Inspired Practices

  • Listen for the next tiny step.

    Healing Messages 1.75 Listen for the next tiny step.

    It is there.

    It is right here, within you, in the moment of inner listening.

    When this becomes a habit, you receive it willingly.

    You anticipate it.

    You learn that you can count on it.

    There is a whole universe of ideas which are within you.

    Where do they come from?

    In the quiet of inner listening, there is Guidance.

    The next tiny step comes from that Guidance.

    Living in a Universe of ideas, there is always something there for you.

    This Universe is unlimited and It loves you.

    As you listen for ideas, you acknowledge yourself in a different way.

    You begin to notice the kinds of ideas which show up for you.

    As you are guided to take action, you see new results.

    Each tiny step is building a different foundation for you.

    It is building a foundation in the unlimited Universe of Love.

    You are able to provide service in a new way.

    Your new foundation attracts those who can most benefit from the service you are uniquely being prepared to give.

    Your tiny steps take you to the most fulfilling and satisfying work you have ever experienced.

    You are rewarded in increasingly uplfiting and prosperous ways.

    You feel unlimited and as though you will never run out.

    You are freed of any fear or dread.

    You delight in your new work with wonderful customers and clients who love you.

    Your tiny steps with Guidance have brought you here.

    © 2026 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • I love living my life of Infinite Divine Harmony

    Healing Messages 1.74 – I love living my life of Infinite Divine Harmony.

    I am grateful for the steps which have led me to discover a life beyond grief and pain.

    There is something on the other side of anguish.

    Being in despair for so long led me to notice a tiny spark of light.

    As I looked toward it, I became aware of a feeling of possibility.

    I began taking tiny steps toward possibility.

    I discovered that I could take a deep breath.

    Before, my fear kept my breathing shallow.

    I was able to calm myself with a deep breath.

    I felt drawn to the peace within that breath.

    I learned to sustain the peace a bit more each time.

    I began drawing repetitious figures and lines on an index card.

    This also helped me regulate my breath during panic attacks.

    I focused around a word I drew in the middle of the card.

    In quieter moments, I was able to write a short meditation on the word topic.

    Over a period of years, I made over one thousand drawings and meditations.

    I gained the ability to create a period of harmony despite the grief, pain and anguish.

    This is the way I live my life now.

    In the quiet, I have come to trust that there is another dimension to my life.

    I have come to trust that I am not meant to suffer anymore.

    The comfort that I am gaining has not come from my surroundings.

    It has come from something deep within which I define as Presence.

    It is an inner communion in which my role is to listen.

    The security and peace which I am able to experience come from this feeling of Presence.

    My evidence of Infinity comes from over one thousand drawings.

    I have become aware of the Divine.

    © 2026 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

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  • I am sure and certain and assured.

    Healing Messages 1.73 – I am sure and certain and assured.

    My life is based on a new foundation of inner listening which gives me confidence.

    I am so very grateful to discover inner listening.

    Nothing else has created such a sense of security and progress in my life.

    I can turn within for big things and for little things.

    I know to trust my intuition wholly.

    It is my communion with the divine within me.

    Once my needs are met, I am free to expand into greater service.

    I amplify the good that is happening to me as I listen within for expanisve ideas.

    Since I am drawing on the resources of the Universe, they are always there.

    Through inner listening, I receive clarity in how to use them.

    The goal of well-being for all can be met through this process.

    Individual well-being can be met through individual inner listening.

    The Universe knows what is most appropriate for each of us.

    Once we accept that, we are ready for Guidance in manifesting well-being for all.

    We continue to take our tiny steps, seeing the new foundation which is being built as we unify our efforts.

    We are always successful as we embrace our greater purpose and mission.

    We accept the guidance we receive as we expand into greater expression.

    Even new steps which are challenging are accepted as we move into the new territory of well-being for all.

    We are ready to see everyone as precious and beautiful.

    We are ready to see everyone as part of an uplifting community.

    We are ready to see everyone as secure.

    We are unified in our confidence as we take the practical day-to-day steps to implement our inner guidance as we collectively express our Higher Nature.

    We are grateful to free ourselves from limitations as we create and practice well-being for all.

    © 2026 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

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  • Stay Purely in the Light

    Healing Messages 1.72 Stay Purely in the Light

    Light is It’s own attracting force.

