Inspired Practices

  • Discerning what needs to be done

    Young Persons Mentor/Uplifting Parenting –

    Discerning what needs to be done

    We live in a household of uplifting ideas and practices.

    Each time we discern a way of including more peace, we activate it.

    We establish routines and live in a clean environment.

    Everyone knows their role in maintaining the purity of the household, its space and the inner spaces of our character.

    Every member of the household knows how to express respect through courtesies as a habit.

    They initiate uplifting communication in this way.

    They show their own self-respect by how they address others.

    Our discernment of the character of our household determines how we raise our children.

    We give them the intellectual stimulation they need.

    We provide for outside resources for their development.

    We hold them in love every time we think about them.

    Through our love, we discern what is needed even when we cannot figure it out using all our other resources.

    This is how we meet challenges.

    Challenges are inevitable through our interaction in the world.

    They are little challenges at first, little temptations.

    As we are true to our guidance, we build a strong character.

    We help our children understand how to deal with temptations and support them as they learn to take a stand.

    Their most important relationship is within and we show them how to access this guidance through our example.

    We give them resources to live in a way which expresses well-being for all.

    We uphold them in their true, strong character.

    We show them it is possible to change course when we discern a better, more uplifting one.

    We maintain the intergrity of our household.

    Through discernment we restore what is lost and establish harmony.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Discerning new ideas

    Your Diamond Mind –

    Discerning new ideas

    The ideas which we need come to us through discernment.

    We may not be aware of exactly what we need.

    As we listen within, we feel a Presence.

    This is our link with the Divine.

    The exact idea we need turns up at exactly the right time.

    We are able to connect with everything needed to carry it out.

    We see the result from this peaceful proceeding.

    Each tiny step falls in place through discernment.

    We do not listen to outside factors or opinions.

    We do not base our action on experience.

    We are open to the new idea and how it is to be carried out.

    This allows us to move in a realm apart form our past.

    We can move freely with a feeling of complete support.

    As we devote ourselves to inner listening, we consistently receive uplifting answers.

    The answers we discern go beyond traditional limitations.

    We receive our resources in ways that match the new idea.

    We employ our resources in new and imaginative ways.

    We work with a sense of joyous freedom.

    We are released into a feeling of happiness through discernment of our uplifting work.

    Our new ideas develop within until they reach maturity and can be shared.

    We nurture them in quiet discernment to hear their needs.

    We do not move too early. We do not move too late.

    We note their development and our own.

    We are committed listeners.

    Our new ideas are completely nurtured through our discernment of our Divine relationship.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Discerning peace

    Pebbles of Peace –

    Discerning peace

    When there is chaos and crisis all around me, I can move myself into a calm place.

    I can discern what is inside me.

    In my relationship with the Divine, there is well-being.

    All is well within.

    I am upheld and comforted and guided.

    Whatever is necessary for my good appears naturally.

    I calmly connect with whatever I need.

    I spread well-being around me through my calm attitude.

    I can discern the peace which is available to me.

    Others feel my peace and move into it.

    They release their concerns and worries.

    They, too, can hear the guidance which is coming to them.

    It is a beautiful moment of clarity each time this happens.

    I feel myself relax and I see others become calm.

    Together, we feel the power of peaceful Presence.

    We are moved in the direction of community good.

    We include all who live here and value their presence.

    We feel the presence of the Divine within them.

    We are able to see what needs to be done and to include those who have the best skills to do it.

    We are able to offer training to those who are open to acquiring skills.

    Our discernment of peace spreads outward and embraces all within our community.

    We create peace in our community.

    We address what needs to be done with a feeling of expectation and peace that it can be done.

    Through discernment, we have an expectation of good for all in our community.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Slowing down to calm down

    Take Three Deep Breaths –
    Sewing Down to Calm Down

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shreinspirationandpeace.com

  • Discerning what is inside us

    Loved Cherished Adored –

    Discerning what is inside us

    There is so much noise around us in the world that it is sometimes hard to discern what is inside us.

    Inside us are our very own thoughts.

    These may not be original  thoughts, just the ones we are most accustomed to thinking.

    To discern our own thoughts, we must listen quietly within.

    Our own original thoughts come to us as a peaceful breath.

    We relax into our discernment.

    We hear tiny nuances of ideas.

    As we practice consistent listening over a period of time, the Universe notices that we are paying attention.

    It sends us an original thought, an idea.

    It is characteristic of our own individual identity.

    It communicates through discernment of who we are in relationship to the Divine.

    As we observe this idea and cherish it, it expands.

    We are moved to take a tiny step.

    This tiny step moves us in the direction of our well-being.

    It is for good.

    It increases its’ worth as it expands into action and manifestation.

    All who come in contact with our own original idea are benefitted.

    We learn to discern our service through our relationship with the  Divine.

    What we discern inside us is our powerful and comforting spiritual nature.

    We learn to express it in more and more ways.

    We become a radiant light in our community through discernment of what is inside us.

    Others are inspired and uplifted and healed through our practice.

    We release the noise and  continue to listen within.

    We serve in a greater manner through our discernment of what is inside us.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Filling up with happiness

    Pebbles of Peace Pathway 3.3 –

    Filling Up With Happiness

    I realize that I have things I have to do every day.

    Since I can control my attitude toward them, I have decided to feel wonderful and happy.

    The things that come in do not have to make me happy, but I can choose to fill myself up with happiness and then decide how I will do them.

    I don’t surge from sad to happy to mad to calming down when I do this.

    I start with happy, come back to happy and work from happy.

    Things get done in a very different way.

    It is not a relief to get something done.

    It just gets done.

