Have you ever regretted mistakes from the past?

I am sure everyone has at some point in their life. We can’t change the past, however we can change the future right now!

I was reading the Daily Guides in the March issue of the ‘Science of Mind’ magazine by Rev. Christie Hardwick. Her title was, “You Can Edit Your Life Story.”                           She said,” The life we have left. What’s true for every one of us reading this, whether we’re in our third decade of our eighth, is that we are the authors of every chapter. And this human experience is limited.”

I am in the decade of my 70’s soon to be in the 80’s and I look back on my life with both remorse and gratitude. The remorse is, “I wish I had done things differently…” and the gratitude is, “Thank God I didn’t.” Over the years I have learned so much about myself through reflection, introspection, honesty about why I made the decisions I did, right or wrong. I recognized my thoughts and attitudes at different stages of my life. My life has been FULL and mostly wonderful! Each decade was like a continuous book of life. Each year its chapters. The beauty is I AM STILL writing my book and living out my chapters.

And knowing this, I can EDIT the now to change the chapters of the future!!! I am the sole writer of my LIFE BOOK. I have the power to edit, change my future chapters by the power of my word and my pen! I journal everyday and look back on how the events I journaled took place, even better than I thought.

Three things I say each day as I am in my prayer and meditation time.

1. I Forgive myself, past, present and future. For I know time is only mans creation. There is no time in God.
2. I AM not the person I was in my past. I AM who I AM NOW.
3. Everything in my past has brought me here today, and I am Grateful!

What are you saying to yourself each day to bring JOY, Happiness and Creativity in your life? You have the power to write your own story, now and the future. The human past is the past, so bless it and be grateful for it!

You are God’s Divine Creation. Can’t get better than that!

“As the Universe is run by an Infinite Mind, so our life is controlled by our thinking. Ignorance of this keeps us in bondage; knowledge will free us.”       Ernest Holmes.

What is New Thought? In a Nutshell

• New Thought began in the mid-1800s with Transcendentalism, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Phineas P. Quimby who came to believe the mind can create good health or disease. Other leaders in the movement were Mary Baker Eddy, Thomas Troward, Emmet Fox Joel Goldsmith, Ernest Holmes, Charles and Myrtle Fillmore.

• “I am a child of God and therefore I do not inherit sickness.” (E. B. Weeks) He influenced Myrtle Fillmore and she overcame Tuberculosis.

•  New Thought embraces positive thinking, listening to one’s inner voice, affirmative prayer, meditation, and other ways of realizing the presence of God within.

• As a Spiritual Philosophy New Thought derives its name from an ancient principle that “A NEW THOUGHT PRODUCES A NEW CONDITION.” Voices of Faith, Chapter on ‘New Thought” by Rev. Dr. Mitzi Lynton.

• Its roots are in Christianity but it is not limited or bound by it. (Rev. Wendy Craig-Purcell, Unity) Jesus the Christ was the Way Shower, the teacher, the Awakened One, the GREAT EXAMPLE, not the exception. He knew His Divinity. We believe his words. “What I DO, You can do, and even greater things.” He was fully God Conscious. Everyone has the potential to be fully God Conscious.

• “The philosophy of Religious Science is a synthesis of the greatest concepts that have ever come to the mind of humankind. The laws of Moses, the love of Christ, the ethics of Buddha, the morals of Confucius and the deep spiritual realization of the Hindus all find an exalted place in the philosophy of Religious Science.”  (Ernest Holmes)

• New Thought spirituality teaches that separation is the ultimate illusion and that in reality, there is ONE Consciousness expressing through infinite forms (humans and all species) -(Rev. Cylvia Hayes)

• New Thought followers believe “God in all, as all and is all” and “There is one life, that Life is the Life of God, that Life is Perfect and that Life is my/our life now. The God in me sees the God in you. The Christ in me sees the Christ in you. “There is a Power in the universe greater than you are and you can use it.” Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life.” (Ernest Holmes)

• New Thought continues to develop conceptually, educationally, and organizationally because New Thought affirms freedom of belief of each person.  Always be open at the top. (Science of Mind, Ernest Holmes)

Sometimes a story just SAYS it ALL. My friend Rev. Forward shared this story with me.

