Good Pain

This pandemic also has good pain that is leading to growth.  The pandemic is building your mental endurance.  Mental endurance does not mean passivity or suffering.  It means mental strength.  It is the ability to exercise inner strength in everyday life and the ability to deal effectively with all challenges.  This requires a certain degree of willpower, self-discipline and perseverance.

Unity for Life

Unity is harmony, accord, collaboration, oneness, forming a pleasing whole, mutual agreement, solidarity, embracing the same purpose for advancement and representing all sides. Unity is the greatest tool we have for advancement, connection and building our tribe.
When we choose unity we can expect lower blood pressure, reduction in aches, more energy, optimism, less conflict and sadness, protection from illness and less stress. I dare you to give it a try for the holidays and throughout the new year.

Hectic Holiday Pause

During the busyness of the holiday, take a moment to pause and connect to your inner self.  We offer these words from the Native American tradition. Hear these words:

"O Great Spirit, whose voice I hear in the winds and whose breath gives life to all the world, hear me. I come before you, one of your children, I am small and weak, I need your strength and wisdom. Let me walk in beauty and make my eyes ever behold the red and purple sunset. Make my hands respect the things you have made, my ears sharp to hear your voice. Make me wise so that I may know the things you have taught my people, the lessons you have hidden in every leaf and rock.  I seek strength not to be superior to my brothers but to be able to fight my greatest enemy. Make me ever ready to come to you with clean hands and straight eyes, so that when life fades as a fading sunset, my spirit may come to you without shame."