Inspired Practices

  • Joy in Nature

     A Year Of Joy #11 – Joy in Nature

    There is a joy in the rhythm and harmony of Nature.

    The unfolding unity as seasons change.

    The color and variety of natural phenomenon.

    The interweaving relationship of surroundings to life forms.

    Little and big, giant and miniscule all fit together.

    Fast and slow, visible and invisible interact in harmony.

    Mobile and stationary, above and below the ground have a unique and fulfilling place.

    The place they fulfill creates complete harmony.

    Breathing in the freshness of Nature is a delight.

    Our bodies thrill with the delicacy of scents in grasses and flowers.

    “Forest Bathing” through walking and sitting in Nature is known to be restorative.

    We naturally respond to this environment.

    As we sift through the impressions of our senses, we feel quiet joy.

    We take the time to observe.

    We breathe deeply.

    We are not in a hurry.

    Nature moves us into Its’ timelessness.

    We have a place in gentle joy.

    We are grounded in Nature’s riches.

    Subtle and strong colors balance in harmony.

    We feel the winds and smell different scents as they change.

    Light filters through the leaves of many diffferent trees, forming shifting patterns.

    Sounds whisper and branches crack.

    Nature gifts us with Her contrasts.

    We are totally absorbed in the calm and joy of each moment in Nature.

    © 2025 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

     

  • Moving into first place

    Pebbles of Peace Pathways 4.22 – Moving into first place

    I have just moved myself into first place.

    I had never thought of it that way before, but there it is.

    I am best positioned to take care of myself because I know most intimately what my needs and desires are.

    After years of putting everyone else first, I now know that my responsibility and my right is to truly take care of what is important for me, for myself.

    I no longer have the bridge the gap of taking what is left over of my time, my energy, and my resources to provide for myself.

    And by providing for myself, I mean providing for my self-expression.

    It is important.

    That is why I am here.

    All my nature yearns to be expressed, acknowledged, recognized.

    After all, that’s why I have received my gifts.

    © 2025 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  •  I am truly fulfilled.

    Love Note 1.11 – I am truly fulfilled

    As I listen for what I truly love to do, I am energized to do it.

    The ideas I need appear along with the resources to carry them out.

    I live in congenial surroundings with friends of good character.

    I take each next step to bring my ideas into manifestation.

    I am able to give more and share more as I participate in my community.

    My ideas are acceptable and relevant.

    I love the way each new idea is revealed to me.

    I naturally know how to present each idea and to share it.

    Each step I take is more and more joy-filled.

    I build confidence and experience happiness.

    My ideas are received with appreciation and understanding.

    As I invest in my ideas and take them to completion, I am truly fulfilled.

    © 2025 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Each tiny step of action along my life-path helps build a strong foundation.

    Life-Path Connections #9

    “Each tiny step of action along my life-path helps build a strong foundation.”

    © 2025 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Your new talents are taking you in a direction you have always wanted to go. 

    Spiritual Treasure Note 2.10 Your new talents are taking you in a direction you have always wanted to go.

    © 2025 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Uplifting Power

    Meditation Drawing 4.24 – Uplifting Power

    The uplifting power of the infinite Universe is Love.

    We are all subjects of this Love.

    It is our most natural state, and attitude toward each other, when we place ourselves in the Presence of the Divine.

    We do this when we listen within for Guidance.

    We are guided, not by our memories, opinions, or experiences, but by the superior knowledge of the Divine Universe.

    It has created us to experience Itself.

    We rise into this experience by circumstances which are beyond our control.

    As we desire to move into a higher expression and experience, we begin to pull the Divine toward us.

    Actually, since the Divine is everywhere, all the time, what is happening, is that we become concious of It.

    Our despair and fatigue with the heaviness of our lives, the unpredictability, the uncertainty, leads us to look for another way.

    This way comes to us in tiny steps of conscious guidance when we listen within for what we need to know.

    Our desire to find a new way tells us that one exists.

    It comes to each of us through our inner communion, our inner connection with the Divine.

    This is the message which we each receive in an individual way.

    It may come to us when we are in despair, or in a moment of in Nature.

    It may come to us as we read a poem or write one.

    It may come to us when we see a piece of art or listen to uplifting music.

    The creative Power of the Divine is part of our spiritual nature and it sings to us when we encounter it.

    It is like finding the right fit for our life.

    We simply belong.

    Everything around us supports who we are.

    We enter a beautiful community of uplifting power and this Power is Love.

    © 2025 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

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  • Naturally joyous

     A Year Of Joy #10 – Naturally joyous

    I am naturally joyous when I fill myself with the beauty and peace from within.

    I fill myself and let it overflow all around me.

    Other people feel the peace and they feel the joy.

    I make a choice to choose joy.

    It is my preference.

    I train myself to move my thought into joy.

    It becomes my most harmonious state.

    I default into joy.

    When I observe the balance and harmony of the structure of society, I create more joy for myself.

    I add more joy to society.

    I live in joy.

    I take my tiny steps in joy.

    I pause to allow joy to come into any decision I make.

    I surround myself with what I love to do and I do it.

    I create uplfiting and joyful conversation.

    I exult in joy.

    I celebrate joy.

    I radiate joy.

    I include everyone in joy.

    I make room for joy by listening for and accepting creative and imaginative solutions.

    There is a place for everyone in joy.

    Joy is our natural state as we accept our place in the Universe Who Loves Us.

    We can provide more joy through expanding our view.

    We breathe in peace and we breathe in joy.

    It is a natural rhythm.

    © 2025 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Deep Satisfaction

    Pebbles of Peace Pathways 4.21 – Deep Satisfaction

    Writing down the ideas that flow from the Universe is very satisfying.

    It is wonderful to feel the answers to questions I haven’t even asked yet come into my consciousness.

    Putting myself into a state of meditation by relaxing and focusing inward releases me from the mundane, and when I return, I am refreshed to take care of it.

    It has been worth the long journey and struggle to choose a different direction, to learn the techniques to rewrite the inner noise and to silence it.

    Now there is room to receive and, having received, to give.

    Now there is deep satisfaction in the way I am living my life.

    © 2025 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • My fulfillment is  based on my perception

    Love Note 1.10 – My fulfillment is  based on my perception

    What do I love to do?

    Following through on this discovery is opening so many opportunities for me.

    Committing myself to expressing my ideals through color and design is such a relief.

    Doing what I have always wanted to do feels like such an indulgence, when it is only natural.

    I am feeling a great sense of stability as I invest in the ideas which are important to me.

    I feel deep guidance when I work on the ideas which are important to me.

    I feel connected to my Source and I love to receive wonderful ideas and to work on them.

    Now that I know that the ideas I receive, which uniquely come to me, have value, I feel freer to work on them first.

    After years of pleasing everyone else, I can now please myself.

    I love the feeling of worthiness as I do my work.

    I am not working toward anyone else’s criteria.

    I only desire to satisfy myself.

    I am having the wonderful experience, so far, of people loving and appreciating what I am doing.

    It is the greatest feeling of connection.

    My sincerity and investment in myself is giving me much greater reward than doing everything I can possibly do correctly.

    I love what I see in myself.

    © 2025 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • As I pay attention to the gentle nudge within, I am directed to take action.

    Life Path-Connections #8
    As I pay attention to the gentle nudge within, I am directed to take action.

    © 2025 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com