The Keys

Most people walk in & out of your life. But only friends leave footprints in your heart. ~ Unknown

Life is about choosing to use your life to touch someone elses in a way that could never have been achieved otherwise.  ~ Ghandi

Whatever our hands touch…

We leave fingerprints!

On walls, on furniture

On doorknobs, dishes, books.

There’s no escape.

As we touch, we leave our identity.

Oh God, wherever I go today

Help me leave heartprints!

Heartprints of compassion

Of understanding and love.

Heartprints of kindness

And genuine concern.

May my heart touch a lonely neighbor

Or a runaway daughter

Or an anxious mother

Or perhaps an aged grandfather.

Lord, send me out today

To leave heartprints.

And if someone should say,

“I felt your touch,”

May that one sense YOUR LOVE

Touching through ME.

– Author Unknown

May you receive all the heartprints you need

to feel happy and loved

and

May you find ways you can add to the heartprints

you leave behind in others.

You come to love not by finding the perfect person, but by seeing an imperfect person perfectly. ~ Sam Keen

Love is everything. It is the key to life, and its influences are those that move the world. ~ Ralph Waldo Trine

There is only one happiness in life: to love and be loved. ~ George Sand

This is the time spoken of by so many, when the world shifts its consciousness. People begin to awaken to the corrupt and immoral actions going on around them and they speak out against it in ever larger and louder groups. Humanity’s path has changed and we begin to see where we have strayed from the path.

The ability to have compassion for others extends beyond the illusionary borders of States and Countries. Compassion for others awakens in us a desire to know the origins of the suffering that we see. This seeking for answers questions the status quo.

While deepening our connection to others, we begin to see the oneness that has always been but was disguised by “me”ness, a feeling of powerlessness and fatigue.

The Rosa Parks of the world, for centuries, have shown us that one person can begin a demand for change that becomes a groundswell to force change.

The more intensely we feel about an idea or a goal, the more assuredly the idea, buried deep in our subconscious, will direct us along the path to its fulfillment. ~ Earl Nightingale

Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act.  There is no other route to success. ~Stephen A. Brennan

What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action.~ Meister Eckhart

May the New Year find you ready for inner changes that will ultimately affect the world around you and beyond!

I am feeling the need to share a few channelings of mine. Please, let me know your thoughts.

Be Resolute

There are many paths to enlightenment. Truth is a part of each one. Each year you make resolutions that go unfulfilled. This is because you are operating out of your “should have’s” and not out of what you truly have a passion to achieve.

If you have problems with self-sabotage that means you have no self-conviction or passion to hold you on your supposed “chosen” path. If you are passionate about something, you will be resolute in staying the course.

To find your chosen path, first seek the assistance of your inner guidance. Find out how to set reasonable goals, although, no goal is beyond your reach if you truly feel that it is attainable. The passion of your conviction spurs you to goal attainment.

The attainment must be the reward in and of itself. Striving for a goal gives meaning to your life.

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Eyes wide open! Face the world and you will see much better and much more. How much have we closed our eyes from seeing the truth?! If the truth of what you see hurts, then work to fix it.

You see there are many facets to an issue and with eyes closed you miss the very ones needed for growth and improvement. The true sages of the world see both near and far and don’t let their emotions cloud their vision of truth for the truth shall set you free.

Spending time in contemplation and listening to what comes forth sets you on the path of greatest wisdom and knowledge. Sometimes you must get out of your own way by not holding yourself to your misperceptions or old beliefs.

When looking for an answer from your inner self, often time spent thinking and doing other repetitive activities things such as: knitting, running, puzzles, or games, allows the subconscious to bring forth new insights.

Truth perception is a matter of intention and allowing your guides to help you see what is needed. Sometimes we are so rigidly focused on one issue that we cannot see the forest for the trees. Sometimes there is so much focus on a particular outcome that a great opportunity is lost. The outcome that best suits your growth is not always the one of your choice, but it should be if you allow yourself to be open to many options.

“When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others. ~ Peace Pilgrim

“Peace is not something you wish for; It’s something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.” ~ Robert Fulghum

“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. ~ Mahatma Gandhi

“Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the ability to cope with it.” ~ Unknown

“First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others.” ~ Thomas Kempis

No one knows better how to trigger stressful responses in you than your family members. Maintaining your inner peace is often a real challenge at holiday times when you are around family that you haven’t seen in a while.

No matter what your age is now, they expect you to still respond in the same manner to their remarks and antics as you did when you were younger. They don’t understand that you have grown mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually. They are comfortable with the “old” you and seek to see that “old” you.

Can you smile at their antics, recognizing their discomfort with change and the fact that they are just reflecting where they are now? Can you honor who they are now with tolerance for they, too, are on their own spiritual path?

You are entitled to the opinion that while your spiritual path is on the “straight and narrow,” theirs is wandering all over the place, but can you respond without making that opinion a judgment? Can you reflect back peace with respect in your voice and manner?

Unconditional love accepts people for who they are. Acceptance does not mean that you aren’t expected to set a better example. People learn by example.

We are all teachers for others, but lecturing and berating others often turns them away. The axiom goes: “You can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.” So, be sweetness and light.

These are some of our challenges as we seek peace within and cultivate true peace in the family and on the planet. Let’s make a plan to help you make it through these holiday times and beyond.

· Remember to do your Grounding every morning and every time you get upset. This will help you to run off your stress and see the world more objectively and less emotionally.

· Do your Brain Balancing every morning so you have the knowledge and wisdom to respond calmly and respectfully.

· Don’t take things personally, because people are really just trying to tell you where they are emotionally.

· Don’t let their drama become your drama.

· Remember, all are on their spiritual path no matter what route they take.

· Set a better example that you want them to follow. Be sweetness and light.

· Accept gifts graciously, because it shows the person was at least thinking of you.

· Set boundaries. This may be the season of giving but that doesn’t mean you have to give in to everyone’s demands of you. Acting out of Guilt is not coming from Love.

· When negativity comes into a discussion, change the subject.

May you find these suggestions helpful in cultivating true peace this holiday and beyond!

If you need to know how to Ground and Brain Balance, go to www.youtube.com/alterra1

“There are no passengers on spaceship earth. We’re all crew.” Marshall McLuhan.

Crew, I hopw we can all work together to take care of this spaceship called ‘Earth’.

Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. Oscar Wilde    Looking forward to future saints.