Thanks for our time together

"Let no one ever come to you without leaving better and happier."--Mother Teresa

It has been my hope that I have left you better and happier.

I hope you have enjoyed our time together, but for now our time must end.

We have been sharing ways of changing our lives for the better, bringing us pathways to success, happiness, fulfillment, faith and hope.  We have explored many ways of being all that we can be.

We must always have an attitude of gratitude for all we have been given.

Hope must always be present in our lives and we must always expect the best.  Remember that what we expect we usually get, not what we deserve.

Peace must always be in our heart, mind and spirit.  A peaceful person calms chaos simply by being peaceful.

A joyful heart spreads joy to all.

Love is the greatest healer and the greatest gift that we can bestow and receive.

I wish you success in all things.  I wish you love, joy and hope.  May the positive energy of the Universe always be with you.          

Madame Cleo

Patience is protection against wrongs

"Patience serves as protection against wrongs as clothes against cold.  For if you put on more clothes as the cold increases, it will have no power to hurt you.  So in like manner you must grow in patience when you meet with great wrongs, and they will be powerless to vex your mind."---Leonardo da Vinci

We sabotage our life with lack of patience.  If we have patience others react to us in a positive manner.  People will do more for us if we give off positive vibrations.

Patience surrounds us with peace and peace acts as a layer of protection in the tension filled world we live in.  It is the barrier we need to be comfortable and secure.

Patience allows us to relax and enjoy life and prevents the wrongs of others to affect our well being.

Patience also teaches us the philosophy that  "No one can harm us unless we allow them to do so." Patience slows us down long enough for us to reason in our minds and make the right decision without jumping blindly into a situation that we have not thought out well enough to make a sound decision.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will develop patience and conquer wrongs with well thought out plans and therefore be ready for all circumstances, which may occur, using that circumstance to my advantage with my patience.

Up from humility to success

"The road to success leads through the valley of humility, and the path is up the ladder of patience and across the wide barren plains of perseverance.  As yet, no shortcut has been discovered."--Joseph J. Lamb

So you were experiencing humility, now experience pride.  Be patient on the ladder of success but do so with a winning spirit.  Pull away from humility, it is a deep valley, and climb the ladder of success with perseverance.  Persevere and refuse to give up.

Do not allow others to undermine or undervalue you as a person.  Just because they say it does not mean that it is true.  Feel in your heart that you are a valued person and that you are on your road to great success.

Just keep trying new things.  If one thing does not work for you then try another thing.  Keep persevering.  Keep experimenting.  Life is an experiment.  We just keep trying until we get it right.

The more we try the greater the chances we will be successful.    The more chances we take the greater the success.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will move from the valley of humility up the ladder to success with patience and perseverance and with great determination.

Develop a sense of pride

"If there is one characteristic that all great champions share, it is an enormous sense of pride.  That's true in all walks of life.  The people who excel are those driven to show the world--and prove to themselves--just how good they are. “---Nancy Lopez

I want you to have pride in yourself and show the world the stuff you are made of.  Show the world how good you are.  Feel good about yourself.

Think of the successes you have had in life and review them.  You are the same person now that you were then.  Perhaps a little older but much wiser.

When you walk, walk with a straight back.  When you talk, talk clearly and distinctly and look people in the eye.  Discontinue the slumping posture and downward position of the head.  Head up, straight back and eye contact says that you are a winner and are unafraid of what life may bring.

When you speak use a calm and strong voice and clearly speak so that you can command attention by your presence.

You are a winner in life and you can show the world.  You are the champion of your circumstances.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today I will show great courage and pride to the whole world.

Sacrifice what you are for what you could become

"The important thing is this: To be able at any moment to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.".--Charles DuBois

What are you doing now?  What if an opportunity to do something you have always wanted to do suddenly and unexpectedly appeared in your life?  Would you sacrifice the tried and true that you are doing now for the unexpected?  Would you gamble on what you could become?  Or would you be afraid of the uncertainty involved with the change?  Are you afraid to gamble on the future?

Ask yourself what is the worst thing that could happen if I took the risk?  What is the best thing that could happen if I took the risk?  In reality it would be somewhere in between.

Then go someplace where there is peace and quiet and sit quietly for awhile and ask your inner self if this is what you should do.  Your inner self has all the answers.  All you have to do is sit quietly and ask for guidance.

Do not allow fear or insecurity to enter into the decision.  Keep an open mind and a sense of adventure.  You will know what is right for you.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Do not cloud your vision with routine.  Allow yourself to become what you can and should become.

For every obstacle there is a solution

"For every obstacle there is a solution--- over, under, around and through.  You are successful the moment you start moving toward a worthwhile goal."--Chuck Carson

Have you ever studied a problem or obstacle and decided it had no solution? Then you did nothing and it become even larger and more obtrusive?

Every obstacle does have a solution.  You can go over it or around it, under it or through it.  However, you have to do something or start moving toward a worthwhile goal.  The obstacle does not go away.  You must take some sort of action.  Do not sit paralyzed with indecision.  Make a decision and move toward your goal of removing the obstacle.

Do not let fear or doubt sway you from your path.  Full speed ahead and do it now.

The more decisions that you make towards removing this obstacle the smaller it becomes until it no longer exists.  Make up your mind that you can do it and start on it right away.

The self-satisfaction that you feel when this removal of the obstacle is complete will amaze and gratify you.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today my goal is to remove obstacles in my path and I will feel great success in doing it.

Attitude can make or break you

"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal, nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."--Thomas Jefferson

Have you ever started a project with an attitude that it just won't work and you were right? It did not work.

Have you ever started a project with the idea that you were going to be successful and you were despite others insistence that it would not be successful?

The crucial difference here is the right mental attitude.  The right mental attitude leads to success and the wrong mental attitude leads to failure.

This is why it is so important to have the right mental attitude for everything you do, say or feel.  Take the time to examine your feelings. Let your inner self guide you and then make up your mind that you are going to find the positive side of every event or happening in your life.  The more optimistic you are the greater the good opportunities that occur in your life.

It is the basic law of attraction--- what you expect is what you get.  We must train our mental attitude to expect the best.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

My attitude can make or break me and it is within my power to change it.

Test your limits

"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." ---T.S. Elliot

How do you know what you can or cannot do until you have tried?

People who will not gamble on their own selves but will risk everything on another person are really shortchanging their own selves.  When is the last time that you took a risk?  Have you ever felt a little nudge from your inner self that gave you a desire or an inkling that you should take a risk?  Ever wanted to try something or do something and did not, only to find that someone else did it because you did not and they were successful?

