31 Days Of Simplicity: Meditations to Help You Live With Greater Joy and Serenity
By Candy Paull
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Though life continually offers its riches to us, it is easy to become caught up in the daily grind and miss the blessings that are right in front of our eyes. We need to be reminded of the treasures of abundance that our lives already hold. 31 Days of Abundance offers a month’s worth of inspirational thoughts, quotes and practical actions that remind you to appreciate and embrace the gifts of life today.
Though life continually offers its riches to us, it is easy to become caught up in the daily grind and miss the blessings that are right in front of our eyes. We need to be reminded of the treasures of abundance that our lives already hold. 31 Days of Abundance offers a combination of inspirational thoughts and practical actions that remind you to appreciate and embrace the gifts of life today.
Celebrate a month of abundance with this inspiring collection of quotes, meditations, and action steps. Meditations include:
- See the Splendor in the Ordinary
- Look for Hidden Possibilities
- Redefine “Foolish” as “Creative Freedom”
- Live with What You Love
- Enjoy What You Have
- Take a Soul Vacation
- Celebrate Your Senses
- Be a Child for a Day
- Surround Yourself with Supportive People
- Take Time to Smell the Roses
Celebrate the abundance in each moment. Make simple choices that remind you how rich you already are in the things that count. Take a drive down a winding country road, drink a soothing cup of tea, read a good book, spend time meditating, get together with friends, and love life just a little more. Enjoy the little things, for you may one day look back and realize that they were the big things. Find encouragement, contentment, and delight as these simple ideas inspire you to create and celebrate more abundance every day.
Candy Paull’s writing is the readable equivalent of Earl Grey tea, steeped in a pot, and served in your grandmother's china. That is: it warms you through and through.
Victoria Moran, bestselling author of Creating a Charmed Life
Sample meditations
Cultivate the Art of Contentment
Our consumer society feeds on fears of scarcity and feelings of desire, telling us that more is never enough. Wake up from the trance of scarcity thinking to the abundance hidden in the every day. Every moment offers a wonderful opportunity to see God in the details, and you can begin right here and now.
Living lessons of abundance hide in the heart of a lovely rose. Bugs and bees and butterflies busy themselves in nature’s glorious creation. The stars remind you of the vastness of the universe. Find contentment in the simple things in life: sunsets, delicious food, loving friends and family, beautiful flowers, and peaceful pleasures.
We live in and ascending scale when we live happily; one thing leading to another in an endless series.
Robert Louis Stephenson
- List twenty-five things you are grateful for today, such as: a bed to sleep in, good work to do, a friendly smile, a rose on your desk, etc.
Pamper Yourself
It’s important to take care of yourself. Yet if you’re like most people, you probably put yourself last on the “to do” list. Taking time out to relax, refresh, and de-stress is an important part of nurturing your soul. If you’re exhausted and frazzled, you won’t do anybody any good, including yourself.
Take time for a warm, soothing herbal bath. Get a massage. Take a nap. Take a full day off—sleep in, read, putter, relax. Put work aside, save the chores till later, and go out for a walk. Pamper yourself and it will pay dividends of energy and renewed perspective.
The good life is not only good for one’s conscience; it is good for art, good for knowledge, good for health, good for fellowship.
Lewis Mumford
- Set aside a full day off as a Sabbath for your soul. Rest, meditate, relax, get away—do whatever you want to do.
Candy Paull
Candy Paull is the author of The Heart of Abundance, The Art of Simplicity, The Art of Abundance, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, The Translucent Heart, and more. A freelance writer who has owned her own business since 1990, she is also a published songwriter and performer. Her presentations offer simple ways to enjoy a more creative and abundant life. Instead of always trying to "fix" what is "broken" in our lives, she encourages audiences to discover their own inner abundance. Candy lives in Nashville, Tennessee. Visit Candy at www.candypaull.com.
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31 Days Of Simplicity - Candy Paull
Introduction
God always takes the simplest way.
Albert Einstein
Choosing simplicity leads to a life of freedom, peace, and serenity. 31 Days of Simplicity: Meditations to Help You Live With Greater Joy and Serenity offers a month of practical advice to help you clear both outer and inner clutter, encouraging you to order your priorities around what matters most. Outward actions like cleaning your home, making do with less, and delighting in small things are balanced with inner choices that help you remember what is most important and meaningful to you.
The beginnings of a simpler life are less about impressive acts and more about small choices. Each choice is like a seed planted in mind and heart, body and soul. Choosing silence over media distraction, emphasizing loving relationships above monetary calculations, and becoming a contributor to life instead of being merely a consumer are all ways you can create a simpler life you truly love.
There is a sweet, slow sanity at the center of your being, an inner simplicity that is spacious and open. May these meditations help you make more room in your life for the joys of simple living and simply being alive.
Whenever a mind is simple, it is able to receive divine wisdom; old things pass away;
it lives now and absorbs past and future into the present hour.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
It is a spiritual thing to comprehend what simplicity means.
Frank Lloyd Wright
I have a simple philosophy. Fill what’s empty. Empty what’s full. Scratch where it itches.
Alice Roosevelt Longworth
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#1
Practice Spiritual Simplicity
The simplicity of paring down, cleaning out, and clearing clutter in your physical life can be a reflection of an inner simplicity that is deeply rooted in the sacredness of life itself. This inner spiritual simplicity can be described as a childlike faith in the One who created you and who is with you every single day of your life.
Resting in the greatness and grace of the Divine Presence frees you to make more elegant choices that can transform your life from one of anxiety and chaos to a life filled with an abundance of joy and peace. Focus on the essentials and all else will fall into place.
The serene silent beauty of a holy life is the most powerful influence in the world, next to the might of the Spirit of God.
Blaise Pascal
• Write a statement of intention to gain insight into the spiritual qualities you want to cultivate in your life. Make a list of priorities for simplifying your life based on your vision of what you want to create.
#2
Organize Your Day
It sounds simple and obvious to say