“Cliff Young: Embracing the Edge”” A true tale of improbable endurance and quiet revolution”

“In 1983, a crowd gathered in Sydney to witness the beginning of the grueling Westfield Ultramarathon—a 544-mile race stretching all the way to Melbourne. The best ultra-athletes from around the world were there: lean, young, backed by sponsors, outfitted in sleek gear. And then, from the edge of the crowd, stepped a man who didn’t belong.

He was 61 years old. His name was Cliff Young. He wore overalls, not running shorts. His shoes were work boots, not trainers. He had no coach, no nutritionist, no plan beyond the rhythm of his own body and the memory of chasing sheep across fields for days on end without sleep. The onlookers laughed. The other runners blinked in confusion.But Cliff wasn’t there to prove anyone wrong. He was just there to run.

And run he did. Not with speed or style, but with what would come to be known as the Cliff Young Shuffle—a strange, loping gait, low to the ground, effortless, and efficient. While the younger athletes followed tradition—running fast by day and resting at night—Cliff did something no one expected: he didn’t stop. He shuffled through the dark, through the pain, through the silence of night, embracing every edge that rose up to stop him.

On the third night, people began to notice. Cliff was closing the gap. By the fifth day, he had taken the lead. By the time he shuffled across the finish line in Melbourne, he had broken the race record by nearly two days, finishing ten hours ahead of the next competitor.And then, when handed the $10,000 prize, he shocked the world again. Cliff said, “I didn’t know there was a prize. I thought it was just a run.” And he gave it all away—dividing it among the other runners.

Cliff Young didn’t win because he was faster. He won because he lived his life at the edge—of expectation, of logic, of belief—and when the world said “this is impossible,” Cliff said “I’ll just keep going.”

• He didn’t fight the edge. He didn’t fear it.
• He shuffled into it. Night after night. Step after step.
• And in doing so, he redefined what endurance could mean.

Let his story remind us:

•  Sometimes the edge is not a cliff to fall from, but a place to begin.
•  A new gait.
• A quiet revolution.
•  A shuffle that changes the world.”

Cliff just DID what he loved, and what he knew how to do without worrying or even considering what other people thought. What a lesson in DOING WHAT YOU LOVE TO DO, through trials and tribulations!

Be courageous in the long run….

Watch ABC Newsclip on Cliff Young                                            https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-24/cliff-young-potato-farmer-who-ran-from-sydney-to-melbourne/105023078

“LOVE GOES BEFORE ME”

How many of you remember the TV show “Star Trek?”    Remember the words…, SPACE, the Final Frontier?They were looking for new places to go. They couldn’t see them and yet they knew people, other planets, other civilizations were OUT THERE.  That Final Frontier was something you could see and touch traveling  past stars, and landing on other worlds.

There is Another Final Frontier for humans and that is the CONSCIOUSNESS of LOVE. If we all expressed LOVE this world would be a different place. Don’t You Think? LOVE: We can’t see it or touch it, and yet we know IT is there. Like AIR we expel on a cold day, we can’t see it unless it is very cold out and we exhale.

The Consciousness of LOVE is within each and everyone of us.Emerson says, “LOVE is our highest word and the synonym of GOD.”

SAY to yourself everyday whatever you do and wherever you go….

IAM LOVE ENTERING – Be Love entering a building, a store, the post office, whatever threshold you cross over.

I AM LOVE WALKING  – On walks meet people with a smile and kind heart. Take time to say hello.

I AM LOVE TALKING – Preface your words with kindness. Respond to hurtful words with quiet compassion. Think first before talking or answering.

I AM LOVE HEALING – You are the essence of God. The healing vibration is who you are. You were created from LOVE so LOVE is who you are. Love heals.

I AM LOVE EXPANDING – Expand loving thoughts, words and deeds towards all people, even those you disagree with and/or don’t like.

Watch the EFFECT you have on people with a LOVE Consciousness!!! You will be a BLESSING to all in your life and also yourself.

