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The Joy of Service Is the Inherent Nature of Your Being
To be 'in service' in today's world is regarded as demeaning no matter whether the service is given freely, or for hire and reward. A misconception exists that by the very act of serving someone you...
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Gifts of the Moment: The Small Blessings of Life
by El Collie. The spiritual journey is full of unexpected and wondrous inner shifts. I recently realized that a change has gradually occurred in my outlook. I am appreciating the moment-by-moment...
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Giving Your Gift: What Is Your Gift to the Earth?
by Marilyn C. Barrick, Ph.D. Every creative venture has its moments when it would be easy to say, This is too much, it's hopeless. The person with will and determination says, This is challenging, and...
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Becoming an Appreciator as a Way of Life
by Noelle C. Nelson & Jeannine Lemare Calaba.Appreciation is most powerful when it ceases to be something that you do only occasionally, and instead becomes your basic approach to life. You must...
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Asking and Offering: The Art of Spiritual Trading
by Christina Baldwin. As a spiritual practice, when we ask for what we need and offer each other what we can, we enter a dance of unavoidable reciprocity. As we ask for what we need and offer what we...
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The Gentle Art of Blessing: Changing the World in One Day
by Pierre Pradervand. Every day, everyone we meet can be assisted by simply our changing our attitude and our focus. We can all change the world today. On passing people in the street, on the bus, in...
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All In Divine Order: Looking for the Blessing and the Opportunity
by Dr. John F. Demartini. Even the most terrible events always contain hidden blessings. The masters know this great truth and remain undisturbed by events... Others swing from elation to depression...
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Gratitude: A Powerful Way to Pray
by Sonia Choquette. One of the most powerful ways to pray is to practice gratitude. Practicing gratitude as a form of prayer is very easy and is immediately rewarding. All you need to do is...
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Thank You for Everything
by Alan Cohen. A woman Zen master named Sono taught one very simple method of enlightenment. She advised everyone who came to her to adopt an affirmation to be said many times a day, under all...
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Enjoying and Appreciating All That Is
by Marie T. Russell. Life can be stressful. It can and does present challenges. It also brings pleasures and laughter, as well as sadness and tears. Sometimes these experiences we accept with joy,...
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Just One Good Thing... and then another
by Marie T. Russell. I woke up this morning to grey skies. My first thought was "Uh, a grey rainy day!" It came to me that perhaps I would be best served when I wake up in the morning to find just one...
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Gratitude: Let Me Count the Ways
by Marie T. Russell. There are so many things to be grateful for! Birds singing, sunshine, trees and the shade they provide, the love of our friends, the comforts of modern living, etc. etc. Yet,...
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The Greatest Secret of All: Love, Serve, and Remember
by Marc Allen. Look at the lives of some of the wealthiest people in the world, and you see lives full of misery, because so many of them haven’t learned the simple secret of a life well lived, a life...
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Gratitude: Focusing on the Positive & Dropping Criticism
Gratitude or appreciation is an intentional focus on the positive, on what you already perceive as good. When you appreciate someone, you are focusing on her source-like qualities. Anything else that...
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Gratitude for the Day
Gratitude is not a magic trick, yet it can make a half-empty glass appear half full. It can transform difficult moments because it has a way of making the littlest things more significant and...
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What InnerSelf Desires for The New Year
In the tradition of making a list for Santa, InnerSelf has decided to make a list of what it wants for Christmas and the New Year. We are writing our list, and yes, we've been good! Very good!...
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Learning To Be Grateful: Be Thankful for Everything
When Lynn Grabhorn was asked, “What is one simple thing I can do now to help prepare for the Shift?” her reply was, “Learn to be grateful”. She suggested the practice of extending gratitude for all...
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The Glad Game: Focusing on What's Right in Your World Today
In her wonderful book, The Wealthy Spirit, Chellie Campbell describes how, when she was a girl, her mother taught her to play “The Glad Game.” “The Glad Game” is another name for a Gratitude List and...
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It Sucked, and I'm So Grateful!
by Lisa McCourt. What if the things you hate most about your current situation are your greatest blessings in disguise? What if everything that’s ever unfolded in your entire life has been the...
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How to Give & Receive Compliments Instead of Complaints & Criticism
Complaining draws attention away from all the good things that unfold. It's as if complaint puts a mask over our sight: too busy identifying what is wrong, all the things that are right march on by....
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