This is such a busy time of year. We experience the hustle bustle of shopping malls, the heavy traffic and even the noisy holiday parties.   Sometimes we may wonder if we have enough time to “do it all!”   When we feel this way, it is the perfect time to:
“BE STILL and KNOW THAT I AM GOD.”
We may not be able to stop the noise on the outer, however we can stop the noise on the inner. Being STILL changes the energy, and vibration within and around us, in  the malls, at stoplights, on the road and even in the midst of a party. At this time we can send Blessings and Love to  people everywhere and spend a moment in gratitude for all the good we have been given. Time will suspend for a moment  and a feeling of deep peace will fill us up. The  Presence of God changes the whole day. Divine Order happens. Divine Timing gets us where we need to be. Divine Stillness  makes us pause so we can “do it all.”

There is One Power, One Presence, One Beloved Spirit which moves in, through and as all of us. This is God, our Creator and our Source of All Good.  I invite this beautiful God Presence here at the Thanksgiving Table knowing the ONE takes many different forms.
As I look into the eyes of all sitting AT THE TABLE, I see the Face of God looking back at me.
I am grateful to be AT THE TABLE with my family, for I feel their love, trust and support forever.
I am grateful to be AT THE TABLE with my relatives, for they remind me of the extension of God’s love  and  the knowledge  I am related to all human beings.
I am grateful to be AT THE TABLE with my friends, for I know I am truly accepted for who I am.
I am grateful to be AT THE TABLE with my co-workers for I know our collaborative work helps each person to succeed.
I am grateful to be AT THE TABLE with my team for we come together in full cooperation knowing we have each other’s backs and best interest at heart.
I am grateful to be AT THE TABLE with strangers, for I bring forth within myself greater compassion, greater generosity knowing I have enough to give and to share.
I am grateful to be AT THE TABLE with my pets, knowing they bring me great joy and unconditional love no matter what kind of day I have had.
I am grateful to be AT THE TABLE with the decorative flowers and delicious food, for I am appreciative for the bounty and blessings of  Mother Earth.
AND I am grateful to be AT THE TABLE with my enemies, for I know those who are unkind, mean, and/or deceitful are also God’s children worthy of love, kindness, and understanding.
So as we break bread together AT THE TABLE, we understand our human and Spiritual ONENESS, our inter-relatedness, inter-connectedness and inter-dependence of all Life. Everyone AT OUR TABLE  is  sacredly nourished, maintained and sustained in body, mind, soul and sprit. For there is no other, there is just God being God in all through all, as all.
And So It Is.  Amen

“I AM surrounded by Living Substance,
a ‘Niagara’ of Good and Plenty”
– Rev. Dr. Kathleen Johnson

Dear Friends,
I love this quote by my friend Rev. Dr. Kathleen Johnson.  I have been affirming I AM the “Niagara of Good and Plenty,” overflowing and continually abundant!  I feel so blessed  with all the good in my life and realize there is more good to come! I am continuously presented with an abundance of Divine Opportunities and feel very grateful for my life.  This is truly the season to be grateful for everything, from the smallest pencil to the huge comfy sofa, to the piece of sliced apple to the grandiose banquet on Thanksgiving. We all have much to be thankful for.  Remember YOU are the Niagara Falls of Spirit continuously present, available and abundant! Call forth and invoke this God Source within you. You have the power to do so. You are the “Heirs of the Kingdom!”  The beautiful Jesus the Christ said, “I and my Father are One.” That was the Truth for him as he manifested so much good and plenty and it is the Truth for you and me. We each have the innate ability to experience the NIAGARA of Good in our lives. Say it, Claim and BE it!
Abundant Blessings to All!

“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”   Aesop

November is the month of Gratitude!

We stop and take time to be grateful for All the Good present in our lives  right now. Our Divine Good begins in our heart and mind first before it manifests in the visible realm.  We all can be thankful for the Good times and we must learn to be thankful for the “not so good times.”

The “not so good” times can be turned around to our benefit when we thank God for the experience and thank God for guiding us through it and to use it for a beneficial purpose.  We learn from those times. We learn more patience, kindness, love, appreciation and ways in which we can help others going through similar experiences.

All is meant to Bless us. When we focus on the blessings, beautiful good comes bursting forth from the experience. Ways to experience more gratitude:

*Start a Gratitude Journal and write down all the good and not so good experiences for the day. Look at each and say “Thank you God for the blessings and Thank you God for turning this situation around.” Look back at your life and find the miracles that happened when you felt loss or hurt. You are never alone and God is always moving within you to create a better and more wonderful life in, through and as you!

*Print the word “Gratitude” on River Rocks and set them among your flowers and patio area. Give them out to friends and neighbors.

* Create a Gratitude bracelet for a friend who helped you in your time of need..

*Write ” I AM Grateful” in the sand.

* Write a Letter of Gratitude to someone who really made a difference in your life this year!

Write more than one!