I love songs by Karen Drucker. One in particular is “Holy Holy Holy.”

 “Chorus: We are holy holy holy. We are holy holy holy. We are holy holy holy. We are whole. (repeat)   (substitute “We are” with: You are / I am )                                        Verse: Spirit divine, come to me, feeling love, healing me.                                                Open my heart, allow me to see, beauty and love, that lives in me.”

What a beautiful way to remind us WE ARE HOLY. The ‘Daily Word’ says,

“I Am Holy. As a divine expression of life itself, I am holy, made in the image and likeness of God. I embrace all life with an open heart. I walk in reverence. My life is sacred, a living prayer.”

Had you ever considered your life as a LIVING PRAYER? What if you woke up each morning and said to yourself, “I Am a Living Prayer. My life is a living prayer. All that I do today is consciously live as a living prayer for myself and for others.”

What would that mean? What would that look like? I have deeply considered this and feel this is living as Spiritual Consciousness. Wherever you go and whatever you do, you are a LIVING PRAYER BEing. Steve and I were on our way to visit some friends and were slowed way down by traffic. We didn’t know what was going on so we said a silent prayer. As we got closer to the incident we saw three cars in the middle of the road, 2 police cars, one huge firetruck and about 10 -12 firefighters and police officers. I silently said a prayer knowing that GOD, was in each first responder there. God was in the people who were already taken to the hospital. God was in each car passing by. God as the HOLY ONE was IN each person.

There was a quietness as we got closer as if we were traveling on sacred ground. And we were. For EVERYTHING is HOLY. Everything is GOD.

When we prayed for the healing and wholeness of those involved in the accident we were actually claiming their “HOLINESS”. The wholeness of God is the Holiness of God within each person. Saying a prayer, feeling the prayer we became the PRAYER, a Living Prayer for others.

This week remember the wholeness and holiness of ALL beings.Say to yourself:

I AM HOLY- A LIVING PRAYER.

Dear Friends,

I was reading an article by Rev. Ron Fox in the ‘Science of Mind’ Magazine. His ideas are food for thought in the coming year. Ron Fox said, “I am ready. I am open to more good expressing in my life.”

I was talking with a friend the other day who kept saying, “I have nothing to do…” I know there are times in life when we have our slow down times, however there is always something to do when we take the time to pause, meditate and ask GOD, what is mine to do today, next week, next month?! The Universe, Spirit, God will respond. It is up to us to Listen for the new ideas and have the courage to follow through.

Ernest Holmes wrote, “The possibilities of the Law are infinite, and our possibilities of using IT are limitless.”

Ron Fox says, “I can create a whole new life for myself. Spirit is not bound by precedent. No matter what we wish for the universe stands behind us.”

God always says YES and or something better! Remember we are Spirit, we are God in human form. Ernest Holmes says ,“Humanity is Divinity Made Visible!”

There is that within you that KNOWS, LISTENS and RESPONDS to every thought, every feeling and every action. If you keep saying, “I have nothing to do, the Universe will respond with nothing to do, and no new ideas…

God is YOUR Co-Creator! ASK for a new idea!

You Ask, You Receive. If you don’t know, God within DOES KNOW what you need and what you want. LISTEN for that still small voice within showing you the way, and bringing forth new ideas for your life. GOD is always expressing through you.

Be OPEN to New ideas, New thoughts, and New ways of doing things.

This is a NEW YEAR. BE a NEW YOU!

Dear Friends,

Are we already almost halfway through January???!!! Time continues to fly by and I am still reflecting on what 2026 will bring. Sometimes the busyness of the holidays does not let us take time to pause and listen for God’s message and inspiration in our lives.

I read a perspective in the ANTN (Affiliated New Thought Network) newsletter by my friend Rev. Dr. Michele Whittington, and her thoughts made so much sense. Why RUSH into January trying desperately to keep some resolutions. Why not wait and ALLOW what is yours to do, to unfold in Gods way and timing.

