WORD FOR THE DAY ~ to April 27, 2007

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WORD FOR THE DAY
4.27.07

Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth – that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too. - Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe


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Thursday, Apr. 26


Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light. - Albert Schweitzer

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Wednesday, Apr. 25


Thankfulness brings you to the place where the Beloved lives. - Jalaluddin Rumi, from Camille and Kabir Helminski's RUMI: JEWELS OF REMEMBRANCE

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Monday, Apr. 30


A lifetime may not be long enough to attune ourselves fully to the harmony of the universe. But just to become aware that we can resonate with it -- that alone can be like waking up from a dream. - David Steindl-Rast


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Wednesday, May. 2


Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.


Helen Keller

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Friday, May. 4


The day I acquired the habit of consciously pronouncing the words "thank you", I felt I had gained possession of a magic wand capable of transforming everything.


Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov (see Wikipedia for more, “stronger than one’s enemies... but then treat him gently”)


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Tuesday, May. 8


The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don't go back to sleep.


Jalaluddin Rumi


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Wednesday, May. 9


What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset.


Crowfoot, a leader of the Blackfoot nation


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Saturday, May. 12


To see a world in a grain of sand, and heaven in a wildflower, hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.


William Blake


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Saturday, May. 5


Beauty seen makes the one who sees it more beautiful.


David Steindl-Rast
A Listening Heart


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Thursday, May. 17


To be able to spread an aura of goodness and peace should be the motive of life.


Paramahansa Yogananda


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Wednesday, May. 30

As one can see when the eyes are open, so one can understand when the heart is open.

Hazrat Inayat Khan
The Bowl of Saki


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Thursday, May. 31

Even in a world that's being shipwrecked, remain brave and strong.

Hildegard von Bingen


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Saturday, Jun. 2

My father was very sure about certain matters pertaining to the universe. To him, all good things -- trout as well as eternal salvation -- come by grace and grace comes by art and art does not come easily.

Norman Maclean
A River Runs Through It


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Tuesday, Jun. 5

The sin of inadvertence, not being alert, not quite awake, is the sin of missing the moment of life — live with unremitting awareness.

Joseph Campbell


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Friday, Jun. 15


When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything you gave me."


Erma Bombeck


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Saturday, Jun. 16


You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?


Robert Louis Stevenson


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Sunday, Jun. 17


You never need anything when you give away that which you thought you lacked...you suddenly experience that you had it to give all along.


Neale Donald Walsch
Tomorrow's God


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Tuesday, Jun. 19


The heart is right to cry even when the smallest drop of light, of love, is taken away....You are right to do so in any fashion until God returns to you.


Hafiz, translated by Daniel Ladinsky
The Gift: Poems by Hafiz


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Thursday, Jun. 21


Whatever God does, the first outburst is always compassion.


Meister Eckhart


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Sunday, Jun. 24


When the soul betrays itself and loses the blessed and longed-for fervor, let it carefully investigate the reason for losing it. And let it arm itself with all its longing and zeal against whatever caused this. For the former fervor can return only through the same door through which it was lost.


St. John Climacus
The Ladder of Divine Ascent

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Monday, Jun. 25


I will never understand all the good that a simple smile can accomplish.


Blessed Mother Teresa

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Tuesday, Jun. 26


Retire to the center of your being, which is calmness.


Paramahansa Yogananda



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Wednesday, Jul. 11


Emptiness is bound to bloom, like hundreds of grasses blossoming.


Eihei Dogen
Sky Flowers


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Saturday, Jul. 14


At any moment the fully present mind can shatter time and burst into Now.


David Steindl-Rast
A Listening Heart


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Sunday, Jul. 15


We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned, so as to have the life that is waiting for us.


Joseph Campbell



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Thursday, Jul. 19


We are not permitted to choose the frame of our destiny, but what we put into it is ours.


Dag Hammarskjold


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Saturday, Jul. 21


Death can come at any minute, in any way. We do not know what is in store tomorrow, or, whether there is a tomorrow, or even a tonight! But still, we have the golden present. Now we are alive and kicking. What should we do now? Love all, serve all.