How do you really know what your limits are if you do not test them?  Think of the emotional high when you succeed at something that you thought you could not do.  Remember that feeling.  Cherish it and keep it in your memory banks forever and draw on it when you tend to sink into a routine.

Every day take a risk on something that will improve your life and situation.  Try it and see how far that you can go.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today I am going to take a risk and gamble on me and my abilities until I discover my limits.

Make it a game to get the most out of life

"Have the daring to accept yourself as a bundle of possibilities and undertake the game of making the most of your best."--Henry Emerson Fosdick

Do you know that you are a bundle of possibilities?  There are so many things that you can do in life.  You were given so many undiscovered talents that you have not used.

You have probably given the excuse that you do not have the time or energy to do anything but your daily routine and when you do end your day all you want to do is collapse in a chair or couch and entertain yourself with the mindless twitter on TV.

When you do this you devalue yourself as a person.  You are so much more than this.

When is the last time that you actually enjoyed your day?  When is the last time that you enjoyed getting up in the morning and looked forward to an exciting chain of events which could make the most of your best or possibly even alter the future of yourself and those around you?

Open you heart, mind and spirit to the possibilities of your life and make it a game of getting the most out of your life.  The possibilities are endless.  Embrace them.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today I will evaluate my life and all new possibilities and take charge of my life.

Let peace live in your thoughts

"You will succeed best when you put the restless, anxious side of affairs out of mind, and allow the restful side to live in your thoughts."-Margaret Stowe

Have you ever had a day when you feel that your nerves were so taunt that you snapped at everyone and everything and the pressure felt so great that you felt your head was going to explode?  We all have had days like that.  Everything that could go wrong did and the more anxious we became the more that went wrong.

When you get such a day I want you to go into a room {bathroom is fine} and sit down and take 4 long breaths slowly and exhale slowly and say to yourself  "This is a temporary situation and will pass." When you do this you are tapping into a universal reserve of positive energy and I want you to say the words, "My soul is restful and at peace".

Feel the peace within.  Whatever is happening externally can not affect you internally unless you allow it to do so.

Now when you return to the situation you will have new energy and slowly bit by bit will get the job done.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will handle all of my affairs with a peaceful feeling and others will react in a positive manner and they too will be at peace.

Do the deed that sows the seed for happiness

"Action may not always bring happiness but there is no happiness without action."---Benjamin Disraeli

Let us take action toward our goal of being happy.  Don't just think of the action, make the effort to do the deed that sows the seed for happiness.

When you get up in the morning, before life gets a chance to cloud your thoughts, have a plan and start the action.  Once the action is in motion it will multiply.

You know what makes your soul happy.  Your basic instincts will inform you if you let them.  Ask yourself what will really make me happy today?  Not material things bur rather something n a higher level.  What would really make you look forward to getting up every morning?  Plan it, plot it and do it.

You alone are responsible for your own happiness.  You must make yourself happy.

Some people find happiness in a hobby or creative interest; others find happiness by drinking their coffee on the front steps while watching a beautiful sunrise.  Whatever it is take action to do it. Make yourself happy.  You can do it.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will find what my higher self needs to be happy and will take action to provide it.

Be rich in heart

"It is the heart that makes a man rich.  He is rich according to what he is, not according to what he has."--Henry Ward Beecher

With so much depression in today's world, we forget that it is what is in the heart that makes a person rich, not what is owned or stored up in banks.

People complain that there is not as much money as there used to be.  While this is probably true let us examine the things that money buys.  We see something that catches our eye, we buy it, we enjoy it for awhile, grow tired of it and want more.  It becomes a never-ending cycle of buying to make us feel good.

Since this feeling is so temporary and does not really bring us happiness then let us examine another way to achieve happiness.  Let us concentrate on doing for others and giving away some of the things that we have bought to some one who does not have what we have.  See how much better you feel.  You revive the same feeling of pleasure when they express joy as you felt when you bought the item.  It makes your heart happy and it makes the recipient happy for a little while.

Resolve now to spend less, give away more and enjoy sharing.  It will make your heart happy.  People live longer, feel better and attract positive energy with a happy heart.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today I will spend less, give away more and do something for others that makes my heart happy.

I will leave a part of me with everyone and make a difference

"The purpose of life is not to be happy-but to matter, to be productive, to be useful, to have made a difference that you have lived at all."--Leo Rosten, American teacher and humorist

While it may not be the purpose in life to be happy there is no reason why you should not be happy while you are being productive, useful and making a difference.  If you are doing all of these things you have good reason to be happy.

Have you made a difference that you have lived at all?  It is not too late to do so.  Are you productive or useful?  Think about it.  If you are not, then change it.  You may be a little uncomfortable for awhile until you settle into your new role but the rewards are many.

Start with small kindness and thoughtfulness to others, then gradually work up physically doing something for others.  Look for opportunities as they are all around you.

What talents and skills do you have that you could use to help others?  Is there a particular hobby that you could share with others?  How about a job skill that you have? Could you share that and make a difference in someone's life?

Could you train people who are jobless or homeless or falling behind others at school?  Search your soul and discover what you can do.  Every one has a skill, hobby or occupation that could be shared with another and it might be life changing.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today I will share something that I can do with others.  I will leave a part of me behind with each new encounter and I will have made a difference, no matter how small or large.

Do the thing you think you cannot do

"You gain strength, and courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face.  You must do the thing which you think you cannot do."--Eleanor Roosevelt

All of us feel that we cannot do certain things in our lives.  We are afraid to try.

What we do not know is that we gain strength, courage and confidence every time we try something we feel we cannot do.

When we succeed, we become stronger and more courageous and confident.  We then file these feelings away in our memory banks and use it the next time this type of situation presents itself.

This behavior develops a mindset of its own until it is habitual.  Some people even seem to get an adrenaline rush when new challenges present themselves, almost eager in their sense of "I can do it" attitude.

All you have to do is tell yourself that you must do the thing that you think you cannot do.  Do not allow yourself to take no for an answer.  Instead just start doing it.  Do not analyze it or think about it.  Once you start doing it you change the anatomy of the thing.  The energy of it changes.  Your energy changes.

Positive energy is the key to all success but for this positive energy to take effect you have to make the first move.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Energy creates energy and I will open the doors of my mind by taking positive action to help guide me through every experience.

Your possibilities are greater than your needs

"Now is the time.  Needs are great but your possibilities are greater."---Bill Blackman

In these trying times we see and experience our own needs and the needs of others.  We feel a bit overwhelmed at times.

Know this, no matter how great the needs your possibilities are greater.

