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
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
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
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
If you listened to my Facebook Live video last weekend on ‘Coming from a Space of Compassion‘, I shared about a book I was reading: Twelve Steps to a Compassionate Life by Karen Armstrong. Karen begins her books by talking about the Golden Rule: “Always treat others as you would wish to be treated yourself.” … More The Golden Rule
Fear is the most destructive force to allow in your life. Fear can hold us back from anything and everything good that we can experience. “Fear is a powerful emotion. It can keep the best of us from realizing our gifts and talents. Not only that, even if those gifts and talents are realized, fear … More Overcoming Fear
I start my morning by reading emails from many New Thought leaders and churches. The uplifting messages help start my day on a positive tone which affects everything I do for the rest of the day. This week I received an email from a retired Center for Spiritual Living minister in northern California. Her newsletter talked … More Kind Attentiveness