“A year from now you will wish you had started today.” “Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.” “Lay a firm foundation with the bricks that others throw at you.”  “May the bridges I burn light the way.”“In a chronically leaking boat, energy devoted to changing vessels is more productive than energy devoted to patching leaks.” “All great changes are preceded by chaos.”...

The final day of Florence Shovel Shinn will end with a few of her affirmations for life, abundance & happiness. All that is mine by Divine Right is now released and reaches me in great avalanches of abundance, under grace in miraculous ways. My supply is endless, inexhaustible and immediate and comes to me under grace in perfect ways. My endless good now comes to me in endless ways. I have a wonderful joy in a...

"And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them." --Matt. 25:2-3 My subject is the parable of the Wise and Foolish Virgins. "And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them. But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps." The parable teaches that true faith...

A successful man is always asked - "What is the secret of your success?" People never ask a man who is a failure, "What is the secret of your failure?" It is quite easy to see and they are not interested. People all want to know how to open the secret door to success. For each man there is success, but it seems to be behind a door or wall. In the Bible reading, we have heard...

  Perfect Faith in the spoken word One of the greatest messages given to the race that man can release, through his spoken word, all that belongs to him by divine right. He must, however, have perfect faith in his spoken word. Isaiah said, "My word shall not return unto me void, but shall accomplish that where it is sent." We know now, that words and thoughts are a tremendous vibratory force, ever moulding man's...

The Game of Life Most people consider life a battle, but it is not a battle, it is a game. It is a game, however, which cannot be played successfully without the knowledge of spiritual law, it is a great game of Giving and Receiving. "Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap." This means that whatever man sends out in word or deed, will return to him; what he gives, he will receive. If...

For the next week I shall be writing extracts from the books of Florence Scovel Shinn, a remarkable lady who wrote truely inspiring books about self help techniques to achieve prosperity & happiness. WHO WAS FLORENCE SCOVEL SHINN?...... Ms. Shinn was an artist and a metaphysics teacher in New York in the early part of the 20th century. Her books are truly incredible. They are relatively short, but they are profound.  In her books she shows...

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure...

“Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be"...

Keep your Marriage/relationship Dynamic It has often been said that a woman marries a man, thinking that she can and will change him, whereasa the man thinks that the woman will exactly the same forever. Small wonder that the divorce rate is so high! Despite the difficulties committed partnerships can flourish. Here are a few tips from those who have fulfilling marriages/Relationships Praise and compliment more, they can’t hear what’s going on in your head...