Stand back and review the situation.  We tend to think in a box.  Step out of the box and change the way you are looking at this situation.  Take that little extra risk.

Many people became very successful when their needs were the greatest.

There is no problem that cannot be solved with a fresh perspective.

Make a list of your needs and another list of your possibilities.  How can you use these possibilities to satisfy your needs?  Think about them but remember you may need to take chances on the outcome.  Needs equate to problems and possibilities equate to solutions.

Get out of your rut.  Doing the same thing over and over only perfects your errors.  Do something different.  Ask yourself these questions.  Is it possible?  Most things are. Will the outcome possibly give me the results I need?  What is the probability that it will?  Even the smallest probability can result in unusual success.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will examine my needs and the possibilities that I have to satisfy them.

Be patient and persevere

‘Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish. A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle.”--John Quincy Adams

Work on achieving your goal a little bit at a time every day. Much like water wears away rock so does patience and perseverance wear away obstacles.

When we face obstacles they appear to be much larger than they really are. If we go about persistently chipping away at this obstacle it becomes smaller and smaller and as it becomes smaller and smaller, we become even more persistent and finally with patience the obstacle disappears from our path.

We learn that the obstacle was not insurmountable and only our self-doubt made it seem so. As we began to see it disappear we gain new self-knowledge and confidence to go on.

We used our knowledge rather than sit idly to dread the obstacle.

Energy creates energy. Start doing something about the obstacle and this energy will create more energy.

Start to help yourself and the positive energy will start to flow and magnify many times over.

Start the action and feel the energy flow in you through you and around you.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will start to remove the obstacle and allow the energy of the Universe to help me and success will follow.

Our purpose in life

"Life without purpose is a languid, drifting thing, every day we ought to review our purpose, saying to ourselves, "This day let me make a sound beginning".
--Thomas Kempis

Each of us gets up in the morning and wonders what we need to do with our day.

Some of us seem to have no purpose in life.  We watch endless, mindless television and sit around the house with no purpose in life.  When bedtime drags around we go to bed and awake to the same non-existence the next day.

No wonder depression is so prevalent in our society.  We have no purpose in our lives.  When our feet hit the floor in the morning, there is nothing to say to us here is my purpose in life.  Or here is my deed for today.  We have no plan for this purpose and everything seems like a great effort to do, so we sit mindlessly in our chair or on our couch dreading the long day ahead.

This need not be.  Today formulate a plan or purpose and work toward it.  Discover a reason for living.  Usually doing for others gives a soul a satisfying feeling.

What can you imagine that you would like to do?  Think about it.  When you discover it then start each day with a plan to help you achieve your purpose.

At night when you go to bed review with satisfaction what you have done and vow that tomorrow you will do even more.

Notice the bounce in your step and your sense of well being and sense of accomplishment.  You have now discovered the meaning of life --a purpose driven life always gives the energy to live life to the fullest.  Living life to the fullest is the greatest gift to ourself.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today I will find a purpose for my life and will plan, prepare and do what I need to do to achieve it.

Live in the now

"The secret of health for the mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly."  --Buddha

You cannot change the past, the future is uncertain; all we really have is this present moment in time.

Right now I want you to take a deep breath and let it out slowly.  Resolve to yourself, yesterday is gone so I will not think about it.  Tomorrow is but a dream and my reality is now.

Just for today I will think about today.  What can I do to make today count?
How can I make my life better today?  How can I make everyone else's life better today?  Am I truly doing the best that I can with my relationships, abilities, and opportunities?  How can I do better?  What can I do right now to wisely and earnestly change things?  What am I not doing that I should be doing to change things?  When you discover the answer then do it immediately.

Make this moment in time count.  Live in the now. Do all that you can do to use this moment wisely.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will live in the now, use this time wisely and make today count.

Joy is service to others

"Joy can only be real if people look at their life as a service, and have a definite object in life outside themselves and their personal happiness." ---Tolstoy

It would seem that we have forgotten our fellow man.  He seems to have gotten in the way of us and our personal happiness.  We concentrate on me, mine and more.  We do nothing for others, we do not give back to the world and we wonder why our achievements and material gain do not bring us joy.  We selfishly guard our money and time and feel that if we do anything there has to be something in it for us.

We also feel unhappy, unsatisfied, and live a joyless, harried existence.

Let us step back and regroup.  What have we done for others lately? Try an experiment with me.  Do something or be of service to another that will not bring you personal or monetary gain.  Give of yourself instead of taking from others.  Donate time or money or both to a worthy cause or charity.  Help in a volunteer program.  Be a school mentor.  Roll bandages for the Red Cross.  You get the idea.  Give a service from your heart that only you can give to others.

Listen to your soul sing when you do.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will give a service to humanity that only I can give and feel joyful for having done it.

Be kind and spread it around

"Wherever there is an human being there is an opportunity for kindness". --- Seneca

Whenever you meet someone, even a stranger, show a little kindness.  Whether it be opening the door for a woman carrying a baby or smiling warmly at an old man limping with a cane.  Do something small and work up to larger things.  We live in a cold, uncaring, busy, impatient world where the lack of empathy seems to be the norm.

We have an opportunity to change a small part of this world simply by being kind to all we meet.

Science has proven that when we are kind to someone, not only do we excrete a hormone that makes us feel better but so does the recipient of our kindness and also the observers of our act.  You not only make yourself feel good but the recipient and the observers also feel good at the same time.

All this from one act of kindness.  Think of the magnitude of good feelings if everyone did this.  It is hard to be unhappy when you feel good about your actions and their effects on others.  One small act of kindness to another person can change many lives.

Every day you should make it a part of your daily life to do one act of kindness and increase the number of acts every day.  Try it and see what a difference it makes.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will do an act of kindness every day and increase the number of acts daily.

Make an opportunity today

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."---Sir Francis Bacon

What if you feel that your opportunities do not exist?   Create them yourself.  Life does not usually hand you opportunities.  You have to seek them out. They are little gems hidden in rocks.  First you catch a glimmer of them and then you have to dig them out.  You may have been given the opportunity of seeing the glimmer but it is you who must go out with a pick and shovel and dig them out.  This is usually the way of life.

A lazy person ignores the glimmer, then he does not have to dig or work at it.  An opportunist sees the glimmer, puts in the work and discovers a valuable gem beneath that small glimmer.

Small things almost unnoticed can result in big opportunities.

Pay attention to the possibilities in your life.  Keep your eyes and ears open but most importantly keep your mind open for opportunities.

Let your creativity flow and be willing to put work behind your creativity so you can create your own opportunities.

