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Entering The Home Stretch

February 23, 2009 in Inspirational Words by Veronica Hay | No comments

“As long as I kept my mental focus on the destinations that were ahead, destinations that I had the audacity to dream… I protected myself from despair. The future was uncertain, absolutely, and there were many hurdles, twists, and turns to come, but as long as I kept moving forward, one foot in front of the other, the voices of fear and shame, the messages from those who wanted me to believe that I wasn’t good enough, would be stilled. “Go forward. That became my mantra” From the Pursuit of Happiness by Chris Gardner

Good Monday Morning on this 23 day of February 2009 and welcome back to the “Gift of February” Project, audio available at:
http://www.insightsandinspirations.com/february.html

We are entering the home stretch. Some of you are very pleased with what you have already accomplished this month. Others of you are disappointed that you were not able to keep going at the pace that you started with.

None of that really matters. Every day is a new day, with new Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Abundance, February, Inspiration, Self Improvement, Self-Help, Veronica Hay

Surrender To The Miracle

February 19, 2009 in Inspirational Words by Veronica Hay | 6 comments

Several years ago, I was having a particularly stressful day. My mother had recently passed away and I missed her physical presence terribly. On top of all that, bills were starting to pile up, and I was beginning to wonder if the struggle would ever end. And then, someone called out of the blue and said some very disturbing things to me. After the call, all that I can remember is that I hung up the phone and wept. To this day, I don’t even remember who was on the other end of that phone call, or even what they said to me. I only remember wondering how I would go on.

And then, I did what any self-respecting woman would do, when her life was falling apart. I turned on my answering machine, closed my office door, and Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Abundance, February, Prosperity, Self-Help, Veronica Hay, Wealth Creation

Your Everyday Thoughts – Are they Empowering or Disempowering Your LIfe

February 17, 2009 in Inspirational Words by Veronica Hay | No comments

Welcome back to the “Gift of February” Project: audio available at:
http://www.insightsandinspirations.com/february.html

Thank you to all of you who are participating and sharing your progess during this month privately or through this blog. Today the topic is about “Everyday Thoughts”

For for the past 10 days or so, I have been writing down any negative thoughts that I have, as soon as I become aware of them. I am surprised by how many seemingly insignificant, critical thoughts cross my mind each day. I have always considered myself to be a very positive person, and so I am amazed at how many negative little musings still sneak in.

As soon as I made a commitment to do this, I started really noticing them. LIttle things like, “what a gloomy looking day”, or “that person isn’t doing a very good job”, or “what a terrible driver” etc. I suddenly became very conscious of what was going on in my head. I am also recording the positive thoughts and experiences as well, and in time, there will be much more positive than negative.

Most of us have these kinds of thoughts running through our minds Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Abundance, February, Inspiration, Prosperity, Self-Help, Veronica Hay

Notice Abundance and Abundance Abounds

February 10, 2009 in Inspirational Words by Veronica Hay | 2 comments

Welcome back to the “Gift of February” Project: audio available at:
http://www.insightsandinspirations.com/february.html

Thank you to all of you who participated yesterday in the Power Word Exercise. I love the words that you each chose. Thanks again for sharing. Today the topic is about Abundance…

I have decided to start a “Noticing Abundance Journal”. I took a regular 99 cent lined notebook and covered it with some beautiful flowered card stock and named it my “Noticing Abundance Journal”. I decided to do this because lately I have been aware that more and more delicious things are happening and I want to focus on only those things.

Remember, what we focus on expands, so acknowledging these positive events, and actually writing them down, can only create more desirable circumstances to appear in our lives. It is the way the Universe and the law of attraction works.

This kind of journal is different from a gratitude journal. A gratitude journal, also a great thing to do, is about writing down those things in our lives that we are grateful for, which is usually a lot. A “Noticing Abundance Journal” is more about “paying attention” to what is showing up in our lives as a direct result of what we have been asking for. The difference between the two is very subtle but important and it is the thing that most people miss or just take for granted.

Very often we feel that our prayers have not been answered, however Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Abundance, Inspiration, Prosperity, Self-Help, Veronica Hay

Catapulting into Success

February 8, 2009 in Inspirational Words by Veronica Hay | 1 comment

Today is Sunday, February 8, 2009, the first day of the second week in the “Gift of February” Project. (audio available on my website at:
http://www.insightsandinspirations.com/february.html)

Thank you to all of you for the sharing and feedback I have been receiving both through your private emails and through the comments on my blog.

