Inspired Practices

  • Begin

    Meditation Drawing 4.4 Begin

    Now is the time to begin.

    It is always the right time to take a good step.

    A new beginning is available at any time.

    We can have an epiphany which changes our view.

    We can begin again.

    We can have a moment of inspiration which redirects us.

    We can see a connection which appears in a new light.

    We can decide to be more compassionate.

    We can change our attitude about our job.

    We can value ourself as worthy.

    We can breathe in a moment of peace.

    We can listen within.

    Each time we begin again, we are breathing new life into our day.

    We are accepting the idea that there is an unlimited Universe, and that Its’ resources are available to us.

    It is like taking a new route.

    We can get on a different bus and end up in a new place.

    We can take a class and open up a new world.

    That is what happened to me when I took Master Naturalist Certification.

    I began to look at the world in a whole new way.

    And it was a view of wholeness, how all of Nature’s systems work together in more and more detail and in the larger ways such as watersheds and geological formations.

    I began writing very simple information into my children’s songs.

    And this will expand their world view.

    Every step is possible to take in a new way.

    It will put you in a new place.

    © 2024 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinsprationandpeace.com

  • Comfort of living in creative ecstasy

    Comfort #42 Comfort of living in creative ecstasy

    I am so grateful to discover many creative aspects of living.

    One of my favorite forms is moving from one creative project to another.

    I have set up my studio to include sewing, drawing, writing, and weaving.

    I have a routine which starts with listening  within for inspirational ideas to write about.

    The writing powers the art.

    I take breaks with sewing and, more occasionally, weaving.

    I am comforted by having so many colorful projects around me.

    After getting caught up in the business of work and family for many years, creativity is very valued and precious to me.

    It gives me room to relax.

    My mind goes into a different dimension when I am arranging colors or shapes on paper or fabric.

    I can explore ideas without words or with words.

    I enjoy the rhythm that creativity brings into my life.

    I love discovering that the work I love to do allows me to live in creative ecstasy.

    I get to explore new media.

    I am uplifited by every new series of art and affirmations I create.

    I speak about myself and my work with a completely different vocabulary.

    It brings me light and happiness.

    I share inspiration and peace.

    I receive feedback that lets me know others are feeling the same upliftment that comes to me.

    I am so grateful for the way this connects me to work I love and contributes to uplifting others.

    The world feels the effect of every tiny step we take to add to our happiness.

    We remove ourselves from negative reactions when we take a deep breath and let it flood our body with peace.

    When we engage in taking in ideas which are uplifting and give us happiness, we can actually feel it in our body.

    We comfort ourselves through creating an uplifting life, and it helps those around us, as well.

    © 2024 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

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  • Peacefully Following Through

    Pebble of Peace Pathway – Gelli Plate Art #1 –
    Peacefully Following Through

    Learning to go within helps establish an unfailing practice for finding answers.

    Taking the steps as directed from within always fulfills the need.

    When I get stuck, I am learning to go within, without fail, to find the next step.

    This always gives me a peaceful solution.

    Even though requirements may change daily and even hourly, I can always find the peaceful solution I seek by going within.

    Since I have received my inspiration from within, it is natural that I should find the ways to share it most effectively from the same Source.

    It is a comfort to know that, while I reason my way through all the possibilities, there is still only one really great answer, an answer of peace, from within.

    © 2024 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

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  • Cycle

    Artist Trading Card Series – Word #42 – Cycle –
    and Mini-Meditation

    The seasons cycle in and out.

    I cycle with them.

    I am renewed.

    I am born each day.

    © 2024 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Even deep within, looking out, I can receive new ideas.

    Life Path Story Mazes – #40 Even deep within, looking out, I can receive new ideas.

    It is possible that I cannot make any changes in my life.

    I can still receive the new ideas which will make a difference right where I am.

    My first idea is to listen within.

    This connects me to the Inifnite Universe.

    There is always an idea for me when I listen within.

    I can be right where I am, and feel more peace.

    I can be right where I am and feel more order.

    I can be right where I am and feel more harmony.

    This shapes my day in a new way.

    I can expect to move in the direction of new ideas, because I am listening for them.

    The new ideas I am listening for are the ones which uplift me.

    I am through with old negativity.

    I am open for new real solutions.

    At any point during the day, I can take a deep breath and pause.

