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In the Bible it says, "And all things whatsoever that ye shall ask for in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." Real faith isn't asking repeatedly for the same thing over and over. God heard you the first time.  Most times we keep asking, we don't notice that our prayers have already been answered, we don't have any belief, or we are just not allowing the space to receive them. 

Every prayer is answered, just not always in ways we are expecting.

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"Jealousy is simply and clearly the fear that you do not have value.  Jealousy scans for evidence to prove the point - that others will be preferred and rewarded more than you.  There is only one alternative - self-value.  If you cannot love yourself, you will not believe that you are loved.  You will always think it's a mistake or luck.  Take your eyes off others and turn the scanner within.  Find the seeds of your jealousy, clear the old voices and experiences.  Put all the energy into building your personal and emotional security.  Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them."  ~Jennifer James

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"The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness, and a deep loving concern. Beautiful people do not just happen." ~ Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

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"Living from our perceived wounds transforms us into warriors and shuts down our hearts. If we were meant to live that way, we would be born wearing a suit of armour rather than naked, vulnerable and unconditionally loving."

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"Life appears random on the surface, but at a deeper level it is completely organised." ~Deepak Chopra 

"When you try to control everything with your mind, you miss the miracles that are all around you. When you choose to live from your heart instead of your head, you relax, let go, and find joy in the moment; feeling grateful for the blessings of life that your mind was just too busy to notice."♥

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"Step into your magnificence. No one can dim your light unless you let them."

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"I don't think being called 'childish' is offensive at all. Children live in the present, accept things as they are, say what they think and forgive quickly ~ grown-ups could learn a lot from them."

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"Forgiveness is the experience of peace in the present moment. Forgiveness does not change the past, but it changes the present." ~Frederic Luskin

We can only be who we are... and at some point that has to be enough ♥ ~ Panache Desai

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“Your guardian angel never, ever stops communicating with you.  I feel that at times they should be frustrated with us but they seem to have endless patience and they never ever give up on us. ” ~Lorna Byrne, Angels In My Hair

It's Our Chemistry...

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"Yes, we’re all chemists. If you had to think of someone who causes you stress then you’d produce stress chemistry in your brain. You’d also elevate levels of cortisol and adrenalin in your bloodstream, and cause increased blood to flow to your major muscles. If you think in this way consistently, then there’s a fair chance that you could produce higher levels of free radicals and chemicals of inflammation in your bloodstream too.

Or you could think of someone you love or feel affection towards. This time, you’ll produce love chemistry in your brain, which will involve dopamine, serotonin, the brain’s natural versions of morphine and heroin, known as endogenous opioids, and the love hormone, oxytocin.

Oxytocin will also be produced around the body and will quickly dilate your arteries and lower your blood pressure. It’s called a ‘cardioprotective’ hormone – it protects the heart. It might even initiate labor if you’re heavily pregnant. With consistent thinking in this way, the elevated oxytocin levels will neutralise free radicals and inflammation in your blood vessels. Not bad at all, I think, for something you’re doing with your mind! Yes, we’re quite the chemists." ~ by David R. Hamilton PhD ~So How DOES Your Mind Affect Your Body (27 March 2013)

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What the ego doesn't want us to see is that our pain doesn't come from the love we weren't given in the past, but from the love we ourselves aren't giving in the present. ~Marianne Williamson

It's As Simple As Breathing

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"...Do you worry about where the next breath of air will come from? Of course not. This is how effortless your reality can be. Just as you do not think about whether you will remember to take the next breath or that there will be air for you to breathe, so you can release the worry about whether all of your needs will be met when you acknowledge how the Creator provides you with what you need, in unlimited abundance, as you remove your focus from worry, doubt and fear to acceptance that there is always enough. And as you take your next breath remember that it is being provided for you in abundance by a Creator who loves you beyond measure. Breathe with intention, fully and completely, know that the love of the Creator is in each breath you take and that just as the air you breathe is provided effortlessly, so is every other need met for you when you remember that your life is a spiritual journey occurring in a material plane where everything you need is available to you." ~ Channelled Message from Archangel Uriel ~ Jennifer Hoffman

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"If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it's not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That's why it's your path." ~Joseph Campbell 

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"Worrying about someone you love is a waste of time and energy, whilst praying for them is always powerful and productive."

