’re cheating yourself out of today. Today is calling to you, trying to get your attention, but you’re stuck on tomorrow, and today trickles away like water down a drain. You wake up the next morning and that today you wasted is gone forever. It’s now yesterday. Some of those moments may have had wonderful things in store for you , but now you’ll never know.” ― Jerry Spinelli, Love, Stargirl
The use of Incense in New Age rituals is quite common. The fragrance of incense is pleasing to the spiritual world as are the good intentions that go upward with it. Incense is believed to give full disclosure of the spiritual world around when the incense is burning. Mediums, magicians and spiritualists use incense because through it they are able to increase clairvoyance and achieve prophecy with this spiritual aid.
Incense is used in spells to win the affection of a person, to maintain a friendship, for commercial success, to attract good fortune, to banish evil and evil spirits, and to achieve certain wishes and goals. It is also used to ward away bad energy within an area.
Incense is used within New Age meditations because of the pleasant, metaphysical sensations it evokes. Incense helps to bring a splitting of the mind and body and a lifting of the soul. It helps to achieve spiritual harmony. Follow us at www.secretserendipity.com as we take our journey to wellness.
I choose the way of Love and I am lifted up by Angels.
Slow down and get quiet enough to listen to your inner guide (a.k.a your intuition or your truth), and spend less time listening to other people’s opinions or the loud, critical voice inside your own mind. One of the best practices for cultivating the ability to hear your inner guiding system is meditation. Try to find time to sit quietly and contemplate the path you are on. In these moments, ask for guidance and listen for some clear answers.
“We search for happiness everywhere, but we are like Tolstoy’s fabled beggar who spent his life sitting on a pot of gold, under him the whole time. Your treasure–your perfection–is within you already. But to claim it, you must leave the buy commotion of the mind and abandon the desires of the ego and enter into the silence of the heart.” ― Elizabeth Gilbert, Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia
Most importantly, choose the way of Love and choose to be lifted up by angels. When we flex our spiritual muscle and connect with ourselves, it gives us access to an inner abundance of wisdom and knowledge. This inner source of wisdom will always guide us to our best right actions.
I meant what I said, and I said what I meant… An elephant’s faithful one hundred percent (Horton Hatches the Egg) ~ Dr. Seuss ~ As Dr. Seuss tells us, be loyal to your friends, and be a person of integrity.
Integrity is like a code of honor. If you have integrity, it means that you have certain values and beliefs that you live by. It also means you respect the values and beliefs of others.
Integrity is a lot like honesty – it’s one of the building blocks of character.
“Somebody once said that in looking for people to hire, you look for three qualities: integrity, intelligence, and energy. And if you don’t have the first, the other two will kill you. You think about it; it’s true. If you hire somebody without [integrity], you really want them to be dumb and lazy.” ― Warren Buffett
Loyalty is faithfulness. It means standing by someone even when times get tough.
“Your truest friends are the ones who will stand by you in your darkest moments – because they’re willing to brave the shadows with you – and in your greatest moments – because they’re not afraid to let you shine.” ―Nicole Yatsonsky
Loyalty is an important part of friendship. Think of the type of person that would be exactly what you want in a friend. Imagine how they would interact with you, how they would treat you in good times and in bad. After you have in your mind an image of that person, make a commitment to yourself to be that person for others. You will be surprised how easy it actually is to be that person.
We at www.secretserendipity.com believe in the power of the positive. What we value most in our friends is loyalty to each other, and integrity. We believe it is important to do the right thing, no matter what the consequences and whether or not anyone is watching. That makes for good integrity.
Something exciting is coming to the sky nearest you. The Full Moon will be the closest it has been to Earth since 1948. It will appear 15 percent larger and 16 percent brighter than your typical Full Moon. The Supermoon happens when a Full Moon or New Moon coincides with the Moon’s closest approach to Earth. The Super Full Moon looks 7 percent larger than an average Full Moon because it is so close to Earth. It appears to be about 30 percent brighter. It will be beautiful, and worth looking up for.
Super Moon Dates
Super Moons 2017 to 2021: Dates, Time, and Distance.
Perigee-Syzygy of Earth-Moon-Sun system: 2017 to 2021
This calendar shows ‘Full Moon’ Supermoons.
These dates show the Super Moon at maximum Full Moon, plus the time and date when The Moon reaches its Perigee (closest approach) to Earth.
The ideal time to appreciate this Supermoon is in the morning, when the Moon is just above the horizon. A cloudy sky may cover the Moon, but a few clouds can make an interesting scene. Sunset also is an excellent time to appreciate this Moon as the colors of the sky are rich when the Moon is setting.
Supermoons have been blamed for everything from madness to flooding. Numerous scientists have conducted studies on this, and they haven’t found any significant findings that can link the Supermoon to natural disasters. When the Moon is closer to Earth, the gravitational pull leads to a larger variation between high and low tides. This can cause small ebbs and flows in the continents, called land tides. They are greatest during the Full and New Moons because the Sun and Moon are aligned on the same or opposite sides of the Earth.
