How can a single word bring fellow men to blows? It is all in the meaning—in the intent. You wish to enrage another? You wish to accentuate the seeming separation? You know the words to use, for all of you have bought into these words as verbal weapons. You throw [...]
Barber shops and beauty salons – businesses that will always stay in business. Hairs grow. People need help to cut them back and shape them. You are all interconnected, needing each other. You grow—yes, a continuation of yesterday's theme. You may not grow taller. You may indeed grow larger in [...]
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Life is a series of decisions You must make. Do I do this or don't I? Which road should I take? You never know the answers Until you clear the mind. And then there in the silence The purest guidance you will find. Be not afraid to step [...]
Symbiotic relationships: those in which each contributes to the welfare of another. Do you not realize this is why you are here? To contribute to the advancement of the whole. Yes, you do this by improving the self, through self-improvement practices and being the presence of love. But no man [...]
Why is trust such a hard thing for you to learn? Because in the past you have trusted and have suffered a perceived hurt or things did not go as you planned. "You" is the important term in this case. There is a little "you" and a "You" that is [...]
There is more than enough love to go around. It is a fountain that flows from an endless Source. This fountain wells up within you and wants nothing more than to flow freely, to be expressed, and flow forth in every thought, word, and deed, for you are, IN DEED, [...]
Note from Suzanne: I recently received an email from a gentleman who expressed excitement at his new interest in meditation. I introduced him to the e-guide to meditation on my website. He wrote back that he had purchased "Meditation for Dummies," and that he found the opening paragraph quite encouraging: [...]
Jealousy is a human trait. There is no envy amongst those who know that all contribute to the whole. If another seems to have more happiness than you, or perhaps more toys, send them love. That which you send out comes back to you. Suddenly, you have happiness, and the [...]
Play with your toys for now. Enjoy your baubles. They are all gifts. Yes, they bring you joy, and is not the experience of joy part of the reasons you experience life as a human? We only caution you to keep in mind that toys are merely that: playthings. All [...]
You get a diagnosis followed by a prognosis. This comes from one you respect, and so you believe it. Is not the other human, just as you are? You put your full faith in them because you see and hear them. They have a special education. You may not. Regardless, [...]
Share your toys. Do not draw them closely around you and protect them with your arms. “Mine, all mine!” Such an attitude is learned from childhood, but you are no longer a child. You have many toys now, many gifts. Why do you feel the need to protect them and [...]
When a loved one dies, you think it is the end of the world. It is merely the closing of a chapter. It is quite a marvelous beginning for the one who has passed. It is a cliff-hanger for the one left behind. “Will I see them again? Are they [...]
There is so much sorrow in your world. Know that it is not of God. God is all goodness, all love. “Does such a thing exist?” you ask when you are surrounded by evidence of the opposite. You are placing too much faith in an illusion. You are believing the [...]
That is how it works: You reach out and grab the hand of a stranger in a moment of desperation. “Hear my story. I don’t know what to do!” And that one to whom you reached out has just the answer you need, even though she has no idea why [...]
You speak of your holy water. It is considered holy for it has been blessed. Do you not know that you are holy, indeed? You are blessed. Your very existence is proof of this. Any thoughts you have that tell you otherwise are falsehoods and are best dismissed from your [...]
You become frustrated with another and complain, “Look at him! Look what he does! Can you believe that?!” And we ask you, why should any other conform to your desires or answer your needs? Yes, you are a manifestation of God, but not the entirety. That other whom you would [...]
All of your life as a human is a process of remembrance … of awakening from spiritual amnesia. It is part of the journey that you forget. Do not feel badly about this forgetfulness. If all experienced this lifetime with the full knowingness that you are all One and that [...]
There are so often tasks you must perform which you as the human do not want to do. Yes, always do you have a choice, but oft the consequences of not doing a certain task outweigh doing it. And so, you find yourself in the position of feeling put out, [...]