Inspiration Archives

If there's one thing I've learned, it's that there aren't any hard and fast rules for success. Most advice works some of the time; no advice works all the time. Then how do you find the way to true success and happiness? My advice is to look for tension in life; tension is created by forces pulling in different directions. What forces? Here's a few (but if you look you can find many more opposing forces, work vs. play, family vs. professional, in any situation): Logic vs. Intuition. From my spiritual training, I've learned to listen to and follow my intuition…

"Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable--if anything is excellent or praiseworthy--think about such things..." ~ Philippians 4:8 Spiritual beauty always surrounds us, surrounds me right now: the fragrant, creamy-white petals of gardenias floating in a cobalt-blue bowl; the soft, fuzzy-peach flesh of my black kitten as she lies purring from a tummy rub; the magnificent burnt-orange spires of the Golden Gate Bridge arising from the choppy teal waves of San Francisco Bay; the iridescent filaments of a spiderweb adorned with dew. The poet Mary…

The heart is your key to becoming "who you truly are." Learn to listen to your heart's intuitive guidance. The heart is not weak and mushy. It is a source of strength and holds a unique intelligence that you can tap into that can open your intuition. It's up to each individual to bring their physical, mental and emotional systems into balanced alignment with their heart's intuitive guidance. Let your mind and heart work as a team - a balanced partnership. The shortest path to the heart and mind partnership is through inner-ease. Practicing inner-ease creates "flow" by helping you…

There are no coincidences in this universe; everything operates in perfect equilibrium. When we are ready, the right opportunities in life present themselves, whether in the form of people or things; and regardless of whether we see, hear, feel, or read it, it will speak to us. Irrespective of whether we agree or disagree with information as it is presented to us in life, it serves an important purpose to help us open our eyes to the world around us, to continually question what we believe, and to subsequently look within for the answers we seek for our truth. The…

You are good enough - right now. You are good enough to make a profound and positive difference in the world. You are good enough to love and be loved, to pursue your dreams, to achieve success, and live in peace and abundance and joy - right now. You don't have to be anything different. You don't have to go back to school, or meditate in Tibet, or lose 35 pounds. Nothing has to be perfect, or just right, or different then it is for you to know that right now, right in this moment, you are good enough to…

Life is not supposed to be easy. We come here to learn to be a kinder, more loving and more courageous soul. Just as we grow from a small infant to an adult, our soul must grow from infancy to maturity as well. Sometimes babies are diagnosed with a medical condition called, "failure to thrive". Too many of us suffer from "soul failure to thrive" simply because we are afraid to fail. But failure is good. If we try and we fail we learn humility, a wonderful quality to master. But failure is a great teacher only if we have…

My life is a story about overcoming rape, tragedy, abandonment, rejection, murder and then at age 64 given a "death sentence," after being diagnosed with an incurable lung disease and given six months to live. Today I am the happiest that I have ever been in my life. So how did I find happiness? I learned that you can choose to have happiness by making up your mind to be happy, instead of choosing to dwell on the past. The difference between being positive instead of being negative is critical in changing attitudes, and attitude is a major factor affecting…

To "inspire" comes from the Latin inspirare, which means "inflame; blow into." If such a word could have so much spiritual significance, then would it not be possible we are being inspired by God when we fool ourselves into doing what we want to do, instead of what others want us to do? The reason I suggest this is because only God has the power to blow into us that which is our own nature, that which we were born to be. Most of the time we don't trust that, and we look to the world to tell us what we…

Forgiveness You cannot move toward the future if you are chained to the past. Clinging to the frayed threads of hope in a pain-filled life cannot sustain you, and telling yourself to "hold on" or "hang in there" does nothing to move you forward. The first step to emotional freedom and healing is to let go of the past. Understand that not every injustice in the world will be punished, at least not in this lifetime. Carrying the hurt and resentment of negative experiences does not affect the offenders, it only affects you. Forgiveness is liberating. When a person is…

I sit in my cabin in the woods as I write my message to the world. With only five hundred words to use, I am inspired to send my message to young women. Growing up in traditionalism as I did, I found my freedom and voice later in life. I discovered that I could be so much more than a wife or mother. I COULD BE ANYTHING I WANTED TO BE. An old refrain certainly, but it's old because it's TRUE. Don't do it someday, DO IT TODAY! I started out standing in the second-hand light of a man. [Traditional, remember?] I…

My message is this: our valleys can be purposeful and our pain can be productive. These three critical steps might lead you through difficult times: 1. No obstacle can be faced as a worrier. You must allow God to be your warrior. Remember "If only" (what has already happened) and "What if" (what might happen) are the rigid destructive duet of worry. They are deadly consumers of our thoughts regarding yesterdays and tomorrows. Replace worry with war. Commit to putting God in your Army, allowing Him to do battle with those fears which hold you captive. If we put our…

Live your life knowing that people are inherently good, with unlimited potential to do great things. It is our actions and behaviors that define us to our friends, families, and fellow man, and the continued positives we display in life will have that much more of a domino effect and spread good will and joy to those around us. It makes no difference what corner of the world we come from, what color our skin is, what religion we adhere to, how much money we have in the bank, what kind of car we drive, or where it is we…

Although I've had some amazing opportunities and successes in my life, I find it a bit presumptuous to say what wisdom I want to pass on to humanity. After all, I am a part of humanity and I am learning to do anything I suggest. However, a few lesson/challenges that guide me in my efforts include: Live in the now and be yourself. That is probably the most difficult thing in the world one can do. I have heard it said that it is easier to die for your country than to live authentically and genuinely for the truth and…