Inspired Practices

  • Connecting to an uplifting attitude

    Take Three Deep Breaths –
    Connecting to an uplifting attitude
    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Connecting to my Higher Self

    Loved Cherished Adored –

    Connecting to my Higher Self

    I connect to  my Higher Self when I listen within.

    While I am ruminating about the day or weighing in with my opinion, I am not connecting with the Divine.

    I live in a Universe Which Loves Me and Cares For Me.

    In order to do my part, I must listen for my connection to this Universe.

    In that way, I am able to receive Guidance and to connect with my Higher Self.

    I do not evaluate, judge or even form an opinion when I am listening within.

    My knowledge is irrelevant with respect to the Divine.

    I am one of so many, and we are all loved and cared for through our divine connection.

    I am grateful to discover this and to experience the orderly expression of the ideas which come to me.

    I  see an immense change in my confidence, and I trust that all is, and will be, well.

    I feel so much better now that I am aware of my Higher Self and how to connect to it.

    I release fear, frustration, and agitation as I take my deep breath and move myself into connection.

    I feel a sense of peace begin to permeate my entire being, body, mind and soul.

    I listen patiently until I hear what I need to know for this moment.

    I continue to listen until I am moved to action.

    My action consists of one tiny step after another.

    I pause to listen for each next step.

    In this way, I am able to complete many projects over a period of time.

    While I am waiting for Guidance on one project, I carry out a tiny step on another one.

    Even in doing simple, obvious things, I am willing to wait on my connection.

    As I make progress, I acknowledge my Source.

    When I go to the next project, I listen inwardly again.

    When I do this each step takes place in a calm way.

    I am grateful to see everything completed on time with no pressure.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • We are all leaders and we have the power to change our course.

    Pebbles of Peace Pathway 3.4 –

    Saving the World Through Compassion

    Yesterday I read a couple of articles by people who know and who know why.

    Their forecasts, based on past actions and policies, is reasonable.

    We are doomed.

    However, a new personal and individual policy is afoot.

    In fact, many more than in the past are beginning to embrace it.

    Increased numbers are causing a groundswell of awareness.

    The situation in this country has reached a certain level of intolerance, and people are waking up and acting.

    This kind of thing also has a past.

    It has caused a change in the course of events.

    Through compassionate and aware leaders, whole nations have changed course.

    We are all leaders and we all have the power to change our course.

    So what if it hasn’t been done before on this scale?

     (although this is always the way it has been done)

    It is being done now.

    The guidance of all the wisdom teachings is coming home.

    We want all of us to live well, not by profit, but by compassion.

    What a marvelous shift in awareness.

    What a marvelous direction for all of us.

    © 2013 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Practice peace in your household

    Young Persons Mentor/Uplifting Parenting –

    Practice Peace in Your Household

    The peace that you embody through your active inner listening comes out in all the right ways.

    It takes practice to remain on course instead of reacting to the agitation around us all.

    It is worth the time for deep spiritual study.

    We move with more grace when we are sure of our peaceful nature.

    We are active in wise and comforting ways.

    Our routines bring peace to our physical surroundings.

    As we actively cultivate our higher nature, we have calmer responses to the needs in our household.

    We anticipate many of those needs by our routines.

    We add to the happiness and peace of our households through spending  time together  doing peaceful things.

    We read aloud, engage in discussions, play card and board games.

    We cook delicious snacks and meals together.

    We embrace all the daily needs in achievable tiny steps.

    We feel the peace as our day comes together in a peaceful way.

    We deal with the problems which arise in a peaceful and wise manner.

    We can look beyond our immediate and familiar resources for better ideas and practices.

    We can share them in a reassuring way.

    It all comes from having contact with our deeply peaceful nature.

    This is the essence of our being.

    We have a right to express it in effective ways.

    When there is so much going on that it is overwhelming, we have a right to withdraw into quiet contemplation until we receive our answers of peace.

    In the meantime, our routines carry on.

    We continue our peaceful process of rigorous listening, until an answer surfaces and we can put it into action.

    This is how we practice and expand our peace within our household.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Practice receiving and sharing your ideas

    Your Diamond Mind –

    Practice Receiving and Sharing Your Ideas

    You have valuable ideas which are waiting for you to discover them.

