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8/2/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“The fault is in the one who blames. Spirit sees nothing to criticize.”

~ Rumi

How is it that Spirit sees nothing to blame? Is it because Spirit knows that there is a purpose behind everything? That in some way everything serves our highest good — our spiritual growth and evolution?

Being that we’re looking from the inside out, my friend, it’s not so easy to see what we and our behavior are really like. The only way we can really see what we’re like is to look in the mirror. Right?

Well, Spirit knows that. And it also knows that like attracts like. Just as if you were looking in a mirror, what you see in someone else is a reflection of you and what is going on within you.

Think of it as a gift, my friend, an opportunity to see yourself as everyone else sees you. If you like it, great! Stay the course. If you don’t, you get to change it in yourself and thereby change what you experience of others!

That’s a powerful win/win situation!

8/1/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go. My own wisdom and that of all about me seemed insufficient for that day.”

~ Abraham Lincoln

There’s a solution to every problem, my friend, even the big ones. But you can’t grasp hold of a good solution when you’re worried or stressed or focused on all the potential horrible outcomes. This is when prayer and meditation are most important. Because it’s not until you eliminate those thoughts and quiet your mind that a solution can make itself known.

So quiet your mind, ask for help, and trust, with overwhelming conviction, that the right solution will appear. It’s that simple. Will you do that, my friend? It doesn’t have to be only on the big issues. It works on the little ones, too, and everything in between.

Just remember, it’s not until you let go of control that the real power can flow. So relax, you’re never alone. Guidance is always there for the asking.

7/30/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Jealousy, envy, and resentment impoverish the person who feels them, not just morally but energetically. They literally shrink you. To take joy in the well-being of others is to share in the riches of the world. When we dip our cup into the infinite, we are enriched, but the infinite is not diminished. When you stare at the sunset, you are filled with its beauty, but the sunset remains as beautiful as ever. When you resent the happiness of others, you lose even the little that you have.”

~ B.K.S. Iyengar, Light on Life

You know, my friend, there’s always plenty for all. Be happy for others and know yours is right around the corner. Really, it’s just waiting for you to be ready to receive.

Remember, what you put out is what you’ll get back. Happy, fun, playful, joyous are the kind of expansive energies that attract all kinds of good things. And the best part is, you feel great in the process!

7/29/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“If you look into your own heart, and you find nothing wrong there, what is there to worry about? What is there to fear?”

~ Confucius

Don’t just look within, my friend, go within. The more you wend your way inward the more of your divinity you will discover. You will see that within there is nothing but purity.

Reside in your heart, speak from your heart, act from your heart, and all those around you will be drawn to do the same. There is never anything to worry about when you come from your heart.

Be honest, be genuine, and be love.

7/28/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“If you contemplate the Golden Rule, it turns out to be an injunction to live by grace rather than by what you think other people deserve.”

~ Deepak Chopra

Can you do that, my friend? Are you willing to give it a try? Can you work on catching yourself in the act of judging, being short, impatient, or critical and simply stop?

First, let’s acknowledge that we’re going to be less than perfect. After all, we’re human beings and we have our trained patterns of response. But with intention and concerted effort it is possible to change that programming.

Grace is always present, my friend, in every breath you take. Consciously connect with it and there’ll be no going wrong. Imagine … you’d have no regrets!

7/27/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“You are inextricably interdependent, always part of the wholeness, and one with all other life. Trust the foreign; it’s just a hidden part of you in another guise and form.”

~ James Wanless

Why not take on the role of neutral explorer, my friend? Neutral explorers are observers, looking for similarities and differences without judging. They don’t ask, “Is this good or bad?” Instead they ask, “How might this relate to me? How might it fit in with the big picture?”

But whatever approach you take, please know that everything serves a purpose and, in one way or another, serves the higher good for both you and life on planet Earth. And yes, my friend, that means even the horrible things you or others experience. There will somehow be some good that comes from it. Trust in this.

There is always more that remains to be seen and understood.

7/26/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“We leave you a tradition with a future.
The tender loving care of human beings will never become obsolete.
People even more than things have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed and redeemed and redeemed and redeemed.
Never throw out anybody.”

~ Sam Levenson, In One Era & Out the Other

Is it time for redemption, my friend?

Yes! In every moment be open to it. Allow it for yourself and everyone else.

Everyone deserves infinite fresh starts.

7/25/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“What’s an expert? I read somewhere that the more a man knows, the more he knows he doesn’t know. So I suppose one definition of an expert would be someone who doesn’t admit out loud that he knows enough about a subject to know he doesn’t really know how much.”

~ Malcolm Forbes

We can be absolutely 100% certain about something until new light is shed on the subject. Then what?

Have you noticed how it’s the professed experts, being so attached to being an “expert”, who are the last to embrace the new found truth? So much for being an expert!

Keep an open mind, my friend, a beginner’s mind. New discoveries are just around the corner.

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