Tuesday, November 29, 2016

Foolish to Be Happy

Several times in my life, I have found happiness in something, only to have it belittled by someone else.

Sometimes I let that take away my happiness.

Sometimes I simply evaluated and validated my happiness again.

When I take a step which frees me in some way, I am extremely happy.

It is not necessarily something which would show up from the outside.

But inside me, I can tell that I have made progress.

If my account of stuff does not impress someone else, it is because their evaluation criteria is based on stuff.

If my happiness is in being creative, my success shows up in germinating all kinds of creative ideas and carrying them out.

For me, when I have the resources to be creative, (and I always do), it makes me extremely happy.

Now that I know being creative makes me happy, I can be happy all the time.

Any time I am not happy, I can move myself into my creative zone, right in that moment.

I can play with creative ideas.

So the substance of my life, my knowledge of what makes me happy, is profound.

It is powerful.

There is nothing foolish about it.

As for stuff, that is simply not what makes me happy.

© 2016 Kathryn Hardage

Saturday, November 26, 2016

Going Within

Going within to listen for answers removes the confusion from all the opinions floating all around you.

No matter how powerful or how loud they are, their distraction can be removed by taking a deep breath and calmly listening within.

Sit calmly breathing deeply until you feel calm within yourself and then you will hear the presence of an idea.

Your own idea within your own calm feels distinctive.

It is not like any other feeling.

You do not have to bounce it off of others to know its validity in your life.

It has no comparison to the past, because it is uniquely new to you.

Even if it looks like something familiar, it has a different feel to it.

Going within gives you different answers.

Make a habit of it in order to move your life in a unique and positive direction.

© 2016 Kathryn Hardage

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

The Divine Economy

I had three opportunities, as a professional cellist, to live in a different country.

I studied in Paris, France, and later, I played in the Puerto Rico Symphony.

I also played chamber music in Orvieto, Italy.

Each time, I had the opportunity to learn the language and to live off the local economy.

Learning a new vocabulary to meet my grocery needs and to get directions was a fun challenge.

I learned to allow enough time to make my needs known, and to allow for getting lost, (especially as I was carrying a cello!).

As I now explore the divine economy I find I need a language of spiritual terms.

When I employ this vocabulary, it leads me to experiences living off the divine economy.

The divine economy supplies me with peace, calm, and guidance.

My good ideas come from listening quietly within.

I am led to employ them in productive ways which contribute to the divine economy as well.

A vocabulary which uplifts me, helps me uplift others.

A vocabulary which enriches my life, helps me enrich the lives of others.

It is wonderful to learn to live in this divine economy wherever I am.

© 2016 Kathryn Hardage

Monday, November 14, 2016

Focal Point of the Infinite

It is our divine nature to receive the gifts of our Creator.

We are each a focal point of the Infinite.

We receive, we receive, we receive, as we all share our gifts from the Infinite.

We are whole, we are whole, we are whole as we gather all the wealth that is ours.

We do this through divine communion, simply listening quietly within, as meditation.

The natural resources we control are within us.

Our attitude is one of blessing, no matter where we are or the circumstances around us.

It creates a community of like-minded people who can lift each other up.

We do this by raising up thought and taking actions to bless one another.

Our natural resources are kindness and compassion.

This is the currency of the divine economy.

This currency combats fear, and enables us to feel the presence of right ideas and to take action on them.

The focal point of the Infinite resides within each of us.

It is up to us what we do with it.

© 2016 Kathryn Hardage

Friday, November 11, 2016

Mental Fog

There is a familiar mental fog surrounding me this morning.

It is one which I fought off for so many years from pre-school through ninth grade.

After that, it was just the after-effects, which became panic attacks, and which became finally, a significant health hazard.

So, I know that all around me more people are enveloped in the same fog.

It is a fog of feeling helpless.

Of feeling exploited.

Of feeling like no matter what, they can’t stop it or get away.

And so they are looking for a way out.

Individually, there are many of us who have had to find our way out.

And so we know it can be done.

What is interesting to me, is that we are dealing with this as a nation.

Apparently, there are enough people who have developed the strength to persist and to find their footing regardless of what was done to them.

And now, the conscious awareness that so many are contributing, is causing a huge reaction.

So, we know that the steps will be revealed and taken by as many as can take them, and that will shift the balance which has already begun to shift.

And we will all find our way out, and we will establish a new feeling on earth, a feeling which loves, cherishes and adores each of us and finds each of us precious and worthy.

That is what awaits us as we push our way through all this fog.

© 2016 Kathryn Hardage

www.yourdiamondmind.blogspot.com

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Your Good Work

Consecrate your work to the Divine within and you will not have to be jealous over what other people are doing or feel unfilled in any way.

When you see good works being done, and you want to be a part of that, continue to listen within.

There is already something which you love doing, hidden within your heart, waiting to be expressed.

This is your good work.

Let it grow.

Nurture it.

Let it develop.

Take the steps which naturally support it.

When your idea feels more mature, try it out in different settings.

Let it ell you the most appropriate location.

Then release it, and you, too, will be fulfilled as you involve yourself in doing your own Good Work.


© 2016 Kathryn Hardage

www.yourdiamondmind.blogspot.com