May these words inspire you on your path...

If you would like to use these quotes in your online media, you have my blessing so long as they are properly attributed to me. (See note here.)

Repeat after me: "I honor, trust, and align with my soul's purpose."

Beloveds, know yourself to Be Loved. My heart is smiling softly in its awareness of you.

When people reach for clarity, often what they really need is courage.

Repeat after me: "I choose my good, not my should."

When you tune your consciousness to the presence of miracles, you polish the treasure of faith.

Reapeat after me: "I put the Action into the Law of AttrACTION."

Build your capacity by gently embracing your contradictions.

Blessings to you who are certain in your faith. Blessings to you who wrestle with the angel of doubt.

Text is written anew in each reading.

Get thee to a mirror. Behold the love in the eyes gazing back at you. Therein find God.

We don't live our lives in theory, but in practice.

There is only what is. What was and what will be are malleable to serve the needs of what is. The past is not a rigid thing, a completed sculpture that cannot be changed. The future is not a formless nothing waiting to be created. Past and future are stories used to validate or inhibit now.

Words are spells. We spell our words. We cast spells with our words, creating our realities. Sometimes, silence is the wiser course.

Time is not a product. It is not a commodity. Time is not a thing at all. It can’t be bought or sold.

Align with the soul of your enterprise. Ask for guidance. Carry forth its instructions with courage. Allow gratitude into your heart.

Grow more fully into your *own* spiritual truths.

Perfectionism is the death of creativity. How often does your need for something to be "perfect" inhibit the creation of something "useful?"

Live your life in draft. Stop waiting till the "final" draft to step out. There is no final draft. Everything is always evolving.

Love leads to care. Care leads to action. What actions will you take today to express the love you have for your business/project/art/etc?

One project. One coherence. One destination. LOVE.

Maps can guide you through life, but they are not, themselves, your life. Attend to your life & revise your maps. Not the other way around.

Resistance gives us something to grapple with, and in the grappling we grow.

Love is the starting place. Commitment is the follow through.

Build a sacred relationship with your business as an entity distinct from yourself.

The gap between our understanding and our actualization may be exactly the room God needs to maneuver.

It is said that we cannot create what we cannot imagine. I disagree.

Fingers flying across computer keyboards for dutiful email exchanges are actually coding love with every keystroke.

Love your resistance... and let it go.

Surrender is another word for recognizing what *is* rather than what should be, and choosing actions that bridge the gap between them.

What three things are you procrastinating on, that if you did them would totally move you forward (in a good way)?

You do not need to "try" for a unique creative voice. Since there is only one you, it is impossible not to have one.

Toss your old idea that "tears = trouble." Tears are our natural healing mechanism. Tears = Transformation.

If you find yourself saying, "I don’t know what to do with my life," affirm instead: "My life knows what to do with me."

Remember that "discipline" is sourced from "disciple." What are you a disciple of? Give yourself to it with devotion. That is discipline.

A world is not made on a string. Rather it is perceived in snapshots and expressed in montage.

Our language doesn't just express reality. It shapes reality.

One seed yields more than one fruit in fertile soil with water and sun.

Your subconscious hears everything you say and accepts it wholeheartedly. Thank it for being such a good listener.

Studying the mysteries doesn't give one answers, but it does develop comfort with not having answers.

There is a beautiful interplay between image and word -- art making and writing -- where each modality mutually illuminates the other.

Is it a struggle? Or is it a dance?

You cannot escape creation. This is a creative soup, a matrix. We are all constantly creating.

Not taking care of your foundation is an evasion of your calling.

What do think evolution evolved you for? What unique role do you fill in our interconnected world?

Art is prayer.

"Vocation" shares its etymological roots with "voice" -- vocation is a calling. What's calling you?

NOTE: The inspirations above (like all otherwise unattributed text in this site) are my own creative work. If you would like to use these quotes in your online media, you have my blessing so long as they are properly attributed to me, either as "Elka Eastly Vera" or as "Elka" where my name is a link to http://www.ElkaVera.com.

©2012 Elka Eastly Vera, MA, CCHT