Swami Satchidananda



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Thursday, Sep. 20


Gratitude for the gift of life is the primary wellspring of all religions, the hallmark of the mystic, the source of all true art....It is a privilege to be alive in this time when we can choose to take part in the self-healing of our world.


Joanna Macy


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Saturday, Sep. 22


We plant seeds that will flower as results in our lives, so best to remove the weeds of anger, avarice, envy and doubt, that peace and abundance may manifest for all.


Dorothy Day

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Thursday, Sep. 27


Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is the true prosperity.


Eckhart Tolle
The Power of Now


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Saturday, Sep. 29


Even if I should be locked up in a narrow cell and a cloud should drift past my small barred window, then I shall bring you that cloud, Oh God, while there is still the strength in me to do so.


Etty Hillesum
An Interrupted Life


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Wednesday, Oct. 24


Thanking heaven even for our difficulties and misfortunes is the best way to transform them. You will see your difficulties in a different light, as if you had wrapped them in a film of pure gold.


Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov


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Saturday, Oct. 27


When every situation which life can offer is turned to the profit of spiritual growth, no situation can really be a bad one.


Paul Brunton


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Saturday, Nov. 3


That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing.


Simone de Beauvoir

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WORD FOR THE DAY
Monday, Nov. 5


Pray - period! Don't expect anything. Or better, expect nothing. Prayer cleanses us of expectations and allows holy will, providence, and life itself an entry. What could be more worth the effort -- or the noneffort?


Thomas Moore

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2008

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Saturday, Feb. 9


Whoever does not see God in every place does not see God in any place.


Rabbi Elimelech

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Saturday, Feb. 16


There are many things to be grateful "for" but, as I ripen with the seasons of life, the many reasons blend into a sacred mystery. And, most deeply, I realize that living gratefully is its own blessing.


Michael Mahoney


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Sincere forgiveness isn’t colored with expectations that the other person apologize or change. Don’t worry whether or not they finally understand you. Love them and release them. Life feeds back truth to people in its own way and time. Sara Paddison

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WORD FOR THE DAY
Tuesday, Feb. 19


The future is not some place we are going, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made. And the activity of making them changes both the maker and their destination.


John Schaar

Note: full quote from Wikiquote:

The future is not a result of choices among alternative paths offered by the present, but a place that is created— created first in the mind and will, created next in activity. The future is not some place we are going to, but one we are creating. The paths are not to be found, but made, and the activity of making them, changes both the maker and the destination.

- John Schaar

Schaar has said that practically the whole history of America can be found in Faulkner's "The Bear".

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WORD FOR THE DAY
Wednesday, Feb. 20


Mistakes are the portals of discovery.


James Joyce

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WORD FOR THE DAY
Thursday, Feb. 21


It is not a question of whether you "have what it takes," but of whether you take the gifts you have -- they are plenteous -- and share them with all the world.


Neale Donald Walsch
Tomorrow's God


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Friday, Feb. 22


There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.


Albert Einstein


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Saturday, Feb. 23


All attack is a call for help. When you know this, you begin at once to look deeply into the question of what kind of help is being called for.


Neale Donald Walsch
Tomorrow's God



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WORD FOR THE DAY
Sunday, Feb. 24


Remember this always: The living of your own life writes the book of your most sacred truth, and offers evidence of it.


Neale Donald Walsch
Tomorrow's God


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Tuesday, Feb. 26


Great compassion is the root of all forms of worship.


His Holiness the Dalai Lama




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Wednesday, Feb. 27


Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.


Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Saturday, Mar. 8


An act of love that fails is just as much a part of the divine life as an act of love that succeeds, for love is measured by its own fullness, not by its reception.


Harold Loukes

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Sunday, Mar. 9


The next message you need is always right where you are.


Ram Dass

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Monday, Mar. 17


No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.


Aesop

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Thursday, Mar. 20


What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but, scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.


Joseph Addison

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WORD FOR THE DAY
Saturday, Mar. 29

If the past is unredeemable, and the future unpredictable, what more practical course is open than to safeguard the present by constant rememberance of the divine?


Paul Brunton
Notebooks

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WORD FOR THE DAY
Friday, Mar. 21


Expect to have hope rekindled. Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways. The dry seasons in life do not last. The spring rains will come again.