    When you are drawn to Light, it is because some aspect of you has been activated.

    You may love dance, art or music.

    You may love poetry, or dramatic writing.

    You have some dimension of appreciation for creativity.

    This is how Light activates you.

    The aspect of Light which is most powerful is Its’ Creativity.

    When you join in a creative process, you are living in Light.

    Creativity is uplifting, even when it causes us to look at destruction.

    We make notice of what we want by contrasting it with what we do not want.

    Creativity feels uplifting.

    Destruction is agony to the soul.

    We can be uplfiting in creative ways throughout our day.

    This helps us stay purely in the Light.

    It also allows us to make others aware of the Light within them.

    Appreciation for our fellow workers is a simple, uplifting way to share Light.

    Adding to the harmony of the workplace adds to the harmony of everyone with whom we all come in contact even outside of work.

    That is living purely in the Light.

    As we make time for what we love to do, we are living purely in the Light.

    That space for doing what we love grows as we pay attention and take it seriously.

    Doing what we love adds light and love to the world.

    It reduces the time we feel tense and frustrated.

    It creates moments of happiness and relaxation.

    It gives us a guide as to how we would all like to feel all the time.

    Perhaps it even provides a tiny step toward well-being for all.

    © 2026 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Living with One Goal

    Healing Messages 1.71 – Living with One Goal

    My one goal is to contribute toward well-being for all.

    How can one person do this?

    It is an order on a grand scale.

    I know that when I experience well-being, it goes out all around me.

    I have seen it happen when I release tension while standing in line and get myself calm and peaceful.

    I have seen it happen in my classroom when I figure out a way to teach something in a way which makes it possible for every student to understand.

    It creates a feeling of happiness and relief.

    I have a habit of reminding myself that “We are all precious” when I find myself starting to pass judgement on someone.

    “We are all so beautiful” is also a reminder to myself.

    I am so grateful for those who have helped me when I have faced dispiriting challenges.

    A look, a smile, a simple comment can be so uplifting.

    Professionally, I love the idea of creating what are called “Social Businesses”.

    These are self-sustaining businesses which exist to solve a social problem.

    My music teaching business was a social business.

    It existed to give children access to music-making.

    It added to their well-being through giving them specialized tools for expression.

    It added to the well-being of those who supported and appreciated them.

    Social businesses develop products, services, and community.

    Social businesses are highly entrepreneurial.

    They put the well-being of the client before any other return.

    They are self-sustaining by creating a balance between supporting the client and supporting the business.

    A loyal community develops between business and customers.

    Solving a problem creates well-being for everyone involved.

    © 2026 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • The core of your being

    Healing Messages 1.70 – The core of your being

    Healing is what happens when you move closer to your core.

    The reason things are not going well is that you are not aligned with what is important to you.

    Even though you are surrounded by what you are being told is important, it is not.

    You may have the job, the money, the body, the clothes and you still do not feel great.

    Your core is sending you a message.

    And, thank goodness, you are feeling it!

    Move yourself into a quiet space.

    Sit there.

    Feel the quiet.

    Let the message speak to you without all the noise around you.

    This is what it feels like to listen to your core.

    There is no nonsense here.

    No sales pitch.

    It is you speaking to yourself.

    What are you saying?

    Are you feeling relief?

    Do you feel as though you no longer have to pretend?

    Why have you been pretending, anyway?

    It has not brought you happiness.

    It has not brought you what you want.

    It has not brought you to yourself.

    And yet, here you are.

    Aren’t you beautiful!

    Have you ever met anyone with such beautiful ideas?

    Yours are the best!

    This is who you are at your core.

    © 2026 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • The Next Step

    Healing Messages 1.69 – The Next Step

    The next step always comes when we are ready to listen within.

    It comes as a calm reminder of who we are and our relationship to the Divine.

    We are not alone, dropped into a miasma of confusion and fear.

    Instead, we have a ready source of Guidance.

    This acts on our behalf in small things as well as large ones.

    When we practice listening for the next step in little ways, it opens a pathway of communication.

    All the little steps create part of the larger path-way that is our life.

    There is always a next step, and there is always the right time, the best time, to take it.

    We feel that timing when we listen within.

    Even if we have no idea what to do, or we are in a new place, or working on a new project, we can gain the information we need.

    It will come to us through observation, getting help from a friendly person, seeing a book, or a map, or just “out of the blue”.

