On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that there is a light which cannot ever be extinguished.

It is inside of you. It is you.

Let your light so shine upon the world that the world will
know Who You Really Are -- and its people will know
why they really are as well, through the light of your
example.

The darkness of our world awaits you -- not to engulf
you, but to be transformed by you. During this Season of
the Light, be its Source for all those who search for Joy.

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
..that Christmas may have passed, but the joy of this
season shall go on forever. And even forever more.

This is the great promise of God: that the happiness
that filled so many hearts yesterday will fill even more
lives tomorrow. And that peace and joy. which is
Christmas, will reign forever -- and is available to
every soul, now and always.

These are glad tidings. This is the good news: that
Christ is born every day, is us, and that God lives
in each person through eternity. It does not matter
what religion you belong to. Love is the only religion.
So...Continue Christmas.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that love means never having to say you're sorry.

Erich Segal said that and he was right.

God loves you, and that is why you never have to say
you're "sorry" to God. If you love someone, relieve
them of the need to apologize to you for anything.

The need for an apology is the signal of a person
who is mistaken about himself or herself.

You cannot be damaged by another, you only imagine
that you can. It is all in your head. It is all in your
thought about it. Go back to love and give up
your need to forgive others for anything.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that you actually don't have to lie in it just because
you made your bed.

Somebody told you a falsehood if they told you that you
have to live with your past decisions, choices, and
actions. The past is past and has nothing to do with you.

It has nothing to do with Right Now.

Do not let anything from your past inhibit you in this
Present Moment. Start over. Start Fresh. Each day.

Each hour, if it serves you. Heck, each minute. Just
get going. Just do it. Just say it. With love. All else
will take care of itself.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
..that words may help you understand something, but
experience allows you to know.

Never, ever trade your own experience for someone
else's words about anything that is really important.

Like God, for instance. Or love. Or what is true
about another.

This is a simple awareness, but it comes to you today
at exactly the right time. If you think about why, you
will know.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
..that you cannot help another who will not help him-
or herself.

In the end, all souls must walk their path -- and the
reason they are walking a particular path may not be
clear to us...or even to them at the level of ordinary
human consciousness.

Do what you can to help others, of course. Show
love and caring whenever and wherever you can.

But do not get caught up in someone else's "story"
to the point where you start writing it. Know what
I mean?

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that you must be good to yourself if you are
ever going to be any good for others.

This means take a day off once in a while
when it's not scheduled. Eat of piece of chocolate
when it's not recommended.

Take a nap when it's just not possible.

Get your face into a good book for an hour
when you can't afford to. Soak in a tub
when there's no time to. Stop everything
when you're not supposed to. Do this now,
right now, forgoodness sake.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that the salvation of this human world lies nowhere else
than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect,
in human meekness and human responsibility.

Vaclav Havel said that and he was right.

Some people say that our salvation lies with God,
or with God's Son, yet is not the human heart
the place where such Divinity is found?

Therefore open your heart, and open TO your heart,
that you may hear its call to reflect, to be meek,
and to be responsible.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that all change is change for the better.

There is no such thing as "change for the worse."

Change is the process of Life Itself, and that process could be
called by the name "evolution." And evolution moves in only
one direction: forward, and toward improvement.

Therefore, when change visits your life, you can be sure
things are turning for the better. It may not look that way
in the very moment change arrives, but if you will
wait a while and have faith in the process, you will see
that this is true.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that the purpose of a relationship may not be what you think.

If you are excited about forming a relationship based on
what it looks like you can get rather than what you can give,
you have started off on the wrong foot entirely, and you
could be heading for a big disappointment.

The purpose of all relationships is to create a sacred context
within which you can express the fullness of who you are.

And who you are is an experience you have before
you enter relationship, not because you did.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that happiness never derives from power over others.

Thomas Jefferson made that observation and he was right.

Seek, therefore, power with, not power over.

This includes people in the world, people in your home,
and whoever else may be in your bed...

The best way to experience power (or anything)
is to give it away. Make someone else powerful and
you become twice as powerful as you were before.

Make someone else loved and you become twice as loved.

Make someone else feel good and you feel twice as good.

It doesn't get any better than this. And it's all so... simple.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that taking better care of yourself is not merely a matter
of good health, it is a measure of spiritual evolution.

Some people take better care of their car than they do
of their body. Most people, in fact, pay little attention
to their body until something goes wrong. Yet why
create that kind of situation?

Look at what you are eating. How much and how
often do you exercise? When was your last check-up?

Are you treating your physical vehicle as if it is Divine?

Good for you if you are. If you aren't...why not?

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
..that at some point it may serve you to decide that
a particular project or undertaking is complete.

Seeking excellence is one thing; never finding
anything totally satisfactory is another.

It is as I have told you before:

Perfection is the obstacle of creation
and the enemy of achievement.

At some point you've got to say, "This is good.