“Each time a man looks into your eyes, he is only searching to find himself; for he knows already, that he is part of you”   Jeremy Aldana

A Beautiful Story

 One day, as usual, an orphan, a little girl stood at the street corner begging for food, money or whatever she could get. Now, this girl was wearing very tattered clothes, was dirty and quite disheveled.

A well-to-do young man passed that corner without giving the girl a second look. But, when he returned to his expensive home, his happy and comfortable family, and his well-laden dinner table, his thoughts returned to the young orphan. He became very angry with God for allowing such conditions to exist.

He reproached God saying, “How can you let this happen! Why don’t you do something to help this girl?”

Then he heard God in the depths of his being responding by saying “I did. I created you.”

-Anonymous

What a “beautiful story” truly showing  how connected we all are and how everyone is a part of us in the ONE LIFE of GOD.

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What a beautiful quote by Pema Chodron, and so true.  Life always has a way of sending us messages and is very persistent as well as patient.  What areas of your life are being repeated  and replayed  over and over?  Are you ready to learn the lesson and move on?  Learning the lesson means we are willing to be silent and go deep within and really be honest with ourselves in how we conduct the business of life. What words and intentions are we using in our relationships, work place, finances and health. Look carefully.  If we continue to “claim” ill health it will remain and be repeated. If we “state” our checkbook never has enough to pay our bills, it never will. If we hold a grudge against someone who got “the job” we wanted, we become stuck in life. When we use words, thoughts and feelings in this way we place

a DEMAND on the Universe to MAKE IT COME TRUE!  Let’s STOP the pattern! Claim, state, demand and picture, a different outcome.  The beauty of this exercise is we can also do it for past memories as well. Do you have a  memory that replays itself constantly? Stop for a moment, be silent, get quiet and Visualize  what you really wanted to do or say to not cause harm or hurt to another human being and/or to yourself! Also replay the memory so the other person does not cause you suffering or stress.  Picture the outcome as one of peace and harmony, abundance and joy, love and compassion. Yes, you can do that for the past, present and future.   When you change the memory of the past, you change the timing, experiences and vibrations of the present and future. All is energy, and all time is occurring NOW.

The lesson is….

“Change your thinking, Change Your Life!”              (Ernest Holmes)

Lesson Learned!

How should we be able to forget those ancient myths that are at the beginning of all peoples, the myths about dragons that at the last moment turn into princesses; perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave. Perhaps everything terrible is in its deepest being something helpless that wants help from us.  ~ Rainer Maria Rilke (Karen Jandorf Peace Inspirations)

The above quote reminds me of the Spiritual Truth, ALL IS MEANT TO BLESS US.  All people, all experiences, all actions are meant to move us forward in consciousness, on our spiritual journey.  When we see the GOOD and Blessings in everything  (even the appearance of not so good) we draw the BEST and Highest out, because that is what we see.   God only sees the Love and Good in us. When we pray and see only God the Good in others, Spirit  manifests a perfect outcome in health, love, success, joy, and abundance.  We really do bring forth the princess or prince within us when we choose to see the blessings.  If all we see are the dragons of disturbances, lack, hard times,  unfulfilling relationships and illness, these dragons will remain in our life.. What we focus on manifests!

Dragon: Divorce   Princess/Prince – Thank you God for this person, for the lessons I have learned. He/she was here for a season and I am ready for a Higher Love in my life.                                                                                                                             Dragon: Loss of Job   Princess/Prince – Thank you God for a NEW and Greater Opportunity on my spiritual path.                                                                                   Dragon: Illness  Princess/Prince – Thank you God for the opportunity to know my Truth. I am you and you are me. Divine Health is my inheritance and I accept it now. I accept the greater lesson learned from the appearance of illness.

What is your dragon today?

How shall the Princess/Prince in you see the Truth, the Good, the Blessings?

At the center of your being,
you have the answer; you know who you are, and you know what you want.
-Lao Tzu

I love the quote stated above. Why? Because I resonate with its spiritual truth. How many times have you shrugged your shoulders and said, “I just don’t know what I am supposed to do in life,” or “I don’t know which job I should take.” Well, as Lao Tzu said, YOU DO KNOW. Divine Intuition is God’s Love speaking to you through your heart center. When you listen to your heart and remain true to your feelings you are always guided to do what is right for you. Logic sometimes can get in the way. Over the years many of us have been wired to do what we think others want us to do, or to play it safe and not take a chance, or if it does not make sense we won’t do it. It is time to make a change in the way we live our lives. Spirit within YOU is Joy, Love, Creativity, Intelligence, and Wisdom. IT is longing to move you forward in the right direction and expand you to live your full spiritual potential. When you open your heart to hear Spirit’s wisdom speaking, you will then make the true choices for your life. I encourage you to spend time daily to stop, listen, reflect and meditate in the silence where Divine ideas which you can understand and use will begin to flow in. Now go do what is right for you!