Daily Dose of Inspiration

8/31/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Thoughts are like data programmed into a computer, registered on the screen of your life. If you don’t like what you see on the screen, there’s no point in going up to the screen and trying to erase it. Thought is Cause; experience is Effect. If you don’t like the effects in your life, you have to change the nature of your thinking.”

~ Marianne Williamson, A Return to Love

Have you discovered the connection between the thoughts you think and the way you feel? If not, it’s definitely worth exploring. Your life is a reflection of your overarching pattern of thoughts and the underlying beliefs. With awareness and diligence you’ll be able to reroute your ship.

Now, be patient with yourself, my friend. You didn’t get to where you are overnight nor will you get where you want to be overnight. Don’t expect to be able to master your thoughts immediately. Just take one step at a time, baby steps even, and remember that practice makes perfect.

8/30/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t even happened yet.”

~ Anne Frank

Attitude is everything, my friend. Notice how we can look forward in anticipation of great things, or we can look forward with indifference or in dread. We get to choose our perspective.

And that perspective and attitude has a dramatic affect on not only how we feel in the moment as we are envisioning but it has the same power to effect how we experience the future moment as it’s happening. This is important to know, my friend, because now’s the time to let the Universe know you’re anticipating an amazing future!

8/29/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Thought is pure energy. Every thought you have, have ever had, and ever will have is creative. The energy of your thought never ever dies. Ever. It leaves your being and heads out into the universe, extending forever. A thought is forever.”

~ Neale Donald Walsch, Conversations with God

One single thought doesn’t carry a significant amount of power. But think of how it takes many raindrops gathering together to create a stream, and many streams gathering together to create a river. As you continue to think the same thoughts over and over they become a constant, steady beacon that you send out to the Universe. This is how they gather the power necessary to eventually manifest.

You know, my friend, the Universe, God, wants you to have what you want. It’s infinite resources are with you all the time following your attention and flowing with every thought you think. It doesn’t choose which thoughts to follow. It follows them all!

So be consistent, my friend, and diligent. Keep your thoughts true to what you want and let the Universe deliver.

8/28/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive, and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style.”

~ Maya Angelou

You know what makes the difference between barely surviving and truly thriving in one of BeneFIT’s classes? It’s very simple, very basic even. It’s proper hydration.

Well, it’s the same way with life, my friend. The difference between just surviving and truly thriving comes down to something very simple, very basic even. It’s attitude.

Oh, intention helps, that’s for sure. But intention without a good attitude won’t allow anything positive to thrive.

Start with the basics, my friend, and build from there.

8/27/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“There is no thought or situation that you can’t put up against inquiry. Every thought, every person, every apparent problem is here for the sake of your freedom. When you experience anything as separate or unacceptable, inquiry can bring you back to the peace you felt before you believed that thought.

“If you aren’t completely comfortable in the world, do The Work. That’s what every uncomfortable feeling is for — that’s what pain is for, what money is for, what everything in the world is for: your self-realization. It’s all a mirror image of your own thinking. Judge it, investigate it, turn it around, and set yourself free, if freedom is what you want. It’s good that you experience anger, fear, or sadness. Sit down, identify the story and do The Work. Until you can see everything in the world as a friend, your Work is not done.”

~ Byron Katie, Loving What Is

You get that, my friend? It’s our mind, weaving its story, that’s so often our worst enemy. That’s until such time as we start questioning our thoughts and their validity. Fortunately, we can look forward to relief as we finally surrender our judgment and allow the story our mind created to unravel.

The mind is oh so creative — for better or for worse. Just remember, if you don’t like how you’re feeling, it’s time to examine your thoughts.

8/26/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“When you surrender your will, you are saying, “Even though things are not exactly how I’d like them to be, I will face my reality. I will look it directly in the eye and allow it to be here.” Surrender and serenity are synonymous; you can’t experience one without the other. So if it’s serenity you’re searching for, it’s close by. All you have to do is resign as General Manager of the Universe. Choose to trust that there is a greater plan for you and that if you surrender, it will be unfolded in time.”

~ Debbie Ford, Spiritual Divorce

When you have faith there is no need to control. You know your role is not to manage things. Instead, your role is to simply set your intention, focus your attention, release any tension and hand over the rest to the Universe.

The thing is, my friend, to get from where you are to where you want to be the Universe may just have to take you through places you hadn’t envisioned. These are the times when you need faith. Simply trust that Divine Intelligence is always at work and know that the right thing happens.

8/25/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“There are two ways of spreading light…
To be the candle, or the mirror that reflects it.”

~ Edith Wharton

All it takes is appreciation — of anything, my friend — and you spread light. You can’t go wrong when you appreciate just as you can’t go wrong when you love.

Look for things to appreciate — things like the sunshine, the rain, the clouds, your pets, your family, that you have a roof over your head, water to drink and food to eat. There is something to appreciate in everything.

As you appreciate you spread light, you spread love, you spread good tidings. You will feel light. You will feel love. You will feel good.

So spread the light and make it a beautiful day.

8/24/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“At first, keeping all the different parts of your body in alignment is like herding wild monkeys. Plus, in the beginning, it may hurt, too, so beginners are often afraid to do it.

“This leads me to one of the most important lessons America has ever taught me: “No pain, no gain.” In India, we express the same sentiment as “No money, no honey.” Of course it hurts! Contrary to popular belief, pain often means that you are doing something right. Be grateful and patient. Nobody’s telling you to be a martyr or a masochist; I’m just talking about going one small step beyond discomfort. Stretch to the point at which you feel pain, the threshold, and learn from it. Each day that threshold should recede and you’ll have to go farther and farther to reach it.”

~ Bikram Choudhury, Bikram Yoga

Have you ever noticed how you’re more proud of the accomplishments that took time and effort to achieve?

Keep this in mind as you practice your yoga. Taking your body or your mind into new territory requires effort to create the change and diligence to maintain it.

Little by little, my friend. Appreciate the incremental changes; these are the ones that will last.

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