Inspired Practices

  • Offer

    Meditation Drawing 3.11 – Offer

    What we have to offer comes from listening within.”

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    www.shareinspirationandpeace.com 

  • Strength in the world

    Shared Global Vision –

    Strength in the World

    What you bring into the world determines the kind of world you live in.

    You attract the same qualities which you share.

    When you are engaged in uplifting community work you attract others who are willing to contribute.

    When you are forward-thinking about the possibilities for healing and upliftment in the community, you set up a frequency for communication.

    All the resources which bear on your project have a clear path to come to you.

    You can explore community resources.

    You can meet the people who are responsible for allocating them.

    You can partner with those who are involved in community outreach.

    Be clear in your offering.

    Do not let others throw you off track.

    You may decide to direct your efforts through neighborhood action.

    Building from the grassroots is very sustainable.

    It takes its direction from those directly involved.

    As you deal with others, you may sense confusion or a different interpretation.

    There are always those who think they know better.

    Comfort them and continue to take the lead.

    You are directed from your Higher Power.

    When there is a willingess for cooperation, you can proceed.

    When there is resistance, this may not be your time or place.

    Let the Infinite continue to guide you.

    You may be guided to a more receptive location.

    You may take many years to see your idea come into manifestation.

    Your desire to share uplifting ideas in the world will take its rightful and most effective shape.

    Let the Infinite continue to uplift you until you see the manifestation of your wonderful idea.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Strength in the Home

    Young Persons Mentor/Uplifting Parenting –

    Strength in the Home

    You are the one who sets the boundaries in your home.

    As you educate your children in responsibilities and love, they take this knowledge and feeling into the world around them.

    You are attentive to what comes in and what goes out of your home.

    When children return, it is vital to separate what belongs back into your home and what does not belong.

    This is done through comparison and contrast.

    The courtesies which you teach can be easily observed and gently corrected.

    When doing homework together, you can create a discussion about the topic.

    It is important to observe both the information and the attitudes which come back into your home.

    This is part of your household maintainance.

    Keeping a clean home involves outward chores and responsibilities and inward cleanliness.

    An uplifting attitude about oneself is complimented with an uplifting attitude about others.

    A sense of well-being throughout the household is shared through a sense of well-being for others.

    We are all privileged to live on this earth and to care for it and all who live here.

    The strength of your home is through applying high values and standards to everyone within it, and to sharing a sense of respect and dignity for others.

    What you bring into and send out of your home is uplifting.

    It attracts uplifting attitudes and practices.

    When the opposite is presented, it has no place in your home.

    Your home is your haven of purity for all who live in it.

    You have the strength to take steps to safeguard what comes into your home and to expel what does not meet your standards.

    Any resistance can be dealt with in a firm and understanding manner.

    It is good for everyone to understand the difference between what is uplifting and what is not and to learn to choose what is good for their life.

    ©  2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Strength of ideas

    Your Diamond Mind –

    Strength of Ideas

    Every day, I listen for strong, uplifting  ideas to share.

    They come to me as gentle messages.

    As I sit down to write, I am poised for the first words.

    The first words start the flow.

    I listen for the next idea and the next.

    Soon they are rushing to be put on the page.

    This continues until there is a break.

    I pause, and breathe, and listen.

    Then the flow starts again.

    I can barely keep up sometimes.

    I am so grateful.

    I may have to listen for a long time to get started, but I trust that there are ideas for me to share.

    There are uplifting ideas for each of us to share.

    It is our birthright.

    It is why we are here.

    Our idea may be a service, a product, a poem, a personal journal entry.

    My ideas started as personal journal entries.

    My life was not working and I needed to figure out why, so I could fix it.

    It took a long time to go through the process of writing and listening. 

    When I went back to read what I had written, I was astounded to find that what I written were answers.

    I had started out to write down the problems so I could see what I was dealing with.

    By starting the process, the Universe was able to step into the flow.

    When we listen within, an entirely new life opens up, one directed by the Infinite.

    I am certainly more than satisfied by this grander view.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Strength and Peace

    Pebbles of Peace –

    Strength and Peace

    My strength and my peace come from listening within.

    I find my strength through peace, not through agitation.

    Although I am capable of great physical and emotional effort, it does not contribute to my strength.

    Unless I am drawing on the strength of the Infinite, I can run out.

    And I have.

    I have learned about strength through playing a musical instrument.

    Tiny steps to correct hand positions and to play exactly in tune over and over again for hundreds and thousands of times, builds strength and accuracy and fluency.

    The way to sustain hours of rehearsal is to build strength through hours of practice.

    Listening within to hear each tiny step builds strength and fluency.

    I know, absolutely, that I will be directed.

    It is my practice.

    It is my strength.