Sarah Ban Breathnach
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And though I have the gift of prophecy, & understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity, I am nothing.
~ King James Bible 1 Corinthians 13:2


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Monday, Mar. 24


Although we have been made to believe that if we let go we will end up with nothing, life reveals just the opposite: that letting go is the real path to freedom.


Sogyal Rinpoche
Glimpse After Glimpse

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Wednesday, Apr. 9


Let us not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless when facing them.


Rabindranath Tagore
And though I have the gift of prophecy, & understand all mysteries, and all knowledge; and though I have all faith, so that I could remove mountains, and have not charity [love], I am nothing.
~ King James Bible 1 Corinthians 13:2

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Higher Self

SG says to "say this every day for protection, strength and blessing, as when your light begins to shine brighter as you heal and it attracts the dark spirits which come to steal it. Saying this every day strengthens one spiritually to be happy and peaceful all throughout the day." She also bought me the book Deepak Chopra's "Seven Steps to Spiritual Success" which I'll pick up when we both get back to Pana. Great! (actually written 4/14/2008, posted 2007)


“Higher Self”

My Beloved Higher Self,
I begin with
a deep inner recognition,
acknowledgment, and
acceptance of you,
My Higher Self.

My Higher Self is
the Life,
Consciousness,
Love, and
Intelligence
that gives me the ability
to embody and create
in this physical world.

I pour forth my Love
to my Beloved Higher Self
in deep gratitude
for the Gift of Life
she has given me.

I acknowledge my oneness
with my Higher Self
and that She is the Real me,
a Being of Perfection
in Her own Higher Realm
that has placed
Her Eternal Flame of Life
within me.

I acknowledge that
I am the authority
through free will
as to what I experience.

My Beloved Higher Self,
enfold me now
in a sphere of White Light.

Hold it around me
so powerfully that
no discord can get through.

See that it makes me
invisible,
invincible, and
invulnerable
to the discord in this world
and forever sensitive
to the Promptings and Guidance
You offer me each day.

See that It is Eternally Sustained
and held ever-expanding around me.
I thank you and love you and bless you.

Hold your Love
in all the things I do this day.

Add Your Love
to all the physical service
that I render.

Let my outer self be
a Source of your Presence
here in this world each day.

Thank You
Thank You
Thank You
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Wishing you Tons of Happiness and Great Health, S.G. 4.14.08

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Comments:
david santos said...

Excellent!
Happy day
June 17, 2008 6:48 AM

catherine todd said...

Dear David, thank you for your comment. I just saw it today. It's a wonderful prayer, isn't it?
June 30, 2008 7:56 PM

Sondra's Prayer "Thank You. Thank You. Thank You."

Catherine Todd Fri, Aug 17, 2007 at 10:40 AM [changed post date on blog]
To: Sondra Anderson
Sondra, add to and correct as needed. Fantastic! CT

Dear God,
Please amplify all positive
energy, emotions, and memories
around my relationship
with my father (mother, siblings, son, former husband & friends).

Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

Dear God, please guide me towards my path
Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

Dear God, please help me stay on my path
Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

Dear God, please remove any blocks from my path
Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

Dear God, please remove all blocks I have put in my path
Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

Dear God, please remove any blocks anyone else has put in my path
Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

Dear God, please protect me
Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

Dear God, please strengthen the sphere of light that protects me
Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

Dear God please help me, help me, help me
Thank You. Thank You. Thank You.

The three Thank You's" really make a difference. Try it. The second time strengthens it, the third time explodes with gratitude. Happens inside of you and breaks everything loose!

The significance of saying thank you nine times:

1st three is of the Past: past, present and future of the Past

2nd three is of the Present: past, present and future of the Present

3rd three is of the Future: past, present and future of the Future


From Sondra via telephone (as is the prayer)
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*** Traveling:

"A child on a farm sees a plane fly overhead and dreams of a faraway place. A traveler on a plane sees the farmhouse and dreams of home." ~ Carl Burns

Words to live by: "Best of all is to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song." ~ Konrad von Gesner

"The world is made anew each day, for God makes it so. It contains within it all the good and all the evil as before; no more, no less, but the same." ~ Paraphrased from "The Crossing," by Cormac McCarthy

Catherine Todd
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