I thank You God for this most amazing day; for the leaping greenly spirits of trees and a blue dream of sky; and for everything which is natural which is infinite which is yes.”

When I’m worried and I can’t sleep
I count my blessings instead of sheep.
Irving Berlin

Count your blessings instead of your crosses;
Count your gains instead of your losses.
Count your joys instead of your woes;
Count your friends instead of your foes.
Count your smiles instead of your tears;
Count your courage instead of your fears.
Count your full years instead of your lean;
Count your kind deeds instead of your mean.
Count your health instead of your wealth;
Count on God instead of yourself.
Author Unknown

Count your blessings. Once you realize how valuable you are and how much you have going for you, the smiles will return, the sun will break out, the music will play, and you will finally be able to move forward the life that God intended for you with grace, strength, courage, and confidence.
Og Mandino

Gratitude is an opener of locked-up blessings.
Marianne Williamson

Counting our blessings can transform melancholy into cheerful mass; laughter and joy are expressions of praise and thanksgiving for life’s glories. When looking at the glass that symbolizes our life, we can view it as half full or half empty. The choice is ours… The more joyful we are, the more attractive we become. When we feel gratitude for our experiences, it becomes easier to see the good that always exists. When we give a smile to someone else, we are likely to receive one in return, and that smile reflects a happy heart that is open and receptive to what the good life has in store.
John Marks Templeton

Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has plenty; not on your past misfortunes of which all men have some.
Charles Dickens

Every positive thing in your life represents a single unique blessing. Every negative thing in your life has the opportunity to become a double blessing. For when you turn a negative into a positive, you gain twice. You are no longer burdened with the negative situation, and in addition to that you are strengthened by a new positive force.
Ralph Marston

These findings, our interpretation below of 13
basic spiritual laws, are the result of our
extensive empirical research. Most of the 13 are
directly linked to the law of attraction. We are
convinced that these laws affect everyone, just
as gravity affects everyone on Earth no matter
what their belief in it.

Understanding and capitalizing on all of these
spiritual laws will help you live your highest
potential and enjoy more peace of mind,
satisfaction, happiness, and joy in your life.

1. Law of higher-self/soul influence over
personality: Your soul’s agenda, spanning
multiple lifetimes, supersedes your personality
demands if those demands contrast with your
soul’s intentions. Everyone has a higher-self/soul,
yet you must make an effort to get more in touch
with it to receive the wisdom and guidance you
seek. The information and tools in our Direct
Your Destiny ™ e-package will help you
become more in touch with yours.

2. Law of subconscious personality
domination: The beliefs, fears, and defenses of
your subconscious mind rule your life. The
graphology tools in our Direct Your Destiny ™
e-package can help you learn more about your
subconscious mind and its hidden beliefs, fears,
and defenses.

3. Law of reincarnation: Your soul, not your
personality, chooses to incarnate again and again
on this planet and elsewhere to learn and love.

4. Law of predestination/personal fate/
destiny: All souls choose their major
predestined circumstances and events of each
incarnation prior to incarnating, even though the
current life personality is often not aware of
those choices and even if the current life
personality doesn’t believe in predestination/
personal fate/destiny.

No one can cheat their fate. Sometimes fate
comes knocking at your door, other times you
must make an effort to meet your fate. In the
case of the latter, you often meet your destiny
by doing or initiating that which feels most
natural, for better or worse.

5. Law of karma: Everything you put out
(intent, thought, action, etc.) will return to
you (in this life, or more likely in a future life)
even if you don’t believe in karma.

6. Law of dharma: What you must do in this
life.

7. Law of projection: You see the world as you
are, not as it is.

8. Law of polarity: In this world there will
always be opposites such as hot and cold, peace
and war, love and hate, wisdom and ignorance,
and dark and light.

9. Law of intent: Your true intentions are what
drives your f.ree will. Sometimes your conscious
intent differs from your unconscious intent,
which can cause conflict.

10. Law of as above, so below: Patterns and
considerations of comprehensive astrology and
numerology charts represent life circumstances
and events, they don’t “affect” you or “make
things happen.”

11. Law of asking for assistance: If you want
help from others, including spiritual guides,
masters, and helpers in other dimensions, you
must ask for it.

12. Law of universal order: The universe is
ordered and far from being purely chaotic. You
see the order every day in the change of seasons,
the way cherry trees grow cherries and not pears,
and the way planetary motions are predictable.
This universal order permeates human existence
and allows for accurate interpretation of personal
fate through empirical methods involving
comprehensive astrological and numerological
charting.

13. Law of f.ree will: Each individual has f.ree
will to take appropriate action within the confines
of their destiny. However, people do what feels
most appropriate, what feels right, and our
findings indicate that those actions regularly
match their personal fate. In other words, much
of the action they take and subsequent results
match their unique karmic plan (as indicated by
comprehensive charting methods), which
supports the theory of predestination.

Copyright © Scott Petullo, Stephen Petullo
Author’s Bio

Scott Petullo and Stephen Petullo are identical twins and have been exploring metaphysics since the early 1980’s. They are experts in the fields of prediction, personal fate, love life, and past life regression, and are natural psychics and mediums. Get their free report: 13 Spiritual and New Age Myths and 11 Questions to Ask Before Hiring a Psychic. www.mystictwins.com www.holisticmakeover.com

It Is Better To Be Alone, Than In The Wrong Company.
Tell me who your best friends are, and I will tell you who you are.
If you run with wolves, you will learn how to howl.
But, if you associate with eagles, you will learn how to soar to great heights.
A mirror reflects a mans face, but what he is really like is shown by the kind of friends he chooses. The simple but true fact of life is that you become like those with whom you closely associate for the good and the bad.
The less you associate with some people, the more your life will improve.
Any time you tolerate mediocrity in others, it increases your mediocrity.
An important attribute in successful people is their impatience with negative thinking and negative acting people.
As you grow, your associates will change.
Some of your friends will not want you to go on.
They will want you to stay where they are.
Friends that don’t help you climb will want you to crawl.
Your friends will stretch your vision or choke your dream.
Those that don’t increase you will eventually decrease you.

