On: When it will end
You ask: Will these trials EVER end?
And we reply: No Dear One, they will not.
But let it not be forgotten that so far, you have risen up to meet each and every one!
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On: Why make the effort
Why bother doing all that you can, Dear One, when you can get by doing just enough?
Why bother doing the right the thing when no one really seems to care or to even be paying attention?
Why bother trusting, and making the harder, braver, more challenging choice when you’ve got something to lose?
Why bother putting in the extra effort to be thoughtful, generous, loving, persistent, patient, forgiving, and kind when it is not requested, required or expected?
Because what you put out is what you get back.
That’s why.
On: Discovering your character
Character, Dear One, is not discovered in comfort or contentment. It can be expressed in those states, but rarely is something new discovered in comfort.
Not because it can’t be. Because it absolutely can be. But it rarely is, because comfort allows for complacency and passivity, while turmoil does not.
But, if you do nothing more than allow yourself to simply aspire to balance, to equanimity, and then pursue the hard things within that are required to achieve it, who you are, your true character will not only be revealed to you, but it will be strengthened as well.
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On: Defining beauty
To say that beauty is measured by how one looks – is like saying that intelligence is measured by how one smells.
Your eyes are not the determinate of beauty, Dear One, your heart is.
True beauty is not about how you look – it is about how you see.
On: Answering the phone
Before you answer the phone today, Dear One, before you pick up any call, first ask yourself ‘Why am I going to take this call?’
- Is it curiosity?
- Is it love?
- Is it obligation?
- Is it fear?
- Is it responsibility?
- Is it self-mutilation?
- Is it habit?
- Is it because you genuinely want to connect with the person on the other end of the line?
Today, Dear One, just for the day, let the last answer on the list the be the only acceptable answer that there is.
PS
This easily can be applied to outgoing calls too!
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On: Honoring truth
Be someone who tells the truth, Dear One.
And let them be the one to reject you for it, if that is their truth.
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On: Soothing insecurity
Insecurity, Dear One is fueled by a fear of rejection, a fear of being left unloved.
Love yourself and that can never, will never come to pass.
That pit you feel in your stomach is dependency.
It is an empty space inside you that is waiting for nourishment to be sent your way.
Send out a cord to another for the nourishment you need, and you may or may not get what you need in return.
Connect your cord to your source instead, and you need never fear that hunger again.
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On: Building your dream house
Today, Dear One, start working on building your dream house, the space you want to live in, the life you want to live.
How?
By only bringing that which you truly treasure through the front door.
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On: Something worth worrying about
Don’t make yourself nervous worrying so much about what “they” will or do think about you, Dear One.
We can think of no greater waste of your time.
If you are really needing to make yourself nervous about something, be nervous worrying about what YOU think of you.
Because if what you think of you is not wonderful, delightful, positive, or even just mostly more good than not, then their opinion of you really is the least of your troubles.
PS
And there isn’t much you can do to change the way that they see you anyway. But there is LOTS you can do to change how you see you. And we can think of no greater use of your time than working on that.
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On: No comparisions please
Don’t you dare compare or compete when it comes to matters of the heart, Dear One.
There is no more personal or divine act than coming to you know your own, and then growing to honor and respect it.
You are the only one who will ever truly know it, and you are also the only one who can ever really break it.
To compare your heart to another’s to determine what is right for you, would be as useful as comparing your fingerprints to another’s to determine self-worth.
You are not meant to live up to or down to anyone else’s standards; of beauty, or intelligence, or value, or intimacy, or love, regardless of the nature of your relationship. The standards that are appropriate for you are determined, can only ever be determined, by you and your heart alone.
So don’t you dare attempt to resolve matters of the heart by comparison.
You, and your divine heart deserve more respect than that.
Look within not around to find all the answers that you seek.
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