Drama in our lives often keeps us from putting drama on the page. Some drama happens and we lose our sense of scale in our emotional landscape. When this happens, we need to reconnect to our emotional through line. We need a sense of our “before, during and after” life. This tool is a personal […]
The Silver Lining
“Gain disguised as loss” is a potent artist’s tool. To acquire it, simply, brutally, ask: “How can this loss serve me? Where does it point my work?” The answers will surprise and liberate you. The trick is to metabolize pain as energy. The key to doing that is to know, to trust, and to act […]
I Open Myself
We have been taught to believe that negative equals realistic and positive equals unrealistic. -Susan Jeffers My nourishment comes from many sources. I accept my good and all the multiple costumes and disguises which it may undertake. My good comes to me as people, as events and opportunities. My good comes to me as wise […]
Prosperity is Free
Setting aside your skepticism for a moment, make a list of ten actions you could take, right now, that you suspect might make you feel more prosperous– and that cost nothing. Example: 1. Taking a walk in nature 2. Going for a run and taking a long, hot shower afterward 3. Cooking soup using leftovers I […]
Unlimited Supply
The power of the word is real, whether or not you are conscious of it. Your own words are the bricks and mortar of the dreams you want to realize. Behind every word flows energy. -Sonia Choquette The Universe responds to my dreams and needs. There is a unity flowing through all things. This unity […]
Possibility
Let the great world spin forever down the ringing grooves of change. -Lord Tennyson The world is a forest of verdant possibility. No one person controls my happiness. No one person is the source of my joy. I am rooted in universal flow. My needs for love and affection are met by many sources. I […]
Answered Prayers
God supplies all that I need, when I need it, and I am open and receptive to my good. -Unknown We often pray for help with the present or the future with a nagging sense that we aren’t sure whether God hears our prayers or not. One of the fastest ways to remember that God […]
“Enough” time
Sometimes people think that because their time is broken up and they have no long, uninterrupted swatches of time for working, that they may as well not begin. My advice? Pretend that you will never have such time again. Tell yourself that all of your days will be as crowded and as pell-mell as those […]
Creativity
We were born to make manifest the glory of God within us. -Nelson Mandela Creativity is my birthright. I am a natural creator. Creativity is the natural order of life. Life is energy– pure creative energy. It is my birthright to co-create my life and my experience. My dreams come from God. The power to […]
Happiness
One is happy as a result of one’s own efforts, once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness–simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and above all, a clear conscience. Happiness is no vague dream; of that I now feel certain. -George Sand Happiness is a by-product of […]
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