Create Peaceful Holidays

Jesus said, "Peace I leave with you; my peace I give you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled and do not be afraid."

~ John 14:27

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Have A Peaceful Holiday

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

~ Philippians 4:6-7

Soul Surfer - A Must See Film!

The movie, Soul Surfer, is the inspirational true story of Bethany Hamilton based on her book by the same name. When Bethany was 13 years old, she lost her arm in a shark attack when she was surfing with friends. It was a miracle she survived.

At 13, Bethany had a promising career as a professional surfer and was a deeply spiritual Christian that prayed for God to use her. The sudden tragic accident did not change her goals. She went on with her surfing career to become a champion and gained world-wide appeal because she only had one arm.

Bethany believes that her mission is to inspire others and spread God's Word. She turned her loss into a plus through faith and courage.

Holiday Thanks

This last Thanksgiving I decided to visit my relatives, but instead of sending them love to change them, I decided to just let everyone be themselves. At the holidays last year, I discovered that it would take me about two hours of mentally sending love to change my crabby relatives into pleasant company.

This year I wanted to practice acceptance, which would allow me to experience them as they really are with clarity and understanding. At the first house, I had a delicious meal, learned about football and received a lecture on my selfishness. At my next family stop, I enjoyed good company and conversation but had to leave early to deliver medicine to my daughter, since she was home sick.

On the way there, my car caught on fire, so I pulled off the road, ran from it and dialed 911. Some wonderful strangers stopped to help and would not leave until after the fire truck left and the tow truck arrived. The firemen were happy to be there and help! They even joked about needing some exercise after their big Thanksgiving Day meal and would not leave until the tow truck arrived.

After meeting all of these great people in my time of crisis, I felt like a part of a community of love and support. This had been a wonderful ending to a day set aside for thanks, and I certainly felt grateful to God for my variety of life experiences.

Free Holiday Stress Relief

If you are feeling stressed for the holidays, I am offering a gift of free advising through email until February 1, 2012.

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Happy Holidays,
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Be Love

Love is not a feeling. It is ceasing to see the self as separate. I experience you as part of myself. When I experience and love myself, that is not a feeling either; it is the agape-love, whereby I love you and all beings as myself. I am participating in the Creator's love who makes His sun to shine and His rain to fall on all alike; all participate in this kind of love. It involves compassion, feelings.

~ from the book, Praying Naked; The Spirituality of Anthony De Mello by J. Francis Stroud, S.J.

Be Uncomfortable And Experience God!

How many times have I told You, no, God?

How many times because I was too tired, too insecure, too uncertain, too busy, or too selfish have I walked right past Your divine appointment for me and missed experiencing You?

~ from the book, What Happens When Women Say Yes To God, by Lysa Terkeurst

Partner Up With God

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge him, and he will direct your paths.

~ Proverbs 3:5-6

Create Positive Energy With Calmness and Patience

Suppose you are in the desert, and you only have one glass of muddy water. You have to transform the muddy water into clear water to drink, you cannot just throw it away. So you let it settle for a while, and clear water will appear. In the same way, we have to convert anger into some kind of energy that is more constructive, because anger is you. Without anger you have nothing left. That is the work of meditation.

~ From the book, Being Peace, by Thich Nhat Hanh

Suffering Teaches Us About Love

Without suffering, we do not have the opportunity to cultivate compassion and understanding; and without understanding, there can be no true love.

~ From the book, You Are Here, by Thich Nhat Hanh

Business Is About Love

If you understand your employees, you will be able to love, accept, and care for them. You want more than employees; you want allies, allies on the path of service.

Once we have created good communication and harmony in our workplace, we can extend it to our customers or constituents, and finally to the larger community.

~ From the book, The Art of Power, by Thich Nhat Hanh

Culture Determines Our Programming

Western children are encouraged to sleep alone and to move as quickly as possible toward independence in their thinking and choices to be unfettered free agents with autonomous identities and masters of their universes. Eastern children are taught to have a strong sense of connection to others and only see themselves in relationship to the whole as represented by their family, neighborhood, culture, Tao, etc., so context becomes important, not the individuals.

~ From The Bond: Connecting Through The Space Between Us by Lynne McTaggart

History Shows That Evil Has Its Limit

Evil carries the seed of its own destruction. In the long run, right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.

It can go a long way, but then it reaches its limit.

~ From "Strength to Love," by Martin Luther King, Jr.

God Choose You

God knew you, loved you, and chose you before there was an angel, before there was a world, a universe or a star.

From ~ Mother Angelica's Little Book of Life Lessons and Everyday Spirituality

Eliminate the Negativity & Be Healthy

Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, "See, you are well again.

Stop sinning or something worse may happen to you."

John 5:14

All Creation Has Salvation!

Jesus said to them, "Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation."

Mark 16:15

Have Faith! Expect Miracles! Grab Jesus's Hand!

"Lord, if it's you," Peter replied, "tell me to come to you on the water."

