What is your perfect prayer? The Lord’s Prayer? The Apostles’ Creed? The 23rd Psalm? The best prayer you can pray is expressing gratitude for the things you now have. “If the only prayer you said in your whole life was, ‘thank you,’ that would suffice.” ~Meister Eckhart Gratitude is a very powerful tool to help … More The Perfect Prayer
The Four Agreements and the follow up book, The Fifth Agreement by Don Miguel Ruiz and Don Jose Ruiz is probably one of the most familiar contemporary New Thought books read today. Many of the ‘agreements’ are frequently quoted in articles and talks when describing attributes for a fulfilling life. But, have you ever heard … More Five Principles of Unity Parallel Toltec Agreements, Part 1
Nails in the Fence (author unknown) There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails … More Nails in the Fence … or in our Hearts
In late May, I participated in an AGNT (Association for Global New Thought) Leadership Forum webinar, “Exploring Big Questions” with Dr. Kenn Gordon (Centers for Spiritual Living Spiritual Leader). While discussing how we respond to current day crises and opportunities, one of the participants share some guidelines that I found very interesting and enlightening. Here … More What is Mine To Do
Oprah Winfrey writes a monthly inspirational column in her Oprah Magazine every month where she shares about her life, her insights and news concerning her many projects. In the June issue, she shared a wonderful story about one of the biggest teaching of New Thought: ‘Be the change you want to see in the world!’ … More What I Know for Sure: Life is a Mirror
Written in Sand (Author Unknown) Two friends were walking and at a certain point of their trip they argued, and because of anger, one offended the other with unjustified insults. The other, offended, having nothing to say, wrote on the sand: “Today, my best friend offended me.” They continued ahead and arrived at an oasis … More Written in Sand
Mother’s Day is May 13 — this Sunday! The history behind Mother’s Day is an interesting story. Officially celebrated for 110 years, Mother’s Day began as a special day to honor the woman who cared for injured soldiers during the Civil War. According to Wikipedia: The modern holiday of Mother’s Day was first celebrated in … More Happy Mother’s Day
Who’s Watching You ~ Jack Roberts No doubt you’ve had the experience of doing or saying something that you later regretted. It’s even worse when you have the feeling; “I knew better”. I’m sure you’ve also experienced being angry or frustrated, impatient or irritated. These experiences typically do not serve you but I’ll give you … More Who’s Watching You: The Observer!
If you are familiar with New Thought principles, you know that we are all spiritually connected. No matter where you live, what race or what religion you are, we are all one with Spirit. It is because of this oneness that we become interconnected and need one another to live and grow. Ernest Holmes taught … More Connections
Choices ~ Shad Helmstetter and taken from Bob Proctor’s Insight of the Day Imagine the incredibly powerful, productive moments, minutes and hours of the days and weeks of our lives that we could complain or not – simply by our own choices. I doubt that we could accurately calculate the amount of additional productive time … More Choices: Complaining or Believing