And this is enough." If you cannot do this, you will
never get anything done -- and that is the opposite
of what you want, is it not?

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
..that Christmas may have passed, but the joy of this
season shall go on forever. And even forever more.

This is the great promise of God: that the happiness
that filled so many hearts yesterday will fill even more
lives tomorrow. And that peace and joy. which is
Christmas, will reign forever -- and is available to
every soul, now and always.

These are glad tidings. This is the good news: that
Christ is born every day, is us, and that God lives
in each person through eternity. It does not matter
what religion you belong to. Love is the only religion.

So...Continue Christmas.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that love means never having to say you're sorry.

Erich Segal said that and he was right.

God loves you, and that is why you never have to say
you're "sorry" to God. If you love someone, relieve
them of the need to apologize to you for anything.

The need for an apology is the signal of a person
who is mistaken about himself or herself.

You cannot be damaged by another, you only imagine
that you can. It is all in your head. It is all in your
thought about it. Go back to love and give up
your need to forgive others for anything.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that you actually don't have to lie in it just because
you made your bed.

Somebody told you a falsehood if they told you that you
have to live with your past decisions, choices, and
actions. The past is past and has nothing to do with you.
It has nothing to do with Right Now.

Do not let anything from your past inhibit you in this
Present Moment. Start over. Start Fresh. Each day.

Each hour, if it serves you. Heck, each minute. Just
get going. Just do it. Just say it. With love. All else
will take care of itself.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
..that words may help you understand something, but
experience allows you to know.

Never, ever trade your own experience for someone
else's words about anything that is really important.

Like God, for instance. Or love. Or what is true
about another.

This is a simple awareness, but it comes to you today
at exactly the right time. If you think about why, you
will know.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
..that you cannot help another who will not help him-
or herself.

In the end, all souls must walk their path -- and the
reason they are walking a particular path may not be
clear to us...or even to them at the level of ordinary
human consciousness.

Do what you can to help others, of course. Show
love and caring whenever and wherever you can.

But do not get caught up in someone else's "story"
to the point where you start writing it. Know what
I mean?

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that you must be good to yourself if you are
ever going to be any good for others.

This means take a day off once in a while
when it's not scheduled. Eat of piece of chocolate
when it's not recommended. Take a nap
when it's just not possible.

Get your face into a good book for an hour
when you can't afford to. Soak in a tub
when there's no time to. Stop everything
when you're not supposed to. Do this now,
right now, forgoodness sake.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that the salvation of this human world lies nowhere else
than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect,
in human meekness and human responsibility.

Vaclav Havel said that and he was right.

Some people say that our salvation lies with God,
or with God's Son, yet is not the human heart
the place where such Divinity is found?

Therefore open your heart, and open TO your heart,
that you may hear its call to reflect, to be meek,
and to be responsible.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that all change is change for the better.

There is no such thing as "change for the worse."

Change is the process of Life Itself, and that process could be
called by the name "evolution." And evolution moves in only
one direction: forward, and toward improvement.

Therefore, when change visits your life, you can be sure
things are turning for the better. It may not look that way
in the very moment change arrives, but if you will
wait a while and have faith in the process, you will see
that this is true.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that the purpose of a relationship may not be what you think.

If you are excited about forming a relationship based on
what it looks like you can get rather than what you can give,
you have started off on the wrong foot entirely, and you
could be heading for a big disappointment.

The purpose of all relationships is to create a sacred context
within which you can express the fullness of who you are.

And who you are is an experience you have before
you enter relationship, not because you did.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that happiness never derives from power over others.

Thomas Jefferson made that observation and he was right.
Seek, therefore, power with, not power over.

This includes people in the world, people in your home,
and whoever else may be in your bed...

The best way to experience power (or anything)
is to give it away. Make someone else powerful and
you become twice as powerful as you were before.

Make someone else loved and you become twice as loved.

Make someone else feel good and you feel twice as good.

It doesn't get any better than this. And it's all so... simple.

Love, Your Friend....

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
...that taking better care of yourself is not merely a matter
of good health, it is a measure of spiritual evolution.

Some people take better care of their car than they do
of their body. Most people, in fact, pay little attention
to their body until something goes wrong. Yet why
create that kind of situation?

Look at what you are eating. How much and how
often do you exercise? When was your last check-up?

Are you treating your physical vehicle as if it is Divine?

Good for you if you are. If you aren't...why not?

On this day of your life, I believe God wants you to know...
..that at some point it may serve you to decide that
a particular project or undertaking is complete.

Seeking excellence is one thing; never finding
anything totally satisfactory is another.

It is as I have told you before:

Perfection is the obstacle of creation
and the enemy of achievement.

At some point you've got to say, "This is good.

And this is enough." If you cannot do this, you will
never get anything done -- and that is the opposite
of what you want, is it not?

Love, Your Friend....