"Come," He said.

Then Peter got down out of the boat and walked on the water to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and, beginning to sink, cried out, "Lord, save me!"

Immediately Jesus reached out His hand and caught him. "You of little faith," He said, "why did you doubt?"

Matthew 14:28-31

Be Right With God so He Will Protect and Provide

But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven.

He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

Matthew 5:44-45

For if you forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

But if you do not forgive men their sins, your Father will not forgive your sins.

Matthew 6:14-15

Do not judge, or you too will be judged.

Matthew 7:1

Choose God and He Will Provide

But seek first His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well. Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own.

Matthew 6:33-34

Build Faith For Safety

God is our refuge and strength,
an ever present help in trouble.

Psalm 46:1

Do Not Forget God!

When I fed them, they were satisfied;
when they were satisfied,
they became proud;
then they forgot me.

Hosea: 13:6

God Always Knew Us

"Before I formed you in the womb I knew you,
before you were born I set you apart;
I appointed you as a prophet to the nations."

Jeremiah 1:5

Ask To Go Beyond Your Limits

I will lead the blind by ways they have not known,
along unfamiliar paths I will guide them;
I will turn the darkness into light before them
and make the rough places smooth.
These are the things I will do;
I will not forsake them.

Isaiah 42:16

Trust God

Whoever trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will thrive like a green leaf.

Proverbs 11:28

A Balanced Life

It is good to grasp the one and not let go of the other.

The man who fears God will avoid all extremes.
Ecclesiastes 7:18

God's Voice

After the earthquake came a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire.

And after the fire came a gentle whisper.
I Kings 19:12

Be Worry Free

Anyone can meditate and pray doubts and worries away.

Pride

The ego is like a hungry monster, never satisfied and always wanting more.

Tame this inner beast with selective, limited feedings.

Be Love

Living without love is a life missed.

To know love, be loving.

An Easy Life

Make life easy by choosing God. He is available 24/7!

Use Free Will

Without using a conscious free will, every person is his or her own prisoner and jailer.

Free the mind by questioning and knowing the source of negative emotions and behaviors to create miraculous change.

Freedom!

Release your limiting beliefs and create freedom!

eBook Preview - Walking With God

Chapter 1 – A Solid Foundation

While my quest did discover some truth, as I explained in Part I of this ebook, I realized its scarcity and the overwhelming amount of opinions masquerading as facts. We live in a world of illusions and games to fool others and ourselves. This provided lots of options for changing my beliefs to beneficial ones, but I needed a foundation. Then I met God and felt inner peace. I was reborn, but God had work for me!

1) What truth can I build upon?
2) If most things are an illusion, what is the point?
3) Since God filled me with His love and peace, do I still need to suffer?
4) Why is God telling me I have to serve others and start a business?
5) What is the purpose of life?

God is Truth and created All in existence from His Great Love to be both One with Him and individuals. When humans come into this physical world, they must be true to themselves, use their talents and follow their destiny, which is the same as God’s will. People can get both His “great peace that surpasses all understanding” and a lesson of illusion from the Devil. God loves all equally and unconditionally, but not as a human loves, because He sees the big picture and understands the purpose of suffering and work. Humans were created to spiritually evolve and return for eternity through the loving service to others, but with His gift of free will, there are lots of options for both growth and regression.

Want to read more? The entire ebook From Terror To Tranquility Part II: Walking With God is now available for purchase and download on my website at www.tranquilhearts.com.

Discipline the Mind

I fixed my computer problems when I discovered how my random thoughts were the culprit.

Discipline my mind and fix technology!

Creative Living

A person must believe at both a conscious and unconscious level to create something out of nothing.

Enlightenment

Building spiritual awareness causes a person to see the world with new eyes and know its limitless possibilities for manifestation.

Stillness

Be still and meditate to relax the mind, heal the body and develop the spirit.

Struggles

Life's trials and tribulations are the necessary gifts of love from God.

Choose Happiness

Life offers happiness and misery, so choose to think about happy things while you plan how to change the miserable ones.

The Power of Silence

Internal silence disciplines the mind, heals the body and builds a relationship with God.

Free Ebook

Read about the first fifty years of struggle in my ebook, From Terror to Tranquility, on my search for truth and inner peace with God for Free off my website - www.tranquilhearts.com.

Wisdom

Do not just learn, one must integrate and apply knowledge to gain wisdom.

Placing Value

Nothing really has value unless God assigns it one.

Illusive Truth

Ever creating theories and opinions but no closer to the truth became my understanding of human reality.

Walk In Faith

Fear rules this world, so walk in faith, awareness, enlightenment and love to avoid a life of terror.

Hold The Balance

This world is full of beauty and sorrow, so hold the balance that feels right for you!

Know Reality

Go with the flow of life by accepting and understanding reality so beneficial decisions will be made to move a person forward.

The Journey

A journey is only as joyful as its participants.

Be the joy and then continue.