The Daily Way

To become upset by the behavior of others is very human, and you are human, after all. But you are also a soul, and this soul arises from the one Source. The higher you can move your awareness along this spectrum of being, the more you will find peace. [...]

There is more than one way to see a challenge. It is when you get stuck in one point of view that suffering ensues. With flexibility come solutions and peace. Flow is essential. It is a choice. First, notice when there is angst. This propels you to action. If [...]

“What would you do if you could not fail?” Why, just about anything. It is fear that holds you back from stepping out, trying new things, living fully. Fear comes from a number of places. The body is programmed to protect you with its fight or flight response, and [...]

To the soul, your earthly sojourn is like a dream. It need not be a nightmare. Pain comes and goes. It ebbs and flows, And much of it depends on your choices. Do you listen or not to the voices That tell you what to do, Just how to [...]

You are part of a team. Life is not a game of solitaire. You may think you have to do it all yourself. You may isolate yourself purposefully when being with others is painful, but you cannot get through life without connection. Know that even in isolation you have [...]

Yes, the body seems to have a mind of its own. With the secretion of hormones of many types, emotions can get a bit carried away at times, and with them, actions may follow that are not in alignment with what you know is a deeper, calmer self. What [...]

Why is it a shock when you hear of the transition of one you know? One minute they are here and now in an instant they are seemingly gone. The sudden absence is deafening ... incomprehensible to the human brain that expects a note to play on and on. [...]

Joy! In human terms you know it as great happiness that must be expressed. The shoulders go back, the arms rise as if to greet the world and celebrate being alive. There are times in human form when you do not feel like celebrating. It is in exactly these [...]

You don’t know what you don’t know. Do not worry. There is a solution. Turn to the higher aspects of being—those often hidden from human awareness—and with the intention to know what is in your highest and greatest good, ask. Ask from the heart, trusting that you are a [...]

Oh, that feeling of joy you experience when you see something that reminds you of your loved one who has passed and the timing is just right. You asked to hear from them and there is something that so clearly had no reason to be there or play just [...]

When unexpected gifts fall into your life, do not be so surprised. You have drawn these to you. Every thought you have, every action you take sends a message to the universe. When this message is one of connection with others, the connections grow in wondrous ways. Others cannot [...]

If you would shift your focus from being human to just being, you would be open to knowing how it feels to be adored. If you would cease giving attention to how those who did not know their own Light treated you, you could be more receptive to the [...]

What happens in an argument when you drop your defenses? What happens when you cease being me and you? What happens when you take down the barriers, see only connection, know only love? Separation dissolves. It melts away. And what is melting, but the flowing of that which appeared [...]

Once you put a label on someone or something, you run the danger of seeing only this as a wholeness. All that arises within the absolute Wholeness is dynamic and flowing, but labeling ceases the flow. It gives you something to push against instead of to flow with. When [...]

When you plan to be part of an important event, do you fret and worry, focusing on what could go wrong? It is well and good to be aware of those things that might interfere with success and do your best to prevent what you can. It is another [...]

You cannot please everyone. Why? For each human being is a unique expression of a unique soul which is a unique lens of the Whole. The more one’s thoughts and actions are aligned with the Whole, which is the epitome of loving kindness, compassion, understanding, and the like, the [...]

You think this is the worst thing that could happen, this death of one you hold dear. As you focus on the downside, you may not be able to see the upside. Yes, there is one. This is the way of things in this realm of ups and downs [...]

What are you waiting for? Inspiration? Breathe in. It comes with every breath, for you are being breathed by the Source of all thoughts. Inspiration is here with every breath, for there is nowhere else for Source to be. If you are not feeling it, exhale. In so doing, [...]

What a paradox: you are advised to stay present, yet in your human roles you must think ahead. It is a balancing act. Most helpful of all is to think ahead to the words you are about to say before you utter or write them. Will they be harmful [...]

You may pray and pray and pray for a miracle for yourself or another. Understand: the soul makes the decision whether to stay or go, be healed or not. Prayers most definitely make a difference. The love that is sent in the act of prayer is like a balm. [...]

Round and round you go following the spiral path of life. In a way it is linear as you experience what amounts to the passage of time but is really the progression of change. This is evolution, ever onward, ever upward. And because you learn as you experience, the [...]

Could there be a treasure right beneath your eye and you not be aware of it? But of course! All is not as it seems. What appears to be a ball of dust or dirt could be a sparkling diamond covered and costumed. You are this way, you know. [...]

You do not have to die to meet loved ones who have passed. It is a matter of learning to quiet the normal waking mind enough to experience the expanded states in which the soul walks now. You are far more than the body. It is the body that [...]

Do not stop noticing when you are out of balance. Pay attention when you speak, think, or act in ways that are contrary to the soul’s nature. Yes, it is okay to be fully human, but you are also fully a soul and wholly the Light of Awareness. That [...]

“Jiminy crickets!” This is a phrase perhaps you heard in your childhood from a storybook grasshopper. The words hold no meaning until taught to you. You tell each other stories all the time. These days you hear many so-called experts telling you what to think and what to believe [...]