Contents
Introduction
Forward
Body
of the Book
Appendix
A
Listing of
Abundant
Change Books and Recordings
Music-Outreach
Nostalgic & Uplifting Books & Recordings
Published
by
Music-Outreach
Publishing
And
available through
AbundantChange.com
Excerpt
from Book
Forward
It
has taken me a long time to come to the conclusions and
questions listed above. I had to learn many lessons during
the course of my life’s journey, lessons which would
prepare my spirit to be planted in the ground of love.
I am still learning! Sometimes, like the rest of humanity,
I take one step forward and two steps back. Yet I do believe
overall that I am growing; and I am listening for God’s
voice, the voice of love.
Perhaps
as you read this book you will remember things you have
learned in your own life-journey. Perhaps you will want
to jot down your own realizations. I encourage you to
do so! That’s how this book began, with stopping
to take stock of things I have learned and jotting them
down.
This
book has become a synthesis of many of the things I have
absorbed and found to be true, a synthesis of much that
keeps me walking on the road towards love. If I visualize
the creation of this book, it is as though I see myself
walking down the road, traveling toward Oz or some other
yearned for mythical city. Then I see myself pause, sit
down beside the road on a large comfortable boulder, and
jot down what I have found to be most helpful and beneficial
on my journey.
The
stopping and taking stock is so important for all of us.
I hope my words are inspiring for you. Keep what resonates
with you, set aside what does not; but file what does
not resonate right now away in your heart and mind, for
you may find some of it useful at a later date in your
life. I know that this strategy has proved beneficial
to me in my own reading and study.
I
do sincerely hope that you will add your own truth. If
you want to scribble your own thoughts in the margins,
go ahead. I won't mind! We are all writing a book together,
you know. I think each of our lives is a chapter. Somehow
it all fits together. I hope you enjoy this account of
what I have learned in my own little chapter, my own experience
of life. Digest it, scribble notes, agree, disagree- discourse
is good! That’s how we learn. It isn’t antithetical
to love. We must all allow each other to learn, grow and
perceive in the way that’s right for each of us.
My
greatest hope is not that you will come to believe just
as I do, but that you will come to feel that your own
journey’s lessons are important, to you and to our
world.
I
hope this little book will become a springboard for taking
stock of your own life: where you are, what your truth
is, and where you are going. I send you my prayer that
you may always be headed in the direction of love. Or
perhaps more accurately, my prayer is that no matter what
occurs in the course of your journey, you may know that
your constant partner on the road is God, who I believe
is the spirit of love.
Many
truths and realizations can help us toward this knowledge.
And I believe that when we learn to live fully in this
knowledge, we will be truly happy, and most abundantly
blessed.
So
let’s begin . .
Body
of the Book
Remember
each day is a gift.
Work,
play, rest and create each day!
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Get
enough rest each day.
Arrange
for a nap each day if you need one (even if you have to
do it in your car on your break or right when you get
home from work.) You’d be surprised what a twenty-minute
snooze can do!
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Make
time each day
for a bit of connecting with God
(as you conceive of God).
Even
if you don’t believe in God right now, do this. Get
quiet. Listen. Set goals. Study something wise for a few
minutes. Ask for what you need. Believe it is coming.
Ask carefully and sincerely. Put this time in your schedule.
Do this connecting, listening, learning and studying every
day- just like sleep and teeth brushing.
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And
speaking of teeth brushing, do it!
…and floss!
You’ll
be glad you did when you are 50.
(Teeth
are important!)
