Monthly Archives: January 2015

Quotes - 2015

How Live Abundantly…

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Life in abundance comes only through great love. – Elbert Hubbard

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How filled with love is our life? How about our pursuits, desires and even mundane activities? Consider how much greater any relationship is when it’s based on love. How much do we look forward to our day when our job is truly fulfilling? Which can only happen if we love our job. What if we were in love with life itself? How would that make our day, week or whole year? Here’s the problem though, we can’t easily love external objects and beings if we’re not comfortable in our own skin, if you don’t appreciate our own self, if we don’t love self.

Love is the currency of the universe, it’s the underlying reality of it all. Live in love and we’ve figured out one of life’s deepest mysteries! Love it up!

affirmations

I AM loving it up today! I remember that love is the true essence of life. I remind myself to love when I feel fear or depressed. Life really is good.

Recommendation: A Course in Miracles by Dr. Helen Schucman

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How To Be A Leader…

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Do not wait for leaders. Do it alone, person to person. – Mother Teresa

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Only we can change the world. And we can do that by changing self. When there’s enough of us in the world, it’ll be a changed place! What’s our next step?

affirmations

Today I AM a leader because I AM responsible for self. I change my self and I serve others. I do not wait for anyone, I act!

Recommendation: Leadership and Self-Deception by Arbinger Institute

Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting out of the BoxKindle Paperwhite, 6

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St. Teresa’s Prayer…

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May today there be peace within
May you trust your highest power
that you are exactly where you are meant to be….

May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith
May you use those gifts that you have received,
and pass on the love that has been given to you….
May you be content knowing you are a child of God….
Let this presence settle into our bones, and allow your
soul the freedom to sing, dance, and to bask in the sun….
It is there for each and every one of you….

– Prayer of St. Teresa

daily

Daily we must remind ourselves of the Truth in this prayer. May we never suffer, never fear and always feel the love that God has for us…

affirmations

Today I AM settling this prayer into my ‘bones’. I know I AM a child of God. I AM safe and I AM loved.

Recommendation: The Center Within by Fred Harris

The Center Within: Lessons from Heart of the Urantia RevelationKindle Paperwhite, 6

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How To Be A Positive Person…

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Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be part of the solution, not part of the problem. – Stephen R. Covey (Seven Habits of Highly Effective People)

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Positivity will always win. The Universe is constantly getting better whether we realize it or not. It’s a law of nature, call it evolution or whatever. We must be part of the equation that heals, serves and makes the planet a better place.

affirmations

Today I AM a better person. I see the positive in everyone and everything. I swim with the rising tide and know that I AM being carried upward…

Recommendation: The Center Within by Fred Harris

The Center Within: Lessons from Heart of the Urantia RevelationKindle Paperwhite, 6

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How To Be A True Master…

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True mastery can be gained by letting things go their own way. – Lao-tse

shine!

Lao-tse, the father of Tao, is pointing to how our lack of reaction to events can help us master them! There are 2 essential ways to react to any event. One is to attach to an event via your thoughts (and emotions), get drawn in and in turn possibly regret our reaction later.

The other is to view the event as an observer, without identifying our personality and history with the event. In this situation we’re observing without manufacturing thoughts about the situation. We’re just being, just listening, just flowing with what’s going on.

That in turn allows us to be the master of that event. We control our reaction to any situation, which means that we control our own happiness! As we do this with every event in life we begin to flow with life, a happy unperturbed camper at all times!

affirmations

Today I AM the master. I don’t attach to events, I just observe them. I can handle any situation. I AM a child of God. All is well!

Recommendation: Arriving at Your Own Door: 108 Lessons in Mindfulness by Jon Kabat-zinn

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A Prayer…

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May suffering ones be suffering free

And the fear struck fearless be.

May the grieving shed all grief

And the sick find health relief.

  – Zen Chant

prayer

May all suffering end. May only joy, love and happiness reign. May God’s will be done on our planet. May we all be at peace.

affirmations

Today I AM prayerful and present. I listen for nudges from the Spirit and I act on them without hesitation. Life is good because I partner with the Divine.

Recommendation: The Book of Awakening by Mark Nepo

The Book of Awakening: Having the Life You Want by Being Present to the Life You HaveKindle Paperwhite, 6

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How To Make A Life…

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True masters are those who have chosen to make a life, rather than a living.  – Neale Donald Walsch

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On what topic do we spend most of our thoughts, daily? The whole idea of material progress was to effect more leisure time so that we could do things and think about things that really matter.

Why hasn’t that happened for most of us? How does one make a life out of all that we do?

  • What’s truly most important to us?
  • How much are we being rather than doing?

affirmations

Today I AM ruminating on what’s real and lasting. I AM a child of God. I matter and I AM enough. Which is why I use time maturely. I AM a master of my own life.

Recommendation: Meditations from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch

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