Inner Wisdom

Let’s bless the New Year with love.

The New Year is almost here! Let’s welcome these next 12 months with love and joy, knowing that what we give comes back to us multiplied.

When you begin your New Year, ask yourself these simple questions:

What shall I now release from my life?

What or who no longer works for me?

What am I holding on to that holds me back?

What thoughts or beliefs belong to the old me?

How am I being unloving to myself?

What do I believe that really works for me?

Am I ready to let go?

What is going on in my life that is terrific and wonderful?

Where am I being very loving to myself?

Where am I most content?

What do I want to bring to my life?

How do I want the next year to be?

Who do I want to bring into my world?

How do I want to look?

What image do I want to project?

How healthy do I want to be?

How prosperous do I want to feel?

What kind of world do I want to live in?

Where do I want my spirituality to go?

How much love am I willing to experience?

Acknowledge all of your positive growth and change. Then affirm:

I am not limited by statistics, medical opinions, time, or authorities.

I am one with the infinite wisdom and capabilities of the Universe itself.

All good is available to me, right here and right now.

All I have to do is to use the power of my thoughts to create that which I desire.

This has been a good year, and I have learned a lot.

I bless with love all of the experiences I have had in 2011 and look forward to all the blessings to come in 2012.

And so it is. I wish you a fabulous New Year!

While there is life there is hope,

The well-known maxim, "While there is life there is hope," has a deeper meaning in reverse:  "While there is hope there is life."
   Hope comes first, life follows.  Hope gives power to life.  Hope rouses life to continue, to expand, to grow, to reach out, to go on.
   Hope sees a light where there isn't any.
   Hope lights candles in millions of despairing hearts.
   Hope is the miracle medicine of the mind.  It inspires the will to live.  Hope is the physician's strongest ally.
   Hope is our shield and buckler against defeat.
   "Hope," wrote Alexander Pope, "springs eternal in the human breast."  And as long as it does we will triumph and move forward.
   Hope never sounds retreat.  Hope keeps the banners flying.
   Hope revives ideals, renews dreams, revitalizes visions.
   Hope scales the peak, wrestles with the impossible, achieves the highest aim.
   "The word which God has written on the brow of every person," wrote Victor Hugo, "is Hope."  As long as we have hope no situation is hopeless.

Wilferd A. Peterson

One Gift to Give.

At Christmastime, teacher Elizabeth M. Allen of North Carolina asked her class of fifth graders to answer this question:  "If you could give any gift you wanted to, what would you give and to whom?"  Here are some of the responses her students wrote:  The gift I would most like to give would be love.  It lasts forever and never grows dull.  It can be given to anyone that you like.  ~~John Brandon If I could give one gift I would give it to my parents.  If I could get them to get along together.  And live together forever.  Year after year, month after month.  If I could give that gift, I would give anything in this world if they would live together.  And make up their minds if they are going to live together.   ~~Fonda Hunter I would give a small orphan child friendship, fun, and a home where he would be happy.  I would tell him never to be sad.   ~~Amanda Greene I would give jobs and good homes to the poor and stop poverty all over the world.   ~~Laurie Kerr
I would like to give happiness to the people that have not smiled.  ~~Larry Shaw If I had one gift, I would give it to my mother.  I would give her a washer and dryer.  Because I love her, and she works too hard.   ~~Darlene Byrd I would give my crippled grandmother the power to walk.  She stays alone down in her home in South Carolina.  We left our dog down there to keep her company.  She seems real happy when we come; but she gets sad when we leave.  She stayed two years in our house, but she wanted to go back home because she thinks she is too much trouble, but she's not.   ~~Sylvia Johnston

There are many lessons that we can take from children, and one of those is to try to see the true needs of the people in our lives, and to try to fulfill those needs in the best ways that we can.

Sweep your heart clean by forgiving.

Removing resentment and blame from your life means never assigning responsibility to anyone for what you’re experiencing. It means that you’re willing to say, “I may not understand why I feel this way, why I have this illness, why I’ve been victimized, or why I had this accident, but I’m willing to say without any guilt or resentment that I own it. I live with, and I am responsible for, having it in my life.” Why do this? If you take responsibility for having it, then at least you have a chance to also take responsibility for removing it or learning from it.

If you’re in some small (perhaps unknown) way responsible for that migraine headache or that depressed feeling, then you can go to work to remove it or discover what its message is for you. If, on the other hand, someone or something else is responsible in your mind, then of course you’ll have to wait until they change for you to get better. And that is unlikely to occur.

First, you have to get past blame. Then you have to learn to send love to all, rather than anger and resentment. Just as no one can define you, neither do you have the privilege of defining others. When you stop judging and simply become an observer, you will know inner peace. With that sense of inner peace, you’ll find yourself free of the negative energy of resentment, and you’ll be able to live a life of contentment. A bonus is that you’ll find that others are much more attracted to you. A peaceful person attracts peaceful energy. You won’t know God unless you’re at peace, because God is peace. Your resentments literally send God out of your life while you’re busy being offended.

At the root of virtually all spiritual practice is the notion of forgiveness. Think about every single person who has ever harmed you, cheated you, defrauded you, or said unkind things about you. Your experience of them is nothing more that a thought that you carry around with you. These thoughts of resentment, anger, and hatred represent slow, debilitating energies that will disempower you. If you could release them, you would know more peace.

You practice forgiveness for two reasons: to let others know that you no longer wish to be in a state of hostility with them and to free yourself from the self-defeating energy of resentment. Send love in some form to those you feel have wronged you and notice how much better you feel.

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Happy holidays to you, my dear ones!