    Through listening within, I trust the messages I receive.

    I see the results through my consistent tiny steps.

    I communicate through what I create with my many tiny steps.

    It builds humility to listen and to take tiny steps.

    It also builds confidence to see the results.

    There is a flow connecting idea to action to results.

    It is not glamorous.

    It is not exciting.

    It is not spectacular.

    But it is peaceful and it is substantial.

    Inner work, directed by the Infinite, is assured of success.

    Success is the strength of living in peace.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Strength in Relationships

    Take Three Deep Breaths –
    Strength in Relationships

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Personal Strength

    Loved Cherished Adored –

    Personal Strength

    Personal strength is actually strength within.

    We know that certain strengths have gotten us to this point.

    We have taken the daily steps to arrive at each new day.

    One of our strengths is willingness.

    Of course, we have had to face challenges.

    One of our strengths is persistence.

    We have a unique view of life, one that is ours.

    One of our strengths is individuality.

    As we consider our life, we draw certain conclusions.

    One of our strengths is reflection.

    We want to improve our life, we want it to be better.

    One of our strengths is desire.

    We are willing to consider new approaches.

    One of our strengths is openness.

    We think about what we are learning.

    One of our strengths is intelligence.

    We are willing to take a tiny step.

    One of our strengths is trust.

    We are attentive, adventurous and kind.

    We are grateful, honorable and demanding.

    We are courageous and motivated.

    We are willing to become.

    We are not satisfied.

    We have given ourselves permission.

    This is the greatest strength of all.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Nurture what you love.

    Meditation Drawing 3.38 – 

    Nurture what you love.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    www.shareinspirationandpeace.com 

  • Expectations for the World

    Shared Global Vision –

    Expectations for the World

    We can turn away from the limitations we hear about in the news.

    There are other ways to interpret the vast resources available to all of us on this earth.

    I read about them in “Drawdown”, by Paul Hawken, with an analysis of how to conserve and create specific resources all over the world.

    I am drawn to writers and speakers who have a generous worldview.

    I am grateful they send their ideas into the atmosphere around them.

    I love hearing about innovations for collecting moisture from the air.

    I love hearing about recycling tires to build insulated houses and to create long-wearing sandals.

    I love learning about Intentional Communities and Co-ops and Transition Towns.

    I love learning about co-operative manufacturing projects.

    I love learning about Mandragon, Spain, an entire co-operative city.

    I love learning about Damanhur Intentional Community in Italy with its own currency.

    I love learning about the Eco-Camps which are being established all over the world.

    There are so many ways being demonstrated that work on small scales.

    The solutions offered for large scales also have many of the technologies in place waiting to be applied through the right mind-set.

    The expectations we give ourselves depend on the difference between the current world view we are living through and possibilities offered by other world views.

    Thinking in terms of a generous Universe, we can adopt good practices.

    We can apply generous thinking to our neighborhoods and expand our work based on the results we experience.

    This changes our expectations as we see new/old co-operative models working once again.

    We can participate in grassroots movements which recognize the importance of each of us and implement this philosophy in community gardens, skills training and valuable community projects.

    We can look to the models offered by the Transition Town movement with its hundreds of local variations on how to supply all the needs of a local community.

    I have great expectations for the world when I look at what is working.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com

  • Creating Expectations

    Young Persons’ Mentor/Uplifting Parenting –

    Creating Expectations

    Through experiences, I have discovered what is reasonable and what is not reasonable to expect in running a household.

    When I am in sync, my ideas compel me to take the tiny steps necessary to implement them.

    As I do this, my ideas create more freedom for the people they are meant to serve.

    I create effective household routines.

    I create nutritious meals with organic ingredients.

    I create time for myself.

    That is the one thing that I did not figure out while I was raising my family.

    Expect to get tired, very tired, unless you make resting time for yourself a priority.

    With your clear, restful thinking, you can continue to create whatever is necessary for a smoothly running household.

    It is reasonable to expect everyone to learn how to do their chores.

    It is reasonable to expect everyone to learn to be responsible, since that is the routine.

    It is reasonable to expect everyone to enjoy their time together in a clean house.

    It is reasonable to expect everyone to talk to each other courteously.

    That is what is taught and demonstrated in the home.

    Other language has to be left outside.

    Monitor what comes into the home through the media.

    I only had to deal with one television set and one home phone line when I was raising my family, although computers extended their influence.

    You will have to make the rules which create harmonious interaction for yours.

    It is reasonable to expect resistance when your standards are different from other people’s practices.

    Stand behind what you think is important for your family members.

    They wil be able to do excellent work and concentrate on it with limitations on media and on social media.

    Listen within to make the best decisions each day, and stick to your routines.

    © 2023 Kathryn Hardage 

    http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com