Friday, April 20, 2018
Sunday, April 15, 2018
Redefining Peace
My new definition of peace is having the strength to pull myself back into a calm state of mind after hearing lots of disturbing news.
Since I have good standards of behavior for myself, I expect no less from other well-informed and well-educated people.
So I pull myself back into a peaceful state of mind by reminding myself how powerful good and innocence and compassion and actual, core truth are.
I remind myself that despite the egregious sense of entitlement and criminal greed, there are certainly more decent people on earth.
Most of us value our fellow man.
Most of us support public policy which allows everyone to have the tools to create a good life for themselves.
Most of us have a balanced outlook.
Most of us have compassion for each other and are willing to bring attention to unfair practices and to help remedy them.
Most of us are willing to look for creative solutions to problems instead of perpetuating them.
Most of us really do not like lies.
We can tell the difference between what is true and what is not.
Even though it is frustrating to watch the attempted take over of a beautiful, if imperfect, governmental system, most of us are working toward creating a much better version of it as a result of the extreme weaknesses which have been exposed in it.
Becoming more aware can be very disturbing, but it can lead to a new, redefined peace.
© 2018 Kathryn Hardage
www.inspiredpractices.blogspot.com
Inward Listening
I am listening for my inward thoughts and guidance.
Everyone I know is listening for their inward thoughts and guidance.
Everyone I don’t even know all over the world is listening for their inward thoughts and guidance.
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Listening within always gives me a sense of peace and calm as I get quieter and quieter to hear it.
As I release the noise from outside my thoughts, I can feel peace moving in to take over the disturbed and restless sense of unease.
I can hear the guidance and comfort of my quiet inward sense.
As I breathe into these moments, I can feel a sense of what the next step should be in my quiet life.
I can get ready to take the next step without worry or fear.
The next step is within my grasp and understanding.
A I move through my day like this from step to step, I feel a sense of accomplishment.
I am no longer frustrated by the despair of politics and the economy.
I am listening for the next step.
The inward direction I receive comes from my Unlimited Source.
I can always achieve it.
It is my security.
Through my inward listening, I can trust my life.
I know all who live by this practice feel a different sense of security than one which can be taken away by the superficial life of politics and the economy.
© 2018 Kathryn Hardage
Decent Mindfulness
Decency and mindfulness go hand in hand.
We are decent when we are aware of the needs of others.
When we help create policy which allows everyone to put together a good life for themselves, we are behaving in a normal, natural way.
It is unnatural to have such a sense of emptiness in oneself that the only way to fill it up is to take away from others.
It is natural to want to share the good we have with others.
It is unnatural to feel that we are the only ones who deserve happiness.
It is natural to realize that everyone is entitled to the chance to better their own lives.
It is unnatural to act in a totally self-centered manner which recognizes only the need to fill oneself up with more stuff and more power.
It is natural to recognize our humanness and our ability to be expressive, creative individuals.
It is unnatural to expect everyone to be the same and to have no needs for decency in their neighborhoods and in interactions with all segments of society.
It is natural to encourage growth and development, not to squash it.
It is natural to recognize and appreciate the contribution which everyone makes in a healthy society and then to set it up so everyone can make a healthy contribution.
We are evolving towards more compassion even as we see its opposite be enacted as government policy.
We are evolving toward a larger world view, even as we see our government limit itself in so many directions.
Individual growth and progress accumulates until it is an unstoppable power for good throughout the community.
It is a natural result of decency and mindfulness.
© 2018 Kathryn Hardage
www.inspiredpractices.blogspot.com
Tuesday, April 3, 2018
Finding the Way Without Distractions
Then we find ourselves surrounded by shallow and coarse views and practices, we can stand firm with our committed idealism.
As we put our ideals into practice, we find a firm way forward.
We attract those of like-mind who are not taken in by the manipulative and insincere negative media.
Our consistent realization of what is true and what is not continues to help us find our way.
Since we know we are not alone, we can continue through encouraging one another.
Despite the powerful forces of lying media supporting unsound and dangerous politics, we are finding effective means of reaffirming sound practices and principles.
Encouraged by teens who have faced the worst scenarios in real life, there is a powerful movement to turn the tide of institutional corruption.
Legitimate news sources continue their interviews with honest thought leaders who have integrity.
Many leaders are being brought to light who have been laying the groundwork for addressing disturbing and problematic issues for some time.
A wide sweep of amorality, greed and self-serving interests appears to be hugely magnifying itself.
However, the appearance of effective opposing measures is being felt.
Although we are racing toward elections which will begin to help combat the deep institutional corruption, it is important that we daily keep ourselves on top of the lies which are being spread.
Commit to noticing the difference between emotional media appeal and well thought out policies and the leaders who are involved.
Do not be distracted or discouraged and continue to take action in appropriate ways.
We have hit a tipping point.
© 2018 Kathryn Hardage
www.sharedglobalvision.blogspot.com
Friday, March 23, 2018
Deep Thinkers Find Answers
I have been conducting my search for life-principles through reading works of many deep thinkers.
What I have discovered is that deep thinkers find answers.
They are not all the same answers, but they are all good answers.
So far, I do not see how one set of answers interest or conflicts with any other answers.
The conflicts appear to rise when follows of one set of answers act in a superior way to others.
What i feels like to me, is that when an individual begins her own search, there is no need to convert anyone else.
The search in itself, is very fulfilling.
We are all remarkable individuals.
It is thrilling to find individual answers which let us lead the best life for each of us.
© 2018 Kathryn Hardage
There Is a Healing Way
I am still comforted and amazed by the way healing has come to me.
It tells me that there are healing resources for each of us that meet our individual needs where we are.
Asking for healing is the first step.
Then, despite our deep desperation, that shows we are open to the possibility.
Bit by bit, the light creeps in.
In different ways we acknowledge we are loved, cherished, adored.
We can begin our days with “I love me” and know that it is a powerful and true statement.
We can find ways to be of service.
We can leave our old thought patterns and the environment they created.We lear that we can shape our lies in an uplifting direction.
As we take the steps to do so, that becomes our new life.
© 2018 Kathryn Hardage
www.lovedcherishedadored.blogspot.com
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