Today I refuse to beat myself up because I have in some way made an error. I needn’t fall apart on the inside. When I go on and on berating myself, one mistake becomes ten, and soon I have burrowed myself in so deep that I can’t get out. This time when I do something
Just because I cannot see or sense the movement of spirit does not mean it isn’t there. I will trust that it lies within all that I see, enlivening what seems motionless, giving beauty to what seems meaningless. Trust is built carefully over time. When I make the effort to notice spirit as it enters
Today I will remember that when I encounter someone who is overheated with angry feeling, I can stay clear and calm and it will not pass to me. Because someone else is having a hard day need not mean that I have to have one too. If I am not a willing receptacle for another
What gives meaning to my life may lie beneath the surface. Today I will look not with my eyes but with my senses, to understand and experience what gives my life depth and importance. It is, at times, the promise of a hidden well that gives meaning to the surrounding atmosphere, the knowledge of a
Today when life gets rough, I will remind myself that I am not in it alone – someone besides me understands and sees and I can turn to that power within me at any moment to lighten my own burden. I learn in program to begin each day by turning my troubles over to a
My life is a journey, it is my story. Though it may not be recorded in history books, it has mythic proportions for me and for those close to me. Sharing personal stories enrich those who come after me. I am inspired and led by the stories of my elders. Family stories have special meaning
Today I realize that negativity has a psychic life of its own. When I focus on it and think about it, I am nurturing and allowing it to grow strong and formidable in my life. Negativity is real and it feeds on strength and goodness. Today I am stronger than that which is not of
I will not shrink from experiencing the ups and downs of my life. In the little disequilibriations of the day, soul energy is activated. Today I will pay attention. Rather than “get over it,
Today I will not avoid an inner hell in order to live constantly in heaven. When I refuse my deepest fears and nightmares, I keep the best of my inner life at bay as well. The demons that I fear the most gain life while I hold them in the darkness within me. When I