To do this morning?
Good Morning, God!
As is so human, I started this morning with my mind excited and exhausted by the length of my To Do List.
The challenge of so many tasks motivates me and manipulates my feeling that I must rush and scurry to get the tasks done.
God, thank you for the blessing of peace and the reminder of a deep breath.
I breath in slowly and feel my Be-ing fill with your love and grace and Oneness.
My list becomes no more than gentle reminders.
I breathe out fully and release all tension, all projected failures of fulfilling the tasks.
I relish that I have so many ways to fill my body, my mind and my spirit with joy and gladness today.
All day.
I look at my list as options rather than commands.
I breathe in. I breathe out.
Thank you, God.
Amen.
Reasons behind the Thank You
Good Friend God,
That we know and appreciate our many blessings,
thank you.
That we enjoy and celebrate your healing energy,
thank you.
That we rest and refresh our hearts in your passionate peace,
thank you.
That we express your power and presence as our ultimate good,
thank you.
That we can know the Christ Spirit we are
and that we can experience true heaven here, now on earth,
thank you, thank you, thank you.
And so it is.
Amen
What a gift…
I performed the pre-New Year apartment mega-clean this morning. I came across a small box of cards and photos that appeared after my maternal grandmother’s funeral. One item was the index card, neatly scribed by Gram’s hand…
A New Day
This is the beginning of a new day.
God has given it to me to use as I will. I can waste it or use it for good.
What I do today is important because I’m exchanging a day of my life for it.
When tomorrow comes, this day will be gone foreger, leaving in its place something I have exchanged for it.
I want it to be gain, not loss; good, not evil; success, not failure –in order I shall not regret the price I paid for it.
(Heartsill Wilson)
As those words apply to each day, they apply as well to each new year. For sure, they applied to Gram and how she lived her life.
Happy New Year!
