Angels on Your Shoulder

Today is World Hug Day. You can make the world a better place by sharing lots of hugs.

This may sound a bit odd but allow yourself to hear the images, feel the colors and taste the feelings the images evoke. Playing with your senses in a new way often allows you to connect with your spirit and all of divinity in an more expansive manner.

Every time we take a breath we are given the gift of life from our spirit. Life is such a miraculous gift and wonderful adventure.

Here is the video of Martin Luther King Jr's giving his now famous 'I have a dream' speech.

I so often hear this question: "Why do bad things happen to good people? Life is God's unconditional gift to us, the rest is just part of living here on planet earth and are incredible gifts.

I posted about ministering angels a while ago. I ask that you send your thoughts and prayers to the people of Haiti and imagine millions of ministering angels helping all those in need.

I am sure the people of Haiti are surrounded by the loving presence of thousands of angels. I try to love everyone and judge no one but an article on CNN about Pat Robertson comment that the earthquake is punishment from God is testing that resolve .

Someone sent me this picture taken last year before the inauguration of Barack Obama. She took the abundance of spirit orbs as a good sign.

There are countless studies that show the profound relationship between attitude, spiritual connection and happiness. People that take sometime each day to pray and meditate are even happier.

Years ago a friend of mine gave me a deck of angel cards. They are simple, cartoon like pictures of angels that have words on them like faith, joy, surrender and forgiveness.

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