Dear God – May I start first with feeling Your Presence. From there may I exude Your Love, Joy, Peace, and Grace to others I meet on the path today. Please increase and enliven my trust and faith in You and Your works, and leave the fears and littleness of the ego by the wayside so that I may enjoy this day and You can make Your demonstrations. As I leave the Silence and go out into the world today, may I feel Your Presence and hear Your Voice at all times, and may following Your guidance flow with ease, grace, and joy in a perfect way. Thank You, thank You, thank You; and, so it is.

This Thanksgiving Day Eve, I offer a gift of quotes about gratitude to jumpstart contemplation about all that there is to be grateful for. “Wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving.” – Kahlil Gibran “Giving thanks for abundance is sweeter than the abundance itself…” – Rumi “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” – Cicero “Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. The more we seek gratitude, the more reason the angels will give us for gratitude and joy to exist in our lives.” – Terry Lynn Taylor “Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward “At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” -Albert Schweitzer “He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.” – Epictetus “God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used … Continue reading →

I am reminded this morning that my heart can “swell with a song of thanksgiving to God” for the many blessings that God has showered upon me even if my present circumstances may be less than ideal. I no doubt feel gratitude – I’ve no trouble with that. What I need a dose of is increased faith and trust that Spirit would not have taken me this far just to drop me. In fact, all these wonderful blessings and miracles are signs – no, much more than signs -, demonstrations of God’s love, grace, and goodness. May I remember throughout this day that Spirit is with me and taking care of me. It is the Source of all and only goodness stems from It. Thank You, Spirit, for filling my heart every day with a song of thanksgiving no matter the circumstances.

It’s always wonderfully synchronistic to come upon a daily reading that is so apropos to my current situation. How do the publishers know what is going on in my life?! I do believe that all dis-ease originates at the spiritual level and eventually manifests in the physical realm if not addressed. Still, sometimes I just need the physical plane to get my attention to draw me more strongly back to Spirit. That said, Rog and I are both in need of physical healing. We have very good reason to be feeling the way we have been: we’ve been packing and moving boxes and furniture around for months now for our relocation adventure, and we are not athletic spring chickens. So we’re working on taking care of our physical bodies by resting, slowing down, rehydrating, etc. And, of course, we’re working with Spirit, our Source of all. Here’s the message from Today’s Daily Word – Saturday, November 21, 2009, who knew so well what I would be going through whenever it was written. It’s comforting to know I’m not alone… HEALING PRESENCEI am healed in body, mind and soul.Healing comes in many forms and in many ways. Some wounds heal quickly … Continue reading →

“To share in the knowledge of God requires that you surrender what you think and what you know so that you can open and receive the infinite awareness that you are part of. Surrender in this moment, and in this moment, and in this moment, and continue to do so until your mind is filled with the awareness of God’s love and wisdom that is within you.” – www.thevoiceforlove.com In surrendering, I feel closer to God and at peace. I am relaxed and hence more open -minded and -hearted, more able to hear God’s guidance. And, I am more willing to follow Spirit’s guidance. There too I feel joy. Lately I’ve been overwhelmed with stuff related to the physical world and not feeling the joy that is in inherent in me, that is my divine birthright. In seeking to feel the joy within me, I surrender my will and my life to Spirit – again and again and again…