Inspired Practices

  • My True Nature

    Take Three Deep Breaths –

    My True Nature

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Appreciate Your True Nature

    Loved Cherished Adored –

    Appreciate Your True Nature

    Can you appreciate your true nature when you are surrounded by what does not support it?

    It is always within you, and you can access it when you listen within.

    Your true nature enables you to connect with what you need at the right time.

    Your true nature attracts healthy relationships.

    Your true nature enables you to do productive work in a satisfying field.

    Because you are listening within, you are part of the field of the Infinite.

    Your connection with the Infinite is timeless; it has always existed.

    Everything you have ever needed or desired is within the field of the Infinite.

    There are Infinite solutions to any problem.

    There is no time limit in the field of the Infinite.

    Solutions from the Infinite reverse time and create a new world for you to live in.

    As you perceive your relationship to the Infinite by listening within, unexpected and surprising solutions appear.

    Your new view of your true nature connects you with these solutions.

    You do not pay the price for a lesser concept of existence once you tune into this connection.

    You are attaching yourself consciously to a Higher Awareness.

    Even though you are living in the here and now, you can see events through a different lens.

    This lets you view missed opportunities with interest, but not sadness.

    Your true nature sets up a solution for you that is not based on time.

    You are  placed where you can make the most effective contribution right where you are.

    You are given the opportunity to make healthy choices.

    You can support yourself in a way which shows you value who you are.

    You are not distracted by memories.

    You are in the mode of creating your current life according to the uplifting values of your true nature.

    It is your life, and you can live in a way which appreciates your true nature.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  •  I grow in grace, strength, beauty and harmony.

     Meditation Drawing 3.33 –

    I grow in grace, strength, beauty and harmony.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    www.shareinspirationandpeace.com 

  • Embrace the Disturbance

    Shared Global Vision –

     Embrace the Disturbance

    There is evidence of great upheaval in the disturbances that are going on in the world.

    Ths is a good sign.

    The uplifting power of peace and good combats the downward tendencies of distraction through disturbances.

    We always have a way forward when we see clearly what is going on.

    Our embrace of peaceful and uplifting practices toward everyone combats the beliefs of limitation and favoritism.

    Of course, the Universe loves and protects and uplifts all of us.

    It does not have favorites.

    The Universe sees all of us as whole and complete and fulfilled and satisfied and happy.

    This is the view I strive for.

    How can I possibly see this?

    As I listen within to find my answers, I know that there are answers for each one of us.

    I know that we are unified in our desire for well-being for everyone.

    There is no exception to the Universe’s care for all of us.

    We are all precious.

    We all carry the gifts given to us by the Universe Who Loves Us.

    As we recognize our common ground, we are each able to contribute our gift.

    The disturbances we feel turn us to inner listening.

    This is where we find our connection to the Divine and to each other.

    Our communities are built on what we give to them.

    We can give our attention and insight and generosity.

    We can value each member and help them discover their gift.

    We can resolve our disturbances through the insight to contribute to the upliftment of our community in the most effective ways.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Embrace the resistance

    Young Persons Mentor/Uplifting Parenting –

    Embrace the Resistance

    It is a challenge to establish a calm and orderly and harmonious household.

    All the demands that are being made on us are often overwhelming.

    As we steady our course, we are able to provide a steadying hand for others in our household.

    Our growing conviction of calm results in practices which help steady our household.

    Even if there is resistance, there is a gentle way forward.

    We find the tiny steps that each one can take to begin the work of building a strong foundation.

    The tiny steps become habitual as we nurture them over and over.

    The tiny steps collect and accumulate into habits.

    Everyone begins to pull their weight.

    As they gain in competence, they gain in confidence.

    The new foundation is taking hold.

    A collective feeling of calm begins to pervade the household.

    The calm spaces provide room for happiness.

    Even the persistent confusion and distraction from the outside world finds resistance in the calm of an orderly household.

    We gravitate to what comforts us.

    Order and peace always prevail.

    It is always worth it to return to the tiny steps we nurtured and to revisit them.

    They are the power which resists confusion and establishes the order and peace and happiness we all crave.

    Our routines and creativity give us the foundation and happiness that are possible.

    It is always worth involving everyone in this practice.

    Even the tiniest step towards order and harmony makes an impact.