May our eyes remain open even in the face of tragedy.
May we not become disheartened.
May we find in the dissolution
of our apathy and denial,
the cup of the broken heart.
May we discover the gift of the fire burning
in the inner chamber of our being –
burning great and bright enough
to transform any poison.
May we offer the power of our sorrow to the service
of something greater than ourselves.
May our guilt not rise up to form
yet another defensive wall.
May the suffering purify and not paralyze us.
May we realize the greatness of our sorrow
and not run from its touch or flame.
May clarity be our ally and wisdom our support.
May our wrath be cleansing, cutting through
the confusion of denial and greed.
May we not be afraid to see or speak our truth.
May the bleakness of the wasteland be dispelled.
May the soul’s journey be revealed
and the true hunger fed.
May we be forgiven for what we have forgotten
and blessed with the remembrance
of who we really are.

~ The Terma Collective

Yesterday a butterfly
Came floating gently through the sky.
He soared up through the atmosphere
Then drifted close enough to hear.
I said, “I’d love to fly with you
And sail around the way you do.
It looks like it would be such fun
To fly up toward the summer sun.
But I have not your graceful charm.
I haven’t wings, just these two arms.
I’ve been designed to walk around.
My human feet must touch the ground.
Then magically he spoke to me
and told me what his wish would be.
He said, “What I’d love most to do
Is walk upon God’s Earth with you,
To squish it’s mud between my toes
Or touch my finger to my nose.
I’d love just once to walk around
With human feet to touch the ground,
But I have not two legs that swing,
I haven’t arms, just these two wings.”
And so we went our separate ways
In wonder and surprise.
For we’d both seen God’s precious gifts
Through someone else’s eyes.
~~Author Unknown.~~

Yesterday a butterfly
Came floating gently through the sky.
He soared up through the atmosphere
Then drifted close enough to hear.

I said, “I’d love to fly with you
And sail around the way you do.
It looks like it would be such fun
To fly up toward the summer sun.

But I have not your graceful charm.
I haven’t wings, just these two arms.
I’ve been designed to walk around.
My human feet must touch the ground.

Then magically he spoke to me
and told me what his wish would be.

He said, “What I’d love most to do
Is walk upon God’s Earth with you,
To squish it’s mud between my toes
Or touch my finger to my nose.

I’d love just once to walk around
With human feet to touch the ground,
But I have not two legs that swing,
I haven’t arms, just these two wings.”

And so we went our separate ways
In wonder and surprise.
For we’d both seen God’s precious gifts
Through someone else’s eyes.

~~Author Unknown.~~

Why things happen as they do
We do not always know,
And we cannot always fathom,
Why our spirits sink so low…

We flounder in our dark distress,
We are wavering and unstable,
But when we’re most inadequate
The Lord God is always able….

For though we are incapable,
God is powerful and great,
And there’s no darkness of the mind
That God can’t penetrate….

And all that is required of us
Whenever things go wrong
Is to trust in God implicitly
With a faith that’s deep and strong.

And while He may not instantly
Unravel all the strands
Of the tangled thoughts that trouble us
He completely understands….

And in His time, if we have faith
He will gradually restore
The brightness to our spirit
That we’ve been longing for….

So remember, there’s no cloud too dark
For God’s light to penetrate
If we keep on believing
And have faith enough to wait!

- Author Unknown

1. God wants spiritual fruit, not religious nuts.
2. Dear God, I have a problem, it’s me.
3. Growing old is inevitable, growing UP is optional.
4. There is no key to happiness The door is always open.
5. Silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted.
6. Do the math….count your blessings.
7. Faith is the ability to not panic.
8. Laugh every day, it’s like inner jogging.
9. If you worry, pray. If you pray..don’t worry.
10. As a child of God, prayer is kind of like calling home everyday.
11. Blessed are the flexible for they shall not be bent out of shape.
12. The most important things in your home are the people.
13. When we get tangled up in our problems, be still; God wants us to be still so He can untangle the knot.
14. A grudge is a heavy thing to carry.
15. He who dies with the most toys is still dead
16. We do not remember days, but moments. Life is moving too fast? So enjoy your precious moments
17. Nothing is real to you until you experience it, otherwise it’s just hearsay.
18. It’s all right to sit on your pity pot every now and again. Just be sure to flush when you are done.
19. Surviving and living your life successfully requires courage. The goals and dreams you’re seeking require courage and risk taking. Learn from the turtle, it only makes progress when it sticks out it’s neck.
20. Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another. Then we are frustrated that the kids aren’t old enough and we’ll be more content when they are. After that we’re frustrated that we have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer car, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire. The truth is, there’s no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when?

Your life will always be filled with challenges. It’s best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D Souza. He said, “For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin – real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life”.

This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have. And treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time…and remember that time waits for no one… So stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose ten pounds, until you gain ten pounds, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until your car or home is paid off, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until you are off welfare, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you’ve had a drink, until you’ve sobered up, until you die, until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy…

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.Thought for the day:

Work like you don’t need money,

Love like you’ve never been hurt,

And dance like no one’s watching.