Thursday, November 29, 2018

The Freedom of Good Choices

I felt pressured to get a too long list of stuff done.

After running from one thing to another, I finally sat down and listened deeply for my priority.

I found myself writing up two proposals for classes.

I felt so fulfilled, as this has been on my list for several weeks.

I didn’t notice the time passing, so I was surprised to see it was a couple of hours later.

With this important priority taken care of, it made room for the long list of other items to get done.

It gave me the freedom to do the little things once I did the important ones first.

I felt completely directed to take care of my proposals, and they were written up almost effortlessly.

My preparation for this time consisted of meditation and writing.

Later, I was able to start my long list and even take care of several tiny items.

Many relevant details were added into the day and there was even time for a visit with long-time friends.

Productivity comes in different ways.

My choice is to listen deeply and then act in much greater freedom and effectiveness.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage


Thursday, November 22, 2018

Release and Move On

Opportunities for growth and progress appear at every point.

There is a technique for taking advantage of them.

It is to release what is no longer necessary in order to make room for new vistas.

Detaching is a wonderful life-practice.

When we get good at it, we never accumulate.

We are able to appreciate what we own, and to appreciate its contribution for that time.

Our value is in what and how we think.

That is what brings us into our heritage.

We embrace a new higher identity as we redirect our thoughts.

We are able to serve in a higher capacity as we envision it and take action.

We move beyond the reason for our start in a new direction as we let its motion uplift us.

The void we fear through leaving fills with good as we stay in motion.

The practice of release is a kind of sacrifice.

We sacrifice what we no longer need in order to move upward.

We are able to give higher service when we see what was behind our possessions, but are no longer possessed by them.

Our desire to give opens up new ways to receive.

We can share more widely as we share more readily.

We keep what we need in our heart and that supplies our other needs.

We become free to express our higher nature more and more easily.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage


Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Overflowing

As I continue to add little pebbles to my container of water, it begins to overflow.

Each pebble of peace adds calm to the atmosphere around me.

My calm becomes noticeable and others respond to it.

Ways of expanding my expression of peace open up in tangible ways.

My peace has become so important to me that it is the first thing I establish within me every day.

I make sure that I settle little irritations before they expand and explode.

I know that anchoring myself to peace is the most valuable way I can contribute to my day.

In calm, I am able to listen and receive appropriate ideas which create solutions.

In calm, I am able to maintain my poise and to be where I need to be without rushing.

In calm, I am able to be reassuring to others in a convincing and far-reaching way.

In calm, I am able to experience happiness and contentment right where I am.

My ideas, poise, reassurance and happiness overflow into the atmosphere as I am persistent.

The effect around me is consistent and tangible.

I consciously carry my calm with me and it brings me the resources I need.

I see the evidence of this wherever I go.

Depending on the situation, I am either welcomed or repelled.

This makes it easy to know where I belong.

It makes it clearly apparent where I am going.

The overflow of my pebbles of peace creates an expanding platform all around me from which I can continue to share.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage

Peaceful Results

Instead of feeling so driven by fear, effective work has been done by the grass roots to reclaim much of the election process.

The peace of mind thus gained, gives impetus to more work.

It is immensely gratifying to see that the same kind of intense concentrated work that can change a personal life is now visibly changing our national life.

Our collective awareness is defeating ignorance.

Our desire to see everyone represented is overcoming ignorant consensus of the “leadership”.

Leaders are strongly emerging from within the grass roots, where they should.

Representation is gradually becoming more widespread.

This kind of peace of mind is not complacent at all; it is enormously energizing.

I am so grateful and relieved that the guidance and follow-through for this work has been so consistent.

The new feeling of local power is energizing people to participate in ways that have been neglected.

The feeling of futility is gone, as people have come together to create new local, state and federal possibilities.

The disturbances of polarizing attitudes still has to be dealt with in ways that include even those who opt for elitism and exclusivity.

With the energy generated by positive attitudes for change, which benefit everyone through social and environmental programs, we have a chance to deal with the critical issues.

It will be gratifying to see this country rejoin worldwide efforts to address and elevate what we continue to have in common.


© 2018 Kathryn Hardage


Friday, November 9, 2018

Peace and Direction

I feel as though I am on two tracks simultaneously, what is going on in my personal life, and the barrage of news and other media.

I find I can live more positively when I listen within for a peaceful sense of direction.

I know I am making progress on my projects and my personal development.

I feel a sense of peace when I think about this fact.

When I look at what is going on in the news, I remember that we are all part of an infinite Universe of ideas.

The same way I can access the ideas which are relevant to me, so can everyone.

This makes me feel that the good ideas are within reach of everyone who wants to find them.

As I keep searching, so can others.

The search takes me within, and then from my peaceful point of view, whatever I need appears.

I welcome that sense of direction and guidance.

I feel as though the spiritual work of so many is elevating certain issues so that healing can take place.

As more of us begin to see solutions, there is a shift in the entire atmosphere around us.

Just the fact that solutions exist means that we can find them.

This is a helpful direction for me to follow.

I feel less and less attached to my opinions from the past and more able to move in the direction of helpful solutions in the present.

Regardless of the upset and disturbance around me, I can direct myself to look within and to notice and act on the peaceful solutions which appear.

© 2018 Kathryn Hardage