Artist Trading Card Series – WORD – Nurture and mini-meditation
(c) 2024 Kathryn Hardage
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Life-Path Series-Many surprising and unexpected events occur along my life-path.
One of those events is occurring as I write. I was compelled to take my computer in for repair this morning before I could post today’s Inspired Practice.
By reminding myself not to panic about that, I began to listen within.
I have been figuring out each new step even though technology is always new for me.
It is actually turning out to be pretty fun! Who knew?
Anyway, I am grateful for all the new progress as I figure this out for the first time.
And now, we’ll see how it goes!
(c) 2024 Kathryn Hardage
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Screenshot Meditation Drawing 3.23 – Poised
“We are poised to receive and to share.”
© 2024 Kathryn Hardage
www.shareinspirationandpeace.com
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Pebbles of Peace Pathways 3.11 –
Fear Diet
I am discovering how to maintain my sense of peace.
There is a strong contrast between things that contribute to my feeling of well-being and things which do not.
I am not talking about a superficial sense that things are all right.
I am not talking about being able to keep my peace within regardless of what comes at me.
I am considering ways of maintaining my peace and contributing to a feeling of protection all around me wherever I am.
I want that feeling to be available for others around me, too.
So as I notice what pulls me away from my peace within, I am making decisions about whether to include those things in my life or not.
So many little things are ingrained that I did not notice many of them at first.
But now, they are starting to stand out in contrast to the things which are peace-giving.
I am considering how to break my little habits which include disturbing things in my life so that I can make more room for peace and let it overflow.
I will go on a fear diet.
This will give me more room in my thoughts to attend to what is important to me.
© 2013 Kathryn Hardage
http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com
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Pebbles of Peace –
Fulfillment in Peace
Fulfillment in peace is fulfillment of peace.
The ability to listen within and to receive sure Guidance gives me peace.
It is a peace which can be found by anyone who listens within.
The consistent practice of a listening attitude creates room for the messages of peace.
Each step taken in peace adds to the peace.
When we have doubts as to a course of action, we listen within.
The direction is always there.
As we settle into the feeling of peace and let it pervade our body, we hear the directive.
It may be to take action.
It may be to continue in a peaceful attitude.
At the right time we will be compelled to take our action.
Until then, the ground is being prepared.
When we wait and are patient and trust, we are led to move at the right time.
When we are impatient and move on our own voltion we may have to take another, longer route, until the time and the way are prepared by the Infinite.
Listening within connects us to Spirit.
We are spiritual beings, so that is our most direct, most natural connection.
We release opinions garnered from experiences.
We turn, instead, to the all-knowing Spirit which guides all of us to a harmonious life.
When we trust this Guidance we are united with those who trust the Infinite.
We are able to receive and to offer encouragement in this peaceful process.
We share a peaceful existence.
All who are ready are drawn into peace.
It is our preference.
There are solutions from the view of the Infinite which we can receive only when we are in peace.
© 2023 Kathryn Hardage
www.shareinspirationanpeace.com
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© 2023 Kathryn Hardage
Thank you so much for joining me to share inspiration and peace, precious ones.
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Your Diamond Mind –
Good New Ideas
I listen for the good new ideas which come to me.
Many ideas flit through my mind, but I wait for the ones which give me a really good feeling.
These are the ones which will increase well-being for all of us.
It is important to me to make a contribution to society and to civilization.
I can do this in little ways which are consistent with that philosophy.
Over time, these ideas accumulate and are felt on a larger basis.
My practice of them lends power to the philosophy of well-being for all.
It is not necessary to limit ideas to serve just ourselves.
A good idea, one that is full of goodness, overflows into the environment around us.
It dilutes fear and a feeling of powerlessness or limitation.
A good idea makes us all feel better.
We can always be kinder. We can always release judgement and evaluation.
We simply do not know what challenges others are facing.
We can create room for an uplifting attitude.
Ideas which contribute to an uplifting attitude work for well-being for everyone.
We can be more generous to ourselves and to others.
We all make mistakes and when we endeavor to correct them we are contributing to a more harmonious environment.
We can slow down and take our time and move with grace and forgiveness.
This makes us feel good and contributes to a better feeling all around us.
We can admire what is good in others without being jealous of it.
When we listen within, we receive our own gifts to share.
They are a perfect fit, just as the gifts others receive are a perfect fit for them.
I enjoy the little things which comfort me on a daily basis.
They are the ideas which expand into goodness for all of us.
© 2023 Kathryn Hardage
www.shareinspirationandpeace.com
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Take Three Deep Breaths _
Practice expanding your view
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My little pebble of peace is my thought that everyone is precious.
Pebbles of Peace Pathway 2.50 –
Little Ripples
Once again,
I am given the opportunity
to add to the peace and calm
or add to the concern.
By my lights,
I am not even permitted
to add to the concern.
I must add
to the peace and calm.
You see,
every thought
we throw into the ring
makes a little ripple.
The more throwing power
we have,
the greater the ripple.
The media
is creating great ripples
because of its throwing power.
But
I have a little bitty
counter.
I know that
if I start a ripple
from another direction,
it will lessen the momentum
of the giant ripple.
And so
the little bitty ripple
that I am starting
is this.
I have
a little pebble of peace.
My little pebble of peace
is my thought
that everyone is precious.
I see it
in the eyes of little children,
their preciousness.
I see it
in the eyes of adults
when I tell them how much
I appreciate what they are doing.
I see it
everywhere
that I can express gratitude
and recognition and support.
And so you see,
we all have the opportunity,
through our little pebbles of peace,
to create many little ripples.
I am so grateful
for the many people
who add so much to my life.
You,
and all of us,
are very precious.
© 2023 Kathryn Hardage
http://www.shareinspirationandpeace.com
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Pebbles of Peace –
Releasing Creativity Brings Peace
We are all creative beings.
We are actually creating the world we live in today.
As we realize this power, we can consciously direct our thought to create what we desire.
I desire more peace within and all around me.
I desire a feeling of safety for myself and everyone who lives on the planet.
It is time to create an uplifting atmosphere for more than myself.
My inner peace has a powerful momentum behind it.
I have learned to create safety for myself by listening within.
I know where I need to be.
I know the tiny steps I need to take for creative expression through art.
I know the way to slow down my breath to calm myself.
I know how to write in my journal to listen to my fears and to address them.
I know how to prepare myself when I am ready to leave my apartment in order to feel safe.
My peaceful expression adds to the peace around me.
I am convinced of the power of inner peace to create new surroundings.
It has been a long time since I attracted bullies.
A fearful mind attracts like-minds.
I respect how I think and what I give voice to in my art and in my writing.
This is more powerful than outside influences in the present or as memories from the past.
I know the kind of people I trust and enjoy.
I attract those associations.
Every time I identify a quality of character which I admire, I am adding energy to its expression in the world.
As I consider uplifting qualities of character in my writing and give voice to them, I am creating more peace in the world.
We can consciously redirect our thought and attention to what is uplifting and create more of it.
© 2023 Kathryn Hardage
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