The opportunities are there just open your mind to them.  Do not think a small opportunity needs to remain small.  It is yours to expand and make your own.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today I will make an opportunity and expand it.

Life happens

"Life is what happens to you while you are busy making other plans."  ---John Lennon

So many times while our plans are being formulated, life steps in and changes them.  Something happens in our life to make us stop and take another direction.

Later we discover that the direction we had to take led us to success and what we were destined to do.  The right career or pathway opened up for us and we were on our way.

Sometimes the events are spectacular and at other times just barely noticeable.  The ones that are just barely noticeable are usually the ones we follow, because we are creatures of habit and resist change.  Our life is still altered when even the smallest change occurs.

When we make plans we usually do not have a contingency plan.  We do not like surprises that life can hand us.  Life sneaks up on us and what we have planned for does not happen and we are forced to make drastic changes sometimes.

It is this process of living, getting surprised when life has the twists and turns, that forces us to sit back and review our plans, then make new ones.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Life does not correspond to the plans we make but rather to what we need to do in life.  The grand plan of our lives has been drawn before we ever knew about it.   We just have to find it.

Choose wisely

"It is our choices...that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities."  J.K.Rowling

Every choice you make in life has a consequence.  Whether good or bad, every action has a reaction.

We can make tons of money and still make wrong choices in our personal lives, which tears us apart and causes us to lose our material goods.  Even the most talented people make wrong choices.

Most of us know or have some doubt when we are about to make a wrong choice.  We ignore that little voice within that says do NOT do this.  Listen to it.

If we sit down and are quiet for awhile and wait for a few minutes the solution will come to us.  If this does not work for us then another way is to think about it and state our question or choice in our mind and ask our subconscious mind to solve the problem in our sleep.  Then go to sleep.  Allow our minds to process the choices.  Our minds are like big whirling computers analyzing the choices and finding the right choices, based on what we truly feel and believe and what we truly feel and believe is the sum total of who we are.  Usually when we wake up or shortly afterwards we will know the right answer for us.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

When we make an important choice, we will allow our subconscious mind to contemplate and direct us, as our subconscious mind knows who we are and our abilities to make the right choice.

Sowing and reaping kindness

"Sow a thought, and you reap an act, sow an act, and you reap a habit, sow a habit, and you reap a character, sow a character, and you reap a destiny."  Charles Reade

We all sow and we all reap what we sow.  When we are angry we sow disharmony and reap anger in return.  It is s easy to get into a pattern where angry or sarcastic remarks seem to be our unthinking reply to others.  One person with this mentality can upset a whole group of people and change positive actions and energy into negative actions and energy.

For a week let us try the sowing and reaping of kindness. Think kindly of others and you will sow kind thoughts and reap kind behavior.  Do this repeatedly and it becomes a habit.  Keep habitually doing it and it becomes a part of your character and can change your destiny into something even greater than you can imagine.

All the while you are forming your destiny you are spreading positive energy.  This positive energy grows greater with every kind thought, word or deed.

Lives have been changed in a very short period of time just by doing this.  Try it.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will sow kindness and reap the same and allow it to change my destiny.

What happens within

"What happens to a man is far less significant that what happens within him."  Louis L. Mann

The results of what happens to you can be processed in many ways.  How you process these results within yourself is based upon past experiences, how you handled results like this before and how successful you were and what were the consequences of how you processed the results.

What happened to you based on the results of whatever it was, to change you?  Did it change you for better or worse and did you weigh the consequences before making the decision?

Do you allow negativity to creep in and distort your decisions?    If so, change your inner perspective and put a positive spin on whatever has happened and use it as a mental model for all other happenings.  Store it in your memory banks for future use.

All of life is trial and error.  We must not allow ourselves to dwell on it but instead move forward in a positive manner.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Whatever happens in my life I can use as a steppingstone for greater things forthcoming.

You are always on my mind and in my heart

"The unconditional love our pets give us instills in us the courage us to go on when life is at its lowest point".  Madame Cleo

When life seems a meaningless hassle and things are not going right for us, our pets sense it and snuggle close to us.  When we are sick or not feeling well, our pets lick us in an attempt to heal and nuture us.

The positive energy our pets transfer to us does in fact make everything better.  We depend on them, they do not criticize us, and their love is unconditional and is pure positive energy.  They love us no matter what we have done or will do in the future.

Their whole reason for living is to make us feel happy, wanted and needed.

We usually enjoy many years of this feeling before they are taken from us. When their little bodies can no longer function, they leave behind that loving, positive energy.

All living things have an energy-based existence.  Some call it soul, some call it a part of the energy of the universe. I call it divine love.  I feel it entwines around our heart and nervous system in an invisible form of energy and our pets remain a part of us in our hearts and lives forever.

We salute all of our departed pets and honor them on their birthdays.

Happy birthday to a special little dog who has since departed this earthly life.  Your birth has gladdened many hearts and your divine love and positive energy survives for now and always.

Knowledge of the soul

"Knowledge of the soul is the only universal truth and the only wisdom- all other knowledge is transient."  -- Plato

The most important knowledge that we have is the knowledge of our soul, our innermost part of us.  Acquiring this knowledge can take years because we tend to hide our flaws and shortcomings from ourselves and others.  We do not face our faults.  We do not delve deeply within that part of us that makes us unique.

We spend so much time lying to ourselves that who we really are eludes us.  We can not know our souls because we put a barrier there between real life and our innermost self.

What we really need to do is examine our feelings and how we really feel about our actions and our thoughts and our deeds.  Do we have a clear concept of right and wrong that we feel we can live with in our lives?

The soul is the conscience and is our pre- programmed guide to daily living.

What is it that you think, say or do that makes you feel whole and at peace with yourself?  What is it that you think, say or do that makes you feel a sense of discord about yourself?

Your soul is guiding you in the direction that you need to go to feel peace and harmony.  Learn how to choose the right pathway or wisdom and all the other knowledge will combine with what you feel you should be doing.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Know what makes you feel comfortable and do it.  Everything else will fall into place for you.

Try something unexpected today

"There is one meaning in life: the act of living itself. " Eric Fromm

So many times we feel that life is meaningless.  We go about our mundane daily routine bored and restless and complaining.  One day is just like all the others, but we are afraid to break the comfortable patterns we are in.  We expect nothing so therefore we receive nothing.  We try nothing new or nor do we go anywhere different, much like an old plow horse of yesteryear expecting the same daily routine.

We are not living we are existing.  Try something new today.  Break out of your rut and do something totally unexpected.  Try it for a few days.  See what other possibilities open up.

