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SLOW AND STEADY DOES WIN THE RACE Time and space are modes by which we think and not conditions in which we live.                                                             Albert Einstein If you have ever heard the Aesop  fable of, The Tortoise and the Hare, you probably know that the tortoise wins the race because he was slow and steady from start to finish. The hare, however, because of his over bloated ego, felt that he was so fast that he could nap for a bit before he finished the race. In real life the slow but steady turtle may live the longest of any animal on earth. Some have been recorded to have lives of up to 300 years. Compare that to human beings and their drive to get things done at a breakneck speed.  For me, there are many times when I have five or six things I am working on at the same time. Sometimes I just have to choose which project gets my full attention at the time.  My affirmative prayer for that project is for time to accommodate me, by stretching my mindset
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      WHAT TEASURES DO YOU HAVE RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE? "Your present mind is cause to your world of effects. Everything that happens to you happens because of you...Already in your mind are the right ideas seeking your right thinking to become cause to your inner and outer happiness." Raymond Charles Barker,          The Power of Decision Through the years, are there things you have collected? I have a curio closet that is filled with things that I have collected through the years. There are pill boxes that are shaped as Seattle's Space tower, a cottage, a teapot, to mention a few. I've collected All sorts of wooden and ceramic otters and dragonflies, and many more interesting things. They are there in the cabinet and how often do I look at them and remember when and where I collected them? Not often enough. My great niece came to visit, and she was drawn to the cabinet and looked at all the items with curiosity and wonder. In our daily lives there are time when you
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 WHY WORRY?                                          "Worry is the dark room where negatives are developed."                                                                 Raymond Charles Barker,      -- The Power of Decision Oh that hamster wheel late at night, just spinning with all of the things that happened yesterday, and the things on your calendar that you still need to accomplish. Will the wheel never stop? How do you dismount from the wheel?  I have discovered that worrying about the past is pointless. If it was an accident, I cannot undo what happened. I may think of it as a learning experience as to what I might do the next time to avoid an accident. As to the future, it hasn't happened yet. I may plan for things coming up, put them on my calendar. If it is an interview that I am going to have in the near future, I can spend my time worrying about what might go wrong, or I can consider the questions that might be asked and practice what my answers would be. I
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EVERYTHING YOU NEED "Our roots are in the Mind of God. Our individuality, everything that we are and do, is an effect of our invisible sources. Forces which continually draw on the Infinite." Ernest Holmes   -- Living the Science of Mind Just like plants, every living thing needs certain elements to grow. Where did those elements come from? Where did the the trees, flowers, bushes, vegetables come from? A seed was planted by a hand covering it with soil, or the wind or some other element that caused it to be there. The plant that grows cannot at first be seen above the soil, but has all it needs to grow. Sun, water, the elements in the soil--all are present to aid in its growth. Some invisible source is there, encouraging it to grow.  People are like that as well, everything we need to grow and prosper is provided for us by Spirit. Do we go through trials and tribulations, yes, does it sometimes take effort to move forward, of course. Ernest Holmes asks the question, "Ho
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 BEAUTY, LOVE, AND LIGHT "And I think to myself, what a wonderful World." Louis Armstrong What have you seen lately that really sparked your joy and happiness? Was it a frisky fur-faced friend, a little lizard basking in the sun, the face of a loved-one? So often we are searching for some big and flashy fun and we forget to stop and enjoy the little things. Each morning I go for a walk and I see them most amazing moments in the nature that surrounds me. I see the family of quails carefully crossing the street, the racing rabbits quietly stopping, watching me to see if they feel safe enough to stay around for awhile.  I haven't seen any coyotes, but I do carry my coyote whistle. There is so much to quietly observe, that I am thankful for. Beauty is always right in front of me and I think of how blessed I am to see the gift that is shared when I open my eyes. The love and light behind all of creation is the Divine Intelligence of Spirit. That Spirit is always with me when I
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 TAKE A STAND "You've got to take a stand for something or you'll fall for anything."  --Aaron Tippin Has there ever been a moment in you life where you have been wavering whether to do something or not? I have discovered that for me, those are the times when I need to be bold and brave, and to take a stand. Do you stand up for others when you see injustice, or do you look around to see who is watching you before you stand up for what you believe in? I think of that great movie, Norma Rae, in which Sally Field portrays the woman who fought to establish labor unions in the women's clothing industry; or Cesar Chavez and his fight for for the laborers in the grape industry. Taking a stand is being exceptionally courageous. When I first discovered the faith tradition that speaks to me, Religious Science, a chance to take a class came up. I wavered, should I take it or not? I wavered too long and I let it pass by. The next class that came up was Raymond Charles Barker&
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 LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE BLESSINGS! "It all starts with recognizing there is a Power in the universe greater than I am and I can Use It." Ernest Holmes Has anything ever happened to you that you feel is the absolute worst thing you could imagine, only to discover later that what happened was really the biggest blessing that ever could have occurred? I've had a few of those "aha" moments in my life.  -I went through a divorce, but it led me to finding a Spiritual teaching that literally changed my life. I found The Science of Mind teaching, or did It find me? -Shortly after I married my current husband, I was diagnosed with colon cancer. I had discovered Religious Science a few years before that, and I shared the finding with my minister. She told me to find the blessing in having cancer. Wow! That threw me for a loop. Stopping to think about it, I realized that it was a blessing that it was discovered early, and that I had discovered it after so many advances
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