Daily Inspiration

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Oasis

"Within you is one of the most beautiful oasis you will ever find; it is absolute love. Seek the oasis within your heart, mind and soul. If you cannot find your oasis, you are living in a desert. Walk out of the desert, into the openness of your mind, and you will see your oasis. Start your journey by loving yourself each day. Fill your chalice with love from your oasis within so when you meet others who are thirsty on the road of life, you have something to share."
~Ron Rathbun



Quote is taken from page 141 of: The Way Is Within



Today's Affirmation

Each day, I replenish myself from the oasis of Love within me.

Today's Meditation

Dear God,

Before I launch myself into the activities of today,
I take time to turn within to You.
You are the oasis of Love which is my core.
You are the wellspring from which I draw strength.
You quench my thirst and my hunger.
My gift to the world is Your love which fills me to overflowing.
I am grateful for the person I am.
Thank You, God.

Amen

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“Change. It has the power to uplift, to heal, to stimulate, surprise, open new doors, bring fresh experience and create excitement in life. Certainly it is worth the risk.”
~Leo Buscaglia


Today's Affirmation

I am guided by Spirit in this moment.

Today's Meditation

Dear God,

Thank You for this glorious day.
I feel Your Spirit as a gentle breeze and a mighty flow.
What an incredible place to be!
Thank You for the guidance I receive as I open myself to You.
Many things in my life are changing,
my thinking is now lifted and transformed.
Thank You for the sweetness of the journey.
Thank You for loving me so.
I am Yours.

Amen

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Wait On God

"...but they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength, they shall mount up with wings like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint."
~Isaiah 40:31


Today's Affirmation

I wait upon God for guidance with every decision.

Today's Meditation

Dear God,

It is my intention, to seek Your presence in every moment of this day.
I focus my attention on the Love that fills my heart,
knowing that You are the Source of love.
In all things today, I ask, "What would love have me do?"
and then I wait for guidance.
I listen intently, from a place of knowing that You always answer.
The answers come, when I listen with my whole being.
Sometimes in the words of a song, or a deep sense of knowing,
or perhaps in the chirping of a bird or the comment of a friend.
I seek not only guidance in living and making choices,
but Your assignment for me.
What would You have me do today?
So it is!

Amen

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How to Stand Up For Yourself

"Where you are standing is holy ground."
~Exodus 3

"When you know that God's holy presence is within you, you can stand up for
that sacred inner identity without violating the rights of others. Open and
honest communication, expressed with confidence and self-control, comes from
a basic sense of your own self-worth, and shows others that you respect them
and yourself."
~Greg Barrette


Today's Affirmation

I embrace my integrity of being.

Today's Meditation

Dear God,

I know that Your sacred spirit lives within my heart.
Let all of my interactions with others reflect that I am a child of the living God, worthy to express who I am in the universe.
I respect the needs and boundaries of every soul I meet, and I free each and every one to their highest good.
Since I know who I am inside, I can respect everyone else.
Thank You, God for my emerging awareness of self-worth and the worth of others.

Amen

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The Light

"I am Light itself, reflected in the heart of everyone;
I am the treasure of the Divine Name, the shining Essence of all things.
I am every light that shines, Every ray that illumines the world.
From the highest heavens to the bedrock of the earth
All is but a shadow of my splendor."
~Fakhruddin Araqi (1213-1289, Sufi Mystic & Poet)

Today’s quote is taken from: Two Suns Rising


Today's Affirmation

I am a child of Light.

Today's Meditation

Dear God,

You are the Light of the world; indeed of all worlds.
I behold the Light reflected in all and as all.
Your Light pierces all darkness, revealing that we are one.
May this great truth be manifest now in our world.
May the Light of Your love displace all fear.
And so it is.

Amen

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Love

“The best way to write your story is with love. Love is the material that comes directly from your integrity, from what you really are.”
~Don Miguel Ruiz

Today’s quote is taken from: The Voice of Knowledge

Today's Affirmation

I surpass myself each day, as I connect with my inner Source.

Today's Meditation

Dear God,

Every day is an opportunity to get past the limits that I have imposed on myself.
This day, I move my past myself into new, uncharted territories of infinite potential.
Your presence is seeing me through every situation in my life.
I accept the gift of each day as it comes, allowing it to move me into greater and greater soul-expression.
Thank you God!

Amen


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What Do You Really Deserve?

"Do you deserve success? Do you know what the word "deserve" really means?
It comes from the Latin roots "de" and "servir," so it actually means "being
of service." Now do you feel that you deserve success? Service is the key
to a successful life."
~Greg Barrette


Today's Affirmation

As I serve the highest good, I am worthy of success.

