Dear Friends,

We are in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season and if you are like me, you have a daily “to do” list. Mine is usually long and sometimes overwhelming. As part of my morning spiritual practice, I journal write and I also write out prayers for family, friends and myself. In the past month I have been creating “to do” lists in my journals. Normally I write them out on a separate sheet of paper and keep by my desk. Now I do both.

I have created my “to do” list in the form of a prayer. I believe there is a blessing when the name of GOD appears anywhere and especially on a sheet of paper. My to do list becomes a prayer treatment. I also add, “All this and/or something better.” The beautiful words of Emmet Fox crosses my mind,  “Turn away from the problem and think about GOD!” So after my written “to do” prayer, I write down all the words describing God pertinent to the prayer list. Then I sit back and quietly meditate on peace and gratitude. Each day I reread the prayers from the day before and have been amazed at the uncanny demonstrations! Truly more good happened than on my list.

Two examples I want to share with you.

One, I was expecting a gift delivery and it kept being delayed. Since I had to send it across the country I was concerned it would not arrive in time. It was now on my list for GOD to arrange delivery. It arrived that day, before the scheduled time!!!

Second, was a demonstration with the DMV! My REAL ID has been on my mind since the first of this year, with last MAY being the due date to have one in order to travel on airlines. I had no plans to take a flight, and I had my Passport as a backup. May came and went and because of all the other house, health, and jury duty challenges, I kept putting it off. October came and I knew I had to take care of this because my Drivers License was coming up for renewal in December. I called the DMV several times. My computer would not let me process the application on line so I went down to the DMV for help. I was able to complete the application on their computers. However I still needed an appointment. One DVM lady, said to wait until December close to my birthday. I felt unsettled about that so I called again. This time I made an appointment for Dec. 9th. Good thing I did since they were booked Oct. and Nov.

December 9th came. I had ALL the paper work needed to prove I was who I am. Passport, birth certificate, marriage license, social security card, drivers license and bills to prove my residency. I was very anxious and nervous because I also knew I needed a vision test. I wasn’t sure if they would require a written test. So I read the test booklet just in case. For some people this may seem easy and effortless, for me it was worrisome. I prayed and wrote out the prayer declaring the day would be easy and effortless. I turned the problem and the appointment over to GOD while thinking about all the wonderful aspects, qualities, virtues of GOD. Somewhere in that prayer, written and oral, I had a sense of PEACE come over me. Even as I was driving to the DMV, part of me started to feel anxious and then, the PEACE that passes understanding came over me. I kept feeling that PEACE as I got closer, and found an easy parking spot.

I walked in and the place was practically empty. Whoa…. this was the scary DMV??? I was second in line. My number was called right away. The clerk was friendly and helpful and I had all the paper work in order, even copies which they did not take. The gentleman said they scan the paperwork. I passed the vision test even with my contacts, one for long distance and one for reading.

The photo was quick. I was only third in line. I noticed the lady holding her jaw and when it was my turn, I asked if she was OK. She was in pain due to a toothache and was looking forward to getting to her dental appointment soon. We talked and I said I would pray for her. She smiled and said thank you.

I was done! I walked out of the DMD 25 minutes after I arrived and before my scheduled appointment! Can I say “Thank You GOD!” Yes, I can and yes I did!

Put a blessing and prayer on your to do list. Think about God. Hand it over to the SPIRIT of GOD within you and not only will your day be blessed, you will be a blessing to someone else.!

Dear Friends,

Christianity celebrates the Season of Advent, weeks before Christmas. “The Advent season is a time of preparation and reflection leading up to Christmas. The Advent wreath, adorned with candles, plays a significant role in this tradition. The wreath is typically made of evergreen branches, symbolizing eternal life, and holds four candles, each representing a specific theme of HOPE, PEACE, JOY , and LOVE associated with the Sundays of Advent. In some traditions, a fifth white candle, known as the CHRIST  candle, is also included and lit on Christmas Day.” (AI Internet)

Whatever faith tradition you follow, the beautiful ideas of keeping HOPE, PEACE, JOY and LOVE in the forefront of our minds is the way to make it through the day.

How HOPEFUL were we today? Did we bring hope to someone suffering, sick in the hospital, a relationship?                                                                                                How PEACEFUL were we today? Did we create peace in our relationships or did we instigate worry or uneasiness?
How JOYFUL were we today? Did we say a kind word, make someone smile and laugh with an uplifting joke?