Today would be a good time to look back over the first week of February and find some things to feel good about. What have you accomplished so far, and where in your life, have you been more conscious and present? What wonderful things happened last week? Forget about where you may have fallen off track. Give that no attention. Focus on what went right!

You might want to ask yourself the following questions:
Where did I find the joy Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Abundance, Inspiration, Law of attraction, Self-Help, Veronica Hay

Fabulous February!

February 4, 2009 in Inspirational Words by Veronica Hay | 6 comments

Thank you again to all of you who have chosen to take part in “The Gift of February” Celebration project. (If you don’t know what I am talking about, see Saturdays blog post for January 31, 2009 or listen to the audio on my website here at:http://www.insightsandinspirations.com/february.html )

For today, the fourth day of February 2009, I thought I would share something I wrote a few years ago entitled “Generosity of Spirit”

I think it fits right in with the spirit of “The Gift of February” Project. When we are living our lives from a more conscious place, it seems that opportunities to be generous in spirit show up everywhere. Today, be on the lookout for them.

Enjoy, and I look forward to hearing from you, in the comments below.

Generosity of Spirit
Copyright 2006 by Veronica M. Hay

Be generous with your time …
Stay fully present with each encounter, as if this moment, is the most important,
and nothing else exists.

Be generous with your words …
Never miss an opportunity to tell someone how you feel about them, or something they have done. A word of encouragement, a note of appreciation, a sincere compliment, can brighten someone’s day and even change a life.

Be generous with your thoughts …
Think the best of others, and see them as they would like to be, and not as they are now.

Be generous with your money …
Find an occasion to share what you have with others.
Money is like love, the more you give away, the more returns to you.

Be generous with your heart …
Keep it open, no matter how frightening that may be sometimes. An open heart will heal every ailment and restore peace to your soul.

Be generous with your smile …
Give it away to everyone you meet, and see the world reflected back to you, in joyous celebration.

Be generous with your love …
It is who you really are, and why you came here,
and in the end, it is all that really matters anyway.

Tags: Generosity, Generosity of spirit, Inspiration, Inspiring Poems, Self-Help, Spirit, Veronica Hay

Today is February 1 – Where will YOU be 28 days from now?

February 1, 2009 in Inspirational Words by Veronica Hay | No comments

How will your life be different in 28 days? What will you have accomplished?

What new people, experiences, habits, will you welcome into your life and which ones will you have finally let go of and how will that make you feel?

What one thing can you promise yourself to do every single day, for the next 28 days, and keep your word about it, and how will it feel at the end of the 28 days when you have completed it? It could be writing an article a day, or exercising every day or simply remembering to keep your word. Keeping your word is a big one. If you did that alone for the entire month of February, you life will have changed dramatically.

Would you like some help and motivation? To listen to a quick audio that just may inspire you, visit this page: http://www.insightsandinspirations.com/february.html

Have a wonderful February. May it be the very best month of your life so far.

Love and blessings, Veronica

Tags: Abundance, Inspiration, Inspirational, Motivational Articles, Self-Help, Veronica Hay

The Universe Adores You – Will You Let That In?

January 2, 2009 in Inspirational Words by Veronica Hay | 2 comments

“The Universe Adores You!”

2009 will be a very different year for you if you could make that your mantra. Life would be much more prosperous and joyful if you could really believe those words. There would be more ease and joy in your life and a much greater sense of purpose and fulfillment.

Today, would you be willing, simply willing, to have that be your truth for 2009 and watch what happens?

Enjoy what I have written about it below:

There is a light in you which cannot die; whose presence is so holy that the world is sanctified because of you. All things that live bring gifts to you, and offer them in gratitude and gladness at your feet. The scent of flowers is their gift to you. The waves bow down before you, and the trees extend their arms to shield you from the heat, and lay their leaves before you on the ground that you may walk in softness, while the wind sinks to a whisper round your holy head.” ~ A Course in Miracles

What if you knew that the words of the above quotation from “A Course of Miracles” were absolutely true, in your heart of hearts? What if you really believed that the Universe adores you and everyone and everything is here to support you in some way? How would you live your life differently? Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Abundance, Course in Miracles, Inspiration, Prosperity, Self-Help, Veronica Hay

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