All you need to do is accept this moment as it is. Doing so will bring greater peace into your experience. Periodically observe your thoughts, asking “Am I at ease at this moment?” Pay attention to the body, it will let you know if there is any resistance within you. Resistance often appears as tension, judgment, pain or boredom.

When you bring your awareness to the Now, the process of self-observation increases your level of consciousness and layers of resistance begin to dissipate. You can always handle the present moment. The answers, resources and strength that you require will be there when you need them.

The mind needs to be still in order to recognize the sacredness and beauty that is all around you. Stillness can only occur Now, this moment. Be here completely. Love yourself enough to be at ease… and then take one more conscious step forward.

Today my intention is to trust my inner wisdom. I choose to experience what life offers with acceptance and grace.

Happiness is your divine right. All too often, people live with the limiting belief that life is hard and that one must suffer in order to get ahead. We suffer until we realize that there is no need to suffer.

Practice finding joy in the little things: an inspiring piece of music that makes your heart come alive, the way sunlight spills through the trees creating unique patterns on the earth, respond to the smile of a dogs loving eyes… Once you master happiness in the Now, expand it outward. Feel it guide you throughout the day. Discover the power of choosing joy even in the midst of challenging moments.

When you maintain an undercurrent of satisfaction and peace as the foundation of your journey, you step into an empowered way of being. Expecting good to come from everywhere and everything creates a magnetic effect that draws energetically aligned people and circumstances into your experience. Celebrate it!

Today my intention is to give myself permission to be all that I can be. I deserve the very best in life.

Nothing in your life should have been any different than it was. There are no mistakes, only opportunities to discover your strengths and abilities. When we choose to accept rather than reject, life becomes a series of possibilities.

Everyone in your world has come to learn something. Treat each person as a disciple of love and wisdom. Bring patience to the process of growth – it often takes lifetimes to completely break free of limiting patterns.

In the end, we discover wholeness. We recognize our infinite potential and the potential of all beings. Saying yes to life allows the opportunity to turn within instead of searching outside for answers.

To be a seeker is to drop perceived securities. Vulnerability and openness pave the way to a life of freedom and harmony.

Today my intention is to be kind and gentle with myself as I grow and change.

No matter how long you may have considered yourself a failure, you can begin this moment with a new way of being. Transformation comes through consistent practice. Observe your thoughts and choose to purposely plant seeds that will grow into success patterns.

Opportunities will come your way allowing you to cultivate faith in the processes of life. See your journey as a series of stepping stones to higher consciousness. Each step is a new adventure.

Prosperity and abundance begin with realizing your self-worth. You have the freedom to create what you want to create and to do what you wish to do. Rest in the knowledge that you are part of the infinite flow of life.

Today my intention is to be open and receptive to all the beauty the Universe has to offer.

Observe nature. Witness how everything plays a specific role in its evolving ecosystem, no matter how obvious or insignificant it appears. Often, the smallest creatures do the most important work.

The world needs you to be yourself. For some this comes easily while others search to discover their true potential. Be led by love, live your passions, seek joy in the present moment and you will not be led astray.

The people you have drawn into your life seek your true spirit to shine through. The awakening of human consciousness is happening now and you have chosen to be here for a purpose. You may discover that you feel called to action, you may be a healer or you may be a frequency holder who keeps the energetic vibration in a situation as high as possible. You’ll recognize your path by the degree of peacefulness you feel upon it.

Today my intention is to remember that I am in the perfect place at the perfect time. All is well in my world.

That’s Right! Knowing that my thoughts create my reality, I choose to keep them positive

Challenges arise. People leave our lives. Things don’t go as planned. Every circumstance is simply an aspect of the ebb and flow of life. How we think about these things determines how we feel, and thankfully, there is always an opportunity to transform challenging situations into moments of spiritual awakening.

90% of the workings of the mind are negative and repetitive. When allowed to run unchecked, they bring great unhappiness and frustration. Observe how often people talk about past losses or challenges, destroying the beauty and joy of the present moment – that is living lost in the story.

The awakened spirit has an opportunity to recognize negative thoughts when they arise and shift them in a way that is empowering and positive. When you notice unconscious thinking, it means that you are waking up. Your responsibility is to live this moment fully present. Doing so will bring greater happiness and fulfillment into your experience.

Today my intention is to immerse myself in the love, light and laughter of the Universe.

It’s said that the only constant is change itself. Resist nothing. Flow with the energy of life as best you can with ease and grace. Often what comes to us looking like a blockage or a loss in reality, is a transformation that opens up new ways of being.

The mind will always choose to stay with the known rather than explore the unknown, even when the unknown has the opportunity to bring joyous expansion. Live through the heart for it is fearless. The awakened spirit desires to evolve, and evolution, by its very definition, is the embodiment of change.

This moment is sacred. It is not something to merely pass through on the way to some imagined future. All of life is happening Now. Immerse yourself within it – enjoy the textures, the feelings, the insights and experiences with an open heart.

Today my intention is to celebrate all the changes that have flowed (intentionally or unbidden) throughout my life. They have brought me to this beautiful moment and I am grateful.

That’s Right! The answers within me come to me with ease

When you connect with teachings and concepts that are powerful for you, what you are really recognizing is your own power. When you see another as beautiful, inspirational or awakened, you are recognizing your own attributes. Only spirit can recognize spirit.

Awakening consciousness affects us at the deepest level. As the soul begins to become more aware of itself, it releases the layers of illusion that have outlived their usefulness.

The ego relies upon the concept of separation, seeing oneself as somehow better or worse than another. Because of this we identify with particular roles, appearance, numbers in a bank account and the struggles that come from the belief in superiority or inferiority. In essence, when the roles and judgments are stripped away we begin to understand that no one can be inferior nor superior. This is where true humility, self-confidence and compassion begin.

Make a point today to sense the sacred in all things. Begin in the mirror and expand outward. You may find yourself seeing through illusion to the formless and eternal dimension of life itself.

Today my intention is to live with an open heart.

That’s Right! I am able to handle all my experiences with wisdom and ease

You are more powerful than you know. The words you say create the flow of your experience and it’s important to be conscious of the energy that you bring to any situation in which you find yourself.

Someone who says, “There’s never enough time” or “I’m always late” certainly creates a stress-filled experience, running from one project to the next, never realizing that life is responding to the ingrained pattern or thought they repeat so often.

It can take a bit of practice to break a lifetime habit. Begin with where you are. Affirmations are a way of retraining the mind, and in the beginning the ego will try to thwart your best intentions by planting the limiting thought that no matter how many times you say “There is enough time” or “I am always on time, which is a wonderful way of showing respect to those in my life”, it’s just not who you are.

As an infinite, multifaceted being you have many choices. Pay attention to the choices you make, keep those that bring you joy and purposely shift anything that no longer serves you. Changes will come. Miracles happen when you cultivate positive intention and awareness.

Today my intention is to remember that I am one with the Universe. I have all that I need.

As you move into greater awareness, new levels of consciousness open to you. The higher you go, the simpler things become. You are far greater than your body, your role or other people’s perception of you. Knowing this, can you sense the infinite energy of the Divine that flows through you? This is Presence.

We live in a mystery. Everything is inter-connected, often in amazing ways. The awakened soul is the loving witness of life itself. Let each moment be your meditation. Bring the transformative power of awareness to all that you do – allow it to be the backdrop of your awakened life.

Pay attention to your breath, the gaps in between breaths, the gaps between thoughts. This is the infinite space in which everything unfolds – the space which contains infinite possibility.

Today my intention is to live and walk in gratitude.