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To Serve

The Centering Thought for day 15 of the 21-Day Meditation Series* was “Serving Others serves me”. What an empowering thought!  Most of us think of serving others like military service, volunteerism or helping a loved one who needs special care.  Deepak expands this idea by sharing that we may feel that service is out of […]

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GRATITUDE

Being grateful is the single most powerful thing you can do change your life says Oprah on Day 14 of the Meditation Series*.  Gratitude is a transformational act because it promotes positive energy.  If you compliment someone, it makes them feel good and you feel good too, it is almost contagious, smiles erupt and you

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FAITH

The Centering Thought for Day 13 of the current Oprah/Deepak 21-Day Meditation Series:  Destiny & Desire;  was “I believe, I trust, I let go.” This thought defines faith, this is the process that happens every time we use faith.  You can that take that phase and apply it to almost anything that requires faith.  We

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INSPIRATION

The Centering Thought for Day 12* was “I am inspired.  I am unstoppable”.  Inspiration is personalized, it’s similar to “beauty is in the eye of the beholder”.  We are inspired by external events as well as internal events.  Whether the events are external or internal they involve the five senses.  We can vision things with

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INTENTION

The Centering Thought for Day 11 of the Meditation Series* was “I Create My Reality”.  The foundation of the reality we create is layered with the colorful fibers of our character.  The Reverend Wintley Phipps says the dimensions of our character include the following:  faith, virtue, knowledge, wisdom, patience, self- control, respect for the sacred,

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NOW

Sometimes you can become so focused on a goal that you wind up in a situation where “you cannot see the forest for the trees”.  Being in the moment, fully aware of our surroundings along the path to our destiny is the remedy for temporarily wandering off the path to our destiny.  The Centering Thought

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FOCUS

The Centering Thought for Day 9 was “I am focused on what I want”.  Focus happens in many forms, from second to second or writing down a goal and working toward achieving it over a period of time.  The quote featured on Day 9 is perfect for anyone who has trouble focusing on what they

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What Do You Want?

On Day 8 of the 21-Day Meditation Series, the Centering Thought was “My heart knows the answer”. ….the answer to the question “What do I Want? The answer to the question is summed up with the Native American proverb featured Day 8, “Certain things catch your eye, but pursue only those that capture the heart” 

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Fear

The centering thought for Day 7 of the mediation series was “I am free”.  When feeling fearful about something, we don’t feel free, you feel that you are restricted, limited, bound by a thought, a person(s), the system or a belief that keeps you from embracing your destiny and desires.  We are free to change

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Resilience

The centering thought for Day 6 was “a gift resides in every moment”. Gifts like; being alive, each breath we take, seeing with our eyes, being able to talk to someone and experience human connection.  There are other levels of gifts like love, grace, forgiveness, appreciation, vision, intuition. One of the more abstract gifts we

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