Quotes from my writing, taken from my journals, talks, essays and channelled material, to give food for thought each day of the week...
From Nov 16
Sunday – A good relationship not only weathers the difficulties but grows and becomes stronger, both in spite of the difficulties and because of them. As it gets stronger, it gets sweeter.
Monday – With every heartbeat, every breath you take, every pulse of your life blood, someone watches over you, loving you, caring for you, celebrating your victories, feeling your pain in the defeats and heartaches, yet ready to give you strength and purpose in order to rise again.
Tuesday – Be aware of the power of the mind, the power of your mind, and its ability to influence others for good or ill. Resolve to take the way of love, kindness and goodwill.
Wednesday – In peacefulness there is productivity and in solitude there is connection.
Thursday – One of the benefits of a tranquil mind is patience. Its development will help people to accept that things unfold at the right time in the right way.
Friday – As we rejoice in the gifts of our physical senses, as we give thanks and open our hearts to beauty and grace, wonder and joy, we clear our channels of the dross created by the difficulties of life and the challenges of human society, and become accessible once more to the light of love.
Saturday – The most precious thing is to be at peace in body, mind and spirit. How many people ever achieve that? To even touch it for a few moments at a time is a gift – and a gift is called a present. Peace is in the present.
BELOW ARE SOME PREVIOUS DAILY INSPIRATIONS:
From Nov 9
Sunday - Use love as your guiding light when all about you are using hatred and judgement; know that peace, love and stillness are the best antidotes to the madness that surrounds us.
Monday - Do your best to enjoy this moment. The quality of your now will determine the quality of your future.
Tuesday - Whilst all that is past has created who you are, it does not have to hold you in its more negative moments. That is a choice you make. Choose to look back only if it is productive and energising to do so, and get on with now.
Wednesday - Many people think that light, joy, accomplishment, riches and peace are only available to others, but these things are the heritage of the entire human race. They are not for the favoured few but for all.
Thursday - You can only climb out of a pit once you realise and accept that you are in it. You are not accepting that you have to stay there; you are just accepting the truth of the fact that it's where you are right now.
Friday - To fully rejoice in the gifts of another, untainted by envy, allows your own energy to flow to its fullest effect. It attracts your own highest positive potentials and guidance - and it feels good too!
Saturday - Don't look at other people's lives and wish they were yours. If you embrace fully your own life, pathway and gifts, you will become the most magnificent version of yourself that you can be, and will achieve your own holy mission in life.
From Nov 2
Sunday - Everything you see before you is a miracle, yourself included.
Monday - Flowers open slowly. Your petals of potential open at the time that is right for you. Each person has a unique time of flowering, for each journey is uniquely planned.
Tuesday - Words like 'never' and 'always' should alert you to rigidity of thought, word and deed.
Wednesday - Anything you do that gives to others or adds positive energy to the universe, even just a smile at a passing child or an appreciation of a rose in a garden, is a link to divine love, which is true love without strings or conditions.
Thursday - When you tune in to love and learn to follow the inner dictates of the heart, you will find your true pathway that leads to the
Friday - In following your heart you link into your soul's desire, which will always be in line with your higher self and your purpose.
Saturday - Modern life is very complicated but can become beautifully simple if you choose to live it from the heart. Be peaceful within, even as there is chaos without.
From Oct 26
Sunday - Allow your inner sun to gently shine and let the rivers and lakes of your boundless love and devotion flow unhindered.
Monday - Life is a dance - dance it. Life is a song - sing it.
Tuesday - We must reach out to the Universe for the Universe to reach back.
Wednesday - True contentment is found when one is doing what one feels they were born to do. If you haven't found that yet, it's not too late.
Thursday - A roof over your head, warmth, love of good people, taking the love that is offered and giving it fully in return, are ingredients for a happy life.
Friday - Laughter is a healing modality all of its own. It can bring you back into alignment when you feel low and lift your spirits like no other medicine can.
Saturday - An attitude of abundance opens the floodgates. Wealth doesn't always come in dollars and cents; our needs may be met in many different ways.
From Oct 19
Sunday - Unconditional love, encompassing acceptance, forgiveness and positive intentions, is life force energy. When we hold back on expressing love, we close channels within ourselves, blocking the energy that gives life and joy.
Monday - Earth life is a quest. Some have more obstacles to overcome on their quest than others, not because they are given any special advantages or disadvantages, merely because they are all at different stages of the journey.
Tuesday - Possession of a healthy, balanced ego enables us to forgive others and not let others opinions determine our personal pathway. In that healthy state of balance and wholeness we become truly authentic and able to trust and follow our innate sense of what our pathway should be.
Wednesday - Each situation that you can forgive brings back a little piece of your spirit. When we have negative attachments to others, which may be based in love but which have given rise to negative emotional connections, we leave part of our spirit behind.
Thursday - Our life is a quest for knowledge and understanding, to find our way to the ultimate treasure, which is in the 'treasure chest'. Where is the chest? It is in your heart.
Friday - We are all affected by what happens universally. We are part of the One-song (Uni-verse). As it is all vibration, one part of the whole cannot vibrate without setting up a reverberation in the rest.
Saturday - A rainbow is particularly magical because we don't see it very often and it becomes precious because we don't know how long we have it for. If a rainbow were permanently in the sky we would take it for granted and ignore it after a time.
From Oct 12
Sunday - There is a balance between earthly duty and spiritual concerns. Pay heed to your obligations, but not to the detriment of your soul growth.
