Never Isolated

In nature we never see anything isolated,
but everything in connection with something else
which is before it, beside it, under it, and all over it.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Untitled Poem

Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies.
And be it gash or gold it will not come
Again in this identical disguise.

Gwendolyn Brooks

"I find great wisdom in this untitled poem...The elegant and spare lines direct us to cherish the gifts that abound when we are mindful and open to all that the universe delivers. I've used the poem as a centering touchstone when feeling rushed, worried, or ill at ease with the rhythm of my life. The words always evoke in me a calming sense of peace." --Evelyn C. White

Your Eternity

You must live in the present,

launch yourself on every wave,

find your eternity in each moment.

Henry David Thoreau

Goodness

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle, and good, without the world being better for it, without someone being helped and comforted by the existence of that goodness.

Phillips Brooks (1835-1893)

Crammed With Heaven

Earth's crammed with heaven,

And every common bush afire with God.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The Presence of God

Spiritual awakening begins with the awareness that we are not victims of random forces in the universe. There is no "God up there" deciding who prospers and who doesn't. Prosperity begins with you. It begins in your mind. It starts as a vision of a better life and better circumstances. It flows outward from within.

God is not a power over you. It is a power in you. Its ideas lead to your prosperity. Its life runs through your veins. Its vision for your life rises up from within as intuition, hunches, and new ideas. Follow the best that's in you, and watch your life be transformed. Practice being aware of the presence of God, and you will always live a prosperous life.

from The Prosperous Life Journal
by Chris Michaels and Edward Viljoen