THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Who are you today?

SONG OF THE WEEK

I have always appreciated this song which calls you to celebrate being your best authentic self. I learned a few years ago that she began the True Colors Fund in 2008 to help fight homelessness among queer young people.

https://youtu.be/LPn0KFlbqX8

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

the only person to be in competition with is yourself

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Stop being so hard on yourself and start being kind to yourself.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Start by loving yourself today

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Make choices that are authentic and at harmony with one's self

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

You can only love others to the extent you love yourself

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You are greater then any evaluation you make of yourself

SMILING

Do you always smile?
my student asked.
No, but what makes me
smile is when I find that
what I am looking for
is already in me.

It is like Dorothy wanting to go home.
She already had the power.
She already had what she needed
to go home
I have to laugh
at myself
when I realize that
I already knew
what I was searching to learn.

What if I started by looking inside
instead of outside
listening to the wisdom in me
instead of looking for the wisdom
externally?
What if I journeyed within
connected to my internal Spirit
and never had to leave home
to find what I already had?

CELEBRATE YOURSELF

"I celebrate myself,"
The poet Walt Whitman wrote.
Are you celebrating yourself?
What if you celebrated
all of you,
your achievements,
your experiences, and
your existence.

How would you look at yourself
if you were celebrating
all of who you are?

Would you be saying
I am God’s beloved
I know God is pleased with me
Would you know you are good?
Would you stand in front of yourself and say
“I celebrate myself.”

START AT HOME

https://gentwenty.com/better-lasting-change-starts-within/

Change the world,
start at home
that is what HGTV says.
This reminds me
to see myself
to understand myself
to get in touch with my own
deep and innermost mysteries

How can I begin to understand
the one I call the Ultimate
if I have not yet opened myself
to seeing the invisible in myself,
or the mysteries within myself

The journey to the
deeper mysteries of the Divine
begin with me exploring
the mysteries within myself.
If I want to connect on a deeper level

With the divine,
I must remember the wisdom
of HGTV and start at home.

I AM ME

I am Me
I am who God created me to be
I am unique.

There is not
Never has been
Never will be anyone
Like me

I am divine by design
Because I was designed
By the divine
I am me

I am who I was created to be
What you see as a flaw
The Divine placed as a gift in me
What makes me different
Is an asset
It is what makes me who
I am me

Nobody else brings
To the world
What I bring
To the world because
I am me

What God gave me is for me
What God gave you is for you
So let’s celebrate each other for
Who we are
You are you and
I am me

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Who are you?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

You can only be as happy in your relationship with others as you are in your relationship with yourself.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

When I look at others, I look for the Divine in them as I hope they do when they look at me.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY

Song of the Week

Being compassionate with ourselves is as important as being compassionate with others. Sometimes we need to remind ourselves, as this week's song of the week reminds us, to hold on one more day because things will get better -- http://inspiritual.biz/inspiritual-song-of-the-week1/

SELF COMPASSION

It's Sharing time http://inspiritual.biz/spiritual-discussion/2015/4/6/self-compassion

FORGIVING MYSELF

Dear Sharon,

I know you strive to be loving in all you say and do. However, knowing you as well as I do, I also know that there are times that you have not done so and that you often times remember those moments. Today, I begin by forgiving myself for all the times I have harmed others or myself in any way either intentionally or unintentionally, knowing or unknowing. I forgive myself for anytime I have hurt others or myself during times of confusion. I forgive others who have harmed me intentionally or unintentionally, either knowingly or unknowingly. I forgive others for anytime they have hurt me during times of confusion. I forgive myself for allowing others to hurt me. I forgive myself for any situation that I am not yet ready to forgive in my life. I forgive myself for all the ways I have ever harmed myself. I forgive myself for all the ways I have ever negated myself. I forgive myself for all the ways I have ever doubted myself. I forgive myself for all the ways I have ever belittled myself. I forgive myself for all the ways I have ever judged or been unkind to myself. I forgive me.