Go bravely forward…

When you're feeling fearful about life for any reason, no one but you knows it. So why bother with those feelings in the first place? The only person you're impressing in any way is you by making yourself sick. It’s not until you begin to show outward signs of fear that others can even detect it. Otherwise, you’re in a fear-stricken world of your own that can eat you up. Go bravely forward with your life, knowing that our existence exceeds this moment that we’re living in by a factor of eternity. God bless you! – Jon Kennedy

It’s you who gets upset…

If your day is suddenly ruined because someone else failed to come through for you in any way, and for any reason, then you’ve allowed it. Most likely you unknowingly gave yourself permission to go sour and stew over something that probably won’t even be remembered in the next day or two. Why fly off the handle just because someone else can’t get things right for you? Be ready to give yourself permission to stay sane and happy instead. It’s you who gets upset, and not the person that makes everything a mess for you. – Jon Kennedy

Your choice...

Be happy because you want to be, or be sad because you want to be. It’s your choice. – Jon Kennedy

States-of-mind that we take for granted…

This state-of-mind that we call a weekend is just that, and it’s just one example. Many other things and daily activities that surround us at any given moment are also states-of-mind that we take for granted and simply follow every day without even giving most of them a second thought. Go ahead and give these things a second thought and you’ll soon discover that you can reinvent your way of being from top to bottom. Can you feel the excitement grow as you contemplate the potential that this notion has of delivering for you if you should decide to take action? The possibilities are incredible! – Jon Kennedy

Your deep and meaningful life…

You can live a deep and meaningful life and do many extraordinary things while you’re here, but you don’t have to be so serious that your life becomes a total boar. You make the rules for your deep and meaningful life. For instance, helping people can be fun when you make it that way. It can become a game that you invent and play as often as you desire. You can even make yourself the winner every time you play. Enjoy playing! – Jon Kennedy

Life will go on…

We really have no excuses in this life. We just make them up as we go. It’s as if we’re indicating to others that we’re not ready to do whatever it is that we got ourselves into in the first place. As we all know, however, life will go on no matter what, excuses or no excuses. – Jon Kennedy

Your eternal existence…

When you think that miracles never happen to you, think again. Here you are reading this post right now. Is this not a miracle? You were born, you’re living your life, and eventually you’ll pass on. Another spiritually miraculous adventure will begin for you – and it’s all just a small portion of your eternal existence. We are all spiritual miracles of eternity who were created by God. – Jon Kennedy

You may still be trying to go the way of your ego…

When you ask God, our Creator of the Universe, how we can serve, you will be shown a way. If it doesn’t seem to go the way you thought it would, then you may still be trying to go the way of your ego rather than letting go and allowing God to direct you all of the way. Think about it, and you’ll realize just about instantly that this is the case. Here’s to allowing God to direct us in all aspects of our lives. – Jon Kennedy

Being happy…

Life can go on smoothly for many, many years, followed by a rough patch. During the smooth period, living is seemingly effortless and happy. During the rough patch, one thing after another seems to pile up on you and things get worse. Find a way to feel happy and imagine your life improving in all ways again. Any negative thoughts during this moment in your life will surely keep it that way and may even make the situation worse. However, feeling and staying happy, even when it feels absolutely impossible, is the only direction for you to go. You really can feel and stay happy when you give yourself permission. Give it a try. Why? Because simply put, you can! – Jon Kennedy

The only moment to live your life…

If you’re wise, you’ll realize that now is the only moment to live your life to the very fullest that you possibly can. The past is gone forever and the future is always unreachable. Now is the only moment to do whatever it is you desire with this life of yours. If you understand this, you will know this to be true. Maybe you’re ready now, and maybe you’re not. What is certain though is that you're the only one who knows. – Jon Kennedy

Get back on track…

Our lives are based entirely on our wellbeing. The better we feel about ourselves, loved-ones, our possessions, and the world, the more of an energy flow we have to do and accomplish things. When any of the aforementioned are compromised, our energy flow lessens and things become neglected in our lives. With God’s help always available, however, we can get back on track to feeling better sooner than later; just ask. – Jon Kennedy

A wonderful relationship with God…

It’s better to have learned beforehand that you can ask God for anything at any moment by having a relationship with our Creator, than to wait until you get into a rough situation in your life and need to ask for assistance after the fact. If the going gets tough and you already have a wonderful relationship with God, then you will much more easily triumph, than if you have to build a relationship from scratch at a painful moment in your life. The good news is that you can always begin to build a wonderful relationship with God at any moment. – Jon Kennedy

Taking on the world all alone…

Not asking for, or accepting God’s help or guidance is the equivalent of taking on the world all alone and thinking you’ll get everything right. Why not just ask for God’s help or guidance? – Jon Kennedy

