Be Safe...

At present there is a scare about the corona virus and all are recommended to take care and be safe...

Being safe depends on how informed we are and the good habits we have in relation to hygiene.

Being educated as regards a healthy body is good / being educated as regards a healthy soul is of even more importance.

God inspires us as regards our soul, body and mind.

Perhaps the biggest danger is caused by fear and stress and this can be easily resolved by have a little faith and trusting in God's love for us.

We are not meant to be obedient robots, yet we can and are required to be open-minded and especially open to divine inspiration.  If we do so, all will be well.

A happy and practical mind will guide us towards being safe and happy too.

Happy, not Sad...

I suppose most people, just like myself, want to be happy and fulfilled and definitely not sad.

Is this a choice on our part, or is there something 'special' needed to guide us towards happiness and away from sadness?

I believe that being happy is a work in progress and depends on all the little and big challenges that come our way each day.

Waking up, first thing in the morning, could be the beginning of our choosing happiness, depending on our awareness of ourselves and a deliberate determination to face life with a 'smile'!

At this point, feelings don't count. Better to discard them altogether and decide to make a positive choice as a happy person.

Don't worry if this appears false at times. What is taking place is programming.

We regard ourselves and especially our feelings as faulty and so set about putting in a correct program.  

This decision is of the upmost importance.

Choose happiness / choose a positive life and the result will blow our minds!

So simple.  Choose to be happy and so we will be!

TRUST

Whenever I become worried about anything I begin to realize that my trust in God is faulty.

I believe in God's goodness and care for all of us and yet when it comes to trusting Him, especially when I might be concerned about my health or spiritual progress, I find my 'trusting' ability is not uppermost.  Why, I wonder?

Perhaps, it's to do with being very human and faulty and yet, mostly to do with depending on our own abilities, believing that we can solve our problems.

No wonder Our Lord spoke about being like a child...

' Let the children come to Me..'

Well, now I have another avenue of choice, to become childlike and learn to trust in God's love for all of us.

How to do this?

Simply trust and practice acts of trust, reminding ourselves of just how near God is to us and speaking to our hearts in relation to all that we are and all that we do.

Trust!

ASH Wednesday 2020

How quickly time moves on, already beginning of Lent and hardly time to focus on what is best for me to do.

I realize these forty days are precious and time for me to choose...

Fr. Donal at Mass this morning put forward the idea of a spiritual growth, of giving time to renewing and increasing our relationship with God.

This will be my first desire and intend to work at it too.  Just as with people, relationships need time and interest to develop. It's the same with God.

The Saints call it, becoming God's friends.

My next choice is to work each day on my Book, which I like to do and yet, will not happen unless I give time to it.

Pen to Paper and plenty of Prayers!

(Official opening of De La Salle Centre)

Keep our Dreams alive!

Dreams come and go and sometimes, we let them go too easily.
Someone once said... 'Poets and dreamers shake and shape the world.'
Perhaps this can help us to value our dreams and aspirations.
Those of a spiritual mind believe that we are inspired by God, much more than we might realize, yet do we listen..?
This could well be the key to propel us forward and respond to that inner voice, prompting us to become more than we are.
If one is a writer, then learn to listen and with pen and paper, write!
The same will apply to a musician and anyone who believes and is willing to respond to a creative mind.
'Don't give up your dreams, just yet.
Let them smolder, like an ebbing fire.
Fan the flames and become alive!'

LOVE versus FEAR!

Christ says ...  Fear not.  I am with you always.

Such a wonderful reassurance to know this, that we need not fear and perhaps what helps a lot is to know that we are empowered by God with the ability to love.

Whenever we are in a loving state then fear has no hold on us.

The choice is always with us, so putting it in a very simple way, we either choose to love or we allow fear to frighten and distract us from living a wonderful, loving life.

Feeling afraid is such a natural emotion, yet that's all it is.

Always, put love first.

HOPE

To have HOPE is to have LIFE!

Hope allows us to cherish and enjoy life.

When we are with friends or family and nothing special seems to be happening, perhaps it's then that the most important things in life are taking place.

We find ourselves in an atmosphere of caring and loving and happy to be just where we are.

This is where we can discover the power of 'little' moments, where love is free to develop and our hearts expand with genuine love for life and for each other.

Always hope that life will present us with these special opportunities to grow in love and embrace what is happening in each present moment.