    We are always in the care of the Divine.

    This care extends into the tiniest detail of our life.

    Trusting our life’s details to the Divine helps us in every case and place.

    It is our job to remind ourselves.

    “Thank you to the Universe” is a good acknowledgement.

    Pausing before acting is a good practice.

    Patience is a useful virtue.

    This gives us time to receive the direction and to feel happy while we are waiting.

    The result is a calm, relaxed and successful life.

    We determine what success means to us.

    Success to me is time to do what I love.

    I am grateful to discover this through inner listening.

    It is a coincidence of many tiny steps which has brought this about.

    © 2026 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

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  • Peace and Calm and Wholeness

    Healing Messages 1.68 – Peace and Calm and Wholeness

    Instead of working to acquire things, I am finding wholeness in a different way.

    I am glad to have had the opportunity to create a good life for myself and my family through working.

    We provided extras like dance and karate lessons, sports and concerts.

    However, there was a lot of stress and my body finally broke down after everyone graduated and left home.

    The long period of healing forced me to confront the fact that I needed a completely different approach for my life.

    In order to heal, I needed peace.

    I needed to recognize the value of myself as a being.

    I needed to appreciate the wholeness of simply being.

    I sat on our covered deck and watched the seasons change.  

    I smelled the different scents of wild flowers as they emerged through the spring and summer.

    I felt the wind and watched the strength of it in the tall trees.

    I noticed how many seed heads were in the grasses as they grew tall in the meadow.

    I realized if that was the abundance provided by Nature, then I, too, could feel the abundance of love for myself.

    I could simply be and feel whole.

    I took the time to simply feel calm.

    Calm is completely underrated!

    When you feel calm, you can think clearly.

    You do not jump into decisions.

    You can take your time.

    There is an awful lot you simply do not need to do.

    You do not need to do anything that causes you stress.

    It is good to find these things out and to heal.

    © 2026 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • I am speaking

    Healing Messages 1.67 – I am speaking

    In a therapy workshop, we were given a choice of words to describe our healing journey.

    I chose “I am speaking”, and here is the reason.

    I had just experienced a powerful release ceremony suggested by an insightful friend.

    Her suggestion was to write down all the things from the past which were still plaguing me and then burn the paper and get rid of the ashes.

    I thought it was a good idea, but did not really know when I would get around to it.

    The night after we spoke, the Universe woke me up and I found myself doing the writing.

    The next day it turned out to be eight pages.

    In the afternoon, I got two pots, one for the papers and their ashes, and the other with some water in it.

    I added the used match sticks from the jar where I collect them.

    I went to the patio, struck a match and lit the papers.

    After the flames died down, there was white heat as the smoke from the papers rose.

    With no flame, the heat of the burning paper kept consuming it.

    I shook the pot to add air to keep the papers burning until there was only a small pie of ashes and burnt matchsticks.

    Then I poured in the water and waited until it stopped smoking.

    During the time the papers burned, I repeated to myself “I burn thee, I burn thee.  You cannot have power over me any more.”

    I realized I was carrying around a habit of fear from negative emotional energies.

    Even though the memories had lasted for decades, I was able to release them during that powerful ceremony.

    I responded to the idea of releasing my writing and art after this, so that I am, indeed, speaking.

    © 2026 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

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  • Being is the Meaning

    Healing Messages 1.66 – Being is the Meaning

    Finally, I am simply being.

    I am not being busy.

    I am not being good.

    I am not being silly.

    I am not being criticized, at least, not by myself.

    I am doing what feels really good to me.

    I am reflecting.

    I am thinking.

    I am not being pressured.

    I am not being hurried.

    I am not being compared, at least not by me.

    I am simply existing as I am.

    I am so happy to discover her.

    I had no idea who she is, myself, as her.

    Now that I am getting to know her, I am really glad.

    I am such a cool person.

    I know that I am moved by certain art.

    I am so grateful for the artists that created work that moves me so deeply.

    Sometimes I am moved to the core of my being.

    I see choreography that makes me cry, it is so beautiful.

    I venture into creativity in ways that I have never dared.

    I am an expresser.

    I had no idea that it was OK not to do something that was not programmed.

    I have given up the program.

    I am doing me.

    There is a whole new meaning to my life and a whole new life.

    I had no idea.

    © 2026 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com