Beasts and Angels

I am reminded how we all get to experience what the author refers to as the beast and the angel.

We are both and we cannot experience one without experiencing the other.

My experience has taught me that the level of beast or angel in each being is different.

I choose to reconcile the fact that I have treated myself and others as a beast and as an angel.

I realize there is a balance or a harmony between these two archetypes.

I do not have to be one or the other, I get to be both to the level that they allow me to be of best service to myself and others.

It is in my service work that I find the peace and harmony within.

Today I choose to Love the beast and the angel.

May each of you find your balance within.

You are Loved.

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Control.

The control we have is within us.

I have lived as the over reactive, melodramatic being who would respond to life out of fear, anxiety, and rage.

I became physically ill.

When I grew tired, I became willing to learn a new way of viewing the wolrd.

I discovered it was within me to change me.

As I viewed myself through the filters I created which are rooted in my beliefs about me, I would also view the world through those same filters.

The answer became a need for me to change how I view myself through the beliefs I create about me.

As I have altered my self-view I have become healthier, and the world has become beautiful.

Today I intend to enter each experience with compassion, honesty, understanding, humility, empathy, humor, acceptance, peace, appreciation, and Love.

May each of you find your control over you.

You are Loved.

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Service.

In order to be of service to others I must first focus on what I need to change to be healthy enough to help.

To be a good personal trainer I needed to get healthy.

To be a helpful AA sponsor I needed to get sober, read the book, follow the instructions and make the needed changes.

In order to be the most help to others I needed to change my motivation from the selfish ego to unselfishness.

To be honest, understanding, compassionate, empathetic, kind, peaceful, accepting, grateful, and loving to others I first needed to apply those same characteristics to me.

Today I intend on being of maximum service to others.

May each of you find your way to being of service.

You are Loved.

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See the good.

I am reminded that I have the obligation to myself to be free of resentments.

It is on me to see the good in other beings, even if I find their behaviors disdainful.

This can be very difficult to figure out in the beginning.

I needed to first look at my own past behaviors and see if I had the right to judge others.

Trust me, I have no right what-so-ever to judge other beings.

I also remember that my view of others is based on my self-view.

I must find the good within me before I make any observations of anyone else.

Today I intend to enter each experience with understanding, humility, kindness, honor, empathy, humor, acceptance, appreciation, peace, and Love.

Today I intend to see the good in myself and others.

May each of you see how good you truly are!

You are Loved.

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As if.

I am reminded this morning to participate in life as the Creator would appreciate.

I know the is no disappointing God.

The Birther of the cosmos, that which breathes life into all creation does not need me to behave in order to be happy. In fact, the Creator does not respond me to with anything but Love.

And if I want to feel good within myself, I need to treat others as I would treat those I love.

Starting with me.

If I want to be respected, I need to respect myself.
In order to give peace, I need to be peaceful,
In order to be understood I must first be understanding.
If I want to love others, I must find the Love within me.

As within so without.

In order for me to treat others well I must first create those characteristics within myself.

Today I intend to enter each experience with acceptance, appreciation, humility, humor, kindness, understanding, peace, and Love.

I intend on treating myself and others as if they are a physical manifestation of the creator.

May each of you find how you want to Love you.

You are Loved.

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Free from their experience.

I am reminded how I can be free when I allow others their own experiences.

For many years I tried to “help” people through trying to tell them how to live so they could be safe and happy.

As it turns out, I needed to have my experiences to learn, so do others.

As much as I would like to believe life would be better without suffering, my experience tells me my life got better because I learned from my suffering.

I will continue to share my experiences with the intention of providing strength and hope, and I will let others live their lives.

May each of you find your way to freedom from other people’s experiences.

You are Loved.

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Pray

I am reminded how y prayers can create a change in my mindset.

When I am having negative thoughts about myself or others I can pray until those thoughts change.

When I am having an argument in my head with someone who is not there, I can pray until that scenario changes.

When I am ruminating on a resentment, I can pray until I release the resentment.

I have one style of prayer.

Statements of appreciation.

Thanking the Birther of the cosmos, that which breathes life into all creation.

When I can find gratitude for any part of my life I can focus on those things I appreciate and the negative stream of though shifts to a positive stream.

In this positive stream of thought I can see the “negative” situation from a different mindset and find the lesson I need to learn about myself in that experience.

May each of you find your style of prayer.

You are Loved.

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Always changing.

I used to hold the belief that I needed to be exactly the same forever!

Fortunately, I have had some very difficult and painful experiences which gave me the willingness to think differently.

Now, I did not like the difficulties at the time. I took the time to learn the lesson from each experience.

I have discovered how I am changing every day.

My body sheds dead cells and grows new ones, I get to learn new perspectives towards any part of life, and I get to be a different version of myself anytime I feel the vibe to do so.

Most days I maintain the same schedule, yet I get to be the next best version of me while I carry out each activity.

I find this freedom to be exciting and fun!

May each of you allow yourself the gift of evolving into your next best version of you!

You are Loved.

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Changes

I have experienced many changes, physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually.

I used to pray to be a better person, yet I didn’t do the work it takes to be different.

When I was obese, I used to pray to be thin, yet I did not make any changes.

When I was actively drinking, I wanted a different life, and I continued drinking.

When I was an adulterer, I wanted to be faithful, yet I made not changes.

I would believe that I was not praying correctly or that I was afflicted by the devil or whatever I could think to take the responsibility off of me.

Eventually my emotional state got so bad I found a desire to change me.
I finally took responsibility and accountability for my own reactions to life.

I did the work, I made the changes and I thank the Birther of the universe, that which breathes life into all creation.

I am happy.

Today I practice entering each experience with understanding, compassion, empathy, kindness, humility, humor, honor, levity, acceptance, appreciation, peace, and Love.

May each of you find your changes.

You are Loved

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Serenity.

I am reminded of the importance of clarifying what I cannot change and what I can.

I appreciate the serenity to accept things I cannot change; people, places, situations, institutions, and principalities.

Every experience in my life happens as it should for my greatest good, when I am willing to learn from each of them.

I appreciate the courage to change the things I can; my response to the afore mentioned.

I am empowered by the Birther of the cosmos, that which breathes life into all creation, to use free will to change my beliefs about myself which hinder my expansion.

I appreciate the wisdom to know the difference.

Each change I make through every lesson I learn, grants me the expansion from experience to wisdom.

It is through changing the beliefs I have about myself that I am allowing myself to deepen my inner peace and seernity.

May each of you find your serenity.

You are Loved.

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