Priorities

"Come and fill my days with dreams. Empty me of all the empty things that I hold onto. Come and fill my heart with You."
~Grant Cunningham & Matt Huesmann

Affirmation
Love is my priority, my purpose and my path.

Meditation
Dear God, Help us to open our eyes and remain awake to Your truth. There is so much fluff and stuff floating around us, filling our thoughts and taking our time. Help us not be distracted by empty things. Release us from our tendency to major in the minors. May Your will for our lives be our priority and our passion. May Your purpose be evident in all of our actions. May our dreams and our days be filled with Love. So it is!

Ordinary Moments, Extraordinary Life

"...I used to pray that God would give me something--strength, wisdom, patience, the solution to a problem. I was forever telling God what was wrong with my life and what God needed to do to fix it. Today, I talk things over with God to decide what I can do, not what God should do. This is the key to spiritual power, to finding God in so many wonderful places both ordinary and extraordinary." ~Father Leo Booth

Meditation
Dear God, For many years I prayed for You to fix me; to solve my problems and save me from myself. My own stubborn willfulness would lead me into the swamp, then I would impatiently implore You to rescue me. Allowing You to guide my decisions and my days works in the most incredible way. Each ordinary moment carries an extraordinary opportunity for being with You. I place this day under Your direction and let it be what You would have it be. Thank You, God!

The Power of Your Word

Better than a thousand useless words is one word that gives peace.


- Buddha

Security

"I have faith that God will care for me, and God does provide my needs. I don't in any way feel insecure because I don't know where I will sleep at night, where or when I will eat next. When you have spiritual security, you have no more feeling of need for material security. I don't know anybody who feels more secure than I do--and, of course, people think l am the poorest of the poor. I know better, I am the richest of the rich. I have health, happiness, inner peace--things you couldn't buy if you were a billionaire."
~Peace Pilgrim quote is taken from: Peace Pilgrim: Her Life and Work in Her Own Words

Boardies ~ I have come to experience and live in the miracle, that is the Universe is an unending source of security. Sometimes if all I have is housing, food and electricity then that is what the Universe needs me to have at that moment. Trusting from my heart of hearts that I am being supported provides a deep sense of security. Security comes from the Universe, the God, the Buddha, the invisible net of love that supports us every single moment. The world is not the source. love ~R

The Artist

Check out my baby's picture .... he called it "The Darkness" and the inspiration he said is from a recent Fairly Godparents episode. :-) He was even able to tell me I was holding it upside down and to hold it the right way lol

I LOVE this one:

It does not matter whether you are a theist or atheist, what matters is sincerity, forgiveness, and compassion.
- His Holiness the Dalai Lama

I believe that it doesn't matter what form the Higher Power takes in your life, how you pray or who you pray to; or even if you only believe that people are the creators in some form or an other.

What DOES matter is how we contibute to the world everyday. It matters what vibrations we send out. It matters what pebbles we throw into the pond of consciousness. For what we do effects every living thing. If I love on those closest to me it effects everything in the Universe.
Gratitude, honesty, compassion., kindness and love keep on giving.
love ~R

The Power of Thank You

A single grateful thought toward heaven is the most complete prayer.-Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

Thank you is one of the most important things we can say to anyone.
Thank you says, "I see you. I see what you have done for me. You have been kind to me. I know it takes work to be kind. I feel special that you did the work of being kind to me. I am grateful."

Pray Thank You, to your Higher Power. Thank You for the gift of life, for a world of natural beauty and power to live in, and for the people around me who love me and accept my love.
Thank You for caring about me and helping me every day in my life, and please help me ask for the gift of Your help each day. Practice thinking "Thank You, Higher Power" Live in gratitude.
Paraphrased From the book:
God Grant Me... by Anonymous

Splendor Within

"Come now, noble souls, and take a look at the splendor you are carrying within yourselves! But if you do not let go of yourself completely, if you do not drown yourself in this bottomless sea of the Godhead, you cannot get to know this divine light." ~Meister Eckhart

Affirmation
I release all that I think I am to discover what I AM.

