What if you TRULY counted your blessings each and every day and gave SINCERE thanks for every one, big and small... What if you focused more energy and attention today on what you LOVE and desire, rather than what you dread and fear... What if you took the time to REALLY appreciate those in your life today that you would miss if they were suddenly gone... Would your life be different if you took these few simple but very powerful steps on a regular basis? The choice is yours.
Hope & Joy
What a great time last night speaking to the wonderful women at the Metro Transitional Center... The joyful and hopeful spirit is contageous, and I look forward to going back and seeing my sisters again. Don't believe the hype: I see more courage and genuine faith in some of these correctional facilities, than I see in many of the churches I visit... Though a righteous man falls seven times, he RISES again.
Shine
Authenticity is powerful and attractive... So just be YOU today. There has never been another you, and there never will be. Why try so hard to fit in, when you were born to STAND OUT? The real you: that's all we need, and that is enough. (He makes no mistakes; you are perfect just the way you are-- so SHINE.)
Catch it, come alive, pass it on.
Catch it, come alive, pass it on.
Give Today
What do you desire today? GIVE what you want to receive and it will return to you tenfold... You want success? Help someone be successful. You want peace? Be the peacemaker. You want joy? Give yours away or help somebody find some today. You want forgiveness? Give it. You want money? Go SHARE some with someone in need. You can't trick the laws of nature: Give, and it will be GIVEN to you... Just open the flow.
Catch it, come alive, pass it on.
Catch it, come alive, pass it on.
Open Minds
What an amazing week in New England... I am SO impressed with Kairos: this wonderful non-profit organization that has been doing what they do for 35 years, in 34 states and 9 foreign countries, with 30,000 volunteers, in 350 prisons-- and they are SO open and excited about the "40 Days of Peace" that is going so well at Hays State Prison, and determined to find a way to partner with me. So many organizations at their level would not even bother to consider something radically new, but these beautiful people are all about staying open to HIS will, and in step with HIS Spirit... A great example indeed.
The Good Stuff
This life is AMAZING: possibilities, opportunities and potential; always something new, never the same ole same ole, and definitely never boring; new people, new adventures, new exploits... This life is definitely amazing. Don't believe the hype, and most definitely don't believe all those who want to tell you that life stinks... The "not knowing what will happen next" is the good stuff. Just LIVE.
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