    In that pause, I am feeling the peace from the Universe.

    In that pause, I am signalling that I am willing to listen for new ideas.

    In the moment of that pause, I can receive everything I need to know in order to take my first tiny step.

    Once I establish my consistent willingness to listen, and demonstrate my action by taking my first tiny step, more opportunities will follow.

    I just need to remind myself to do this when I find myself following my old routines.

    My new routine is to listen for peace and inspiration and new ideas.

    My new routine is to take the tiny steps which come to me.

    I remain curious and open to see what happens as I practice this consistently.

    © 2024 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

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  • The members of my community are musical and artistic.

    Spiritual Treasure Note Series 5.42 

    The members of my community are musical and artistic.

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    We celebrate in dance and song.

    We draw, paint, sculpt, create in every form.

    We are writers and poets and dramatists.

    We imbue artistic energies into our community.

    We express every emotion through our art and music.

    We are thoroughly energized as we create and share our music and our art.

    © 2024 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Different

    Meditation Drawing 4.3 Different

    What is different about today?

    What is different about you?

    The most wonderful thing is your difference, your individuality.

    You have uniqueness of awareness, of expression.

    You have particular tiny steps which are taking you to your destination.

    Each step creates a new day.

    It adds to the freshness, upliftment and purity of the day.

    As you listen inwardly for your instructions for the day, what do you hear?

    What do you sense?

    Do you feel the peace which is yours to share?

    Do you feel the harmony which permeates the atmosphere within and around you?

    That is a very different picture from what the world is presenting.

    This is your gift.

    Your different point of view.

    Right in the middle of all the chaos, is the moment of peace.

    It is the breath which you draw.

    It is the interruption of the chaos and fear.

    Your difference is that you do not accept it.

    You are presenting a different picture, and people around you feel it.

    You are saying “yes” to a different sense of life.

    This “yes” is full of divine power.

    You have a different practice.

    You look at the world with freshness, which invigorates you and others.

    We all feel the pressures of life, but we can look at them differently.

    We can add to the energy of peace and freshness and wholeness.

    © 2024 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  •  Comfort of living in joy

    Comfort #41 Comfort of living in joy

    My ability to live in joy depends on taking the tiny steps which come to me through listening within.

    I have discovered this efficient approach through my practice as I learned how to release myself from depression and despair.

    I journalled the ideas which came to me from listening within.

    I was led to create blogs, then art and affirmations.

    I spend my days in listening for creative ideas.

    It gives me joy to see them come to life through my work.

    Others respond to my uplifting messages and it increases their joy.

    I love bring bringing others into their natural state of joy.

    As we release the negative memories of the past, we make room for joy.

    We spend time in joy through reading affirmations and reflecting on their deep message.

    We are precious.

    We are loved, cherished, adored.

    We can live in this comfort wwhe we surround ourselves with these new uplifting messages.

    They become part of our vocabulary about ourself.

    We replace the old habits and words with new, uplifting ones.

    We study, read, write, speak in an uplifting way about ourself.

    This gives us joy.

    When we discover that our consistent practice redirects our life we feel genuine joy.

    It is a comfort to know we can create a joy-filled life for ourself.

    Whatever the situation, we can add more joy.

    Joy lifts us out of the situation by replacing our experience of it.

    We take our tiny steps over and over again as we add joy.

    Our new practice creates our new life.

    © 2024 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

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  • Rebirth – Part Two

    Pebbles of Peace Pathway 2.52 – Rebirth- Part Two

    It may have been good if it took us a long time to get there, because then we have the practice to keep us in our new life.

    If not, we have to practice our new habits some more until they become part of us.

    We can tell when our practice is lagging because our circumstances reflect it.

    We can go within to listen for the new messages which will keep us growing and becoming more and more successful.

    The messages from within do not conflict with anyone else, they do not compete.

    They light our way and our way alone.

    No one can come in through your way, and I promise you, you cannot come in through someone else’s way.

    If you do, it is only temporary.

    Remember, the kind of success you are looking for is the rebirth of your soul, your right to success, not a job working for someone else’s dream.

    © 2024 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Delight

    Artist Trading Card Series – Word #41 – Delight –
    and Mini-Meditation

    It is my delight to sing.

    It is my delight to dance.

    It is my delight to write.

    It is my delight to create.

    © 2024 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com