Here’s a quick thought about boundaries – Boundaries are not really to tell someone else how to act but an agreement we make with ourselves about how we will act when other people behave in certain ways. We can of course warn them and this gives them the opportunity if they so choose to change their behaviour. Both the boundary and our behaviour have nothing to do with the other person, just about how we value what we want.

Positive thinking certainly can help us, but it is in connecting our thoughts with the Divine Mind – which is always loving, always in harmony – and so could be thought of as positive, which really helps us see a different perspective, and often appears to change circumstances at the physical level.

When we come upon circumstances and events that don’t suit us and we certainly haven’t planned, the way we think about them can make a huge difference to our experience. Calling these things inconvenient*, rather than bad for instance, helps shift our perspective. As does reminding ourselves that there is always more than one solution*. This can be particularly helpful if we don’t like the way we see things going. It opens us up to possibilities. (*Dewitt Jones, American photographer and writer was the first I heard using these words)

We are affirming all the time. Affirmations have gotten a bad wrap recently and yet they are just part of the way we think. For instance when we are ill we affirm “I feel sick” or “I am sick” we are making “firm” a belief, or suggestion that has now been manifested. We may not even be conscious that this is going on in our heads. In order to align ourselves with Divine Mind, it is helpful to be aware of our self talk and align it with our spiritual sense of what is true, rather than what the physical senses are telling us. This is not to try and change the situation we are in (although it often seems to) it is just to bring us into harmony with what is already spiritually true. They have to feel comfortable for us. We have to have them in our own language. Something that sounds like we would say it if it was manifested even if it isn’t here now to physical sense.

Everyday is an opportunity for us to shine, to show our true nature. We need to ask ourselves where we can best serve with love, compassion and honesty. Doing this and then putting our full attention ine each moment can allow us to enjoy every task. “Life is here for me. I love Life and Live loves me. I am divinely guided to what I need to do next.”