If you change a little each day and wait for other possibilities to open up, you will be amazed at what can develop over a period of time.

Expect the unexpected.  Welcome it with open arms.  Embrace it.

You have been given a glorious life.  A perfect gift.  Live it to the fullest.  Reach out and grab what is rightfully yours.  Act upon your instincts and impulses.

Mingle with people.  Share ideas and get the best out of every situation.  Feel the positive energy when you do.

Positive energy creates more positive energy.  Positive energy equates to happiness.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

For today I will do something new and different.  I will change routine into chance happenings and see what happens.  I will be open and receptive and positive.

The universe said no

"Sometimes we have to experience loss in order to gain".  Madame Cleo

Sometimes we want something and it seems so perfect for us.  Then suddenly situations or events change and we do not get what we want.  Yet we came so close to having something that we always wanted. And in the blink of an eye it is lost to us forever.

The bitter disappointment seems unbearable to us for a little while.  We rant and rave at the universe.  We wanted it so much and it was so perfect for us and it was exactly what we wanted and needed and now it is gone and our loss is keenly felt.

It is during this time that we just forge ahead and trust that we are a child of the universe and what we lost was not meant to be.

We take a deep breath and let it out slowly and take stock of the situation.  We place our trust in that positive energy force that is all around us and we smile and wait for something good to happen.

Usually within a short period of time we understand why we did not get what we wanted.  Something better comes along and we feel fortunate that things worked out as they did.

We remember from past experience that things always work out for us as long as we keep positive thoughts and energy in our mind, body and soul.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Allow our disappointments a place in our life but do not dwell on them.  Keep a positive outlook and wait for something better to happen.

Spread your love

"The heart has it's own memory, like the mind, and in it are enshrined the precious keepsakes in which is wrought the giver's loving thought."  Longfellow

Always strive to feel love for the people you meet.  Send them love with your thoughts.  Let them know you care.  It may take some practice but you can learn this.

Start out with this experiment.  The first person that you meet today, look at them and into their eyes and smile and say to yourself "I am sending you love'.  Really feel this from your heart to his or her heart.  See the difference this will make in your life if you continue to practice this exercise.  Eventually you can express this by saying,” I send you love".  You may feel strange at first but the more that you do this the better you become.

Eventually it will become a wonderful habit.  You cannot give love away completely.  It always comes back to you in a stronger measure.  The more love you give away the more love you get back.

Always think loving, positive thoughts and you will receive loving, positive energy back.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will send love to others and know it will return to me many times over.

The influence of a loving soul

"Blessed is the influence of one true, loving soul on another."   George Elliott

We never know the influence we have on another.  This is the very reason we must keep a loving spirit and a positive demeanor at all times.  It is impossible to know the outreaching effects of words said in a loving way to others.  The encouragement we can offer may mean the difference between success and failure in their lives.

Sometimes it may be a smile or reassurance from us, other times it may be words or deeds of encouragement.

We have all known people who walk into a room and you can just feel the positive vibration.  You want to get close to those people and you want to stay close.  Their very souls seem to reach out and touch you in a loving way.  When they talk to you it makes you feel good about yourself.  You want to emulate them, be more like them.  You feel love and peace in their presence.   

Sometimes just one encounter can change a life if it comes at the right time and place.

Learn to develop a loving, caring heart and spread it around to everyone you meet.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will encourage every one with my true and loving soul.

Just keep trying

"The only time you can't afford to fail is the last time you try."  Charles Kettering

Did you ever have a time when everything you tried to do resulted in failure?  We have all had this experience.

Then suddenly our luck changed and we seemed to be on a winning streak.  Our attitude changed and our minds opened up to new ways of doing it better.

All the tried and true methods were failing us before but now when we add a new element to the situation we discover moderate gains.  When we feel good and inspired by the gain then we strive for higher and higher achievements.

This scientific mindset will keep us trying until we get it right.  We add new elements or take away old elements and rework the situation until we finally are successful.

We must never give up.  As most scientists know success may be just one experiment away.  Life is the same way.  Look at situations or events in a different way and the solution will eventually be found.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will readjust my thinking and keep a positive attitude and wait patiently for my results, which may be just around the corner waiting for me.

Do it instead of talking about it

"Well done is better than well said".  Benjamin Franklin

We are given certain tools or abilities when we come into this world.  Yet so many people deny their abilities when they have great potential.  They talk a good game but fail to perform.  Many times it is because of loss of self-esteem or desire.  Sometimes it is because of ridicule from a friend or family member.  They accept this ridicule as being true.

Someone says you cannot do this or that because you do not have the talent, skill or knowledge and so you do not try.  Instead you talk about how you could do it.

Take some time to learn what it is that you want to do, then set about to do it.  Keep doing it until you are error free, then display it to the world. Then it becomes a well-done experience and not a piece of conversation.

While you are perfecting this experience feel the positive energy of the universe guiding you and helping you.  The energy is there and all you have to do is ask for it.

Positive energy is all around us, all of the time just waiting to be called upon.

Close your eyes and take a deep breath and let it out slowly and feel the positive energy, then use it.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Let the positive energy in and take the action needed to do it instead of talk about it.

Wisdom is an organized life

"Science is organized knowledge.  Wisdom is organized life."  Immanuel Kant

You can learn and organize knowledge in science but you must have wisdom to organize your life.  We only obtain the wisdom from life by experience.  We know not to touch something hot for it will burn us.  We know certain relationships are bad for us so we avoid them or terminate them.  We try to organize our life for minimum exposure to harmful things while maximizing our pleasurable experiences.

We try to declutter our house, office and automobile and try to declutter our minds.  We do all of this because we know we function better when things and thoughts are organized.  Our lives become organized and we are wiser for knowing what to retain and what to let go of.  By learning this we learn wisdom in thoughts, words, and actions.  We learn the wisdom of wise choices by the experience of what works for us and what does not work for us.  We become wise each and every time we make a decision.  We test our hypothesis and try it.  If it works for us we keep it as a guideline.  If it doesn't we try not to do it again.

Gradually we have learned organized wisdom and organized wisdom is an organized life.  We can think clearly and distinctly and life does not become a cluttered, non-thinking way of living.

We no longer feel the negative energy; instead we feel the positive energy and feel vibrantly alive waiting for more positive opportunities in our lives.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today I will organize my positive thoughts and store them as wisdom learned so that I have them for now and future use.

Be grateful for what you had

“Don’t cry because it's over, smile because it happened".  Dr Seuss

When an event or happening or relationship ends, we are sad and sometimes cry because we feel something was taken away from us and we feel a loss.  We feel that things will never be the same and we think that we will never recover from our loss.

