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InnerPeace – Watch Your Thoughts

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How we think about or respond to life, people, events and the world around us really does make a difference.

It’s not that life forms our character – rather it reveals it.

From Richard Rohr’s Daily Meditations (you can sign up for them here):

“. . . this message from an unknown source says it all:

Watch your thoughts; they become words.
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character.
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”

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by Roxanne -

“Nice and Quiet”

Why are people (read “women”) considered good if they are “nice and quiet”?

In my family, growing up, I often heard neighbors called “good” if they were “nice and quiet.”

Children should be “nice and quiet” – especially girls. Really? Is this what we are called to be? Nice and quiet, obedient, compliant? For who? To who?

Wrongly believing we should be “nice and quiet” keeps us from being outraged – not nice – when confronted with the abominations of poverty, abuse of women and children, unfair trade laws, lack of health insurance and lack of social safety nets for those struggling.

Just for today speak out. Say what you think. Use your voice. Take up space and room in the world. Spread out. “Make a joyful noise.” Let the universe know that you are here, alive and in the world.

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Into the Desert – Fasting for Lent

Do you fast during Lent? Here’s an idea. Instead of fasting from favorite foods, chocolate and other physical indulgences, why not fast from those things that destroy our hearts and minds?

Deep spirituality is about becoming whole. This is what it means to be “holy.” With this in mind why not –

  • Fast from gossiping about others.
  • Fast from self-talk that is self deprecating.
  • Fast from comparisons with others.
  • Fast from the “victim” mentality.
  • Fast from emotionally abusive relationships.
  • Fast from people who lower your self-esteem.
  • Fast from telling yourself that you’re not good enough, smart enough, capable enough.
  • Fast from thinking you need more _______ (fill in the blank).
  • Fast from negative thinking of any kind.

I’m fasting this Lent.  40 days is all it takes to re-train my mind to think differently!

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Life’s Beautiful Doors

Everyday life offers us many doorways. Some lead us into amazing new life. Others lead us to delightful places we could never have envisioned for ourselves. We choose to walk through some and not others.

If you would like your life to be different then definitely walk through a new door.

Why? As DH explained, if you stay where you are it is certain that your life will remain just as it is- NO chance for a better life. Remember the definition of “insanity” – continuing to do the same thing expecting a different result.

If you walk through a new door there is at least a 50% chance that your life will improve. The fearful fatalist will note that there is also a 50% chance that things could get worse, but that is true even if you stay where you are!

Since I am a believer in a loving God I actually believe that the percentage that things will improve by walking through a new door is much, much higher than 50%.

Life beckons – urgently.

Watch and see the many doors your life places before you today. Can you find them? Which new door will you open?

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