Happiness is an inside job.  There is no outside force that can make an impact on your happiness like the true inner YOU can.  Boyfriends, shopping, ice cream, margaritas, diamond rings or salon trips only bring about temporary satisfaction, never lasting fulfillment.   These people, places and things can only serve as instant gratification tools.  And once these people, places, and things are lost your happiness will disappear too.

Today, become a vessel of receiving what’s most important…

We all came into this world to do great things; to build empires, and to leave legacies.  We all came to make a difference.  But, not just any ole’ difference, but a great big huge difference.  We all came here to be the change that this world so desperately needs.

Today, do great things with yourself.  Don’t settle anymore today.  You have so much to offer today.

—Penna

Along your journey of enlightenment you are sure to experience stumbling blocks, set-backs, downfalls, slip-ups and chaos.  That’s what this road is all about.  It’s not where you came from, but where you are going that truly matters.

Today, every time you find yourself “making a mistake”, just laugh!  Always remember that this is what the road to enlightenment entails.

—Penna

Let’s face it.  We all find ourselves entering relationships, whether it’s friendship or not, with self-interested agendas.  By nature, we are selfish beings.  We are always “in it” to see what we can get out of it; never considering what great things we could offer to the other person.  When I say “things”, I don’t mean materialism.  I mean things that are not tangible.

But, how do we overcome our selfish natures and enter our next friendship…

The obstacle in our life that we are now facing is the boomerang effect of our actions.  It is called karma; judgment.  And judgment befalls us to the degree we inflict judgment upon other people.

Every thought we have, every word we speak, and every action we take has a boomerang effect.  Even if it something that seems minor or insignificant.  When we are rude to people, when we lie, steal, cheat, are uncivil, we are creating…

The world is already so full of negativity and unhappiness.  So, why do we constantly contribute to our already destroying energies by remaining the same way we are?  Why don’t we want to change?  And, if we feel that there is something we need to work on, why don’t we put in a great deal of effort towards it?  Why do we remain the same?

Today, be the change by heightening your awareness of the ever-present negativity…

It is so easy to be negative.  After all, the world is so full of negativity.  We are surrounded by negativity in school, in the work place, in the media, and in every place we find ourselves going.  We really love negativity, don’t we?  Because, if we didn’t, then why is the majority of our everyday lives engulfed in negative default thinking?  Why do we participate in negative discussions?  Why do we gossip?  Why do we pass…

“You cannot solve a problem from the same level of consciousness that created the problem.” — Einstein

Healing, reconciliation, and forgiveness are spiritual qualities very much needed today.  We have to go through a process, first to heal, next to re-conciliate, and then to forgive in order to move to a higher level of consciousness.  We must move past our verbal, physical and emotional wounds.  We must re-conciliate our differences with one another; not just personally, but…

Self-esteem isn’t all the time what we think it is.  Self-esteem is mostly about being a good person.  This also coincides with the concept “All Is One.”  If we are all one, then as we treat another with respect, we are also respecting ourselves- therefore raising ourselves to Heightened Self-Esteem.

Today, know that self-esteem isn’t always about how we feel about ourselves.  But also about how we treat others.  Today, heighten your self-esteem.

—Penna

“This is all there is right now.” — Ram Dass

Right now is all that we have.  This very moment.  Yesterday has long since gone.  And, tomorrow is patiently awaiting its arrival.   Today, right NOW, is all there is.

It is so easy to become caught up in the merry-go-round cycle of thoughts of yesterday, and the anxious hopes of tomorrow.  But, if we just slow down, focus, and remember to stay present, we will be able…