Monday - The most loving thing you can do for the people around you is to respect them for who they are and to respect their choices. Allow them to make their own mistakes and then be there for them, not judging, just accepting.
Tuesday - It is wonderful to find companions in life who genuinely accept us for who we are, not for what we could be, our potential or the possible person who may emerge in future, but as we are, in the here and now.
Wednesday - Good fortune comes in many disguises. The happier we are at good things happening in other lives, the more we open to abundance in our own life.
Thursday - It's human nature that we don't seem to see the millions with less than us, only those with more. Things aren't always better for others; don't suffer from the 'grass is greener syndrome'. Just water and tend your own grass.
Friday - Wherever you may be and whatever you may do, be there whole-heartedly, do it wholeheartedly, be happy and appreciate what you have.
Saturday - Part of being on this earth and going through life's trials and tribulations is to set your soul free, to give it wings. You give your soul wings by allowing it to stretch and breathe, releasing it from the inner cage.
Sunday - It is in the planning, the building of an idea, that good foundations are laid. Imagination is powerful. Once the ideas are sound they can be brought into form.
Monday - The more we resist change the more it will be thrust upon us until we can accept the lesson and surrender to it.
Tuesday - Change brings insecurity and uncertainty but it also brings growth and even excitement.
Wednesday - Each lifetime gives opportunities to awaken our spiritual self a little more. Insights received and self awareness brought about by interaction, exploration and introspection adds to our richness of wisdom.
Thursday - True love in its purest form asks nothing of others. It gives not to receive, it loves for the joy of loving, it finds beauty in ugliness and sees beneath the surface of deceit, cruelty and all things despicable - and still sees love.
Friday - As one walks a spiritual path, one becomes more accepting of others with all their idiosyncrasies. We allow them to be what they are, not what we may want them to be and as we do so, we have less torment within.
Saturday - Letting go with love allows us all to be free.
From Sept 28
Sunday - Are you on your own pathway or someone else's? If we try to change ourselves to suit others, we can never be truly fulfilled.
Monday - It is our task in life to find our purpose and work towards it, moulding ourselves to the shape that is right for us; the one that is most comfortable and fulfilling.
Tuesday - The people we admire most tend to be those who had a vision and worked towards it with single minded determination, not allowing someone else to make them into something they are not.
Wednesday - Everyone who ever made a difference in the world has had challenges to overcome, heartache to endure and social pressure, but their true, essential self had the desire and determination to follow their calling.
Thursday - The hurt child within each of us holds the key to the future discovery of our real self. In healing that child we reveal the positive, childlike qualities that are at the heart of how we can best undertake this journey of life.
Friday - When you have much to do it is important to nurture the self and police your activities. Survey and re-evaluate from time to time. Cull activities and projects no longer conducive to your well being.
Saturday - Pace yourself, one thing at a time, one day at a time, in peacefulness. When all becomes too much, go into the silence and ask for help. It is in peace and silence that the most dynamic work gets done.
From Sept 21
Sunday - When you feel at peace and at home with yourself, life's journey becomes joyful instead of painful. In a sense you have already arrived, because in that state of acceptance you are living in the eternal now.
Wednesday - The true essence of the self is expressed most clearly when one follows the dictates of the heart - we express ourselves through those things we love to do.
Thursday - Your current situation is a stepping stone to the future.
Friday - If you are walking your pathway by heeding your inner urges, you will flow with the forces of destiny rather than battling against them.
Saturday - If we set goals and have focus we can manifest our dreams. Excellence is available to every one: determination and dedication lead us to our goals.
From Sept 14
Sunday - One of the benefits of a tranquil mind is patience. Its development will help people to accept that things unfold at the right time, in the right way.
Monday - Abilities that are allowed to blossom in God's time tend to last longer. Like life's late bloomers, the last and most glorious roses on the bush, their brilliance is more spectacular because they bloom when others have faded.
Tuesday - All people have a purpose depending upon the soul lessons we come to learn and all people have equal worth. The spark that dwells within one dwells within all; it's just that in some it shines a little brighter. Our purpose is to find that light.
Wednesday - Part of the process of self-realisation is to find home wherever you are, in whatever circumstances one finds ones self. It is about finding home within the self.
Thursday - To be at home wherever you are is a gift. To feel that measure of self sufficiency is a freedom from the longing that binds the vast majority of humanity to one place.
Friday - The 'peace that passeth all understanding' is in knowing that home is not a place but a feeling; a feeling of contentment in who you are and acceptance of self, leading to the joy of having home within.
Saturday - In doing the inner work and finding the spark of joy within, peace becomes the flame to light your way and that of others.
From Sept 7
Sunday - Shine your 'inner sun' each day but also be aware of your 'inner moon'. Respecting your phases and rhythms will help you to live harmoniously.
Monday - Keep your thought processes flexible, always ready to yield to a new way of looking at things. New ideas, perspectives and changing attitudes are all part of growth.
Tuesday - Every thought is a creation setting up a vibration that reverberates through time and space. You are powerful indeed.
Wednesday - Strength and toughness are not the same; one may be 'soft and strong' or 'tough and weak'. Toughness is a mask to hide insecurity and fear; strength is a soul quality, something enduring which is a part of one's essence.
Thursday - God gave us all many of the same basic advantages in life. Full health and strength is a blessing in itself, not a right but a privilege. Be aware of the precious gifts you have.
Friday - There is a greater purpose in each life. No matter how minor your role seems in your own eyes, it is as necessary to the whole as the most shining example of 'fame'.
Saturday - The most important gift is contentment. Be guided by the inner voice.
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