The picture above says it all for me this week.
Quiet, Beauty, Trust, Surrender, Peace,
Taking time to be by yourself for self reflection,and  contemplation will refresh your  body, mind and soul.  Being quiet touches the very place where God resides within you. This is the place where you can surrender what no longer serves you and be open to new ideas and, a new direction for your life.
There is a quote by Albert Einstein which I love.
“I must be willing to give up what I am
in order to become what I will be.”
January is almost over and many of us have written down our goals, our dreams, our visions, even our bucket list. Are they all really that important?  What if GOD has a greater idea for your life?!  Greater Love, Greater Blessings, Greater Good!             Wouldn’t you want that instead?
Take your lists, bless them, then let them go and say;Thank you God, for this or something even Greater. I accept the Divine Plan for my life  unfolding quickly and in peace with grace and ease. I release the strains and anxieties I create by pushing for what I think I want or should have.
I am quiet in Your beauty God. I trust, I surrender,
I am at Peace.

“Whenever you are confronted with an opponent. Conquer him with love.”
-Mahatma Gandhi

At our labyrinth workshops we often do a “Forgiveness” ceremony. We know until our hearts are healed, and open with love for all, we put up “blocks” in our way that limit our  Divine Blessings and Good.  In our life time, there may have been people we just didn’t like. Some have hurt us or “rubbed” us the wrong way .  Whenever there is an emotion of “not liking” someone, there is a reason to forgive.  We may need to forgive ourselves as well as the other person.
I have found people I do not seem to like are those who need love the most.  When I have put my hand out to offer a gesture of kindness, whether it be a word of encouragement, an offer to buy them a cup of coffee, or just a smile, I notice there is a change in the energy.  This change is an emotional energy in me as well as them.  When I taught elementary school, I would sit in the chair, (before school started), of a child who was a behavior problem and just sent him or her love. It would change how I reacted to the child during the day and how the child behaved in school.  Love and Kindness are the tools to change any situation in human relationships.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“But I say to you, love your enemies and bless the one who curses you, and do what is beautiful to the one who hates you, and pray over those who take you by force
and persecute you.”
When we begin to  LOVE those that have hurt us, we realize they are there to bless us and raise our consciousness.  For it is easy to love those who love us. It is by far, more spiritually transforming to love unconditionally those who appear unlovable.  We are all God’s children, expressions of the most High.  When we realize that Truth, we see clearly through the eyes of God, have a healing in our heart, and realize there is nothing left to forgive!

Dear Friends,

I love this quote by Dr. Seuss.  Every new year many of us begin to think about how we can improve ourselves in the coming year,  and sometimes make false promises and goals we never keep.  Just a reminder to you all, YOU are always NEW.  Every moment of every day is NEW! When I hear someone ask me, “What’s new?” I often say, “I am new, right here, and right now.”  I have a chance to think new ideas, feel new feelings and send the newness out to the Universe knowing the Great Mind of God, hears, listens, and begins to fulfill the thoughts/ feelings from me – for me.   What if you realized you are already a magnificent spiritual being who has the potential to charter any new or existing course you so desire!? WOW!
Before any goal is even imminent, we need to feel good and wonderful about ourselves.
Here are some Daily CARESSES to give yourself.
I love who I AM.
I love my body temple for it holds my precious spirit.
I always have enough and am enough.
I expect and accept greater blessings of good than ever before.
God is my Source and Creator of whom I only rely on, and have complete faith, trust and love.
I am God Expressing here and now.
I am always NEW living a new day, a new idea, a new course.
With love and gratitude, I say thank you God for my life.
Use me for a Higher Purpose and Orchestra the Divine Plan for my life.
I surrender unto YOU.
When we truly CARESS ourselves with words such as the above, a sense of peace, comfort and well being comes over us. We can approach every NEW day as a new beginning walking hand in hand with, of and as God.
THIS is what I want in 2015,, How about you?
What’s new?
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