Building Sand Castles

Have you ever sat on a beach, watching children build sand castles? Some know that it will only be a matter of time before their creations are washed away. Others believe themselves to be constructing fortresses, so strong and secure that the sea itself will be unable to destroy them. They, presumably, grow up to be the engineers who make dams and tidal barriers. Give an ocean enough time and it will even erode a mountain. The way to withstand the potential ocean of change is to float, not fight.

Abundance Prayer

I stumbled upon this Abundance prayer and decided that it was worth sharing.


Here is the Abundance Prayer:
From The Light of God that I Am.
From The Love of God that I Am.
From The Power of God that I Am.
From The Heart of God that I Am.
I Decree-
I dwell in the midst of Infinite Abundance. The Abundance of God is my Infinite Source.
The River of Life never stops flowing. It flows through me into lavish expression. Good comes to me through unexpected avenues and God works in a myriad of ways to bless me.
I now open my mind to receive my good. Nothing is too good to be true. Nothing is too wonderful to have happen. With God as my Source, Nothing amazes me.
I am not burdened by thoughts of past or future. One is gone. The other is yet to come.
By the power of my belief, coupled with my purposeful fearless actions and my deep rapport with God, my future is created and my abundance made manifest.
I ask and accept that I am lifted in this and every moment into Higher Truth. My mind is quiet.
From this day forward I give freely and fearlessly into life and Life gives back to me with magnificent increase. Blessings come in expected and unexpected ways. God provides for me in wondrous ways. I AM indeed grateful. And I let it be so.
I wish the same thing for the goodness of all.

Good and Evil

"People like to say that the conflict is between good and evil. The real conflict is between truth and lies." - Miguel Angel Ruiz


Often I have wondered how negativity enters the soul. That, and why do these energies exist in the first place? Strange things to wonder but I do, and….if I am completely honest …I suspect it is because I myself am also a little bit strange. No really, it's true.
Most people are content to simply live their lives and perhaps stumble upon a few of life's answers. But me? Silly girl…I need to understand the hot burning truth at the center of all things, no matter how hidden, no matter how unsightly. And it has taken me many years to fully comprehend just how few people in this world actually search - sincerely and passionately search for those truths. And I am, sadly, one of them. A person I know has been lying to me. Quite a few blatant one's at that. But that's not the point. The point is we both know they are lying. So, where does that need come from? I mean, really….What could possibly be accomplished by lying? Shame minimized? A clever insult? Feelings of power?
I suppose all of those things may be in play but, really….at the end of the day…it simply means that this person has become the kind of a person that would do such a thing. The lying is a by-product. The lying reveals a journey best not taken. And that is precisely the journey those first dark filaments take as they coil themselves deeply within the heart. It's an old story, isn't it?
But, you know, I also suspect that these dark moments….these mistruths…serve a very important spiritual purpose. In a way, it's like a cleansing. Perhaps there has to be evil so that good can prove it's purity above it. I have spent much of my life pondering these kinds of questions. Yip, I'm strange. No hope for me. I got it bad. 

Complete Bafflement

Why do some people do the things they do? Why do they adopt particular attitudes and hold certain opinions? What is it within them that makes them see some things as clearly as the hand in front of their face yet renders them unbelievably oblivious to what's surely obvious and essential? I am completely filled with bafflement at a string of recent developments in my emotional life. I hope coming events bring at least a degree of enlightenment and with it, oddly, reassurance.

Seize The Day

We are often encouraged to "seize the day". Quite right too. Surely it is up to us to make the most of every moment and extract as much opportunity as we can from every experience and encounter that comes our way. But what if someone else gets there first? What if we can't "seize the day" because someone else has already seized it? Actually, days don't work this way, even if they sometimes seem to. It is important not to assume that you have been pipped to the post. That victory line is yours. You will yet cross it.

What Makes You Special?

What makes you special? What makes you different? Stand back and recognise the wonderfully inspiringly obvious. You are you. Nobody else in this whole wide world can be the person that you are, or lead your life. You may have many similarities with your fellow humans and you may even have qualities in your own personality that you wish you could alter. But none of this detracts from your unique glory.

Nature Always Laughs Last

For as far back as I can remember, people have under-estimated me. Just a girl. All have had their opinion. Really, though, they have no idea. None what-so-ever.
 
Oh, they've all tried to define me….those arrogant sorts. They've tried to crumple me into their narrow, distrustful little mentalities. Just be like this, just be like that…as if I were a page in some often-read book and they, alone, ran the library. Relentless, they have been…these self-involved types….frantic, arrogant and relentless. It is, I suppose, in their nature. But nature, you see, always has a bigger plan. And nature always laughs last.
Some always challenge my values...attempt to publicly shame my ideas...Be forewarned, the negative sorts will lay a lot of eggs. My advice to those in the same boat...  stay strong, spiritually and emotionally.  It is important to realise that negativity exists in this world because we need it… like a ship needs a compass …so that we may overcome the undiscovered parts of ourselves and sail to new horizons.
Stand by your principles, walk silently and be beholden to no one. It is the way of all wisdom.