Finding Peaceful Thoughts Within

I am so grateful to find my peaceful thoughts within.

Everyone I know is so grateful to find their peaceful thoughts within.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet is so grateful to find their peaceful thoughts within.

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I am finding that I can simply go back to what is important and happy and delightful in my own thought whenever I drift toward the past or some disturbing current event.

It is a case of where I choose to focus my thought.

Happy - Sad.

Where I can experience some good - Where it is futile for me to do anything.

Of course, I lend my uplifting perspective to whatever I think about, but I don’t even have to stay there.

I can cultivate more and more peace within me, so that I radiate it when I am around others.

Since the peace within each of us comes from an unlimited Source, we can cultivate it and expand its presence in our lives at any time.

I listen to the sounds in my new chosen environment.

I hear the rhythms of Nature, the wind, the bird and insect sounds.

I tune in to the feelings of peace around me and within me.

I lead a happy, delighted sense of life now.

I can go there in thought whoever I choose to, and I can renew it by frequent visits to natural settings as well.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

A Successful Day

I am grateful for the night sounds which tell me that a successful day is done.

Everyone I know is grateful for the night sounds which tell them that a successful day is done.

Everyone I don’t even know, all over the planet,  is grateful for the night sounds which tell them that a successful day is done.

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After beginning my day with rigorous spiritual study and discussion, I am amazed at what gets accomplished in a relatively short period of time.

It is as though time is extended to take in the ideas of spiritual commitment and freedom, and then compressed so that things get done in a very short period of time.

In addition, things that have been on hold waiting for solutions are suddenly solved and able to move forward.

I have never had this kind of experience over and over again in quite the same way.

I am not praying for solutions as I have done in the past.

I am simply performing my study and staying alert to my spiritual practice.

When I do need to solve a problem, I think about it and look for solutions during the time I am considering it.

I make notes and track down resources.

Then I let it go completely and return to my spiritual study.

Some time later, weeks, months, maybe only a few days, I get my answer in an effortless way that includes exactly what I need right in front of me.

It is certainly a new way to live.

At the end of the day, I am ready to enjoy the night sounds and sky, with a feeling of gratitude and an awareness of a direct and personal sense of presence and peace.

Peace and Awe.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Progress in Unexpected Ways

I am grateful to see progress being made in unexpected ways.

Everyone I know is grateful to see progress being made in unexpected ways.

Everyone I don’t even know, all over the planet, is grateful to see progress being made in unexpected ways.

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I have been nurturing plans for several projects.

Sometimes they do not seem to be going anywhere at all over long periods of time.

Then, suddenly, something will give way, and several steps will all be completed in a very short time.

I am always grateful when this happens.

I have learned not to fret or get frustrated during the long periods of planning and what looks like no action.

Obviously, something is going on that I cannot see, and when it is time, when everything is ready, progress occurs rapidly.

By nurturing my projects and appreciating what they are doing for me while I am working on them, I am creating a positive atmosphere for them to appear.

 By valuing those they are intended to benefit, I am creating a receptive atmosphere.

All this tends to come together on some sort of Universal timetable which i cannot see.

I only know that when my input is right, at some point, it all comes together and I get to see the results of my desires and dreams take actual shape.

And what a joy that is!

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Expanding Support

I am surrounded by friends who love me.

Everyone I know is surrounded by friends who love them.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet, is surrounded by friends who love them.

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Taking new steps can be uncomfortable.

It is helpful to know that the well wishes of our good friends are always with us.

We can explore new situations with curiosity and delight and anticipate the wonderful things we will be learning and experiencing, because we have already had good experiences in other times and places.

We can expand on that, knowing that friendship occurs across time and space.

We are always in touch with the people we love and trust, every time we think about them.

They feel it and we feel their kind and supportive attention as well.

These are some of the permanent structures we build into our lives.

Doing things we love and expanding our activities in directions that are interesting and important to us builds a different kind of structure than following the rote mentality of holding down a job we are not interested in.

It is the technique of building a castle in the air, and then building a stairway to it.

The love of friends helps us trust ourselves as we explore new stair-building techniques.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Supportive Friends

I love spending time with supportive friends.

Everyone I know loves spending time with supportive friends.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet, loves spending time with supportive friends.

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Supportive friends lift us up.

We feel so good being in their presence.

We can all share in making each other feel good about what we do, who we are, the wonderful and beautiful things we make.

I am a member of several knitting, quilting, and embroidery groups.

All of us enjoy sharing our beautiful work with each other.

People can get help from more experienced members.

These groups are all composed of givers.

Even with all the visiting and a wide variety of opinions, the common activity spreads enjoyment of our time together.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

I Am Satisfied

I am so grateful to know that I am truly satisfied.

Everyone I know is so grateful to know that they are truly satisfied.

Everyone I don’t even know all over the planet is so grateful to know that they are truly satisfied.

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Beyond downsizing to a quarter of my previous possessions, beyond any of the steps which have placed me in my new universe and beautiful physical surroundings, beyond any of this, is a deep feeling of satisfaction.

It was so urgent to me to take the steps that placed me in a new relationship to the Universe and to the world.

It was a need to listen to who I truly am and to start living that way.

Over the year since our move to the country, I have sat on my porch and just looked out at the trees across the meadow.

I have looked at the seed heads on an acre of unmown meadow and realized the bounty and inevitability of each year’s growth.

I have watched millions of leaves rustle in the gentle breeze and seen their many different aspects of light and dark and felt their timeless presence.

I have gently been launched into my own creativity.

It is a completely different feeling than carrying out someone else’s direction for my life.

The discomfort that I felt was a guide to the fact that I needed to discover and live my own individuality.

I have been living with my own direction now for a year and it is an incredible sensation.

I am in touch with who I am.

I am not this other disturbed, upset, anxious, depressed person nonetheless carrying out my duties to the best of my ability while being completely unaligned with what was important to me.

I have acknowledged that I exist.

I love me.

I am satisfied to be this person who is me.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

The Feeling of Good Ideas

I love the feeling of getting good ideas.

Everyone I know loves the feeling of getting good ideas.

Everyone I don’t even know all offer the planet, loves the feeling of getting good ideas.

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It is so wonderful to know that whenever I take the time to listen, the world is full of good ideas.

When I need an idea, it is there for me.

Recently, I needed ideas for a music story.

As I began writing, the ideas were so plentiful that I realized there were too many for just one story, so I moved some of the ideas to a second file.

Even with the second music story, there were enough ideas to start a third one.

I opened a third file and moved them to it.

Then I listened for more ideas to complete the third story.

I kept listening until there were enough ideas.

I am so grateful because with the three stories, children will be able to understand the concept much better.

I am learning that whatever I need, it is right where I am, right in front of me.

I have a sense of expectation now, on a regular basis.

As I remind myself of this fact, it opens up the way for me to do whatever I am involved in.

© 2015 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com