All Full Moons are bright, but Supermoons are substantially and noticeably brighter than the ordinary Full Moons. This Supermoon will be the biggest and brightest in 70 years, so it will definitely be worth a look.
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Capricorn is the tenth sign of the Zodiac and is associated with hard work and stamina. Capricorn individuals are ambitious, patient responsible, stable, trustworthy, smart and strong of character. Capricorns usually achieve great success at a young age. A Capricorn individual usually has the feeling of not being loved and mostly cut off from others, which can make them repress their feelings and the feeling of not being able to get their emotional needs met. A Capricorn has a problem loving themselves and accepting the love from others. A Capricorn individual must stay balanced and it is important to tap into their spiritual side for comfort.
Black Onyx is the crystal for those born under the sign of Capricorn. Onyx increases your stamina and gives you a confidence boost. It helps you to be the master of your own destiny. It is important for a Capricorn individual to balance themselves with a Rose Crystal. The Rose Quartz Crystal is a powerful love stone that has numerous healing properties. The Rose Crystal has the ability to heal the mind, the heart and the soul. The Black Onyx and the Rose Crystal should be included as a powerful part of the jewelry that someone born under the sign of Capricorn should wear, especially jewelry that is worn close to the heart. The day to day interactions with the energies that are created from these crystals have the ability to create positive energies for the Capricorn individual.
Persons thankful for little things are certain to be ones with much to be thankful for. ~ Frank Clark ~
We should be thankful for everything we have. For things we worked hard for and things given to us. Life is not easy and never will be. Make the most with what you have, if you are able to strive and work to achieve things, Do it. Work hard for them, save for them and be thankful that you could do it. When you work hard for something, you tend to take good care of them and you appreciate them more. People come and go in our lives. Appreciate them, and be thankful for them. We have so much to be thankful for if we just look around.
Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful. ~ Buddha ~
Saying thank you is more than good manners. It is good spirituality. ~Alfred Painter ~
Gratitude turns what we have into enough. ~Author Unknown
Wouldn’t it be an exhilarating tonic for the soul to take a moment to appreciate the simple, good things in life which are so bountiful…? ~Author unknown, c.1949 ~
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say “thank you?” ~William A. Ward ~
You may live in a free country, yet you may not be free. You enjoy real freedom when you are able to accept or reject thoughts, and allow your mind to be silenced. This is mastery of the mind. If you could watch the activity going on in the minds of people, you would see a very interesting spectacle. Each and every person is living in a kind of imaginary mental world created by their thoughts. Your mind thinks from the moment you wake up in the morning until you fall asleep at night. It gives you no rest.
Our life, our actions and reactions are all affected by what goes on inside our mind. It is only by silencing the hectic of the mind that we are able to receive true peace and real freedom. Silence your mind through concentration, detachment, calmness and especially meditation. This will help give you the ability to filter and sift thoughts, without getting involved and controlled by them. Make your mind quiet and you will enjoy real freedom.
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Yesterday is history. Tomorrow is a mystery. And today? Today is a gift. That’s why we call it the “present.” ~ Babatunde Olatunji ~
“In magic – and in life – there is only the present moment, the now. You can’t measure time the way you measure the distance between two points. ‘Time’ doesn’t pass. We human beings have enormous difficulty in focusing on the present; we’re always thinking about what we did, about how we could have done it better, about the consequences of our actions, and about why we didn’t act as we should have. Or else we think about the future, about what we’re going to do tomorrow, what precautions we should take, what dangers await us around the next corner, how to avoid what we don’t want and how to get what we have always dreamed of.” ~ Paulo Coelho, Aleph ~
To live in the “Now,” you must be with your thoughts as they are. We have a world at our fingertips. Instead of letting our life go by without living it, we should awaken to the experience. Let’s focus less on what’s going on in our mind and more on what’s going on around us. Seize the day, don’t worry about the future. We all need to focus on today. Our awareness should be centered on the here and now. This is where life is happening. Life is short and time is fleeting. Become aware of being alive for the “Present” is all we really have.
When one door of happiness closes, another opens. But we often took so long at the closed door, that we don’t see the one which has been opened for us. It’s true that we don’t know what we’ve got until we lose it, but it’s also true that we don’t know what we’ve been missing until it arrives.
We all have hardships. We all are dealt blows in life that we think are not fair. But we are not alone. Everybody has something. When you feel you are being treated unfairly, put yourself in other’s shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably does hurt that person, too. The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the most of everything that comes along the way. If you feel you are being judged by others unfairly, remember that we are not judged by what has been dealt to us, we are judged by how we handle it.
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People may fail time and time again, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else. It is not what you gather but what you scatter that tells what kind of life you have lived and person you have become.
To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it, so let it go. If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other, as we did as children. Children have neither past nor future. They enjoy the present, which few of us do. In every one of us, a child is hidden who wants to play.
Kids live for today. They don’t even know what they’re going to do the next day. The next day will tell you what you’re going to do the next day. And that’s just fine with them. Kids aren’t afraid of anything. They enjoy whatever they are doing at the moment. They just don’t worry. Kids have lots of dreams. When you become an adult, the dreams somehow evaporate in the real world.