We fail to smile at the good things this event or happening or relationship brought us.  We tend to omit the happiness or joy we received from it.  We must look back at the happiness and joy and treasure it in our memory banks.  No one can take away our memories so be glad you had the experience and gain from what you have learned.  Let go of the past and concentrate on the future while still retaining your pleasant memories.  Time does heal our wounds and we tend to remember positive things with warm positive feelings.

Sadness brings it's own negative feelings of loss and sorrow.  A smile of a remembered past will create positive feelings and positive energy.

Be happy if you have experienced a happy event, happening or relationship.  At least you had the joy and pleasure.  Hold on to that thought and let it live within your heart, soul and memory.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

All things change.  Look forward to similar experiences of a positive nature and create positive energy along the way.

Let go of the past

" When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us."  Alexander Graham Bell

We have all had negative things happen to us.  We cannot allow ourselves to develop a victim mentality.  We cannot change the past.  It is over and done.  We can change the future.  We must let go of the past and all of the negative energy associated with it.  Everytime we think of a negative event we must substitute a phrase such as  "It is over and I will not feed this negative energy.  I want more positive things in my life now."  Negative energy cannot exist in a mind filled with positive thoughts, words and actions.

Feel the positive energy.  Take a deep breathe and let it out slowly and feel your solar plexus start to relax.  Tell yourself that there is no need to relive any bad experiences.  They are over and gone and cannot affect you any more.  Feel a bright future with so many positive choices for you to make.  Feel contentment in your soul.  Let the positive energy in and allow it to flow freely in your body and in your mind.  Feel the doors to your future opening and have confidence in the right choices you will make because you are operating within this positive energy.

Keep forever in your mind the positive thoughts and energy and do not allow any other thought or energy in your mind.  Hold strong and steady to this positive thought and energy and put it into action in your daily life.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I only have room in my life for positive thoughts, words and actions.

Dare to dream

"I like dreams of the future better than history of the past."  Thomas Jefferson

Is there a hidden dream somewhere in your subconscious mind?  Do you often think of it but quickly dismiss it?  Does it reoccur?  If so, then perhaps the spiritual energy around you is trying to guide you down a path less traveled for a reason.

Many inventions, theatrical plays, books, songs, mathematical formulas, and scientific breakthroughs have started with a dream.  The dream kept prodding, pushing and reminding until the recipient gave it attention, thought and creativity.

Do you have such a dream?  Bring it out into the open and examine all ways that this dream could become a reality.  Make a list.  On the one side of the paper write down how you could realize this dream.  On the other side of this paper list why this dream could not become a reality.  Now take the negative side and counter each objection with a positive statement or a way to circumvent the objection.  Do this many times until you find a successful solution.  You are allowing positive energy to solve a problem.

The more that you do this the better you become at it.  Eventually there will be no roadblocks.  It will be a list of possibilities instead.

How do you know what you are capable of unless you try?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will dream my dream and convert it into reality.

We are all part of each other

"The God in me salutes the God in you."  Madame Cleo

I have always believed that we are all spiritually connected to each other, that we are all part of a universal mind or spirit.  We are parts of a whole.

This theory would explain why certain people show up in your life when you need them and why certain events happen to coincide with each other to form a pattern.

It is like a giant puzzle and every one has a piece of it and you wait for other people to put their piece in place so you can fit your piece in also. Then it comes together beautifully as it was meant to be.

All of us have had a strange turn of events where the outcome was so favorable that we felt that it had to be something more than luck.

Many of us have met our best friends or mates in this manner.   It is like a part of us is in an impromptu play and the play carries itself to greater and greater heights and takes on a life of its own, following the direction of many people with a wide range of ideas, experience and creativity. Yet through it all is a connection to each other and the play becomes a phenomenal success.

So is life.  Understand that we are all connected and for that reason we should allow that connection to flourish.

Consider everyone that you meet to be a part of you and behave in a way that enhances that connection.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will love everyone as myself for in fact they are a part of me.

Experience the mysterious

"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious.  It is the source of all true art and all science.  He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."   Albert Einstein

Do not close your eyes to mysterious things.  Remain open and positive.  All of us have had experiences in life for which we could not give a rational explanation.  Many of us close our eyes and pretend that nothing happened.  Many of us have had something mysterious happen and rather than tell someone, we bury it in the back of our minds for fear of ridicule from our family and friends.

Bring out the experience and examine it.  Feel the awe and wonder of it.  Then know that you are special and in touch with the energies of the universe.

Perhaps you may have seen or felt the presence of a dear departed relative, friend or pet.  Perhaps you have been warned of a danger in time to avert it.  Maybe you saw a vision or had a dream that came true or a glimpse of the future, which came to pass.

Open up your minds and allow the spiritual energy to flow through you and around you and be grateful for the gift you have been given.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will open my mind and welcome mysterious events or happenings and will cherish the spiritual energy within.

Be the person you want to attract

"Practice being the kind of person you wish to attract."
Dr. Wayne Dyer

You cannot attract someone or something unless your qualities match their qualities.  If you want a loving person then you must be loving.  If you want a certain type of individual in your life then you have to send out the same vibration to the universe.  Like attracts like.  The old adage "birds of a feather flock together" is true.

If you are in a group or situation where the vibrations are lower than what you want your vibrations to be then get out.  Change the group or situation.

Gravitate toward more compatible people.  Do not be afraid to take that first step.  Join literary groups if you are interested in literature.  Computer clubs if you are interested in computers.  Theater groups if your interest is in the performing arts or behind the scenes.

First find out what you want to attract then start finding groups that share that desire.  When you find the groups you usually find the friends to go with the group.  Then you feed this positive energy to each other.  Discussions become think tanks of positive action and great things can happen from attracting people like you.

Give it a try what have you got to lose?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will attract positive people because I think, feel and act positive.

Have fun in life

"Have fun doing whatever it is that you desire to accomplish...and do it because you love it, not because it is work” Paul Westphal

Whatever your goal is in life, whatever you choose to pursue, have fun while you are doing it.  Sometimes the most boring work can be fun.  Find a way to make the circumstance or work more enjoyable.  Use your creative ideas.  If the work is physically repetitive then use it as a rhythmic form of a workout.  Get a rhythm going and keep it up.  If it is a mentally taxing job take a few minutes break and meditate on something pleasant from time to time or listen to soothing music.

Learn to smile a lot.  When you smile you are signaling the body that you are happy and it responds in like kind and becomes happy.  Try it and see.

