To keep a lamp burning we have to keep putting oil in it. MOTHER TERESA.
Today, I find health in my illness. Today, I find well-being at the core of my dis-ease. I accept the condition unexpectedly thrust upon me. With this new landmark, I find my spiritual bearings and greater growth.
YOU PRAY for guidance and then doubt that I answer your prayers. I am always listening, always ready to guide you when you will be led.
You cannot pray a prayer I cannot hear. There is no wrong way to reach out to me.
Today, with humility and openness I ask for spiritual intervention in my earthly affairs. I ask for help, and, in the asking, it appears.
Today, I view myself as a pilgrim. I take stock of the distances I have traveled. I take time to map the route I now choose.
Believe that I am your source. Affirm that and be prospered.
Today, I embrace the beginning of a better life. I release my grip on the past and open my hand to receive the new. I accept the seeds of the future.
The myth that we must have “time” – more time – in order to create is a myth that keeps us from using the time we do have. If we are forever yearning for “more,” we are forever discounting what is offered.
Be strong then, and enter into your own body; there you have a solid place for your feet. KABIR.
Remember that even if you have made a truly rotten piece of art, it may be a necessary stepping-stone to your next work. Art matures spasmodically and requires ugly-duckling growth stages.
Today, I am a clear stream flowing softly through green meadows. I make my way swiftly but gently to my goals.
Do not be discouraged by the ways in which you fall short. Every shortcoming is to me an opportunity for your growth.
Without being acknowledged, they are often used as batteries by their families and friends, who feel free to both use their creative energies and disparage them.
Nobody sees a flower – really – it is so small it takes time – we haven’t time – and to see takes time, like to have a friend takes time. GEORGIA O’KEEFFE.
Inspiration may be a form of superconsciousness, or perhaps of subconsciousness – I wouldn’t know. But I am sure it is the antithesis of self-consciousness. AARON COPLAND All.
Jealousy is always a mask for fear: fear that we aren’t able to get what we want; frustration that somebody else seems to be getting what is rightfully ours even if we are too frightened to reach for it. At its root, jealousy is a stingy emotion.
Jealousy tells us there is room for only one – one poet, one painter, one whatever you dream of being.
The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.
As you give yourself wholeheartedly to me, I am able to give back to you with greater abundance. Do not be a miser with your spirit. Commit to me. Spend energy on me and I will reward you with a life beyond your dreams.