Today's Meditation

Dear God,

I am a Your worthy child, deserving of every good blessing.
My service to others, and to the greater good, opens doors of success that express my innate and inherent worth.
Your divine presence within me is now finding new and more effective ways of coming out into expression.
I discover more and more about who I am and how I can be of service, as I open up to that vast inner potential.

Amen


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God

"What is God?--
The Mind of the universe.
What is He?--
All that you see, and all that you don't see."
~Seneca


Today's Affirmation

I am an individualized expression of God.

Today's Meditation

Wondrous God,

We have so many different names for You, so many differing ideas.
Creator, Redeemer, Father, Mother, Great Spirit, Allah, Ra, Christ,
Brahma, First Cause, All That Is, Source, Sustainer, Holy Spirit, Buddha,
The One…
All of our names and all of our ideas are correct; yet incomplete.
I know You as friend and companion, creator and confidant.
I do not understand how these things can be;
but, I am grateful that they are.
Thank You for always being close to me.

Amen


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Growth

"Growth begins when we start to accept our own weaknesses."
~Jean Vanier

Today's Affirmation

I am just as I am.

Today's Meditation

Dear God,

I have nothing to hide from You.
You knew me before I was born and loved me into being.
I am grateful that this journey, with its opportunities for growth, continues.
With Your guidance, I am more whole now that I have ever been.
That I still have places to grow and heal is not shameful to me.
I trust that my life is bringing me the very situations and circumstances that are needed in order for me to rise up fully.
I expect that today will be the best day I have ever had.
Shine Your Light in me so that I might be more like You everyday.
Thank You for the growth I see in me.
And so it is.

Amen


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No Reservations

"Love much. Earth has enough of bitter in it."
~Ella Wheeler Wilcox



Today's Affirmation

I choose the path of Love.

Today's Meditation

Dear God,

I know that in every situation I am at choice.
I can choose love or fear, joy or pain.
I choose love.
I choose to give and receive love, even when so doing stretches me.
I commit myself to be open to the process of life.

Amen

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Release

"If you don’t like where you are in life, there comes a point when you must give up the part of you that’s keeping you back."
~Dr. Sonya Friedman


Today's Affirmation

I release and let go

Today's Meditation

Dear God,

Your divine love is moving through me right now, dissolving stuck places in my consciousness.
My awareness of You in this moment heals those blocks, and I let them go.
I am now free to experience more of who I truly am.
Thank You, God.

Amen

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Unlimited Love

“There is no limit, because God is love and love is God. And so you are really in love with God, and God's love is infinite. And that's why it's not how much you do, but how much love you put into the action.”
~Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Quote is taken from: The Joy In Loving


Today's Affirmation

I invite Love to flow through me.

Today's Meditation

Dear God,

May my life be a conduit for Your love.
Replace my fears with faith and my judgments with compassion.
Illumine my being with Your light that I might be a radiant witness for Love.
Your work is my work.
Help me to be awake and aware of the opportunity for living in each moment.
And so it is.

Amen

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Giving Back

“Life is a gift and it offers us the privilege, opportunity and responsibility to give something back by becoming more.”
~Tony Robbins


Today's Affirmation

I accept my divine appointment to be fully me.

Today's Meditation

Dear God,

I love life and I know that life loves me too.
I approach this day with an attitude of openness:
An open mind so that I am able to learn,
An open heart to express and experience love,
And open arms that I may do those things which are mine to do.
It is my intention to be a blessing today.
Thank You, God!

Amen

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Song in my Soul

Follow you heart, love will find you.
Truth will unbind you.
Seek out a song of the soul.
And we'll sing this song.
Why don't you sing along?
And we can sing for a long, long time.

Today's quote is a portion of “Song of the Soul” by Cris Williamson from her CD “The Changer and the Changed”




Today's Affirmation

I am singing the song of my soul.

Today's Meditation

Sweet Spirit,

Thank You for music!
And for songs that move and lift and celebrate.
Thank You especially for the music that resonates within my own being.
There was a time, when I was afraid to sing my song, but no longer.
Today, I sing the Truth of me for all to hear and see.
I sing with my life and sometimes with my voice.
The song I sing is holy and amazing,
A song of continuing creation,
The Song of my own soul.
So it is!

Amen


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Enthusiasm

"We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us really happy is something to be enthusiastic about."
~Charles Kingsley




Today's Affirmation

I am in love with Life!

Today's Meditation

Mother/Father/Everything God,

Enthusiasm flows effortlessly as I clearly and consistently live the Truth of my being:
~I am Your child;
~I am created in and after Your likeness;
~You have shared Everything with me;
~Love is my lesson, my gift and my path;
~Every element of my life is working together perfectly;
~I am one with All that is;
~Everyone is my sibling;
~You love us all!
I surrender myself to You.
Holy, holy, holy -- is all of Your creation.

Amen