Do you think you can take over the universe and improve it?

I do not believe it can be done.

The universe is sacred.

You cannot improve it.

If you try to change it, you will ruin it.

If you try to hold it, you will lose it.

So sometimes things are ahead and sometimes they are behind;

Sometimes breathing is hard, and sometimes it comes easily;

Sometimes there is strength and sometimes weakness;

Sometimes one is up and sometimes down.

Therefore the sage avoids extremes,

excesses, and complacency.

~ Chapter 29

Laozi’s Dao De Jing

“Imagine there is a bank account that credits your account each morning with £86,400.  It carries over no balance from day to day. Every evening the bank deletes whatever part of the balance you failed to use during the day. What would you do?  Draw out every penny of course.

Each of us has such bank, it’s name is time.  Every morning it credits you with 86,400 seconds.  Every night it writes off as lost whatever of this you have failed to invest to a good purpose.  It carries over no balance, it allows no overdraft.  Each day it opens a new account for you. Each night it burns the remains of the day. If you fail to use the day’s deposits, the loss is yours. There is no drawing against tomorrow.  You must live in the present on today’s deposits. Invest it so as to get from it the utmost in health, happiness and success. The clock is running. Make the most of today.”

Angel of Faith

Faith: the unshakable knowing of the heart when nothing makes sense to the mind.

Optimism is an expression of faith in action. Faith is the breath of God that animates our soul. We cannot see it, we can only feel it — when we pay attention. Doubt is the uncertainty that our source of spiritual power will be available to us in times of misfortune, pain, and illness. It is normal to experience spiritual doubt. In fact, times of doubt can lead to our greatest transformative moments and is the ‘can’ opener to faith. The future is unknowable and therefore brings with it a feeling of uncertainty. It is faith that teaches us to contemplate the invisible which is beyond our grasp; not through the power of knowledge.

Our faith connects the past to the future and gives us a kind of spiritual gravity. It reassures us that God is in the future just as in the present and past. All that is unknowable is held within God and that includes us, our families, friends, and all our collective well being; yesterday, today, and tomorrow in all ways.

Worry is a flag waving where faith is waiting to enter.

Fall out of your mindsets and have confidence your heart will catch you. There are no accidental experiences or chance inner states. The spiritual dimensions of life are real, more real in fact than what we call life on this earth. Faith is the unifying principle that weaves together all experiences. May this month provide a ‘faith-lift’ bringing you a refreshed outlook and renewed perspective.

There is so much to be done on the outer but never neglect the inner work, which is even more important. Take time to be still, take time to be alone with Me.

It is not necessary to do anything. Just be and absorb My peace and love, for only in this way can you radiate it out. It is what is within that is radiated out.

These are not easy times but you can rise above all difficulties and frustrations and find a real joy in everything. You do your part and I will do the rest.