Meditation
Dear God, Thank You for the many wonderful ways that You break through to me. Sometimes, what I think gets in the way of what is true. I come now to the Source of life to learn about life. I release my preconceptions and embrace the true splendor within. I release my own willfulness and accept Your will. Your truth is greater than my wildest dreams. Thank You. Thank You. Thank You! So it is.

On a wall hanging

is written:

You yourself as much as anybody in the entire universe deserve love and affection.

- Mahatma Ghandi

Ask, Seek, Find !

So I say to you: Ask, and it will be given to you; search, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; everyone who searches finds; everyone who knocks will have the door opened.

~Luke 11:9-10

I love dangerous questions - questions that do not have easy or immediate answers and the process of answering is transformative. Answering potentially dangerous questions requires self honesty, introspection and a willingness to be authentic. I call such questions dangerous because they have the ability to shatter our self made selves thereby creating an opening for something brand new. I believe dangerous questions flow from Spirit in order to prepare us for a new relationship with Life.~Richard Beattie

job

Hi Rose,,
I have been at my current job for 3 1/2 years.
I applied with the state as Employment Service Specialist .
do you see me getting this job?
I love you.
T

Today

"Charity begins today.Today somebody is suffering,today somebody is in the street,today somebody is hungry. Our work is for today, yesterday has gone, tomorrow has not yet come." ~Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Affirmation
I am fully living and loving in this moment.

Meditation
Dear God, What shall we do today God? How will You manifest Yourself through us? As we reflect on the mystery and wonder of Your presence, we open ourselves to be available to You in each moment of today. May Love find a way through our hearts and into the world. Help us recognize the work that You have for us. Help us take time to be Your children in the most active ways we can. Thank You for today and the potential it holds for love. So it is.

Being Peace

If we are peaceful, if we are happy, we can smile and blossom like a flower, and everyone in our

family, our entire society, will benefit from our peace.

- Thich Nhat Hanh, "Being Peace"

Mobet

Aloha Mobet

I apologize for losing your question in the shuffle. Please repost your question. If it happenes that it has been a month between post and reply something went wrong.

Please repost your question as a reply here or a new post.


Peace,
Rose

Following God's Directions

Aloha Boardies,

I became an ordained minister this morning and can solemnize marriages.

After you stop laughing...I was following my Higher Power's voice, which I tried to ignore for several days.

Oh, I can also absolve people of their sins, how cool is that!

Love,
Rose

Perspective

"If we just worry about the big picture, we are powerless. So my secret is to start right away doing whatever little work I can do. I try to give joy to one person in the morning, and remove the suffering of one person in the afternoon. . . . That is the secret. Start right now."
~Sister Chan Khong

Affirmation
I do everything I can do today and leave the rest to God.
Meditation
Dear God, Thank You for this new day and the potential it contains. Of the many possibilities that present themselves, help me clearly discern Your assignments for me. I know that I cannot solve all the problems our world faces; But I can tend my corner of the garden. Help me not get overwhelmed by the bigger picture. I choose to do what I can do and leave the rest to You.
And so it is.

Live Fully

"Go forth into the busy world and love it. Interest yourself in its life, mingle kindly with its joys and sorrows." ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Affirmation
I relish every moment of my life!

Meditation
Dear God,Thank You for this day and the opportunities it holds for living. May we experience the depth and breadth of each moment. Love is available and we are ready. We choose to move out into life in its fullness, sharing all that we are and all that we have. May our day be full of marvelous, mystical moments with You.

So mote it be

Hold Me Tight

We need to be loved. We need to be held tight, and we need to hold others tight. Many of us are scared, and for good reasons. During our using years, we held tight to addiction, but this The tighter we attach to (the Universe), the quicker its care and love become part of our being. The tighter we hold, the deeper the values of (compassion, honesty and love) get planted into our minds, hearts, and souls. It is, then, our job to hold on tight and allow the safety of(our Higher Power) to hold us tight. We need to....pray, and meditate regularly, allowing the care found in (our Divinity) to grab hold of us and heal our wounds. Higher Power, I need Your love. Please hold me tight, especially when I'm scared or when I'm angry. Hold me until I can feel your love. I will meditate on how I can tighten my grip on recovery and how I can let recovery hold me tighter.

I am exceprting and paraphrasing from the wonderful book:

God Grant Me... by Anonymous