    It is less of a production to carry something out.

    I am better able to get what I need together and carry it out.  (Better.)

    I am choosing happy more and more.

    This is a better approach.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Awareness through expanding

    Shared Global Vision –

    Awareness through expanding

    We can expand our awareness by sharing our skills.

    As we experience the needs in our community, we can share the solutions we are learning about.

    We can introduce constructive ideas in an informal setting such as regular pot luck dinners.

    Solutions are often available as everyone pools their skills.

    By creating a list of neighbors and their skills, we can recommend resources to those who have particular needs.

    We can be aware of co-operative efforts and participate in them.

    We can initiate community projects over a long period of time as we learn to get to know our neighbors and build trust.

    We can spend leisure time together at the park.

    We can build outward from where we live.

    We can share through bookclubs and through playgroups.

    We can let each neighbor know that we would like to get to know them.

    We can learn their story and find out about their skills and needs by asking them a list of questions.

    We can let our neighbors know that we are starting a story-sharing time.

    We can be aware that we are all dealing with challenges.

    As we walk through our neighborhood, we can share our feeling of uplifting well-being.

    We can gradually build new friendships and trust.

    We can widen our circle as we consistently, over a long period of time, reintroduce ourselves as partners in our neighborhoods.

    We can work on a community garden, donations to a food bank, planting nut trees and other food forest species in our parks.

    We cna set up babysitting co-ops and errand services.

    And because so many people are suffering and just want to be left alone, we can send them our love when we think of them or walk past their house.

    We can build a sense of unity and community as we expand our awareness.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Awareness through communication

    Young Person’s Mentor/Uplifting Parenting –

    Awareness through communication

    In running a household it is important to have good communication.

    Good communication increases awareness about what is going on in everyone’s life.

    It helps harmonize situations within the household and outside it.

    We carry our good communication skills with us.

    We can always listen.

    We can create room for quiet, patient listening.

    We can set aside a regular time to discuss whatever is coming up.

    We can reassure the person that we want to hear what they have to say, and we need to be able to pay attention to them.

    We can ask them to make a note of their situation and their question and then, at our time together, they can tell us.

    As we cultivate calm, inner listening for ourselves, we are prepared to receive what we need to know.

    We react less to what is going on around us and we can receive a clear message when we listen to our children.

    We can lead them to tell us what is going on in a way which helps us understand what they need from us.

    We can create an atmosphere of willing listening by letting the child know when we can sit down with them.

    By regular discussions, we cultivate a clear vocabulary.

    We communicate comfort by holding the child in our arms.

    We do not evaluate or judge anything we are being told.

    We continue listening to the child and to our inner direction.

    Our desire is for harmony in the home and for the child to have the tools to regain their peace.

    Whatever disturbances come into our child’s life, we want them to know how to find appropriate and effective solutions.

    We can give them the benefit of our experience, and, more importantly, the ability to listen within for themselves.

    We can help them retain and regain their balance through inner listening and good communication.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Awareness through creativity

    Your Diamond Mind –

    Awareness through creativity

    Creativity is my favorite way of expressing awareness.

    I love to listen for ideas and to express them.

    The ideas come from a practice of inner listening.

    When I sit quietly or pause in the middle of a busy afternoon, I am able to hear inner direction.

    I begin with a deep, calming breath.

    As soon as the Universe knows I am paying attention, it begins to send me ideas.

    I know to take action in tiny, consistent steps.

    This creates a flow and maintains it.

    Sometimes I am engaged in a long-term project.

    Other times, my action is complete in a final step.

    It is always by following through on the ideas that I receive that I feel happy.

    I am grateful for uplifting work through my awareness.

    I love the experience of living in creative ecstasy.

    I am reassured by expressing the highest qualities of character.

    I measure my progress by my ability to listen within and to take action.

    I love the variety and completeness in the expression which comes to me.

    I am able to do both work and play with the same attitude of awareness.

    This creates a wonderful balance in my life.

    I feel a sense of stability as the promise of creative ideas is always fulfilled from the Universe.

    I am confident as I develop whatever I need to know in order to carry out the idea.

    The importance of creativity cannot be overestimated.

    Through it, innovative and imaginative solutions appear for every challenge.

    There are creatives in every field, of science, of education, of business, of agriculture.

    The true solutions take care of everyone who can possibly benefit.

    Listen within to recieve your own.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Peaceful awareness

    Pebbles of Peace –

    Peaceful awareness

    Bringing peace into my life gives me a different kind of awareness.

    I become aware of quiet inner direction.

    I am not directed in the way that I see anyone else’s life or business developing.

    I receive unique direction and guidance through my inner listening.

    I am grateful to discover this.

    It takes away the feeling of competition or pressure or tension.

    It takes away the thought of limitation of any kind.

    My peaceful awareness conveys itself to others through the quality and character of my work.

    I am given my work and I share its message of inner listening.

    This is what brought me out of a life of chaos and tension and illness.

    I am in a completely different place because of my peaceful awareness.

    It required me to commit myself completely in order to heal.

    I am devoted to its practice now in order to maintain my calm and my health.

    I am careful not to react to the news.

    I create beautiful surroundings for myself.

    I appreciate the changing seasons and beauty of Nature.

    I love the uplifting creativity of artists.

    I love to express appreciation for their work.

    We are all united in our uplifting awareness.

    It is fun to maintain my peace.

    I notice this when I get disturbed and react.

    I know how to move myself back into peaceful awareness.

    My greatest and most valuable ability is this practice of peaceful awareness.

    I share this knowledge for all who are willing to try it.

    I invite you to put yourself in a quiet setting and to listen within.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com