Are you fed up with how things keep turning out in your life? Are your negative thoughts sabotaging you? A positive mental outlook is key to successful outcomes. Unfortunately we all tend to think negatively. It is a natural reaction to go for the downside of things as a natural protective response. Don’t let fear…
We all feel down and sad sometimes, and it totally sucks. When you are ready to turn the page, start out by smiling. Even if you don’t mean it, you will feel better. Is what you are upset about really as important as you think? Did it seem to bother you more than those around…
Our inner self, or voice, uses what we have learned to automatically react to the everyday events in our life. What we have learned through experiences enables us to act quickly to events around us. We need to try and make everything we say and think a positive thought. If we can do this, we…
Are you in a slump? Does everything and everybody around you remind you of your problems? One of the best ways to change the way you feel is to change your environment. When you get in a slump, you start to associate your problems with everything and everybody around you. Don’t let your environment be…
In thinking, keep it simple. In conflict, be fair and generous. In organizing, don’t try to control. In work, do what you enjoy. In family life, be completely present. If you could live to reach 100, it is really a very short time. Spend this time undergoing a process of evolution, of opening your mind…
It is important for you to realize that you matter, you are smart, and you can do it. It’s also good to note that quitting an activity doesn’t mean quitting altogether and giving up. Sometimes, though, you just have to move on. If moving on is what you need to do, do it because you…
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain, but it takes character and self control to be understanding and forgiving. ~ Dale Carnegie ~ The easiest way to understand someone is to place yourself in their shoes and feel what they are feeling. If we need to forgive someone, there is good for both people involved….
We imagine that we want to escape our selfish and commonplace existence, but we cling desperately to our chains. ~ Anne Sullivan ~ Acting selfish can be like any other bad habit—hard to quit and often a cycle that you don’t even want to be in. Checking your poor attitude and using sheer will to…
The fact that I can plant a seed and it becomes a flower, share a bit of knowledge and it becomes another’s, smile at someone and receive a smile in return, are to me continual spiritual exercises. ~ Leo Buscaglia ~ The Law of Action and Reaction. This is the universal law of life. What goes around,…
What we can do every day is try to approach every situation with the most positive outlook and intentions, assuming the best of every person we come into contact with. It turns out that when you do that, the rest tends to fall into place. Sometimes it is easy, and then sometimes it is really…
Most of us really want to feel free. You have the power to choose the way you are and how you feel. You can do this by thinking about your responses to life, your thoughts, feelings and actions. If you control them and not others, you will be expressing your true and beautiful self and…
Sweet Spirit: Some life experiences really stretch me, showing me places within myself that are in need of healing. There are times when I cannot see that I am holding onto the past, until I have started to let go. Thank You for being patient with me. Teach me how to be gentle with myself. I realize that, at times,…
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~ Abraham Lincoln ~ The main obstacle to happiness is faulty thinking. For instance thinking someone or some thing can make you happy. So where does one find happiness? Stop looking outside for what can only be found inside and make…
Angels are creations of God, each one a unique masterpiece. Angels keep going long after everyone else has given up. They fill our days with love and light, and watch over us as we sleep at night. Your Guardian Angel always watches over you because God always guides you with his watchfulness. Your angel is…
Sweet Spirit: We have not forgotten the events of September 11, 2001 or the many people who have served all around the globe since that day. We share the sorrow of everyone who has lost someone they loved to war and terrorism. Bring us all a sense of comfort without bitterness. Together, we yearn for that day when all people…
We all have stress in our daily lives. Handling our family, children, our life and our job can put pressure on us. Aromatherapy is one of the best solutions to treat stress and anxiety. This wonderful technique makes use of essential oils to boost the mood and enhance energy levels to fight stress. Essential oils…
Meditation is the stilling of the chaos the perpetually involves itself in our human existence and the arrival at a definitive point of reference where we meet as one with God. ~ Sheila Gautreaux-Lee (Praying Through a Storm) ~ Meditation is the state of thoughtless awareness. Meditation and contemplation are states of focused attention. It is no…
We all believe that we see what is going on in our lives as things actually are. We feel we are objective. But this is not the case. We see the world and ourselves in it, not as it is, but as we are, and as we are conditioned to see it. Our mind processes…
Sometimes we need a special friend to confide in, someone to help us. This might be an older friend who is wise and knowing and patient to the ninth degree. This friend is often an aunt, uncle, grandparent, cousin, a brother or sister, or a friend. These personal angels fill a place that our parents…
Money should not cost you your joy. ~ Laurence G. Boldt ~ The way you spent your money will determine whether you will generate happiness out of it. If you spent your money only on material possessions like jewelry and expensive cars, you will not generate long-term happiness. If you, however, spent it on dreams…
Fear is the result of our mind becoming obsessed with what might happen to us in some future time. The effects of this fear are very real, and they have their consequences. Fear creates images of what it does not want to happen. We create our own reality. We have the power to set in…
Sweet Spirit – Today is a gift and I am so very grateful. All of my needs are met. There is peace in my heart and a deep sense of connection to the people around me. Today, I am mindful of people who are facing medical challenges and the professionals who work in the medical field. May both the…
Never look down to test the ground before taking your next step; only he who keeps his eye fixed on the far horizon will find his right road. ~ Dag Hammarskjold ~ Now is not the time to look backwards, to where we have been. Now is the time to move forward to new paths,…
You attract into your life what your mind thinks about. These thoughts are like magnetic currents. If you think positively, you will get positive results. Weak thoughts have very little attractive power. The power of the mind draws circumstances and people into our lives and repels others. It attracts positive and negative situations and events,…