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Happy International Happiness Day!

...and that you're showing gratitude for everything you already have ♥

Just a few reasons to be cheerful:

1#You are alive.

2# You are healthy.

3# You have a roof over your head.

4# You are free.

5# You are surrounded by love.

6# You have food to eat.

7# You are divinely loved, guided and protected always.

8# You are living in a safe environment.

9# You are warm in winter and cool in the Summer.

10# You have clean and fresh water to drink.

Spring is Bustin' Out All Over!

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As I walked Olly through our local park today, the after effects of Mother Nature's alarm clock going off, so perfectly attuned with the Vernal (Spring) Equinox were palpable. The 'bird song knob' had been cranked up to full joyous volume with every natural element bursting with the beginning of this new primaveral cycle of fertility and creation. There was even a brief, but very welcome sighting of our sun.

Happy Spring! ♥

When we are in pain, we will stay in that pain until we can no longer bear it. "The cup of suffering is not the same size for everyone." ~ Paulo Coelho

On Wednesday, the Vernal Equinox, we will be in perfect balance between light and dark. Let us pray loving attention to the fragile sprouts of inner beauty which have survived the long dark of hibernation, despite all odds, to push up through the soil into the light. Let us honour the faith it has taken to believe in the invisible, upper world, where soon we will blossom into sprawling gardens overflowing with fruit. Let us hold our painful hearts with gentle hands today. Let us express our gratitude to the light that can only be found in the dark. Let us ask our vulnerability to stand at our side and shine radiantly with knowing that we are unfolding right on time. -Dreamwork with Toko-pa

Painting by Nina Ulana

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What Signs Are You Not Seeing, by Melody Ross

We Must See Past What It Seems, by Melody Ross

Faith - Vulnerability + Uncertainty = Extremism
~Dr. Brené Brown

Daring Greatly

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"May you never forget what is worth remembering,
Or remember what is best forgotten." ~ Irish blessing ♥

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“Letting go doesn't mean that you don't care about someone anymore. It's just realising that the only person you really have control over is yourself.” ~ Deborah Reber, Chicken Soup for the Teenage Soul

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A friend will see us at our worst, as well as our best. A friend will not close his or her heart when we have made a mistake (although in reality mistakes don't really exist and are simply Divine lessons). A friend will not condemn us, but will compassionately support our return to a state of grace. ~ A Course in Miracles

Goldfinch Totem

I've seen so many of these dainty 'sylph-like' birds within this past week, as the Spring Equinox approaches.

They symbolise: an awakening to nature spirits (fairies, elves, pixies etc.), help with endurance in transition of physical to spiritual, in understanding the power of you voice and your own song. Goldfinches also teach the value and importance of changes, healthy family resolutions along with balance and harmony in dealing with people. The Goldfinch will teach you to awaken to once hidden choices.

What a beautiful gift and reminder from the Universe - thank you.

Are you stepping with delight,
welcoming what is ~
knowing that you are Divinely watched over,
infinitely loved ~
and absolutely necessary ?
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artist ~Toni Carmine Salerno

What If...

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What if, everyone decided on this day, to adopt this:
 
"I Am embracing my life as it is. Nothing is missing. I Am deeply grateful for what is, and wide open to what shall be. There is a package, already in the Divine elevator, just waiting to be delivered to me the moment I dissolve the 'something is missing piece,' making space inside of me for more Light (Wisdom and Truth) to come through me, and more God to come through me, with a special delivery!
 
I Am calling forth all energies created in times gone by, and in present time, and command them to remain outside the boundaries of my new life on Earth. You shall not be entertained and longer.
 
I Am making my departure on this day from all erroneous beliefs that something is missing in order to stand inside my complete life, imperfect as it may seem right now; knowing the moment I deeply embrace it as so, grace will flood in.
 
And so it is!

Maureen Moss
www.maureenmoss.com