Mind Power

Be Your Best Self

All life is a challenge and we accept it when we enter in ...

 

Dare to be your best self at all times. This is a challenge. Accept it and life will bring to you all that you could possibly desire. I do not mean by this remark that by this attitude you can escape all difficulties, all disagreeable experiences. No, that would and could not be; but I do mean that by accepting and carrying out this challenge, you can so lift yourself above the humdrum that the experiences of life will take on a new meaning, and because of the new thought about them they will not be as difficult or as disagreeable as they otherwise would seem.  

All life is a challenge and we accept it when we enter in, but sometimes we rather welcome a defeatist attitude of mind and become so negative that the vibrant positive attitudes that would lift us up cannot be felt and we are almost like being in a dark hole, unable to see the sun.  

Our attitudes of all life’s circumstances affect us greatly and we must cling to the positive good every time and know that, though the going may at times seem rough and hard, we can ride it out until the calmer waters of life are again within our reach. Every ill passes, every evil only has a short period of life if we refuse to accept it but only see the good that is coming to us out of the experience. 

Life’s challenge of good over evil, of positive over negative conditions, of light where there is darkness will in time bring to you the spiritual awareness that all is good, all is of God and life is wonderful indeed. 

The Influences of Weather

 

Life is a continuous round of sunshine and shadow, and because of the shadows we appreciate the sun.

 

Do we take our weather as it comes or do we complain and see only the inconveniences, the bad part of what we call weather? Weather, good and bad, so-called by the people of earth, is in reality all good. 

If the skies pour forth rain for what seems an interminable time, rest assured it is needed and is attracted here or it would not be. We oftentimes allow the dull, gray dreary days to affect us. Our minds become more receptive to the negative influences of life at these times. We do not feel the drive, the energy either to go about the daily duties, but seem to feel a profound influence of a depressing nature that is very hard to shake off when the days become gloomy, rainy or stormy. 

We think of the sunshine as bringing all good things to us and so it does. When the sun shines our energies return and once again we feel the urge to go out and to do things.  

This is all part of life’s plan and is true of almost everyone, for all are more or less affected by the weather through our feelings or emotions. We feel so good after days of darkness and storm to once again feel the warmth and goodness of the sun, but the sun is always shining there behind the dark and stormy skies, only we cannot see it or feel its beneficent energies. 

Life is a continuous round of sunshine and shadow, and because of the shadows we appreciate the sun. 

Source of Help

If we are quiet within, we can receive inspirational thoughts that can and will help us to go on and see the way a little better.  

 

Help often comes from unexpected sources. We look for help with our problems to God, the Father of all Life. If we are quiet within, we can receive inspirational thoughts that can and will help us to go on and see the way a little better.   

All have problems to solve whether it is with the self within that needs to feel more courage, more aware of its own power or whether we need to cleanse ourselves of resentment, envy or some form of negation. Perhaps the problem lies with one of the family in health, or strife or lack of some kind.  

No matter what the problem, help can and will be given if we do our part in making the contact with the God-power and quiet ourselves within so that the channel may be clear to receive.

Our answer may not always please us. We may feel that we need a greater lift, a greater help, but no matter, we receive what we need even though we may not be aware that this is so. 

Peace, courage, love, strength, all the positive vibrations of life, can come through to us if we keep the channel free of the debris of fear and its kindred.

Try to do this, and a way will be shown to you to find the light of positive living.

Doubts

We must always follow our hearts and our heads.

 

There are times in the lives of all of us when doubt creeps in. We wonder what life would have brought forth for us had we done differently, had we made other choices than those we have followed. This is natural and right, but it is also folly for we made the right choice for us regardless of the outcome. If we hadn’t followed this path we would still have doubts for that is part of life.

We must always follow our hearts and our heads. By that, I mean our feelings about a given situation are all important to us and our thoughts that we give forth about it. They may not be correct but they are to us at least, and we need that experience or we would not enter into it. 

Life, of necessity, is filled with doubts, but it is not necessary to keep that state of mind. If and when it comes up in our minds and we wonder what would have been our life had we done differently, we must change that thought and realize that for us we did the right, the correct thing for only in that way and on that path could we learn a needed lesson.  

We must learn to be decisive, to drown our doubts and fears and abide by our choice and be happy with it, knowing that life is eternal and we cannot escape our good nor the evil either that we incur in life. 

To each his own; the choice is ours, and the doubts can go with the shadows of life where they belong.

Hidden Talents

We cannot all be great artists but all can and do have talents, many that they could hardly realize because they are not brought out or exploited enough. 

 

Everyone has some talent, some gift which they can develop and perfect once they discover what that talent may be. Too there are many whose talents are numerous, but we speak now of those whose talents remain submerged, undiscovered, and they are legion. Often it is due to inherent fears, insecurity and other negative traits that are in the person’s makeup that keep the talents undiscovered.  

The persons involved may greatly admire some whose talents have been developed and yet he or she cannot realize that their potential may be even greater had they developed the talent they already possess.  

How is this brought about, you ask? How discovered? By simply casting aside all fears and doubts and going ahead with the strong desire uppermost in your mind and then you would find great pleasure and exultation in the quest and its result.

We cannot all be great artists but all can and do have talents, many that they could hardly realize because they are not brought out or exploited enough.  

“Seek and ye will find.  Ask and it will be added unto you.” [These are] admonitions to be heeded by all.

Expectations

We make our own experiences as we need them and as we react to the events and circumstances of our lives. 

