Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself (excerpt from When Company Comes)

So often, my mind becomes clouded with fear. Fear of lack, limitation, and/or rejection. Fear, exposed, is false evidence appearing real. I had anxiety over the unknown; anticipating the unknown to be monstrous. It is up to me to assign qualities of goodness, through a positive attitude toward the unknown, track down the fear and expose its unreality. I can do this by realizing that my Higher Power is my inexhaustible resource, NOW and always and I am never alone. Today I will not be afraid. I turn my back to fear and I choose faith. Faith is that innate ability to know when it doesn’t show, that nothing but GOOD is waiting for me.

Today I Am Reminded:
It is in my power to make today a good one just by the way I think about it. Whatever I think about, I bring about. As long as I concentrate on today’s activity, and don’t borrow from the fears of what might happen tomorrow, then there won’t be room in my mind for worry.

Angela Bolden-Thompson
"When Company Comes"
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JUST PAUSE AND REFLECT (excerpt from UFBL's Daily Inspiration for Better Living)

Stop rushing to and fro without taking a moment to enjoy your surroundings. How many times do you run here and there without really seeing what is in your environment? When you look at the ocean, what are you really seeing? What is actually going on when the waves are coming to shore? When you look at the plants and animals what are you really seeing? Are they the last ones that anyone will ever see again? Do you value them? Pause for a few moments, open your eyes and really take pleasure in what is going on around you.

Let God fill your soul with His joy, peace, love, and all else that is good. God is there with you, right where you are, for there is no spot where God is not. Pause often and reflect on what is in your surroundings at the moment. Be grateful for your life; appreciate your world. There is so much to
love.

Praise God for being alive during this time. Be thankful all through the day, at all times. Your prayer can simply be "Thank You, God."


--Alice J. Brown