Here's to endings and beginnings

As the old year fades...I release old grudges, past fears, former pain & hurt, previous suffering, lost chances, troubling thoughts, forgotten dreams, and things that weren't meant to be.....
and on the dawn of a new trip around the sun.... I choose new growth, future joys, health & peace, less self-inflicted suffering, new chances, happier thoughts, remembered dreams, and things that God has given me....today I choose a slower pace.....


Yes, you've figured it out...my word focus for 2011 is C H O I C E!

God helps her release the negative in her life!

Her dark side is lightened

by God’s mercy.

Her lost soul is redeemed

by God’s grace.

Her hopelessness is turned around

 by God’s love.

Her doubting heart is assured

by God’s word.

Her hurting spirit is healed

by God’s peace.

RELEASE

Release the fragments in your life.

Get real with who your are,

who you want to be and who you can become.

Burn the bridges once and for all.

Stay on the path forward.

Realize how much time you have wasted and

 how much time you have left.

Now is the time to be all you can possibly be.
Stop wasting effort and energy on anything
and anyone that weighs you down
rather than lifts you up.

RELEASE

It's an every day choice.

release

Release what you must!

Life is short.

Find joys everyday.
Life is uncertain.
Be prepared for anything.
Life is a gift.
Open its blessings daily.
Life is God.
Seek out its mercies.
Life is Christ.
Live the same.
Life is spirit.
Know it within your heart.

Release will come!

Release

I wish I were          

a butterfly with a brief life of beauty.

I wish I were

a cloud floating in an endless sky.

I wish I were

a tree standing tall and strong.

I wish I were

Flower of great color and fragrance.

I wish I were

a lush lawn of grass keeping the parched earth cooled.

I wish I were

a great ocean rolling into never never land.

I wish I were

an enormous mountain reaching into the wild blue yonder.

But I am not any of these things.

I am a lowly human with deficits, weaknesses and trying times.

But I am also God's child and He is my loving Father.

I have no need to be anything more.

release

His amazing power

lifts me out of life's muck and mire.

His gracious mercy

forgives my greatest sin.

His mighty love

energizes my spirit.

His comforting peace

centers my life and

I release all fear and struggle.

Release

Release self control.

Open your heart.

Let the light of God shine into your spirit

and out of you soul into the world

for those in the dark,

those hurting,

and all those who can't find

His light any other way.

Release

Release to the Kingdom of God

The kingdom of God is not a faraway fairy tale place.



It is where we are with God every waking moment of life.


The kingdom of God exists where love is among worldly hatred.


It is where peace is amidst world war.


It is where life is within the world's dying.


The kingdom of God is where God's people survive despite worldly troubles.

Release

A heart of pain



And a body of age,


Finds hope in the rain


With each turn of the page.


A spirit of loss


And a mind of fear


Knows love is not just a game of toss


When God is so near.


A soul of restless wander


And a life of waste


Will not His mercy squander


In fleeting moments of haste.

Soul Recovery

We call it hour of the soul.

These wee hours of morning
when sleep won't come and
thoughts won't go.


Maybe if there was a switch.
We could call it time for renewal
and turn it off allowing healing
if for only a night.


But we struggle to do whatever
it takes to find a peaceful moment
where the body releases control and
the mind releases all thoughts.

That's when hope returns.
Peace is found and the joy
of sleep returns--restful
sleep---thoughtless minds
and quiet spirits.
A soul is recovered.

Finding a creative release

My mind is clear today



On how to proceed with


Hope and faith.


My heart is pure today


Starting fresh with


Love and peace.


My soul is repaired today


Of hurt and pain with


Grace and mercy.

releasing the darkness

Release the negative and

Dream Big.

Allow time to heal.

Trust true love.

Believe in God.

Give and Take.

Obtain less.

Seek peace.

Pray daily.

Live quietly.

Day 273 Seeking a Quiet Place

Hoping to find a quiet place

where peace prevails and

joy is abundant.

Believing such a place exists

I seek it with confidence that

can only work by releasing

the negative and

clinging to the positive.

Day 214 Word Focus for 2010

R E L E A S E

There's a wonderful site with a wonderful newsletter where you can get help choosing a word focus: http://christinekane.com. I had pretty much chosen this word in November but I waited to be sure. After using her wonderful tool yesterday, I found it to be the right word for me. Actually it involves a second word UNLEASH. You can't release without unleashing as well. I usually choose my word by thinking about what I need to work on and how I can do it and almost magically a word starts to appear everywhere and stand out as if highlighted or italicised and I know then it is the right word. I will share more and more about my word and progress as usual but will be brief here.

As you have been reading here for sometime, the past seven months have been difficult. My aging parents are dealing with many health issues; I am aging and dealing with my own issues but I have always dealt with family traits that have increasingly caused me problems with stomach, nerves, thoughts and actions. Release is a way to approach these issues. In a nutshell, I am hoping to release some of the underlying causes to my hysteria and psychoses. In one short explanation: I hope to release "all" (is that possible?) negative energy and unleash even more positive energy.) Note: this could also continue to support last year's focus, balance. That's right! You never forget former focus words. You continue to build and work toward your goals of being as strong as you can be.

I hope you decide to choose a focus word. For many it works better than resolutions. It's more flexible and a guide for every day. Not something you decide and by January 7 have forgotten or given up on. It stays with you and you continue to grow and learn how to be a better person each day of the year. One last hint, be sure to place the word in strategic places so you never stop focusing on it!