Survival … getting through a situation alive. It is a silly word, for there is no death. What you mean when you laugh and say, “I survived it,” is that you are still here … a bit wounded, perhaps, but also a bit changed. Yes, you will survive. You will [...]
Hold onto your thoughts if they bring you peace. Discard them if they do not. It is that simple. You cannot instantly change the physical situation around you, but you can change your feelings, your moods, your mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being in an instant. You do this. No other [...]
When you do something in earnest, you throw all of your efforts and emotions into it. You fully believe in the cause and in yourself. If something is not working out as you had planned, are you doing it in earnest? First look at your motivations. Why are you doing [...]
Adversity … those times when you struggle to maintain equanimity, balance. You are thrown off balance by a challenge. The natural inclination is to return to standing tall instead of falling. It is the law of balance. You make every effort to right yourself, but sometimes you need a little [...]
From whence cometh envy? From the false belief that you do not have enough. The desire for material things comes from a need to fill a void. The void is merely the lack of awareness that you are essentially love. When you awaken fully to the presence of Love as [...]
The ever-present Presence. Do you know it? Yes, you do. You know it as Love. It is there, calling your attention, or you would not seek love in all that you do. But do not seek outside of yourself, for although Love is in all things, it is most reliably [...]
With certainty look upon the face of another and know that you are seeing the face of God. With certainty, look into a mirror and see the same. Ah, but there enters the doubt. “How can this be God,” you say, and this is where you lack in understanding. Allow [...]
Is there not always an alternate way of looking at a situation? It is quite easy to bemoan your current circumstance. “Woe is me. Look how awful this is.” And then, are your eyes not pointed toward one in a situation you would judge as far worse? And suddenly you [...]
Happy New Year from Suzanne. Check out the new video on www.PutLoveFirst.org - What does it mean to put love first? May we all be beacons of light ...
Sorrow seems to last forever, but it does not. It is a process. What is a process, but a series of steps one experiences to reach a goal. In the case of sorrow, what could possibly be the goal? Growth, understanding, surrender, greater love … all of these are outcomes [...]
A fresh start—that is what you are given today. “But our new year begins tomorrow,” you claim, and do you see the artifice of time? Why do you wait for a clock to tick or the page of a calendar to turn? Make your new year, your new day, your [...]
Special note from Suzanne: It is amazing how Spirit works when Love is behind something. All proceeds from the Put Love First "First Responder" wristbands are now going to help the families of recent events, including the tragedy in Webster, NY with the fire fighters. Just got this note from a [...]
When turmoil surrounds you, find the peace within yourself. You need not escape to a quiet sanctuary in some physical location, but to the quiet sanctuary inside the mind. “Oh, but I cannot quiet the mind,” you say, and that is where you err. Follow the breath into the silence. [...]
Can you see into the future? Then it already exists. What you see in your mind becomes reality when you see it clearly, feel it as an accomplished event, and it serves the greater good. Ah yes, there’s the rub. You are a co-creator, not the sole creator. Other factors [...]
You may not hear from friends or family every day, but this does not mean they do not hold you in their thoughts. You may go a while without thinking of another, but this does not mean you have not been connected. Once connected, always linked at the subconscious level. [...]
All glory be to God. Look around you. See not that which man hath made with his choices between good and evil. See that which was conceived of Love. In the conception lies perfection—the most perfect expression of the Highest. Where there is Love there can be no other. Where [...]
Relax the rules. Most of you are quite unaware of how many rules you impose on this Game of Life. When others fail to follow the rules which you see as sacrosanct, you become upset. The jaw clenches. In so being, you have restricted the unfoldment of greater possibilities. “But,” [...]
“Happy birthday,” we sing to you on this day in which millions celebrate the birth of one who brought a message of love, forgiveness, and hope. That hope still lives within you, that you will one day be saved. Saved from what? From mistakes you may have made? There is [...]
Note: I received an email from a friend in Webster, NY, who expressed his discouragement at the news of yet more killing … this time in his own town. This happened a few feet from a spot Ty and I stopped at on a bike ride on our summer tour. [...]
In this season in which you celebrate the birth of Jesus, you speak of good news. Yes, the good news was the birth of one who would change the world, for he brought good news to the multitudes. Many of you know his words and repeat them, but few have [...]
A do-over. That is what you ask for when things go awry. We cannot undo choices you have made that affect others, but you can give yourself a clean slate this very moment. This very moment is always clean and fresh. Consider this very moment your birthday … your birth [...]
Are you ready to show others that you Put Love First? Are you committed to living a love-centered life? The wristbands are in. Visit www.PutLoveFirst.org for more information.
At times you do need protection. At times negativity surrounds you. This is life in your reality. All are at different stages of their soul's evolution. You must make choices from moment to moment. Do you wish to grow, stay the same, or allow yourself to slip back? Growth is [...]
You fear that there is not enough love in your world. Fear not! Love is the essence of your world. Get out in nature and look around you. What is the Source of such beauty? With love in your heart, look at your children, your brothers, your sisters, your elders. [...]
When your world tumbles about you and all is filled with discord, seek balance. Where do you find balance in any shape? At the center. Go there, my friend, and rest a while. It is quite easy to find yourself at the outer edges, propelled there by momentum. It takes [...]