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“Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
We moved to a wooded lakeside area when Bob retired. It is beautiful but life here is not always wonderful. After all people live here. But it does remind me to slow down, watch the sunrise, breathe in the fresh air and sit by the lake. Adopting the pace of nature is teaching me patience. Things will happen in their own time if we follow the pace of nature.
Each day, I choose peace as my guiding light.
The word for today is balance. This is one I struggle with. How about you? Balance isn’t something we attain once and for all. It’s something we have to keep working on. Like walking a balance beam we have to keep making little adjustments (or sometimes big ones) to stay on track.
What are some of the ways you stay in balance?
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” Desmond Tutu
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When I get overwhelmed by the craziness in the world I often think there is nothing I can do. There may be nothing I can do to directly solve all the world’s problems. But I can do my little bit of good where I am. I can be kind, gentle and loving. I can introduce myself to my neighbors. I can take hot soup to a sick friend. These small acts of kindness are where it all starts.
Peace flows through every breath I take.
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Releasing that which no longer serves us is an important part of Unity teachings. In fact once a year, usually on New Years Eve or the 1st Sunday of January most churches have a Burning Bowl Ceremony. You are given a small piece of paper as you enter the church to write what you want to release on. You are also given a larger piece of paper and an envelope to write a letter to yourself. The church mails this back to you at the end of the year. At the given time everyone processes down the aisle, lights the small paper from a candle and drops it into a metal bowl. This is a sacred and meaningful service.
But over the years releasing and letting go has taken on a deeper meaning for me as I realize it is not just something we do once a year. Unfortunately I often have to be reminded by my body to do this. Certain symptoms usually associated with aging began showing up in my fifties and over the years were becoming progressively worse. Needless to say I was becoming quite concerned.
Then I began praying. I release and I let go of that which is not mine and that which no longer serves me. I added “that which is not mine” because as an empath my mind and body tend to get cluttered up with other people’s stuff without realizing it. When I realized my suffering was being caused by my refusal to let go of all that old “stuff” I felt more than a little foolish. So now I release and I let go.
“I arise in the morning torn between a desire to improve the world and a desire to enjoy the world.” ― E. B. White
I think many of us can relate to this quote. We feel torn between what we may consider our “calling” to make the world a better place and wanting to just kick back and enjoy life.
I think we can do both. When we express our full authentic self guided by the fruit of the spirit we will not only enjoy the world, we will improve it by serving as an example of what this life is meant to be.
You don’t have to work yourself to death to make the world a better place. I wish I had known than when I was younger. Be your true authentic self, follow your heart and inner guidance and the world will follow. Yes, it really is that simple. We just have to get more people to realize that.
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I am at peace.
Genie’s Note: We are moving to three posts per week. These will be Sunday Inspiration, the Wednesday Word and the Friday Affirmation. If you are not already subscribed please do now so you won’t miss a thing.
Genie’s Note: Beginning today we are moving to three posts per week. These will be Sunday Inspiration, the Wednesday Word and the Friday Affirmation. If you are not already subscribed please do now so you won’t miss a thing.
The word for this week is Peace, that state of being we all long for, in ourselves, and the world. But here comes one of those great contradictions. To have peace we must be at peace. And this is where we turn something simple into something complicated. No one wants to go first. We are afraid of being vulnerable. We are afraid we will be attacked for being seen as being “weak.” So we wait for everyone else to start living and demonstrating peace in their lives. And we see the great peacemakers of the world as having some sort of super power. But the secret is that peace is a super power.
I usually devote the New Year’s Eve post to world peace. But this year I felt led to try something different. During our time here on earth I think we forget who we are and why we are here. I believe this leads to much of the conflict in the world.
So on this New Year’s eve, let’s settle in, relax and remember.
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