    When you quell your restlessness and begin to listen within, you open yourself to receive them.

    From  your unique viewpoint, there are solutions.

    Even if you do not know what they are, you are in a postion to receive them.

    You come in contact with them and embody them as you listen for tiny steps to create them.

    We live in a Universe Which Loves Us and wants us to experience peace and success.

    It has Its own unique model for us and makes it available.

    This  Universe creates the circumstances for well-being for all of us when we listen within.

    This  Universe knows no limitations.

    We come into contact with Its’ solutions daily.

    We are obedient and willing to take the tiny steps which come to us.

    We see harmonious solutions manifest themselves through our active listening and action.

    We attract cooperation from those who are drawn to our solutions.

    We experience support in community as we carry out practical, inspired steps.

    There is nothing stopping us as we engage in work which includes well-being for all of us.

    We are able to impart a sense of value and dignity to everyone we see.

    We include them as worthy and we see their skills and contribution grow.

    There are gifts and capabilities in all of us.

    It is a welcoming feeling to bring these out in every situation.

    Our motive to share our ideas in an uplifting way leads us to take appropriate action.

    Those who live around us feel the conviction of our ideas.

    They want to take part and support them.

    They feel their own value increase as they trust what they are feeling.

    They are empowered to take uplifting action through being around you.

    We reverse the downward trends into uplifting ones through our inspired ideas.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Practice your peaceful nature

    Pebbles of Peace _

    Practice Your Peaceful Nature

    As you contemplate your day, you can feel the list of requirements descend on you.

    You can lift this burden right away.

    Gently move into your day and listen for Divine direction.

    You are a loved and cherished member of Divine creation.

    You have special characteristics of competence and patience.

    You have the ability to listen within and receive Guidance.

    You are able to move gently because you know how to release fear.

    You know how to take tiny steps.

    Your practice of peace benefits everyone who comes within the range of your thought.

    It is worth practicing your ability to calm down and return to peace when you need to.

    As soon as I catch myself becoming disturbed or agitated, I can take a deep calming breath.

    I am in the place I belong.

    If I do not feel comfortable where I am, I can listen for guidance to take action.

    My practice of tiny steps moves me in the right direction throughout my day.

    I release my fears when I realize I can trust myself to be where I belong.

    I can move beyond visible means as I listen within and manifest a new situation.

    Solutions are always appearing which lift me and others into a better state.

    My peaceful nature desires continued and expanding peace into the atmosphere around me.

    My desire is answered as I am patient, understanding, and protective of my own peace.

    When I am taken in by disturbances, my peace is felt as an active force.

    I gently go about my business.

    I connect with the resources I need.

    I feel the community of like-minded people around me.

    We move into  a community of peace.

    I maintain my peaceful nature and inspire others to do so, also.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Practice expanding your view

    Take Three Deep Breaths _

    Practice expanding your view

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  • Practice active listening

    Loved Cherished Adored –

    Practice Active Listening

    Our mind is active all the time.

    We can direct it when we are conscious of its activity.

    We can feel whether we are engaged in fearful or uplifting thinking.

    How our body reacts, leads us to prefer calm.

    I learned to pay attention when my body became so tense that I became ill.

    It took a lot of attention to learn how to relax myself instead of reacting.

    Gradually, I became aware of triggers.

    I learned to catch myself and to slow down.

    I began replacing the fearful thoughts with uplifting ideas.

    It took a while to convince myself that I could change the direction of my life and the way my body was feeling.

    I continued with my practice and learned more and more steps to maintain my peace within and without.

    I listen within on a daily, and sometimes hourly, basis.

    I am led to take effective tiny steps which do not stress me out.

    In fact, these steps add to my peace.

    I can trust where they are taking me.

    I see the results of practicing peace.

    My ideas take shape in ways which benefit me and others.

    My active listening allows me to have unstressed meditative time.

    This is always refreshing.

    I stay away from tension as much as possible.

    I return to myself to peace through active inner listening.

    This has the effect of giving me a beautiful life which I have time to enjoy.

    I am very grateful to learn the steps which help me to maintain my health.

    I am happy to share my practice of inner listening with others.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • 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