February 2025 Week 2

“Listen to your inner voice - Our inner voice, that quiet guide within, will lead us along our path, will help us create our destiny, will keep us in harmony.
So much stress comes from not listening, not trusting our inner voice. So much confusion comes from trying to act before we have heard, before we are guided. So much pain comes when we deny what that voice is saying, when we try to run from it or make it go away. We wonder how we can trust ourselves. The better question is. How can we not trust ourselves?
Our rage, our anger, and most bitter resentments occur when we trust others rather than ourselves. Yes, sometimes promptings come from outside ourselves. The universe is alive, magical, responsive, and will guide us on our way. But the answer must always resonate, must always ultimately come from that place within: our heart, our soul, our inner voice. Sometimes we need to listen to others until we become impassioned enough to hear and trust ourselves.
It takes practice, the quiet practice of listening, until we learn how to hear ourselves, then interpret what we hear. It is neither wasted time nor incidental to our lives to learn to hear ourselves, to learn to tune into our hearts and souls. That’s part of the reason we’re here - part of our destiny, our mission, our purpose.
Our best work, our finest moments, our joy
Happen when we are centered, listening to and
Trusting ourselves, allowing our hearts and souls
To guide us. They happen when we allow ourselves
to fully, completely, and in love, be who we are.” Melody Beattie

Once again this month Melody wrote about my intention this month lol- I Enjoy Spending Time With Myself. To listen to my inner voice, I need to carve out quiet time with just me and the God of my understanding. This past week Mother Nature piled on as well and gave us here in RI a snow covered landscape to play in and to rest and for me to find peace and contentment in the beauty and stillness.

Melody says - so much stress comes from not listening, not trusting our inner voice. Oh boy, do I know that well!!!! For me it has become clearer and clearer that I need a daily reprieve from life and from my crazy head by starting my day in quiet contemplation. I have developed this habit and it has now become a time I crave, now my next step in growth is to listen more in this quiet place.

She also said - So much confusion comes from trying to act before we have heard, before we are guided. - UT OH, lots of reference for that!!!! Thank you all for making me continue to work and stay on this path. Remember this is all a practice, not perfection!

Do you make time for yourself? Is this a daily practice?
Do you listen in your stillness?
Are you comfortable spending time with yourself?
We all need this!