Schedule a happy time for yourself.  What hobby do you have that makes you happy?  What groups of people make you happy?  Make a list of what you enjoy doing and schedule it into your life.

Fun equates to happiness.  Positive energy flows from fun and happiness.

Remember you are the co-creator of your life and therefore can create fun and happiness. No one can force you to be unhappy.  The power to be happy and have fun comes from within your own self.

Be absolutely determined to enjoy what you do.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I will be happy and plan my life so that what I do will be enjoyable to me.

Enthusiasm: A little emotion that will make a big difference in your life

"The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity.  The optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty." Winston Churchill

We have all met people who were pessimistic and those people try to spread this poison around to everyone they meet.  It becomes a daily ritual for them to complain about everything from the weather to their health. The more we listen the more negative we feel.

Stay away from those people if at all possible.  If you cannot, then substitute every negative statement with a positive one.  You may just think it in your mind but it is still a defense mechanism against their negativity.  They say it is raining and you think it is good for the garden and lawn.  They say we will all die from our polluted planet and you think it will not be in our lifetime and by then people will be preserving our planet.  They say the world is going to hell in a hand basket and you think there is so much good being done in the world by so many people.  You get the idea.

Really feel within yourself that something good is going to happen to you.

Get up in the morning with the feeling that today is a new day and new opportunities await you.  Eagerly anticipate new things that will be coming into your life soon.

See every event as a chance for happiness, success and a positive action sent by the Universe to improve your life.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I am eager for all opportunities and will make them into something positive.

Happiness is within

"A person will be just about as happy as they make up their minds to be."  Abraham Lincoln

Have you ever waked up to the mindset that you were depressed and this was going to be a terrible day?

Guess what?  It will be.  You are programming your day to be bad and expecting the outcome to be bad.  You are inviting negative energy into your life and it will come.

All those negative thoughts about how unhappy you are will come to the surface in abundance and as you know the day will get worse and worse.

Stop it now! Reevaluate your day.  Tell yourself that you have a lot to be thankful for and you are going to be happy and no one is going to prevent your happiness.

Tell yourself that you are the master of your destiny and have chosen to be happy.  Then paste a smile on your face and take a few slow deep breaths and feel your composure building up until you feel contentment in spite of your circumstances or surroundings.

If you make up your mind to be happy and smile soon you will feel a happy feeling.  Sadness and depression cannot co-exist with happiness.  Happiness rules.

Practice this exercise every day.  Stand in front of a mirror and smile at yourself and say “I am a spiritual being and deserve to be happy so I will be."  Say it with feeling and look into the mirror into your own eyes and repeat it three times.  You might be amazed.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Everything you need for a happy life is within yourself.

The blueprint of your vision and dreams

"It is never too late to be what you might have become."  George Elliott

Do it now.

People talk about what they should have done or could have been and decry that it is too late to do anything about it.  It is never to late.  You won't regret what you do in life but you will regret what you failed to do.

Follow your vision and your dreams.

"Cherish your visions and your dreams as they are children of your soul-- the blueprints of your ultimate achievements".  Napoleon Hill

We all know what our blueprints in life are.  We have visions and dreams of them.  Deep inside each of us is a feeling that we should have done this or that in our lives.

Why not do it now?  Whatever it is that you have always felt that you should do--then do it now.  There is no better time than the present to fulfill our vision and dreams.  Just open the door a little to test the water.  You might be surprised how other doors will open for you and the feeling of satisfaction of a life well lived and the feeling of contentment in your soul that finally you are doing what you were meant to do.

You are never too old, too encumbered or too restricted to start toward the blueprint of your vision and dreams.

Make the first effort today and keep the efforts up until you see results.  Believe in your ability to do this and start the process.  Send the positive energy into what you are doing and watch it happen.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

The saddest words in life are what might have been.

The making of a golden opportunity

"The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself.  It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone." Orison Swett Marden.

The golden opportunity we are always seeking must be provided by our own selves.  We can co-create our future with our attitudes and beliefs.

If we believe that we are going to do something or have something and then we act upon what we believe then we can make our beliefs come true.  We are then co-creating our future.

Act as though you already have whatever it is that you want.  BEHAVE AS THOUGH IT IS ALREADY YOURS.  Feel the confidence and knowingness.  Do not let doubt or fear creep into your mind.  Refuse to allow your mind to think of any negative thoughts. Know that you have the power to cocreate your future.  The future is yours. You want it. You deserve it. You expect it.

Once the positive energy is put into right action and you continue to behave and feel in the manner of having the ability to co-create your future then life suddenly opens up and a whole new world of possibilities awaits you.  You get to pick and choose what you want in your life and you have the ability to make it happen.

" The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of will".  Vincent T Lombardi

You must will yourself to co-create and eagerly anticipate the outcome.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I am the master of my destiny.

Changes in your life

"We must always change, renew and rejuvenate our existence; otherwise we harden."  Goeth.

"Every man is the architect of his own fortune." Appius Claudius Caecus

We must embrace change, renew and rejuvenate our existence. The only thing certain in this life is change.  Nothing remains the same, so let us accept change in our lives and take every unsettling change that we feel threatened by as a challenge to do something greater with our lives.  Each and every day changes do occur.  It is what you do with these changes and how you handle them that shapes your destiny.  Look at a change when it occurs and see how you can turn it into an advantage for you.  How can you use this change to better your life? If you think about it and take action, you can turn any change into an advantage.

Sometimes learning experiences are very painful but if we think about changes in a new light, then we can turn our misfortune into good fortune.

Instead of bemoaning your fate accept it and use it as a stepping stone to future success.  Sometimes just a small change in our thinking is all we need to open our minds.  Then greater, more positive changes can occur.  Make up your mind that today you will use change to alter your path for the better.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Remember the longest journey starts with a single step.

Expect the best

"It is a funny thing about life, if you refuse to accept anything but the best you very often get it".  Summerset Maugham

How many times have we settled for so much less than we deserved?

We set our goals so low that we know that we can achieve them and then feel cheated by life because we were not as successful as we could have been had we tried harder.

Reach higher than you ever have and expect to reach your goals.  See yourself succeeding in reaching your goals and feel the sweet victory of success as you attain your goals.

Make up your mind that you have every component necessary for success.  The difference between failure and success is the simple act of persevering and believing without doubt that you will reach your goals.

