Avoiding Consumption - It is time to refresh myself, to take a break from the focus of working at a job, so that I may soon return to work refreshed and...
Wisdom is learned more from failure than from success, and we are more likely to discover what we will do by determining what we will not do. * Michael Rawls,...
What did I find in there? The ability to identify what inside of me can produce anger, divisive thoughts, destructive actions, negativity, and disharmony. I...
Service to others, perhaps a kind word or gesture, is a sincere expression of gratitude to the Creator. A prayer of silent listening is the means by which the...
From the place of stillness within me will emerge the answers I need. I ask for clarity of purpose - show me, guide me, lead me, help me... [and the place of...
In spite of my own efforts in opposition, Spirit patiently waits to teach the lesson to be learned, then gently propels me toward the Path that goes onward and...
Love is so seldom unselfish. There is usually a motive and a price. William Morris spent his fortune and his life building the lives of others through...
Humbleness, forgiveness, clarity of purpose and choosing love as a first response – these are the dynamics of true freedom in my life, these are the...
I claim the power in my soul. I invite miracles into my life, as the Universe sees fit to send them. And I am certain that I am going to be surprised, no...
Conscious acknowledgement of my negative feelings toward others helps me to discharge them, to chase them away, in order to let the compassionate heart have...
As a nation or as individuals, our sword must have two edges: Justice and Mercy. While some may labor and perhaps die on behalf of just retribution, let others...
My purpose itself provides for me the opportunity for change and growth, and change in my life and in my purpose is the natural outcome. Continuing to reach...
Affirm and enjoy your strengths, talents and creativity, and don't hide these qualities just to protect other people's egos. Let your light shine! ...Don't you...
That focus upon the other [as opposed to a focus upon the self], what they are doing or not doing, what needed to be changed or improved in them, what they...
If I didn't accept this adversity as an opportunity, would it change the circumstances? An old Spanish proverb: Dance to the tune that is played. * Michael...
Rest. Work. Play. Serve. Learn. Teach. Give. Receive. A little bit of this. A little bit of that. Stop. Go. Speak. Listen. Cry a little. Understand more. Pray...
What is the truth we are seeking, even though we may not realize we are seeking it? It is the soul's realization that we each are part of All, that our bodies...
We find a level of quiet peace in the presence of some people, a feeling that we are in tune with them, not competitive, mistrusting or superior, but warmly...
Drink deeply of this river of knowledge and creativity... Knowing how to access [intuition] when we find ourself in the "painful and gloomy" will help us to...
Love leads me to look within and listen to the beating of my heart, the gentle whisperings of the Spirit, and to accept all that I am at the moment. Weak or...
I can learn to look kindly upon those who are in need, and find a way to help: time, money, understanding or hard work right alongside them, it matters not –...
If you can't do anything but worry about a problem, let it go - turn it over to the Universe, your Higher Power, Spirit, God or whatever. Let someone or...
[Mercy is] a gift from an angel (you) to the hungry, the thirsting, the ill-clothed and homeless, to those who are imprisoned by their choices or by their...
Dependence on the external things in my life led to disappointment and failure. Changing the internal perspective of how I saw, reacted to, and learned from...
It is important to know that my head speaks a different language than my heart... The answers to my questions will resonate with the soul's purpose when my...
...positive anticipation. Thank God, it is still there after all these years. Today, right now, it is a day just like a birthday, and I am looking forward to...
Year after year, we attend to the ritual of the funeral and pay homage to the dead, we celebrate the life they lived and shared with us. We speak of them,...
..old resentments, angers, relationships with unfinished business, feelings of victimization, hurt or longing - these are things that are in the past and need...
When I am feeling down about my lot in life, there is a quick cure: giving a thought to those blessings and gifts that are abundant in my life can make a...
