Dear Friends,

Last week I found myself with very little to do. My day planner was blank most days and I had oodles of time to just be home, be relaxed, and be still. I was contemplating the quietness and “less busyness” of the week and realized what a gift it was. The past few weeks were filled with dental and doctor appts, meetings, errands, running here and there and also preparing for our granddaughters and family to come for the day. In God’s Wise Wisdom, I had last week to stop and just BE.

Jeffon Seely wrote, “You are the Journey.” He said we often rush from one activity, event or spend time waiting for the next exciting happening in one’s life. We get caught up in all the “doingness” instead of the “beingness.” I remembered the In-between Times are just as important as the busy times.  The In-between times gives us time to pause, reflect, rejuvenate and regroup.

In – Our life unfolds from our INNER Consciousness

Between – We stop and reflect who we are BECOMING

Time – Time is always NOW.

In my quiet reflective time, my journey in Consciousness was to remember I am here to be love, be compassionate, be supportive, be appreciative for my life and everyone in it.

I was helping in my granddaughters classroom a couple weeks ago, and there was a substitute. She was having some difficulty controlling the TK class. She managed as well as she could. She asked me to be with one of the centers with about 6 children. I had a couple “squirrely” children who could hardly help their actions. Two boys were throwing building blocks on the ground. I pulled my chair to sit in-between them. One settled down the other had a couple crying times where all I could do was rub his back and tell him he was going to be OK. All is well and he is a good child. I reflected on my original criticism of the teacher, and realized it was just my ego getting in the way. When I left I told her she was doing a good job. I wanted to help by complimenting and encouraging her. Her face lit up and I could see she breathed a sigh of relief. With that I knew she would do a good job the rest of the day.

Reflecting on our Consciousness in the In-Between Times of our life is like a reprieve, a respite, a time to reflect what we are doing and becoming.  Although it was easier for me to be supportive in a classroom, I find myself critical every time I listen to the news. The reporters are just reporting what is happening, they are not causing the events.

My most difficult time is hearing what our government leaders are doing.I disagree with them and their actions in this time of our history. However, in my “Inbetween” times, my moments of quiet reflection I remember GOD is still GOD and everything works together for GOOD. I may not see it now, however with FAITH I know GOD works through ALL people. Change happens through all people. We are the people.

Becoming who we are is letting GOD be GOD within you. Pausing in the In Between times will help you listen to the still small voice within to BE and to DO what is yours do today and in the weeks and months to come.

I love the following meditation from Dr. Ernest Holmes.

Be Still and Know that I AM GOD.                                                                                      I Am still in Thy Presence.                                                                                                  I Am quiet and peaceful, for I put my trust in thee.                                                             A great stillness steals over me and a great calm quiets my whole being as I realize thy Presence.                                                                                                                        My heart knows of Thee, O most High within,                                                                   It is still in thy Presence, and it puts its whole confidence in Thee alone.                            In thy Presence I am still

-Ernest Holmes

WHAT IF…?

Dear Friends,

• How many times have you been hurt by words or actions?
• How many times have you been frustrated or angry at traffic?
• How many times have you watched a scenario of people talking or arguing and decided you knew what it was all about?
• How many times have you thought someone held a grudge or was angry at you?

We have all been in situations or watching situations unfolding and made instant judgements. My question for you is “What if you are/were wrong?”

“What if you could change the atmosphere or outcome?

We know ALL CHANGE comes from within and we have the God Given Ability to CHANGE our thinking, our feeling and Change the outcome. The outcome might just be our own view, of the situation. It is like watching an accident on the street. You are standing on one corner viewing it from your perspective. There are three other people on the other corners viewing the accident from their perspective. EACH one will have a slightly different story when they are interviewed by the police.

WHAT IF…for every hurt, frustration, mishap we REFRAME our thoughts and create a NEW story, a NEW feeling, a NEW attitude.One that will benefit us as well as others. For our thoughts and feelings carry a vibrational energy that reaches out and touches everyone in close proximity and beyond.

You have been hurt by words or actions. What if you reframe that idea and consciously thought about the feelings of the other person. Is he or she feeling OK? Are they acting out due to an internal hurt they are feeling? Maybe it is not about you. If it is not about you, send them some LOVE and feelings of Good Will. If it is about you, are there any words of truth in what they said?
If so, send them LOVE, Blessings and apologies. The energy of LOVE will transform and REFRAME your feelings, thoughts as well as theirs.

Traffic is Traffic. No sense in being frustrated. Good time for Prayer. Ask God to clear the way, bring traffic into Divine Order and your arrival at your destination be in Divine Timing. Then put on some wonderful music, sing in the car. Reframe your thoughts and be joyful. Every driver on the road will feel yoru uplifting energy and joyful vibration.

People arguing at work? Stop judging and REFRAME your thinking by sending LOVING thoughts to them. God is in Charge of this scenario and the Divine Outcome is at hand. It is not your business to know what they are disagreeing on. It is your business to be a LOVING LIGHT in the midst of chaos. That will change the vibrations and soothe the atmosphere.

Grudges and anger? What if the person does NOT hold a grudge or is angry with you? Time to find out. First center yourself asking God to go before you, prepare your way in heart, mind and action. God is Love as and through you.Say, “I am Love in the interaction with this person. I see them and hear them clearly. God is in charge and dissipates any anger or grudge. A Divine Outcome is happening now. Then GO talk with the person and let God be God within you.

Dear Friends,

“Mind must view the thought as already completed in the thing; and the Mind must also contain the avenue through which the idea is to be expressed. Every thought sets the fulfillment of its desire in motion in mind, and mind sees the thing as already done.” Ernest Holmes – The Science of Mind

In Religious Science when we do our affirmative 5 step prayer treatment, we state what it is we wish or desire. Besides WORDS, our FEELINGS must go hand in hand with it. Nothing can happen if our words don’t match our feelings. Heart and Mind must agree with our prayers, declarations and affirmations.

And yet, even if we are absolutely sure and feel what we are praying for is exactly what we want, we still need to LET GO and LET GOD DO THE WORK. What does this mean? You might not get what you want…..!YOU WILL get what you need, what is BEST for you and something even GREATER or BETTER than what you had hoped for and prayed for!!! We must always remember Divine Wisdom sees ALL and IS ALL and KNOWS ALL.

Jeffon Seely in the “Science of Mind” magazine, wrote about his experience looking for a new job, one being a financial officer (CFO) at a rural hospital.He had the qualifications and everyone believed in him. He went through interviews and people were impressed with him.. He kept envisioning himself getting the job. He got the CALL, but didn’t get the job he applied for. He got a new position, specifically created for him and all his skills and abilities. He said he was so happy because it FIT his experience and WHO he was!

WOW! GOD KNOW BEST!

We must continue to pray, vision, declare and affirm what we want in life, and what our hearts desires. Then just let it go in prayer saying… GOD YOU KNOW BEST what is right for me. Thank you for even something greater in my life!!

Continue to know your vision is happening right now, and or something greater, better and what uniquely FITS YOU!

Jeffon said, “I accepted and realized that when you believe, you activate the conditions for becoming. It may not be an exact match to the picture in your mind, but it will be the experience meant for you.”

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!