However, the Universe is not going to give you what you want while you sit on your couch like a vegetable.  Get up and do something everyday that brings you closer to your goal.  Keep that goal in mind and plan your life around it. Focus on it and keep that energy moving toward that goal.  Keep it in your mind and concentrate on it.  That is why it is called a goal.  Something to strive for.  Try to let every action that you take revolve around helping to achieve this goal.  FEEL IT WITHIN YOUR REACH and believe that goal is going to be reached.  Then you will get what you want.  JUST DO YOUR PART.

Formulate your goal, stay focused on your goal and enjoy the success with gratitude and accept all good things that come with this success.

First you have to set this positive energy in motion by taking action toward your goal.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Ask and believe and you shall receive.

An attitude of gratitude

"Count your blessings and give thanks".  Madame Cleo

When we get our abundance or something happens to make us feel lucky, we need to express our gratitude with an attitude of thanksgiving for what we have been given.  I call it my “attitude of gratitude”.

Be always grateful for what you received and also for what  you could have received had you asked.  We do not get what we deserve, we get what we expect.

The little things in life that we are given can often turn into bigger things because of a thankful attitude and perseverance.

Thankfulness should become a heartfelt habit practiced on a regular basis.

Are you grateful for good health, a loving family, a job, home, unexpected event, a sudden windfall of some kind or any other blessing bestowed upon you?  If so, express that gratitude with sincere thanks to your Source (God, Creator, Energy Field, or whatever you choose to call your Source).

Do this for 7 days and see how much better you feel and how your luck will change for the better.

The wonderful vibration of a grateful heart spreads so much positive energy into the Universe and your personality reflects it back to everyone that you come into contact with and that positive energy vibrates around you bringing good things to you.  It becomes a full circle of positive energy.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today I will spread positive energy all around with my attitude of gratitude.

Attracting abundance and success

St. Paul wrote “And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.” 2 Corinthians 9:8

According to Dr. Wayne Dyer in his book, The Power of Intention, he states “that if you change the way you look at things the things you look at change”.

In the field of quantum physics the act of simply observing the tiniest subatomic particle level changes the particle. Our thoughts and focus of energy can change things even in a laboratory setting.  Think about how people talk to their plants lovingly and how those  plants flourish. 

So let us change the way we see things and look at them in a different way, a way that you have not previously considered, a different idea or mode of action perhaps.

Be open and fresh to new ideas or ways of doing things.  Try something new.

The Universal Mind (which I call God but you can call it energy source or whatever you like) gives you what you feel.  If you feel scarcity you will receive it. If you feel abundance then that will be your gift.  The choice is yours.

When your feet touch the floor in the morning your first thought should be of thanks for a new day and your next thoughts should be I feel good and I feel abundance for me today. The universe is based on energy and attraction.  Do your part and you will receive it. Everything is vibrating to particular frequencies. Set your vibrations to attracting abundance and feel at peace with those vibrations.


THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Today I will appreciate all good things that I have and am looking forward to more good things that are coming to me.

The impact you have on others

It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no man can sincerely try to help another without helping himself.  Serve and thou shall be served.--Ralph Waldo Emerson.

When you wish for something for someone else, you also receive it for yourself.  When you give away what you have in your heart, then you will receive it back.

I wish you peace.  I want you to feel an inner calmness that you have known very little of because of the hectic lifestyles we all live.

Please put aside all feelings of sorrow, fear and unhappiness for a little while and come with me to my journey to peace.  Just sit and be still and allow the feelings of peace to enter your soul.  Breathe deep and regular and slow.  Concentrate on your breathing and put every thing out of your mind for now. You can think about it later if you wish, but for now just allow peace to enter your mind and body.  Meditate on the peace and calmness of your energy center.  Desire this peace and calmness and send it out to others.  Do this twice a day and notice the difference it makes in your life and other's lives.

Remember that we are all connected to the Universal Mind or as some call it the energy mass.

We can raise all vibrations by raising our own vibrations and sending it out into the energy field of the Universe.  It is being done every day and in every country by many people and you can do it too.  It may take some practice but you can do it.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

I am sending the energy of peace to myself and others.

Love is positive energy

All of us, at one time or another, have felt unloved, unwanted and unneeded.  If we allow ourselves to believe this, then we slip down into a self-induced depression.

Whenever we do this, we are depreciating the gift that we all have and this gift is a God given ability to spread love and joy to others. We become so wrapped up in self that when we accept anything bad about ourselves it reflects our negative energy to all those around us.

Psalms 30:5 reads " …weeping may endure for a night, but joy comes in the morning. " and helps us in our hours of despair.  My favorite source of comfort is from 1 Corinthians 13:13  " So now faith, hope, and love abide, these three; but the greatest of these is love. ". We all know these verses are from the most popular book of all times-The Bible.

When we speak of positive energy, we speak of love of self and those around us who are positive.  Love is positive energy.  What you send out to the Universe you get back in a greater amount.

We have all been around loving and positive people who made you feel so good in their presence and you were so happy with them that you did not want to leave.  We call it good vibes.  The vibrations of positive energy through the love of self and others ripples out like the water of a stone tossed into the ocean touching all who come into contact with it.

Take a few minutes with me.  Take a deep breath and let it out slowly and say to yourself  “I am loved and I am a precious child of the Universe and I will spread this love to everyone that I meet.”

Really feel this and see how your life changes for the better.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

If you want to be loved then you must be lovable.

If only...

Have you ever wished you could live your life over and correct the mistakes you have made?

I feel that you can. What we do not do in this lifetime we get another chance to do in the next one.

We all have freewill to some extent and make mistakes on our path to enlightenment. I believe that if we make the wrong choice then we have a learning experience in this life but a chance to correct it in the next incarnation so that in many lifetimes we finally get it right.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
Embrace your mistakes. Keep them as part of you but go forward. Tomorrow is a new day. New experiences await you. You are a child of the Universe. Be ready for the next adventure.

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Motivation for success for everyone is possible. I feel that to be successful you must have motivation as well as spiritual guidance from some source.

I believe that we are spiritual beings living in a temporary human body, so I believe in reincarnation and that every reincarnation brings us closer to enlightenment.

I believe that we are energy-based beings and that the energy comes from a divine source. All of us are part of this energy and have a connection to each other through the energy called the universal mind.

I believe that all religions are equal and we are free to believe in whatever we choose and that we are still connected to each other no matter what religion we practice.

We need to practice love and forgiveness and tolerance in whatever we believe.

Spirituality is a complicated thing if you try to analyze it but a simple thing if you just let go to allow yourself to realize that we are all spiritual beings and are all part of each other.

I am not enlightened but am well on my path. Come along with me and we will enjoy the journey together.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

You must learn to love yourself before you can learn to love others.