Becca Anderson - Prayers for Calm: Meditations Affirmations and Prayers to Soothe Your Soul (Daily Devotion for Women, Reflections, Spiritual Reading Book, Inspirational Book for Women)

Pra Yers for CaLm Meditations,
Affirmations, and
Prayers to Soothe
Your Soul By Becca Anderson Coral Gables Copyright 2020 Becca Anderson Published by Mango Publishing Group, a division of Mango Media Inc. Cover, Layout & Design: Morgane Leoni Mango is an active supporter of authors rights to free speech and artistic expression in their books. The purpose of copyright is to encourage authors to produce exceptional works that enrich our culture and our open society. Uploading or distributing photos, scans or any content from this book without prior permission is theft of the authors intellectual property. Please honor the authors work as you would your own. Thank you in advance for respecting our authors rights.

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BISAC category code EL087000, RELIGION / Prayer Printed in the United States of America For Richard Jin Chin, the kindest man in the world. Lo ve eternal Trust the bend in the road. ruth weiss Contents I once had the pleasure of attending a talk by Huston Smith, a preeminent scholar of the worlds religions who first came to the attention of the world when he brought a young Tibetan Buddhist monkHis Holiness, the Dalai Lamato America for the first time. Smith spoke about the continuing impact of spirituality in our world, most notably on the strife in the Middle East over religious differences. He was at his most joyous when he spoke about his own spiritual practices, which he described to us.

They were beautiful in their simplicity. Smith said that, upon rising each day, he did Hatha yoga for some minutes, followed by reading a few pages of sacred text, after which he meditated or prayed for at least five minutes. He would finish his morning ritual by doing a bit of yard work and some composting, which resulted in rich, dark soil and a beautif ul garden. The entire audience smiled raptly as they listened to this great and humble man describe the simple spiritual practices with which he began each day. These were Huston Smiths personal morning rituals. I loved the irony that this premier academic, who has such a deep understanding of all the religious rituals throughout history, had created such an uncomplicated practice for himself.

I left the talk inspired and soon felt compelled to write a book of rituals that add meaning into our lives. Whether people are conscious of it or not, our lives are centered upon rituals such as prayer. The weekly Wednesday night pizza and movie with the kids is a family ritual. It could be greatly enriched by adding a spiritual aspectperhaps children could share the highlight of their week so far, and photos or memories could be added to a family album to be treasured for generations to come. The Saturday night date is a romantic ritual, knitting circles are a growing trend, and doing yoga is replacing going to the gym as a spiritual and physical workout. People need ritual to inform and enrich their lives, to deal with stress, and above all, to create meaning in th eir lives.

Together with seasonal rituals, daily spiritual practices such as prayer and meditation create a life filled with blessings. Many of us were brought up with specific religious practices. Although I was brought up as a First Day Adventist, when I studied history, I kept discovering practices from the past that I felt were just as relevant today. One ancient ritual I discovered was bibliomancy, which is a form of divination developed when books were precious objects made of papyrus or vellum. Bibliomancy is a simple ritual that I have incorporated into my daily life for inspiration from the gods. You simply open a book at random and let a word or phrase come to your attention.

You thus become inspired in the true meaning of the word: simply to breathe in. I hope you can use this book in this way, for instant inspiration, to find a meditation in a moment, or, most of all, to find a place of calm and serenity you can turn to anytime yo u need it. You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anybody. Ma ya Angelou Faith is taking the first step even when you dont see the whole s taircase. Martin Luthe r King Jr.

The Lord bless you and keep you; The Lord make his face shine upon you and be gracious to you; The Lord turn his face toward you and give y ou peace. Numbe rs 6:2426 Do not lose hope, please believe that there are a thousand beautiful things waiting for you. Sunshine comes to all who f eel rain. R . M. Drake God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.

Her mann Hesse

We Are Branches of the Same Tree All human beings are limbs of e ach other, having been created of on e essence. When time affects a limb with pain, The other limbs cannot at re st remain. If thou feel not other s misery, A human being is no name for thee. Saadi, 12101290

Take Posit ive Action In a time of destruction, create something. A poem. A parade.

A community. A school. A vow. A moral principle. One peacef ul moment. Maxine Hon g Kingston

Everything Will Be All Right I wil l breathe.

I will think of solutions. I will not let my worry c ontrol me. I will not let my stress level break me. I will simpl y breathe. And it wil l be okay. Because I d ont quit.

Shayne McClendon

St ill I Rise You will become a graveyard of all the women you once were before you rise o ne morning embraced by your own skin. You will swallow a thousand diffe rent names before you taste t he meaning held within your own. Pavana