Further Thoughts Along the Journey - Verse 41 - Practicing the Way

      I am building my center strong
     Through the ravages of circumstance.

Unity World Day of Prayer - Sept. 8, 2016

     Together we affirm: As I discover the power within, I unleash my divine potential.
To submit a prayer request:  http://www.unity.org/wdop

Further Thoughts Along the Journey - Verse 40 - The Return

     All things eventually return to their source.  Created out of the great Substance of Spirit, we are reclaimed as we complete our life.

     This is an inspiring and empowering concept.  Out of the great love which surrounds and infills us, we return once more to nonbeing.  While we are here, living and breathing on Earth, Spirit works with us and for us, as we allow.

     "Yielding is the way of the Tao"

     When we are pliant, open and without ego, the Tao is our strength and power.  A closed mind, a rigid stance and a preconceived bias are all barriers to letting the flow of love, strength and life sustain us through challenges, setbacks and sorrows.

     Every moment we live and breathe is an opportunity to return to the Spirit of love which created us.

Further Thoughts Along the Journey - Verse 39 - Oneness

     The gifts of attaining a consciousness of oneness with the great Spirit of creation go far beyond mental clarity, radiant health and prosperity.  Knowing in our hearts that we are one with that which created us gives us a foundation for living on a higher plane.

Wandering Off the Path - A Request

     It's been nearly a month since I last posted. The Olympics kept me glued to the TV and my inspiration came from all the courageous athletes competing for honor, really, for themselves and their nation.

     Events like this bring us together and leads me to believe in some way we can still be ourselves, reflecting where we live and where we come from and create harmony despite our differences.

     That said, I have a request to ask of you.  I came across a contest where the winners would receive art materials, quite a bit, in fact.  I decided on a whim to enter thinking I would give much of what I won to shelters for homeless families, children's hospitals and other such places where the opportunities to create art could be a solace and a healing.

     Here is my submission.  It was created several years ago and is made mainly of recycled papers, colored pencils and mediums of various types.

                                                     Mandolin Man

                                                 Here is the link to vote.
                                                 http://bit.ly/2aZOgYv

     Thank you. 

     Judith Sandala

       

Further Thoughts Along the Journey - Verse 38 Living from the Highest and Best Without Contrivance or Agenda

     Everyday in my walks in nature I appreciate the beauty of this earth.  Its beauty just is and it calls to mind how Goodness created all this and how Goodness will prevail.

Further Thoughts along the Journey - Verse 37

     The Tao does nothing but leaves nothing undone.