Snips

We may believe that we have to walk on eggshells, saying, thinking, and feeling the right thing, while forcing ourselves somehow to be in the right place at the right time to find God's will. But that's not true.
God's will for us is not hidden like a buried treasure. We do not have to control or force it. We do not have to walk on eggshells in order to have it happen.
It is right there inside and around us. It is happening, right now. Sometimes, it is quiet and uneventful and includes the daily disciplines of responsibility and learning to take care of ourselves. Sometimes, it is healing us when we're in circumstances that trigger old grieving and unfinished business. Sometimes, it is grand.
We do have a part. We have responsibilities, including caring for ourselves. But we do not have to control God's will for us. We are being taken care of. We are protected. And the Power caring for and protecting us loves us very much.
If it is a quiet day, trust the stillness. If it is a day of action, trust the activity. If it is time to wait, trust the pause. If it is time to receive that which we have been waiting for, trust that it will happen clearly and with power, and receive the gift in joy.
Today, I will trust that God's will is happening, as it needs to in my life. I will not make myself anxious and upset by searching vigorously for God's will, taking unnecessary actions to control the course of my destiny or wondering if God's will has passed me by and I have missed it.
Melody Beattie ©

The key to a successful career is realizing that it's not separate from the rest of your life, but is rather an extension of our most basic self. And your most basic self is love.
Marianne Williamson

AA Thought of the Day / We found the Great Reality deep down within us. In the last analysis it is only there that He may be found... search diligently within yourself. With this attitude you cannot fail. The consciousness of your belief is
sure to come to you. / AA, p. 55

When I say unconditional loving,I am talking about the essence of kindness, care, and consideration - for yourself and others. If you act out of word-level justification, which I urge you to avoid, rather than heart-level caring, then negative energy can become part of your life's baggage.
If you are going to do something that may be less than loving, I suggest you take responsibility for it instead of invoking righteous reasons for your actions because, no matter what you say, what you do is always your creation.
John-Roger

According to Eastern thought, the reason we feel good after buying a new
car, or eating a delicious chocolate, or having great sex, is that our
cravings and graspings are temporarily silenced. We mistake this momentary
pleasure for freedom and peace of mind, and so we hunt for more objects,
experiences, or accomplishments to fix our inner craving for wholeness. We
search for security, position, pleasure, and comfort when we should be
searching for truth.
Jane Katra

The seed of God is in us. Given an intelligent and hard-working farmer, it will thrive and grow up to God, whose seed it is; and accordingly, its fruits will be God-nature. Pear seeds grow into pear trees, nut seeds into nut trees, and God seed into God.
Meister Eckhart

Life is bigger than all the limitations we tend to put on it, and you need
to be in an ongoing romance with life, otherwise it is easy to get buried by
your own peculiar circumstances.
Lee Lozowick


People wish to be settled. Only as far as they are unsettled is there any hope for them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Do not abandon trust when your ego thinks things should be different than they are.
Wayne Dyer