Old impressions give way

This old impression of who I am 

is giving way to the person I want to be.

I replace the old impression consistently.

It sets up a new vocabulary of attraction immediately.

The old words to the old songs

become a distant discordant melody.

the new world I am creating with new words and songs

surrounds, uplifts, embraces me repeatedly.

Old pains are released, I feel my freedom tingling.

Exhort, affirm and celebrate my entrance into the Kingdom.

I do not have to fix the old or anything from the past.

Once I no linger live there, there is no receiving address.

My ever-growing recognition of my freedom permeates

my mind, then body, all surroundings, people, places, things.

I live anew in a new world.  I see through different eyes.

I understand through different thoughts.  I’m valuable and prized.

If you see me in my new form, you are a friend indeed.

You, too, have walked a growing path, you, too, have sensed the needs.

A few are called, yet more and more reach out the this new message.

That we are One.  With new Resources, we’ll see what life now presages.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Young Masters

Last night, I attended an art exhibit of “Young Masters” sponsored by the Dallas Museum of Art.  http://www.dma.org/art/exhibitions/young-masters-2014

 My husband, a high school engineering teacher, was invited by one of his students who is one of the artists chosen to exhibit.

I was astounded at the creativity and technique and imagination and expression of the work of fifty high school age artists.

I was deeply moved by the emotion and passion of their work.

There was painting, drawing, collage, sculpture, mixed media.  Each work had a thoughtful individual artist statement.

There is no limit to the individuality in all of us, as shown by these fifty young artists.

Their talents have been developed by their individual desires bringing them into contact with wonderful teachers, support from parents providing them with materials and time and lessons.

Let there be more art!

Let us welcome the creativity and individuality of all of us, young and old, in all the ways we can possibly express ourselves.

Make art!

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Persuasion vs. Coercion

The purpose of the media all the way back to the first handwritten and copied treatises has been to inform and to persuade.

Coercion has been widely practiced by physical and economic force all through history.

Today, we see the media deviating substantially from its intended purpose.

It is now being used to coerce.

When the FCC or other directed bodies find their original and true intended way once again, and separate the purpose of the media from its current use, we will be able to experience responsible journalism and advertising.

I expect this to happen, because the current situation actually performs no service.

A tool of coercion has no place in any society.

Let America move forward to serve all of its people along its originally intended lines.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage
www.InspiredPractices.com

The Growing Awareness

I am so appreciative of the growing awareness of issues which join all of us together.

Perhaps it has taken all the developments of technology and communication to help build this.

Perhaps it has taken all the local injustices together to correct the bigger misconceptions of how we are all related.

I am seeing a desire for more compassion everywhere I go.

There isn’t a topic that is not devoted to spreading the power of compassion for all our peoples in many countries, caring for the earth and celebrating the businesses that manage to run successfully while doing this, too.

The connections are all there.

It is we who are beginning to see them.

All this power of connection is presenting a whole new way of relating to one another.

It is a principle of good relationship, good stewardship which is replacing greed.

Defining the balance between efficiency and resilience is an embracing new concept.

The innovations in money systems as practiced by local currencies, BitCoin and by Complementary Currency Circuits (C3) in several countries, demonstrates the power and freedom and prosperity available on small and large scales.

The freedom and compassion of individuals is expanding to include everyone on earth.

The good feeling and desire for good for everyone is supported by every system known on earth and is being implemented in innovative and practical ways.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

Good Contacts

I am in contact with so many sources of good ideas, good motives, unselfish services.

I am reading Jan Phillips’ book, The Art of Original Thinking, with its breadth of documented good practices by businesses, individuals and organizations.

I just read the newest offer from Darn Good Yarn, which connects the producers in poorer parts of the world with crafters in affluent parts of the world.

And I got enjoy today’s creative idea from The Inbox Jaunt, a virtual Friday Sewing Circle, plus great machine quilting tutorials during the rest of the week.

I subscribe to many other upbeat and positive-turning blogs.

These are people who are looking at the problems and offering solutions.

As we all get under way with our solutions and connect with each other to continue uplifting our own lives, we touch many more lives in the process.

We are approaching a tipping point.

Do what it takes to keep yourself upbeat.

Keep adding to your opportunities for service.

Do not get dragged down.

I am so uplifted today by the action and inspiration of so many people who are sharing their ideas with the general public.

I am inspired to do so, too.

 © 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

World Views

Listening to the news, I hear one type of view presented.

Watching a movie, (Finding Happiness), about the Ananda community presents a different view.

Thinking about how I raised my children presents a third view.

Each view represents a philosophy which leads to certain practices.

The basis of each viewpoint is highly significant.

Who is important in the world, in the community, in the family?

Are there some who are more important than others?

Are there some whose needs are more significant than others?

Each country and organization operates according to how it thinks about its members.

When I was teaching music to three hundred pre-schoolers each week, I came to the conclusion that everyone is precious.

We grow up from being precious pre-schoolers to being precious adults.

We are precious at all the stages in between.

Since then, I have adopted the viewpoint of, how do I treat everyone as precious?

How do I show that I value them?

My expanding view sounds something like this:  What if we treated everyone as precious all the way from their earliest moments all the way throughout their lives?

What new policies would result?

What kinds of training and evaluations would be possible?

What new innovations would we see from really happy, secure and respected populations throughout our communities all over the world?

As I practice my view of the people around me, they feel it.

From time to time, I read about companies and organizations which operate from this basis and enjoy better business practices and better profits.

I am certainly looking forward to seeing this idea become the deep reason for all civic and business practices.

What an amazing world we live in where this is an actual possibility.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com

When We Stop Using Money...

When We Stop Using Money...

as a measure

as a definition

as a rating system

as an evaluation

as a way of judging

and we start using...

compassion

thoughtfulness

generosity of spirit

humor

intelligence

service

as a way of relating to each other,

we will truly change our society.

In fact, just trying it out for myself is resulting in an entirely different kind of life experience I never expected, right now.

© 2014 Kathryn Hardage

www.InspiredPractices.com