Daily Motivational Devotionals

Experiencing adversity is catastrophic to some people and demoralizing to many. Natural disasters and things can bring adversity and people suck it up and deal with it but when adversity comes at the hand of another human being, that is really tough. What do you do about it? Today's podcast has a recommendation but it's probably not what you would assume. Check it out.

How hard is it for you to slow down, pause, and take a moment for yourself? Just you. Nobody else. Do that seemingly selfish thing and just take time out for only you. Today's podcast suggests that you do something that will probably seem to you like you're wasting time because it won't seem productive. You should do it anyway because it will end up being one of the most productive practices you c...

One of the faults of highly competitive people is the need to always be right. Working toward fulfilling dreams and goals is a hallmark of competitive people but always being right doesn't have to be part of it. In fact, always having to be right will undermine your spiritual journey. I hope you get something out of today's podcast about connection.

How do you change your perspective or your way of seeing things? What do you do when you feel stuck or like your life is just going nowhere? You don't have to look to other people to fix that or give you direction. Maybe you are exactly right where you need to be, you just need new eyes to be able to see it. I hope today's podcast will give you some inspiration in being able to do just that so you...

If you want to make changes and do something new, how do you go about it? Is it the same process at work as well as in your personal life or do you have different approaches? One thing that is basic and common to both is that if you're replacing an outmoded activity, process, principle, or something like that, you have to completely remove the old one by the roots or the new one won't grow. Check...

Do you want a better quality of life? What about your hopes and dreams? Do you want to see things happen and maybe you're frustrated or disappointed that things aren't going like you'd like them to go? Maybe it's because you haven't cleared out enough space for what you want. spend five minutes with this podcast and see if creating a vacuum in your life will help you make the positive changes you...

How specific are you about who you are and what you are willing and unwilling to take on in your life? Do you try to please everyone, take on more than you should because you don't want to say "no," or place your identity in your job title? Well, then, maybe you're trying to live life as a spork. Check out today's 5 minute thought to see if you can streamline and focus your life.

How big is your biggest challenge? Is it bigger than you are? If you think so, then why haven't you run from it? You can't? No, you can't. If it is a challenge facing you and you can't just look the other way, then there really is only one other option ... conquer it. Make it possible. Listen to today's podcast and take the dragon by the tail.

How is your spiritual posture? Your physical posture may be great, model-perfect, even, but are you standing tall inside, spiritually, and emotionally? Your spiritual posture takes a beating every day. Here are some thoughts on standing tall in every way.

What do you do when you encounter people who seem to have a lot of needs or they are so disabled they scare you or they feel like even asking them what they need would suck you down a giant rabbit hole of no return? Do you stop anyway, talk to them anyway, and ask them what they need ANYWAY? No? Yes? Check out today's podcast for some reflections on what may be the significance of the person in yo...

Are you too busy for your spiritual journey? Maybe that's the problem. Being too busy for your spiritual journey can make everything else in your life too chaotic and the stabilizing factor needs to be you being less busy on the inside. Nothing is too important or too urgent for you to always ignore ... you. Today's podcast is short ... put being busy aside for a few minutes and check it out.

Which comes first, the peace or the flow of spirit? Do you have to have life flowing lazily and calmly to be peaceful or can you maintain a sense of inner calm in the midst of harsh rapids? If you have your sense of calm BEFORE you hit life's rapids, you can ride today like a kayak. Listen to today's podcast for the rest of it.

Like donuts, we do run into people who are stale, or crumbly, or sometimes even a bit moldy. But we can’t treat people like donuts because people aren’t thrown away at the end of the day. People have value. Today's podcast is about treating people like fresh donuts regardless of how easy they are to deal with.

You have networked micro spiritual energies and connections into everything in your life as it is and turning things a different direction requires disconnecting a good many of those energies and redirecting them in the direction you want to go. It’s like a thousand tiny rubber bands holding life in its current state. Reconnecting them all of them takes time and the bigger the change we want to ma...

I love blowing things up ... but not relationships. Hate that. My only experiences, really, in blowing things up was high school chemistry class and fireworks. What I liked about chemistry in high school was the predictability of the relationships between different elements. We don't have that knowledge of relationships, though, because people are far more complex than the elements. Check out toda...

What do you know about music? Do you know that when two or more tight, perfectly in-tune sounds form harmony, they manifest harmonics that are also heard but not sung or played? It's really cool and there is a spiritual significance to this, as well. Take a five-minute listen and see.

Maybe we each need to have more of a "Price Is Right" kind of attitude about life. Not meaning that we each should try to win everything that might make us happy, having a "Price Is Right" kind of attitude is about not dwelling on life's disappointments. Been there, done that? Today's podcast is for you.

If you pay attention, you can find positive examples of diversity where animals and even humans are working together for a common good. Really. I've seen it. Today's podcast offers some encouragement for honoring our diversity and building each other up. Take a listen. I hope you will be glad you did.

What do Kenny Rogers and your spiritual journey have in common? More than you think. Are you working on manifesting anything in your life? How's it going? No big promo here, just take five and listen to this morning's podcast for some discussion on conditioning your conditions.

How do you assess the value of a whole person? We live in an age where devaluing anybody and everybody is vogue and you can't hear a newscast without at least half or most of it being about devaluing people, causes, or businesses. None of us have to play into that and we take control of what we can control and that is what we value or devalue, or WHO we value or devalue ... today. Let's discuss ho...

Because every day in this life holds the opportunity of being Resurrection Day. Last night when I went to sleep, I stepped out of the old soul-suit I wore all day yesterday, I slept through a spiritual dry cleaning, and I woke up today in a fresh spirit skin. You have to listen to this podcast to find out how you can have resurrection day every day.

Picking up on some positive vibes lately? What are you giving off? Do people pick up your vibe? What are you radiating because no matter whether people are aware of it or not, everyone is always radiating something. Check out today's podcast and work today on radiating something special.

Do you also love a good thunderstorm or does it bring up a lot of fear for you? Storms have a lot of energy and we can ride them out or cower in fear. Now we're talking about the storms of life. When life brings you a lot of thunder, maybe the threat of impending danger isn't real. Today's podcast is about staying focused on what is real.

What makes a person stable? It goes way beyond family lineage, having lots of money, being confident and friendly, or any of the things people typically want to say to answer that question. The truth is, a stable person has depth. Depth of what and in what? Well ... that's what today's podcast is about.