Tian Dayton

Every religion is true one way or another. It is true when understood metaphorically. But when it gets stuck in its own metaphors, interpreting them as facts, then you are in trouble. 
Joseph Campbell

I can have the life I want and the first step towards that is to see it in my mind’s eye. I will allow my mind to see myself in a wonderful life, I will be specific, I will live in this life, breathe in it, talk to those in it with me , smell

I want to do something special for myself today. Giving to others and withholding from myself doesn’t work. I tend to treat other people the way that I treat myself. If  I am stingy with me, I will, somewhere along the line, act that out with other people. If I am hard on myself, I

I will actualize that gifts that are in me today. I will be less preoccupied with who I’m not and more occupied with who I am.  When I spend all of my time looking outside of me or  wanting what others have, I forget that I have my own special gifts. God has placed gifts

Today I will love what I have rather than always wanting something to be different before I allow myself to be happy. There is so much in my life right now. When I sit still and allow the life I already have to surround me, there is a feeling of fullness that begins to expand

Today I will embrace the experience of joy. The real purpose of life isn’t to grab and get, to preen and try to out do the next guy. The real purpose of life is to deepen my ability to experience joy. Joy is the gift. Joy is the accomplishment. Joy is what fills me up.

Today I will show my gratitude for the many kindnesses I have received by paying it forward, by giving what I have so appreciated getting to another individual. I know how good it feels to have some one reach out to me in generosity. I will do that for someone today. I will see an

Today I give something to the community of people in which I find myself. I look around me and wonder what I might add to the world, to someone else’s day and I do it. I recognize that giving and receiving are one channel, that when I open my heart to give, I simultaneously open

I will pray today. I will not try to do anything without God’s help whether it’s finding something in a cupboard, figuring out what to have for breakfast or curing my life. I will allow God into each and every intimate detail in my life trusting that God’s love is all pervasive, all knowing and