How LOVING were we today. Did we give a hug to our spouses, our kids, our grandkids, a neighbor going through a rough time. Did we say I LOVE YOU to someone today?

Did we reflect on the beautiful trees with sprawling branches and take a moment to recognize our ETERNAL LIFE. Earth life is but a part of the golden thread of life that never ceases.

Lastly are we filled with the CHRIST Consciousness, an expression of GOD in all we do. “Christ Consciousness is known by love, peace, compassion, acceptance, wisdom, discernment, clarity, integrity, strength, courage, faith, trust, kindness, inclusiveness, and goodness.”(Gina Lake, from her book Jesus Speaking: On Embodying Christ Consciousness.)

Enjoy the Season!

GIVING  is Beneficial to Your Heart Health

Welcome to December! We are in the hustle and bustle of the Holiday Season. If you are Christian and/or New Thought you will be thinking about your loved ones and what to give them for Christmas. It is also a wonderful opportunity to teach your young children and grandchildren the blessings of GIVING.

Last year I took my granddaughter to Walmart where they had a Military ‘Toys for Kids Box’ collecting toys for children. I explained what we were doing to my granddaughter, and how important it is to give to children who do not have toys like she has. She understood some of what I was saying(age 4) and then really got into finding a perfect gift for one boy and one girl. When we gave the toys to the officer at the box it was a really big deal for her and I took photos. We talked about how it made us feel to give, even to someone we do not know and never will meet. I plan to do this again with her during the holidays.

I read a wonderful article on the Blessings and Benefits of GIVING by The Conference for Consciousness & Human Evolution (TCCHE).It talked about how GIVING affects our bodies.

Did you know…“Something wild happens in your body when you give…

“our heart and brain sync in perfect harmony. Your electromagnetic field expands. Dopamine floods your system. Your stress hormones drop.” “Your brain rewards you MORE when you give than when you receive. Neuroscience has proven it. The reward centers in your brain light up more intensely when you’re generous than when you’re on the receiving end. We’re literally wired for this.”

“The electromagnetic field of your heart is 5,000x stronger than your brain Acts of generosity activate alpha and theta brainwaves.” “Your energy field expands when you give from the soul. Selfless giving shifts your brainwaves into meditative states. Giving doesn’t deplete you…it multiplies you. Giving is backed by research from Heart Math Institute, neuroscience, and ancient wisdom traditions.”

“When you understand generosity as energy work (not just good behavior) everything shifts. Your heart becomes coherent. Your brain rewires for connection. Your electromagnetic field becomes healing. “

GIVING is HEALING, HEALTHY and BENEFICIAL.                                                         DO It, BE It and TEACH It.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

I love this time of year. People are tuned into gratitude while busy planning Thanksgiving dinners with family and friends. The hustle and bustle is upon us as we enter into this holiday. This season reminds us to be grateful for what we have and be grateful for what we don’t have. We look to God knowing everything is in Divine Order. Sometimes what we think we want is not what we need.

Today I focus on all the good I do have. In my morning meditations I look out my window and am in awe of the beautiful view of hills and nature. I watch the birds fly and land on the balcony. I know nature is abundant and beautiful. I am grateful for my fulfilled life, for Steve for my children and grandchildren. I am grateful for my family and friends. My prayers go out to all.

I also know this season can be heartbreaking for those who are spending this time alone, or without loved ones who have passed, and/or loved ones who are not talking to them, or friends who may have said unkind words. You can change the heartbreak to heart-heal, to heart-love, to heart-forgiveness and truly enter this season open and receptive to good and more good in your life.

• Heal your heart by remembering the beautiful times you spent with those
• you loved.
• Love ALL, even those most difficult.
• Forgive those who may have done harm to you in thought word and deed. Unforgiveness blocks your good. Forgiveness opens the door to a stream of new and Divine Opportunities.

We wish you all a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING. Give Thanks to GOD first and then Thanks to Everyone and Everything else. We ALL come from the ONE SOURCE.

Giving Thanks to GOD and All,                                                                                          Abigail and Steve

Dear Friends,

Poway, and the San Diego area is having Winter Rain. We are grateful for the rain, for it keeps the concern of fire away. However being true Southern Californians, we hope it ends soon so we can feel the sun and lovely weather we are so blessed to have.      Sun, rain, clouds are all part of nature and really a metaphor for our lives.

