Quotes - 2014

How To Master Self?

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Nothing is more delightful than to possess self-command  in a world of chaos.  – Vernon Howard

self-command

What is mastery of self? How can we maintain peace and composure? How can we help others instead of crumbling under pressure? How can we become such masters?

affirmations

Today I AM at peace. I AM a child of God. I have no worries. I listen to others. I focus on others and provide them support. Nothing can disturb me because of my heritage and inheritance. All is well and it all ends well.

Recommendation: The Mystic Path to Cosmic Power by Vernon Howard

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What’s The Risk Of Inaction?

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There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long range risks and costs of comfortable inaction. – John F. Kennedy

regret

What’s the cost of your inaction today? How long will we stay in our comfort zone, essentially fooling self? Time for some self-examination and truth telling!

Here are some ways in which we might be selling ourselves short:

  • Not expressing love because we feel shy or lazy.
  • Not saying yes to an opportunity because we’re afraid.
  • Saying yes to too much work because work is our comfort zone!
  • Being lazy about our health because staying healthy can be hard work.

Notice that a ‘comfort zone’ comes in many varieties, let’s be aware of them, and assert our will, for what is truly good for us.

affirmations

Today I awaken! I act when necessary. I AM hopeful for my future well-being and act accordingly. I banish fear. I embrace uncertainty. I AM ready for change. I thrive, no matter what! God is my partner so why should I worry?

Recommendation: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

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How To Cure Envy!

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While you might, from time to time, envy others, it’s precisely during those moments when you might ask yourself whether or not you’d actually like to be them. – The Universe

be them?

What a great question. Do we actually want to be anyone else, really? In other words lose self and totally become someone else? I don’t think so. Then why envy others? We’re not them.

affirmations

Today I AM me! I like myself. I love my life. I love my surroundings. I love my friends and adore my family. I love my body. I fully accept myself and am deeply thankful.

Recommendation: Notes from the Universe by Mike Dooley

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What Laws?

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The laws are very simple:

1. Thought is creative.

2. Fear attracts like energy.

3. Love is all there is. 

– Neale Donald Walsch

life laws

This really does sum it all up nicely, thanks Neale!

affirmations

I AM the designer of my thoughts today! I AM happy to be God’s offspring. I erase fear by manufacturing love. People are important to me and I love them all.

Recommendation: Meditations from Conversations With God by Neale Donald Walsch

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What’s The Grandest Adventure?

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There is no adventure in the course of mortal existence more enthralling than to enjoy the exhilaration of becoming the material life partner with spiritual energy and divine truth...  – Jesus

a story

One of the young men who worked with Jesus one day on the steering paddle became much interested in the words which he dropped from hour to hour as they toiled in the shipyard. When Jesus intimated that the Father in heaven was interested in the welfare of his children on earth, this young Greek, Anaxand, said: “If the Gods are interested in me, then why do they not remove the cruel and unjust foreman of this workshop?” He was startled when Jesus replied, “Since you know the ways of kindness and value justice, perhaps the Gods have brought this erring man near that you may lead him into this better way. Maybe you are the salt which is to make this brother more agreeable to all other men; that is, if you have not lost your savor. As it is, this man is your master in that his evil ways unfavorably influence you. Why not assert your mastery of evil by virtue of the power of goodness and thus become the master of all relations between the two of you? I predict that the good in you could overcome the evil in him if you gave it a fair and living chance. There is no adventure in the course of mortal existence more enthralling than to enjoy the exhilaration of becoming the material life partner with spiritual energy and divine truth in one of their triumphant struggles with error and evil. It is a marvelous and transforming experience to become the living channel of spiritual light to the mortal who sits in spiritual darkness. If you are more blessed with truth than is this man, his need should challenge you. Surely you are not the coward who could stand by on the seashore and watch a fellow man who could not swim perish! How much more of value is this man’s soul floundering in darkness compared to his body drowning in water!”

affirmations

Today I AM a living child of God. I feel God’s direction and am a willing partner to the divine energy that’s always available to me. I AM a force for love and am kind to all who show up in front of me. Life is an adventure and I move forward with the courage that only a child of God can have!

Recommendation: The Urantia Papers

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How To Design A Great Life!

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While great joy inevitably yields great abundance, rarely does this relationship work in reverse. Dream of “the life”, not the money. – The Universe

the life

Our thoughts, beliefs and expectations are a big factor in how Life unfolds for us. If we care to be more mindful and design-full of our future then we ought to dream of the life we desire. The greater includes the lesser. A great life will automatically include adequate material resources. Let’s dream of the life!

affirmations

I dream of a beautiful life. My life unfolds before me without effort. All that’s good comes into my life. I AM healthy. I AM loving. I AM joyous. I AM surrounded by amazing family and friends. I AM living a meaningful life and am fulfilled!

Recommendation: Notes from the Universe by Mike Dooley

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Best Quote Ever?

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I will live for love and the rest will take care of itself.  – Marina Keegan

only love

I was reading this story on Marina. And then her essay here. A remarkable soul who made some indelible imprints on Life before her unscheduled departure. She wrote some beautiful words. And might have uttered the finest quote ever, see above. The quote says it all, how to live life on a daily basis, especially when we’re confused and don’t know what the heck to do. If we live for love, the rest will indeed take care of itself. Living for love is open to our interpretation. And that’s the beauty of life! Here’s another one of her quotes:

Let’s make something happen to this world.

 

affirmations

I AM here for but a few days. Let me make my life count. Let me love and love deeply. Let me pay attention to Now. Who knows where I’ll be next. I AM present and a force for love, here and now…

Recommendation: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch

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Be, Here, Now…