She says.”January is no longer the old year, and not fully the new. It sits between the two … like a doorway we haven’t yet crossed.This in-between space is akin to a threshold: a place of reflection as well as a place of deep potential. This threshold invites us to pause, to notice and to honor what has been before we step forward.’Rather than demanding immediate forward movement into the new year,I plan to let January be a time for reflection on some important questions.”

Dr. Michele’s questions to pray and meditate on throughout this month are:

• What no longer fits the person I am becoming?
• What is ready to be laid down with gratitude?
• What is trying to take shape?
• And perhaps most importantly, what am I willing to trust without yet seeing the full path?”

Besides taking time in the morning during your prayer and meditation time, ask these questions before you go to bed. Allow your Dreams to reveal the answers

BE THE SPARK IN THE NEW YEAR!

HAPPY NEW YEAR to everyone! How many enjoyed watching the New Years countdown Wednesday night? It was and is always fun to watch the fireworks and all the SPARKS and fireworks in the sky. They light up the night!

As we enjoyed the New Years celebration, we can continue to celebrate each day throughout the year. We know from the Christmas story, we can celebrate the birth of our beloved Master Jesus the Christ and we can celebrate our own birth of Christ Consciousness every day.

To bring forth our Christ Consciousness we can commit to some uplifting resolutions and purposeful behaviors in the New Year. It is time to take stock of our lives, be honest with ourselves and look deeply into our hearts to live a life of Joy, Peace, Love, Abundance and Happiness. We can truly be a SPARK in the NEW YEAR and bring forth Good not only in our own lives, but GOOD in other people’s lives as well.

How many of you lit candles during this holiday season. Some may have turned on the switch for votives and some may have used a match or lighter to light beautiful candles for the house or dinning room table. Which ever it was, YOU were responsible for the SPARK to LIGHT UP that area of the room. When beautiful lights are on and candles are lit, it ILLUMINATES the room to a sense of AWE for others and for yourself.

BE the one to SPARK UP someone’s life today and every day in the New Year. 

HOW can you do this?

S – Service – Be in service to others and to your Self. Know your worth.

P – Pause and Peacefully listen to others and what they need, not what you think they need.

A – Always bring forth your Authentic self. No more hiding who you truly are.

R – Realize your Divinity and Rely on God.

K – Kindness is Heart’s Intelligence. Allow Kindness to guide your way.

Sparking, Abigail and Steve

Birth of a New Day!

This week Christians and New Thought followers celebrate the birth of Jesus the Christ. A new baby was born in the humble surroundings in Jerusalem over 2,000 years ago. No one knew at that time what an impact this Divine being would be to the world. We celebrate his birth. We celebrate his Consciousness. We celebrate his teachings of love, compassion, forgiveness and the Power of God within each person. His birth began a NEW DAY UNTO THE WORLD!

We can take this beautiful story and make it our own. TODAY we have the God given Divine Power within us to create a new day in our life. Jesus said, “What I do, you can do also and more!.” God is within each of us. In New Thought we say, we are co-creators with, as and of God.  Ernest Holmes, says, “Humanity is Divinity in Form.”

As I sat in my meditation chair watching the sky begin its glow as the sun came up, I knew it was a NEW DAY for me. Yesterday is gone. Yesterdays thoughts and actions are gone. I have a NEW DAY to create my life. I can rethink. I can redo. I can react differently today.

Jesus the Christ brought a new Consciousness into the world. Today I have the opportunity to choose to be the Christ Consciousness with everyone in my life, with everyone I meet and talk to. I have the new day opportunity to release old patterns of not enough-ness, self-blame, and accept within me the new patterns of love, forgiveness, joyfulness, service, kindness and knowing my word is powerful so I think and speak carefully and wisely.

The song  Create In Me a Clean Heart, by Keith Green came into my mind.                    Create in me a clean heart, oh God                                                                              And renew a right spirit within me

Everyday we have the opportunity to Create a clean and loving heart, a clean a thoughtful mind to BE and DO good in this world of ours.

Jesus’s birth was not just about him, it was and is about YOU. Everyday YOU can birth something NEW and beautiful in your life. Take time today to birth a clean heart and right spirit and Christ Consciousness within you.

Blessings to all, Abigail and Steve