Rev. David Ault wrote in the Science of Mind magazine, “In the Tibetan Dzogchen tradition, the nature of mind is often likened to the SKY – vast open and fundamentally unchanging. Phenomena such as thoughts, emotions and life events are clouds that pass through the sky. No matter how dark or turbulent the clouds become, they never alter the sky’s essential nature.”

David likened the SKY as GOD, never changing, always there, calm, beautiful, holy, changeless, loving and more. Clouds are but passing fears, worries, health challenges, work challenges, family and friend challenges. They float across our lives and yet when we rise above the clouds, rise high in thought, feeling and consciousness we tap into the SKY/GOD Consciousness which is changeless and eternal.

Rev. David says, “We are not our fears, our conditions or our past stories. These are the clouds. We are instead the ever-present, changeless field of Divine Mind – the Sky”

Ernest Holmes says, “There is a Power for good in the universe greater than we are, and we can use it!”

That POWER is the God Power within us. When we stop looking at what is wrong and start rising above in consciousness and realize what is good, right, eternal, we let go of the storm clouds and put ourselves in the hands of GOD.

Do you want to be fretting in the storm clouds, or knowing the Truth of God, as all good, all loving kindness and knowing the highest and best for you?

Release your cares and concerns unto IT/GOD/SKY/ DIVINE MIND.

ALL that GOD is, is also in YOU.

Loving the Clear God Sky. Abigail and Steve

Dear Friends

A couple weeks ago I had 2 MOHS procedures on my face due to skin cancer.

The Doctor was able to clean and clear it out. I was very grateful. I had to wait after each procedure to see if he scraped enough for a clear margin. While waiting, I was talking with his assistant. She asked what book I was reading. I told her, and she was interested so she took a picture of the book in order to purchase it. Shortly, the Dr. came in letting me know I was good to go!

“A simple smile, a thoughtful gesture, a little conversation can help someone feel seen and valued.” (Daily Word)

One week went by and I returned to have the stitches removed. I brought the book with me because I had finished it, and wanted to give it to the assistant, if she hadn’t already purchased it. I had thought about dropping it off a few days earlier, but a little voice inside me said, “Wait until your appointment.”

I checked in at the desk and saw her. I asked, remember the book we talked about last week? I finished it and wondered if you would like to have it. The receptionist said, “It is her birthday today.”

I smiled and said Happy Birthday. She was really surprised by the book. I saw some tears in her eyes. She came to hug me and thank me. I then wondered if anyone else had brought her a gift or thought of her. I told the Dr. later, it was her birthday and he said, “Oh I forgot…” The way he said it made me think he was going to do something for her birthday.

“I give my attention to the whispers of my heart I receive from the Divine within.” (Daily Word)

Thursday is World Kindness Day. Listen to the WHISPERS of your heart and bring joy to another person.

Blessings, Abigail and Steve

Dear Friends,

Dia de los Muertos – Celebrated November 1 and 2.

“The festival is rooted in the ancient Aztec belief that death is a continuation of life. Descendants of the Aztec people exist to this day, primarily in Mexico. The Aztecs, who were native to central Mexico from the 14th to the 16th century, celebrated the deceased with monthlong festivities.”   National Geographic

“The multi-day holiday involves family and friends gathering to pay respects and remember friends and family members who have died. These celebrations can take a humorous tone, as celebrants remember amusing events and anecdotes about the departed.^[7] It is widely observed in Mexico, where it largely developed, and is also observed in other places, especially by people of Mexican heritage.” Wikipedia

Last week I was in my morning meditation when overwhelming grief came over me. I thought about the people I have known and loved, who passed away. I have a list of people I pray for both here and those who have crossed over. Needless to say that morning I was missing those who died, and I cried. Sometimes in our culture we try to “buckle up” or “move on” when someone we love dies. However I also believe we need to allow grief to happen. Let the tears flow, and remember the beautiful times with our beloved family and friends.

I love how our Mexican brothers and sisters celebrate and honor people who have died. Expressing love through celebration is a wonderful way to keep memories alive and well. For we know, we never really die. We just walk through the other side of the doorway. What makes us sad is, we cannot see the person in human form. The door is shut temporarily. However, we can KNOW they exist and are alive and well in God’s dimension of eternal life.

