Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Inside and Outside

My first deep breath of inspiration is that I listen to know what is my business and what is not.

My second deep breath of inspiration is that everyone I know listens to know what is their business and what is not.

My third deep breath of inspiration is that everyone I don’t even know all over the planet listens to know what is their business and what is not.

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I am finding that when I pay attention to what is going on in my life and do not put my oar in where it is not wanted, that I make a lot more progress.

When I start seeing lots of things around me that need to be “fixed”, I know that I am not trusting in the fact that every one is being guided to take care of themselves and that they have the infinite resources to do so.

Since my life keeps progressing in surprising ways that I would have had no way of knowing about other than through experiencing them and dealing with them, I am sure other people are having the same kinds of progressive life experiences.

We are each being given the resources we need for the greatest benefit to us and to others.

No one else can possibly see what is needed, no matter how well-intentioned.

When I go back to the things that mean the most to me, they are in a context of life experiences that are unique to me.

Everyone has that same situation.

We are each individually privileged to figure it out.

There is a reason we are here and have been given these experiences.

Not to let someone else figure it out from their viewpoint.

To listen, learn, work, struggle, be challenged, be strengthened, and then to build on that base, not someone else’s interpretation.

And honestly, no one else can do that for anyone else.

You are the source of your own strength and purpose, and you have the key to “release the hidden splendor” from within.

It is for you, and you alone, to do.


© 2013 Kathryn Hardage
www.InspiredPractices.com

Sunday, February 24, 2013

On the Way Down

Even though things did not go as planned for me, I have the tools to adjust.

Even though things did not go as planned for everyone I know, they have the tools to adjust.

Even though things did not go as planned for everyone I don’t even know all over the planet, they have the tools to adjust.

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So, all the plans got ruined.

On the way down, I knew intellectually that there was room for resolution even so.

I went ahead and fell all the way down.

But not for as long.

I mostly bounced back up.

I am still having to use the tools and techniques I have learned for the past several years, but they are coming on-line and having the effect they need to have.

The present course will be carried out.

But nothing is final.

Feelings are not even final.

They are either just memories or reactions or responses.

There are new steps and new plans.

And some of them will be carried out and some of them will not.

But progress will be made.


© 2013 Kathryn Hardage
www.InspiredPractices.com

Saturday, February 23, 2013

How To Be Safe

I can choose to be safe.

Everyone I know can choose to be safe.

Everyone I don’t even know, all over the planet, can choose to be safe.

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That seems to be a ridiculous thing to say, that simply by choosing, I and everyone else can be safe.

But that is because I am discovering that my safety does not depend on what is going on outside and around me.

It depends on the thoughts I am giving myself from within.

This is a very new practice for me and I am still having to get better at it.

Everyday, something happens that makes me feel scared and afraid.

I decided I had to do something about it.

Since I cannot change the news or other people’s motives or other people’s business or political practices, I had to find another way to address the issue of safety.

I decided to find it from within.

I can decide how I look at things, even though I can’t change those things.

I can look at them fearfully, because of how they make me feel, or I can look at them differently.

I can look at them with pity.

I can look at them with compassion.

I can look at them with understanding.

I can look at them with forgiveness.

This completely changes my view and my experience.

Somehow, while watching or remembering something cruel, by changing my observation to pity, compassion, understanding or forgiveness, I move myself out of harm’s way.

I can’t explain it, but somehow, by becoming the observer instead of the victim or even sympathizing with the victims, I give it a different spin, and I can see that there are solutions.

By moving myself and others out of the way of the perpetrators motives, I can see all of us in another context.

It calms my thought, lets me breathe in support for all of us, and with that breath of inspiration, makes room for something better.


© 2013 Kathryn Hardage
www.InspiredPractices.com

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

On Listening and Planning

I am listening for how to plan my day.

Everyone I know is listening for how to plan their day.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet is listening for how to plan their day.

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When I listen for how to plan my day, I notice the tensions in my body.

I am able to adjust my plans to create a calm and relaxed feeling.

I used to override those feelings, and proceed anyway.

But now I am discovering the best way to go about things is to listen for those feelings.

As we use our increased alertness and respect for who we are, to guide and govern our day, we share a feeling of calm and easy order with those around us.

Instead of contributing and escalating tension, we diffuse it, and relax those who are around us.

When we are all calm, we can listen for the best solutions.

Getting in and out of parking lots, grocery stores, running errands with calm, contributes to ease of concentration in those areas and lets us receive great ideas to practice and great solutions to more important issues.

In fact, just the experience of calm may well contribute to calming all the other issues  and turning them from crises and resentment to moments of loving provision and communication.

Extending this peace from inward to outward is a visible and tangible way of contributing to everyone’s better day.


© 2013 Kathryn Hardage
www.inspiredPractices.com

Monday, February 4, 2013

You Can Do It


 

I am so grateful to be able to follow my dream.

Everyone I know is so grateful to be able to follow their dream.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet is so grateful to be able to follow their dream.
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Every step I take takes me closer to my dream as long as I believe in myself.

Many guideposts have been provided for me as long as I believed enough to take the next step.

Sometimes the difficult times provided the guideposts, making the alternatives to my dream unpalatable.

Moving forward, even against my own convictions, fed the almost extinguished flame of hope.

Even though my experiences were all against me, the tiny flame of hope moved me forward.

Eventually, as more and more tools and techniques offered support, I became better at them, and kept moving forward.

Old strengths were recognized and allowed to thrive when given a new setting.

More strengths offered more balance, hope and cheer.

Happiness came more often, and looks like a steady possibility now.

Now that I am recognizing everything as a step forward, I can see it in others, and I can offer that first encouragement to believe in yourself.

You can do it.


© 2013 Kathryn Hardage
www.InspiredPractices.com