    It lodges deep inside in a place that is waiting for it within each individual.

    It overrides the constant bombardment that resists peace and establishes the natural harmony of the household.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Embrace the confusion

    Your Diamond Mind –

    Embrace the Confusion

    Confusion startles us, and this is the way it gets in to our life.

    Once we realize that we have been startled into confusion, we are looking at it from the outside.

    We start to regain our balance from the shock.

    As we begin to regain our identify, we realize we already have a foundation.

    We have a standard and ideals we live by.

    Even if someone close to us is reeling from confusion, we have the resources to stand strong.

    We are no longer challenged by confusion because we have a strong practice which identifies us.

    Our ideals draw us back to our standard.

    Our practice of our ideals is unshakeable.

    We have an unchanging commitment to a life of strong character.

    We know how to be devoted.

    We know how to serve.

    We know how to give.

    We know the strength and power of these activities.

    Our practice goes out into the world and dilutes the confusion.

    We are able to think clearly and to take decisive action which keeps us and others safe.

    We are no longer off balance and confused.

    Our clarity is a beacon.

    It draws to us those who need a steadying standard.

    Because we are all part of the same Universe, we are able to see the results as our clear thinking spreads.

    We move toward a common goal which uplifts all of us.

    We are able to see our way confidently, step-by-step.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Embrace the upset

    Pebbles of Peace –

    Embrace the Upset

    While I am feeling unbalanced by being upset, I cannot think.

    My feeling of upset and imbalance leaves me shaken and ungrounded.

    I know that I have a right to my peace of mind.

    Operating from peace of mind, allows me to see what is important to me.

    Is it more important to me to be shaken up by what just happened, or is it more important to find my way back to peace of mind?

    I know how to ground myself.

    I know what to do when I have been upset.

    I know how to move myself back to peace.

    I expand my view, just even a tiny bit.

    I am not isolated, alone, abandoned, deserted.

    I have contact with what is important to me.

    I remember that my resources do not come from my immediate surroundings.

    I can recreate my surroundings as I move myself back into peace of mind.

    I take a deep breath.

    Of course, I am connected to what is important to me.

    I am loved, cherished, adored.

    I have proved my knowledge of this over and over again.

    I love me.

    I love what I do.

    I love my strengths and how they lead me to happiness.

    This is where my happiness lies, in my strengths.

    I have a strong character and it brings me happiness.

    I appreciate my character.

    I love who I am.

     I am back in my own mind, now, and I am grounded, happy, and peaceful.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Embrace the Discomfort

    Take Three Deep Breaths –
    Embrace the Discomfort

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • The Uncertainty Gap

    Loved Cherished Adored –

    The Uncertainty Gap

    Many parts of me are operating in certainty.

    But there is another part that is not.

    A part of me has sheared nerves due to trauma.

    I am always having to fill in the gap of uncertainty.

    It shows up in little ways.

    I never know when something will not make sense to me.

    Something simple, something obvious.

    It is tricky for me.

    Troubling.

    Today, I remembered the advice to an artist who had developed a nervous shake.

    It affected his ability to draw.

    A very wise doctor told him to “embrace the shake”.

    It is a Ted Talk.

    You can watch it.

    It occurred to me that I could apply this to myself.

    I can embrace the uncertainty.

    I know that this will occur.

    I will experience a moment of confusion.

    As I am trying to figure it out and catch up, I can embrace the uncertainty.

    I can refrain from moving into a panic attack.

    I can move into a slower pace and take a look at things.

    It is okay.

    I will figure it out, maybe in a couple of days, weeks, months.

    Not in time to get the joke.

    Not in time to play along.

    But I can give myself compassionate room while I figure it out.

    I can embrace the uncertainty.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • The Perfect Fit

    Pebbles of Peace Pathway 2.48 –

    The Perfect Fit

    The perfect fit 

    is along your own path.

    You will know 

    when you have arrived 

    because the path opens up 

    even more.

    Before now, 

    you were always fighting, 

    always struggling.

    Now, it becomes simply 

    satisfying work.

    All day, 

    all night, 

    all the time.

    Lovely, 

    satisfying work.

    In ways that 

    were incomprehensible 

    before.

    It may look different.

    It may look the same.

    But it will feel 

    completely wonderful.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com