The holidays are upon us and it may sadden us to think we cannot spend time with our beloved ones who have passed on. And yet, we can. Put a chair at table for them. Bring them into your meditation. Light a candle for them. They are always with us and will send messages when we are open, willing and receptive.

I decided to add another votive to my meditation table. This one will be there through holidays, holy days, for those who have passed from my life. I will remember the wonderful times we had, the fun memories as well as the trials.

No one ever dies. They just move on.                                                                         Chief Seattle says, “There is no death, only a change of worlds.”

Dear Friends,

I know there are times in our lives when “pushing forward” seems impossible.

We tend to think of all the reasons why we can’t do something, or what we want seems remote and impossible. This is the time when we need to return to a simple TRUTH. Nothing is impossible with God There are no Limits in God. GOD Itself is “limitless possibilities.” Telephone, radio, TV, computers, cellphones (no need to plug into the wall), cars, airplanes would not exist if someone had a Divine Thought that it could be done!

• Someone PUSHED the LIMITS.
• Someone broke the invisible ceiling.
• Someone had a NEW THOUGHT which created a new “thing.”

Thoughts become Things. Thoughts are Things. This is how God created us, to think, to explore new ideas and new ways of doing things, new ways of living and more. Ernest Holmes (Science of Mind magazine) said,

“A consciousness of good, as it increases, always produces new and better circumstances.” This is the Law of Mind. So many things are better today than they were 100 years ago. We have benefitted from someone who pursued a NEW and innovative idea. This person may not have even been aware of this Law of Mind, which proves it is always working, known or unknown.

Nature has proved this Law over and over again. The caterpillar had to push through its cocoon in order to become a butterfly. The little duckling in its egg has to peck and peck over and over again to break the shell in order for it to step out and become what God intended it to become, a beautiful little duckling, to grow and flourish in its habitat.

We as humans push the ceiling in order to grow and become better than ever. The only ceiling or limit is our own thoughts of “I can’t do it, or it is too hard.” Remember with God nothing is impossible.

“Everyday is a fresh beginning. Every day is the world made new. We stand at the threshold of limitless possibilities, or endless opportunities for self-expression. Every doorway is open. Nothing inhibits or prohibits…”   Ernest Holmes.

Go out today, push a limit, open a door, create a new space for a new idea to grow        and flourish!

Blessings, Abigail and Steve

Dear Friends,

I have an innate GO button within me. The saying goes, “Give a busy person a job, because he/she will get the job done.” Busy people tend to get things done.

My  GO button seems to fit everything into my schedule, and then I take on more! That is why I need to purposefully STOP, reevaluate, conserve energy and decide “What is mine to do?”

During the past year, I have had to really look at my life and decide what is important to me. What IS really mine to do. My GO button is still on, however it is dedicated to joyful and inspiring activities. I ask daily, “What am I called to do today?” Being CALLED is listening to your intuition for a High Purpose each day. Do not confuse the word HIGH with a global activity or purpose.

We know in GOD there is no GREAT or SMALL. Good works and service are all the same with God.

A HIGH Purpose may look like:

• A smile and a kind word to one person.
• An act of kindness to an animal. See link below how a duckling was saved.

The beautiful reunion in the end 🥹🥹

have your tissues ready…

Thank you Judy Belknap for this wonderful story.

• Handing a bag of food to a homeless person on the street corner.
• Volunteering in a place you love.
• Uplifting and complimenting a co-worker.
• Marching in a freedom parade.
• Running for a political office
• and more….

It is all the same to God. No action is greater or smaller in God. For God will guide you to do what is yours to do and YOUR High Purpose for each day.

It will not be someone else’s. No comparisons.

We each are here to do our part for the Greater Good.

Where is your GREATER GOOD GO button pointed today? Listen to that still small voice, the voice of God within as your intuition. Your plate may be FULL today so just know ALL is accomplished with love and joy when you turn it over to GOD within!

Evaluating what is yours to do will help conserve your energy so you can give freely without exhaustion. The “Daily Word” says,

“The passion I feel for being in service is authentic. I am grateful to contribute my love and energy. I am renewed, rejuvenated, energized and engaged in the creative flow of life and love.”