Discard the ego…

You may feel like you’re invincible and ready to take on and conquer anything that comes your way because the world is your oyster, until some well-meaning person comes along and tells you that what you’re doing is a bad idea and that it will never work. In an instant your balloon is completely deflated and you give up on the idea, never to witness its progress on the road to success. The deflated balloon is your ego and it can be crushed by others quickly and with little effort. So discard the ego that reeks of “me, me, me,” and ask God how you can serve others. Get the focus off you and on to the greater good. You will be taken care of because you are an “other” as well. God is waiting for us to serve. Now that we know this, the decision is clear. – Jon Kennedy

We are all of God…

God proves to us over and over again to be in our lives. We just need to take a moment to notice that The Creator is with us for life and eternity. When we feel all alone, it’s just a human state-of-mind. We are all of God, and that can never change. God bless us all! – Jon Kennedy

Help someone else…

When you’re feeling down, you’re too caught up in yourself and your thoughts. Help someone else, and bring that person and yourself up again. It’s a great feeling! – Jon Kennedy

Lives you can touch positively…

If you ever feel compelled to help others who are in need, act on it right away. You never know how many lives you can touch positively, including your own life, if you pass up the opportunity to serve. – Jon Kennedy

We are all creations of God…

Regardless of whether we’re young, old, rich, poor, healthy, sick or unable to function, we are all creatures of the flesh who are conceived, born, live our lives in some way, and pass on. Not one person has something that makes them better than everyone else. We are all creations of God, and therefore have a divine common ground from where we come, along with a divine purpose. We are all truly the same. – Jon Kennedy

A world overflowing with humanitarians…

The food, health care and pharmaceutical drug industries are all working together. We eat the chemical laden foods that are available to us. Next, we become ill over a period of time from all of the chemicals we’ve ingested from our food and need medical care. Finally, with medical care comes the need for pharmaceutical drugs for the treatment – not cure – of your illnesses. After all, there is no money to be made in curing someone’s ills. How obvious is it that at least these three industries are working together? Very obvious! It’s up to us to figure out how not to end up in their system of ill living that they so desperately want us all to be a part of. Avoid all of the chemicals that you possibly can in your food, hygiene and cleaning products. Because none of us will ever be void of all the chemicals in and from our environment, just do the best you can with the situation. Stay positive and keep in mind that someday, those who have wronged many of us will not be allowed their ways indefinitely. Here’s to a world overflowing with humanitarians! God bless us all! – Jon Kennedy

The food that we eat today…

We hear that two-thirds of America is obese and that the number is rising, causing many people a number of health problems. The food that we eat today is not the food people were eating before this epidemic began. What we don’t hear is the reason for the obesity epidemic. Why? Because the media is, in-part, controlled by the packaged food industry. What it comes down to is that our bodies don’t know how to properly process ingredients like high fructose corn syrup and hydrogenated ingredients (among others), so the unhealthy weight stays with us from packaged foods. If this isn’t obvious, nothing is. By the way, when you eat packaged food items containing hydrogenated ingredients, the chemical structure is only one molecule away from being plastic! Is your mouth watering now? Overall, it’s not necessarily our fault that we’re an obese nation; it’s the fault of corporations who are feeding us these weird and unhealthy so-call meals, snacks and sweets. You are on your own to figure this out. So now that you know, find alternatives to all of the packaged food items you’ve been eating and do the best that you can with this situation we’re all in. Keep the ingredients list in your foods down to just one when possible, i.e. meat, poultry, fish, fruits and vegetables. Go organic as well. Here’s to your health! – Jon Kennedy

Happy 4th of July!

Thank God we can celebrate Independence Day 2012! If the invention of America had never taken place by our forefathers, followed by the American Revolution, we would be a different people altogether. Of course, we would never know what freedoms we had been denied at citizens. But since we do know, this is a perfect moment to be grateful for our very abundant lives as Americans. What a great place to live, breathe! Happy 4^th of July! God bless the USA! – Jon Kennedy

This moment is the only moment…

Your life can be beautiful if you decide it to be by living in the moment, not the past and not the future – just right now. Is this possible? It is if you choose it to be. If you’ve ever found it challenging to concentrate and focus while you’re praying to God, it’s because you have to live in the moment in order to do it. This is the only way to remain in touch with our creator. If this has been a challenge for you, then think about how much of your life has probably been spent not living in the moment. This moment is the only moment in which you will ever be able to do anything at all, not some other moment of the past or future that happens to be on your mind in this moment. – Jon Kennedy

A reflection…

When the whole world seems like it’s spinning down the tubes, think about your life and see if it’s possibly a reflection of it. If so, get out of that dark and negative mode of being as quickly as possible and observe as things begin to improve for you. – Jon Kennedy