More Opportunities to Grow

I am grateful that more opportunities to grow keep presenting themselves.

Everyone I know is grateful that more opportunities to grow keep presenting themselves.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet, is grateful that more opportunities to grow keep presenting themselves.

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Even though it is sometimes uncomfortable or even painful to discover the need for growth, it makes a valuable contribution to moving me forward in my life.

Often, the same situations which occur are very comfortable and easy to deal with.

New situations and people with differing opinions are some of the ways that I discover new opportunities for growth.

It is important to realize that people have different life experiences which shape their views and practices.

It is valuable to realize that the Universe has provided for all of us to be here.

Since the Universe is unlimited and infinite, it makes sense that the views of different people in different circumstances would also be varied.

The more I can appreciate the infinite variety of all of us who live on this planet, the more expansive my view can be.

I am grateful for the many new ways we can all become aware of each other, not just through the views of news agencies, but the many personal views through social media.

There are common planetary interests which unite us and many different approaches to to their solutions.

Every time we consider one of them, we grow some more.

We open ourselves to include more than our own opinion.

Whether the experiences are comfortable or uncomfortable they contribute to our growth.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Calm for Resolutions

I am grateful to see issues resolve for me.

Everyone I know is grateful to see issues resolve for themselves.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet is grateful to see issues resolve for themselves.

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Sometimes we feel we are up against so many different problems we can’t find our way through them.

Taking the calming three deep breaths gives me a way to transition to a calmer moment.

Then I can listen for the next step.

Often, as I am calming myself, I am free to receive an idea.

The more I maintain my calm, the more confident I become.

Then, as I take the first step, the next ones flow.

When I see someone who is facing the same kind of confusion and disorientation, I can support their ability to become calm so that they, too, can listen for the next step.

Looking at the kinds of inequities and disturbances all around the world, it is good just to take a moment to become calm so that the people responsible for settling them can feel support toward finding the resolutions.

Even though I can’t participate directly, I know that sharing a calm outlook helps contribute to the solutions and resolutions we are all looking for.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Upheaval of Consciousness

I am witnessing an upheaval caused by a higher consciousness.

Everyone I know is witnessing an upheaval caused by a higher consciousness.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet, is witnessing an upheaval caused by a higher consciousness.

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As we become aware of more and more factors around us, we often experience confusion and disruption.

It seems that what is good is very, very good, and what is bad is very bad, indeed.

There are so many outreach organizations which are helping uplift people in so many different ways.

There is also violent greed and outrageous selfishness.

How do I live and keep my balance and take the next step forward on such shifting ground?

I focus within.

I listen for the deep peace of my soul.

I an learning that we are all connected.

When I get quiet enough, I can sense that deep connection.

Nature connects all of its systems together in ways that support all of them together.

We can follow that example and instead of separating ourselves, we can rebuild community with our increasing awareness of what all people need.

Individuals are reaching out and building community.

Communities are supporting each other.

It is a new paradigm in which the upheaval being produced by new consciousness moving ahead of old is giving us all more opportunities for service and connection.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Finding the Wholeness

I can feel the little pieces coming together for wholeness.

Everyone I know can feel the little pieces coming together for wholeness.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet can feel the little pieces coming together for wholeness.

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It is always hard to see the big picture from the scale of living through all the little pieces which are necessary for something to come together.

So we take the time to do all the little pieces.

And then, after a while, a picture starts to emerge.

I know I have not been ready for something until a certain point.

At that point, I can see it.

When I was practicing my scales and all those exercises to develop technique so that I could play larger works of classical music, I could not feel all how all those tiny muscle movements would contribute.

But, hearing and feeling myself playing those pieces, I could see how the strength required could only be built by, literally, thousands and thousands of tiny repetitions.

That is how it is with life.

We build our life through thousands and thousands of tiny repetitions as we create good communication, attention to detail, a willing attitude, and all of the other attributes.

Our willingness to do this day after day, for years, is what creates the strength for our foundation.

All the little pieces must be attended to.

Each one contributes something important.

Your goal keeps you working through all the little pieces, and your understanding of strength and fluency keeps you making all those repetitions until they become automatic and you can attend to the next thing.

When all the tiny things are working together in just the right way, you meet your goal, and you experience the fulfillment that you have been building up all along the way.

It is not just a final fulfillment.

It is a fulfillment that recognizes the feeling of the strength of all the tiny pieces.

Then you have an organization that is efficient, a product line that is useful and attractive, and a workforce which is conscious.

Congratulations on your wholeness.


© 2015 Kathryn Hardage
www.InspiredPractices.com

Generosity Through "Thought-Wealth"

Through my “thought-wealth”, I can be generous to everyone I see.

Through their “thought wealth”, everyone I know can be generous to everyone they see.

Through their “thought-wealth”, everyone I don’t even know all over the planet, can be generous to everyone they see.

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I am making a conscious effort to change thoughts of criticism to thoughts of appreciation.

It is working better now that I have practiced it for a little while.

I find it so easy to criticize, and yet, there is always more good stuff going on than bad.

I have found that when I find the good and focus on that, it attracts more solutions into my life.

Even noticing how people are dressed can be changed from critical to appreciative.

We have habits of evaluation, but these can be changed from appearances from the outside to appreciation for actions and attitudes.

My appreciation for the skills of the people I work with can be my dominant “wealth-thought” when I am around them.

My acceptance of the intelligence behind many of the cultural things I see can be “thought-wealth” even when I don’t agree with how it is being applied.

Sometimes instead of saying “thank you”, I say “I appreciate you” when I am receiving simple service.  It always gets a smile.

As I receive ideas, and I listen for their next steps, I am acknowledging my “thought-wealth”.

Focusing on my “thought-wealth” keeps me developing new products and leads me through each step of their production and sales.

I receive appreciation in return.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Appreciation and Service

I appreciate the opportunities that I have to serve.

Everyone I know appreciates the opportunities they have to serve.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet appreciates the opportunities they have to serve.

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I can always grow in service and appreciation.

By appreciating the work and opportunities around me, I create more.

I create more for myself and for others, the more I appreciate what is right before me in my life.

By releasing the ideas that come to me, I enrich myself through manifestation and I enrich those who are receptive to them.

But mainly, I enrich myself through the dialog I have with my creative Source, whose unlimited resources are always available.

Letting the ideas flow without judgement as to where they belong, keeps the flow steady and beautiful.

I find my specialties and I find many other opportunities.

One builds on the other.

Opinions are personal and fleeting.

I know why I am here, to appreciate and to serve.

It fulfills me and inspires me to live this way.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Creating with Inspiration and Joy

I am creating with inspiration and joy.

Everyone I know is creating with inspiration and joy.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet is creating with inspiration and joy.

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It is so much fun to listen for ideas and to receive them.

They are just what is needed for the event or thing that has to happen.

They are product ideas, marketing ideas, always benefitting and uplifting humanity.

The most creative work done by inventor Buckminster Fuller was done out of his desire and conviction that all the people of the world should live well, in housing that efficiently made more with less and which was affordable for the average worker.

Finally, he came up with something that his backers could accept and which the world could understand.

But it took several iterations.

Creating is the most joyous activity.

Reading out for ideas and then letting them fill you up.

It is exhilarating.

When we keep reaching out with a positive motive, the Universe responds with more than we have room to receive.

It has always been so.

Checking your motive to “give more” lets in more.

Then you feel your inspiration, and you feel your joy.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com