This month we’re talking about prayer and how it can help negate our anxiety and fear. In End the Struggle and Dance With Life, Susan explains three types of prayer that can help us feel more at one with the world: Prayer of trust, prayer of gratitude, and prayer of…
Category: Trust
Petitionary Prayers of a Child
In End the Struggle and Dance With Life, Susan wrote about the power of prayer—not necessarily as a religious expression, but as a way to connect us to the universe outside ourselves. Here is an excerpt from the book: When I was a little girl, I used to say the…
Trust Isn’t About Understanding
In this month’s newsletter we’re talking about trusting the future which means trusting the Universe and its Grand Design. Here is an excerpt from End the Struggle and Dance With Life that further explores this idea: Developing this kind of trust, requires our constantly using our Spiritual tools. Even when…
Finding Purpose During the Pandemic
We’re talking about finding and knowing our meaning and purpose this month. Knowing that we count and acting on the knowledge with purpose can help us to overcome the mental toll the pandemic has taken on so many of us. As an example, there is this story about frontline health…
Finding Your Heart in Soul Friendships
Soul-friendships, as described by Susan in Dare to Connect, are connections made through our Higher Selves. When people talk about having close friends, these are the type that we usually mean. These friends are the type whose company we enjoy, but also the friends we can confide in and find…
The Power of “Maybe”
The nontheistic religion of Jainism from India seeks to perfect one’s understanding of the self and the universe. They have a word, “syat,” that means “to the best of my knowledge at this time.” Practitioners of Jainism frequently add this word to conversations to remind themselves and others that this…
What Happens When You Step Off the Ladder?
This month we’re talking about Chapter 3 of End the Struggle and Dance With Life, “Climbing off the Ladder to Distress.” When we’re focused on a goal or achievement, we’re missing out on so many things that life has to offer. We’re missing out on making our life HUGE. Here’s…
Random Acts of Kindness and Senseless Acts of Beauty
We’ve all heard this phrase before, “Practice random acts of kindness and senseless acts of beauty.” It was very popular in the 1990s and continues to inspire people today. It has inspired millions of people to do the thing that we’re discussing this month—perform acts of caring. According to Wikipedia,…
Striving for the Language of Love
“When do we use an exclamation point and when do we use a question mark?” John Balzar, Los Angeles Times The world is in a divisive place right now—not that it has ever really been a place of harmony. However, the acrimony and partisan-ness seems to have reached epic proportions.…
It’s All Part of the Grand Design
This month we are talking about trust, even when it the world seems to be crashing in on us. This excerpt is from Susan’s book, End the Struggle and Dance With Life. Part of it was referred to in the monthly newsletter article, but we thought you’d like to read…