Holidays are times to celebrate with friends and reflect upon the processes of life.  Follow your inner voice through the holidays, always knowing that you are in the right place, at the right time, doing the right thing for you. Have fun at parties and holiday get-togethers. Have a good time and be responsible and safe all in the same evening. This is a time for many blessings. Remember to take time to connect with your inner child, and do something together, just the two of you.

Affirm: I feel the fulfillment and peace, and I celebrate the holiday season with a loving heart. I embrace all of life and recognize that I am part of a greater whole.

Louise L. Hay

You can make a difference in your world.

It's not how much you accomplish in life
that really counts,
but how much you give to other.

It's not how high you build your dreams
that makes a difference,
but how high your faith can climb.

It's not how many goals you reach,
but how many lives you touch.

It's not who you know that matters,
but who you are inside.

Believe in the impossible,
hold tight to the incredible,
and live each day to its fullest potential.
You can make a difference
in your world.

~ Rebecca Barlow Jordan ~

Wisdom for Life’s Journey

 

Your life is a journey ahead of you.

Each day is a new beginning.

Yesterday is a friend that will guide you.

 

There will be good times and bad times;

Cherish the good, because they make life sweet,

But be thankful for the bad,

For through them you come to know

The important things in life

And the meaning of life.

There will be times when you face

Difficult decisions,

And you won’t know which way to turn.

The important thing is that you make a choice,

And move forward.

 

There will be times that test your strength and endurance,

But don’t give up;

Refuse to accept defeat,

For perseverance is the key to success.

there will be times when you are hurt by love.

Forgive those who hurt you

So that your heart will be free to love again.

There will be times when you make mistakes.

Remember that mistakes are not a reflection of your self-worth,

But of your humanity.

Nor do they make you less of a person.

Because of the lessons you’ve learned,

You’ve grown and become wiser.

 

There will be times when your search for happiness

Leads to frustration and disappointment,

But don’t stop believing in happiness.

Being happy with yourself goes a long way toward

Knowing happiness in your life.

There will be times when life seems unfair,

But don’t allow it to make you bitter

And steal your joy.

Nothing is worth this.

When fear stands in the way of reaching out for your dreams,

Confront them and you will conquer them.

 

There will be times when your faith is shaken,

But don’t despair,

It will rise up and carry you above the storm and to victory….

 

Copyright  © 1996 By Nancye Sims

Are you willing to change your self-talk into positive affirmations?

We have to retrain our thinking and speaking into positive patterns if we want to change our lives.

A positive affirmation opens the door. It’s a beginning point on the path to change. In essence, you are saying to your subconscious mind, “I am taking responsibility. I am aware that there is something I can do to change.” When you pay attention to your thoughts, you can begin to eliminate the ones creating experiences you do not want in your life.

Do you always begin a conversation with a complaint? Do you realize that every complaint is an affirmation of something you think you don’t want in your life? Every time you get angry, you’re affirming that you want more anger in your life. Every time you feel like a victim, you’re affirming that you want to continue to feel like a victim. If you feel that Life isn’t giving you what you want in your world, then it’s certain that you will never have the goodies that Life gives to others.

You’re not a bad person for thinking the way you do. You’ve just never learned how to think and talk. People throughout the world are just now beginning to learn that your thoughts create your experiences. Where do you start?

Positive affirmations are solutions that will replace whatever problem you might have. By repeating these affirmations over and over, you’ll be planting new seeds in the fertile soil of your subconscious mind, and they’ll become true for you.

The choices we make.

  Life can make choices for us.

Sometimes these choices

Seem unfair

And make us unhappy if we let them.

But in the end we control our own destiny

Because we can decide how we are going to allow

People or events to affect us.

So much of our happiness, and unhappiness,

Lies within the choices we make.

We can accept that life isn’t the way we want it to be,

Or we can work to change it so it will be.

We can walk through the shadows,

Or we can choose to smile

And to seek  out the sunlight.

We can create grand dreams

That never leave the ground,

Or we can be builders of dreams that that touch the sky.

We can look at only

The negative aspects of ourselves,

Or we can lift ourselves up

By being our own best friend.

We can live in the past

Or dream about the future,

Or we can live for today.

We can give up when the road becomes difficult,

Or we can keep on going

Until the view is much  better.

The choices in life are endless,

And so is the potential for happiness…….

 Copyright © 1996 By Nancye Sims

Whatever you believe is what becomes your REALITY.

If you believe you can, you will.
If you believe you can't, you won't.
If you believe you are not lovable, you won't be.
If you believe you are not smart enough, you won't be.
If you believe you will die from your disease, you will.
If you believe you are not good enough, you never will be.
If you believe other people are against you, they will be.
If you believe money is more powerful than you are, it will be.
If you believe you have no influence over other people, you won't
If you believe other people are more powerful than you, they will be.

Whatever you believe is what becomes your REALITY.

When your self-identity and beliefs merge, differences feel threatening.  You are likely to defend your turf, become righteous and angry, and possibly shame or abuse other people who see things differently.  When people adopt a belief--be it about religion, politics, sex roles, or whatever--as the one, correct belief, their minds get locked up in a rigid box, and other people with differing beliefs are seen as the enemy.  And what do you do to the enemy?  Abuse them, shame them, hate them, or even kill them. . . .

Listen to your beliefs, think about how you learned them, and realize that they are not genetic, nor are they the "only way."  You are free to acquire new perspectives, to absorb new ideas, and to question everything you were taught to believe.  As your mind opens to exploration and change, you'll feel a new lightness and more joy.

Charlotte Davis Kasl