 

What we expect in life has a great tendency to come true, if we hold to it fast and truly believe. I do not mean that because we may desire wealth that it will automatically be ours because we expect it. Oh no, we must also work with our desires if we expect them to bear fruit. Mere wishful thinking will never produce the results we desire.

Have you ever heard someone say that they are sure they will die from some disease? Often this actually proves true because, by that person’s expectation of it, he has drawn it to himself. We make our own experiences as we need them and as we react to the events and circumstances of our lives. As someone has so aptly stated, “It is not so much what happens to us that counts but our attitude towards it, and reaction counts everything.”

Suppose we find a great disappointment in life -- what then? Does it break you up completely, or do you take it in stride and say, “Well, it just wasn’t to be?”  What a world of difference in these two attitudes of mind. The results too are such that it is almost impossible to see just how far reaching in a life this could be.

Watch yourself that you are not crushed by circumstance and fail to stand up to life and its challenges.

Gratitude

 

Everyone of us has some blessing that is ours and we should indeed express gratitude to God for what blessings we enjoy.

 

Gratitude expressed is a very wonderful thing and causes the person to be more aware of the great blessings of life. We all, no matter what our position in life, have much to be thankful for.  

Everyone of us has some blessing that is ours and we should indeed express gratitude to God for what blessings we enjoy. When this is done our blessings have a way of being multiplied, perhaps because of our very awareness of their existence.   

So many times people complain and fret and are envious or jealous of others not realizing that they themselves are unique and as equally endowed with blessings, although maybe of not quite such a high caliber. For the law of attraction comes in and attracts to us just what we expect, and, unfortunately, it is not always desired. 

We must expect only the best in order to attract it, and by our life and its thoughts and actions carry out, in the full, our part so that the law may work for us and not against us.

Count your blessings each day and be grateful for you have earned them or they would not be yours to enjoy.

Changes Bring Changes

 

Look forward to change and great blessings from the God-power within always working to bring about better conditions for us in our lives.

 

Changes bring changes. After all, life is but a series of changes in every department. We must always welcome change for we know it is for a purpose and only in this way can we grow and live. We would not wish to stay still no matter how desirable our present state of being and environment appears to be, for there is always room for improvement. 

Although change does not always mean improvement, if we are living in a high vibration and expect only the best, only the best will be attracted to us.

What we are and what we have today has depended upon our thoughts and actions of yesterday. And so it is that the future stems out of our past and goes on brighter and more fair if we have so decreed it for ourselves by our life. 

If it is otherwise and we find illness or lack in our life, we know that somewhere along the line we have erred. Then we must change and about face in order to rectify that which is negative in our pathway and obstructing the good that should be coming into our life.

We cannot blame others for any condition in which we find ourselves, but should realize that we are often the instigators of the negative instances that have materialized in our lives. 

Look forward to change and great blessings from the God-power within always working to bring about better conditions for us in our lives.

Evils of Envy

All of us should clean house mentally every so often and take stock of the kind of thought we allow to prevail.

 

To all who harbor jealous or envious thoughts, they should know they have a two-edged sword and that every thought of that nature boomerangs against themselves. 

They have a great lack of faith, these people, and apparently believe in luck and that some people have good fortune while others are unlucky. They do not realize that all their misfortune lies within themselves and has come into manifestation through their thought life and resulting actions -- the laws of cause and effect, and of attraction and repulsion. 

We never have a streak of so-called luck, it is never accidental; nothing is, no matter what the circumstance. All is caused by law or the breaking of established law and nothing can change that.

The greatest of all laws is the law of love. It will bring to us all good if we follow it in our lives. 

How little and how short-sighted are those who cannot see that by their jealous thoughts they hurt, not others as much but their own lives. It is like a poison that corrupts and corrodes and causes illness and many undesirable conditions in the lives of those who unwisely harbor such thoughts. 

All of us should clean house mentally every so often and take stock of the kind of thought we allow to prevail. If it is not constructive and positive and good, sweep it out just as you would dirt that is in your home.

Negative Thoughts

 

The penalty for thoughts of envy, jealousy, resentment or kindred thoughts is not at all pleasant to contemplate. 

 

The penalty for thoughts of envy, jealousy, resentment or kindred thoughts is not at all pleasant to contemplate. Those who harbor these thoughts (and bear in mind that thoughts are things) will inevitably reap what they have sown. They reap the whirlwind unless they realize before it is too late just what they are doing to themselves.

Undoubtedly our thoughts are many times sensed by others who are sensitive to that degree, but many times they go awhile undetected. However, in time, the law of attraction, working as it does for or against a person, comes to the fore and brings to the person involved more of its kind. In other words we attract more of the things that are undesirable or downright negative because of the thoughts that are harbored. 

If an individual feels that someone is intensely envious, jealous or in some way resents them and detects those feelings, it is best to keep as far away from that individual as it is possible to be for we are often inadvertently affected by these thoughts if sensitive enough, and, by their very nature, they can and do make us unhappy, distressed and in every way disturbed by them. 

So we would say steer clear until the individual concerned comes to her senses and realizes what is occurring, for it cannot do anyone any good to go into that atmosphere knowing that it brings about feelings of this nature. She is only harming herself and to such an extent that it is hard to realize. No one can long harbor such thoughts without having them manifest adversely, bringing more of their own kind, for like attracts like and no good can come from such attitudes.

Do not seek to show such persons the light for they are not, in their present state, ready for it and would only further resent you. Keep apart and use prayer and hope that time will make the cure.