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7/14/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive Element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess tremendous power to make life miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration, I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal. In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis is escalated or de-escalated, and a person is humanized or de-humanized. If we treat people as they are, we make them worse. If we treat people as they ought to be, we help them become what they are capable of becoming.”

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

It’s scary to realize that you possess such power. But possess it you do.

Now all that’s left to do is direct it to the good of all, my friend. Anything less will be letting yourself down, not to mention the others.

7/13/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“In the state of love, no matter what you do, it’s going to be good.”

~ Paramahansa Yogananda

There’s no need to worry — in fact, there’s no room for worry — when you’re in the state of love.

When love is present we are flowing with the 100% positive vibration of Spirit, our divine essence. What could possibly go wrong with that?

Spend some time every morning, first thing you do, and tune in to this state of love. From this energy set your intention for the day. Then you can relax and trust that everything you do and everything that happens will one way or another serve your and everyone else’s highest good.

7/12/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick. Under any circumstance, simply do your best, and you will avoid self-judgment, self-abuse and regret.”

~ Don Miguel Ruiz, The Four Agreements

It’s far too easy to be our own worst critic and then wallow in that self-destructive state. First and foremost in life, we must preserve our personal integrity. No one is perfect all the time, my friend. We all make mistakes. So if this should happen and you find you’ve let yourself or someone else down, acknowledge your mistake, make proper amends, and then let it go.

Whether avoiding a mistake in the first place or cleaning one up afterwards, either case reflects always doing your best.

7/9/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Why did people live so long content with the horse and carriage and not enjoy the automobile? Because they could not imagine it. Their minds were not trained to demand such a thing.”

~ Raymond Holliwell, Working With the Law

I have to admit, my friend, that I can sometimes be slow at embracing the new technology as it comes out. At this point now, things are advancing so quickly that I often skip multiple generations of a product because I just don’t feel the need for the incremental advances they offer.

There’s nothing inherently wrong with this approach to technology, but I can see how this same approach could become a problem when we don’t look forward and imagine a better life for ourselves, when we stay content with what is for too long. Life itself is always growing and expanding so to hold it back, to thwart it, is unnatural.

How do you thwart your own growth, my friend? There must be some improvement, something greater that you’d love to be experiencing.

Well, perhaps it’s time for you to start demanding such a thing. After all, there’s no sense in holding yourself back from something you’d love.

7/8/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Unlike animals, we have the ability to turn on the fight-or-flight response by thought alone. And that thought doesn’t have to be about anything in our present circumstances. We can turn on that response in anticipation of some future event. Even more disadvantageous, we can produce the same stress response by revisiting an unhappy memory…”

~ Dr. Joe Dispenza, Breaking the Habit of Being Yourself

Do you get that? It’s all about your thoughts! What are you focusing your attention on? And how are you feeling as you think those thoughts?

You’re in control, my friend. You’re the one thinking your thoughts! And you can change your thoughts at any time. It’s not always easy, but it is possible.

All change begins with awareness. So train yourself to notice what you’re noticing. Practice this, my friend, all day long, every day. Without your awareness, how will you know your thoughts aren’t serving you?

“And then what?” you ask.

Breathe… just breathe… deep, conscious breaths. Interrupt the pattern and then you can shift to something helpful.

7/7/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“Your soul’s desires are with you at birth like a hidden treasure chest of possibilities for you to discover as you grow and evolve into the person you were meant to be. Give voice to what you long for in the deepest place in your heart.”

~ Debbie Ford

Just as we have our soul’s desires at birth, we also have natural talents and gifts. They surface at different times and are gifts that we’re meant to share with the world. Don’t hide them, my friend. Use them. They’re there to help you fulfill your heart’s desires.

Your soul’s desires will rise with challenges. They won’t be easy and come naturally as your given gifts and talents do. You must pursue them anyway as you’ll never feel satisfied until you do. They’ll make sure of it!

7/6/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

“The choice between love and fear is made every moment in our hearts and minds. That is where the peace process begins. Without peace within, peace in the world is an empty wish. Like love, peace is extended. It cannot be brought from the world to the heart. It must be brought from each heart to another, and thus to all mankind.”

~ Paul Ferrini

Peace is your heart’s natural state. Love, compassion, faith, trust, appreciation, acceptance, peace — these are all natural states for your heart. Negative emotions are fed by fear, the opposite of faith and love. Notice, my friend, how worry or a need to control is only present when your heart’s natural states are blocked.

Any state, from love to fear, can be conjured by the mind for better or worse. Your mind really is that powerful. But now get this, when you quiet your mind, peace naturally returns to its rightful place, and on its heels will flow love and the other positive emotions.

So if you can’t quite conjure a loving thought, my friend, try quieting your mind instead.

Hmmm… perhaps it’s time for some of BeneFIT’s Hot Yoga.

7/4/2021: Daily Dose of Inspiration

When I asked God for strength,
He gave me difficult situations to face.

When I asked God for brain and brawn,
He gave me puzzles in life to solve.

When I asked God for happiness,
He showed me some unhappy people.

When I asked God for wealth,
He showed me how to work hard.

When I asked God for favors,
He showed me opportunities to work hard.

When I asked God for peace,
He showed me how to help others.

God gave me nothing I wanted,
He gave me everything I needed.

~ Swami Vivekananda

Whether you see it immediately or not, everything serves a purpose. You can trust that eventually you’ll get what you ask for, it just may not come in the way you’d hoped or expected.

Patience, my friend. Hindsight is 20/20.

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