VISION: A Center For Spiritual Living

Rev Patti "Thank You for this Day"

Gratitude is not a "get" mentality, it is a receiving mentality. A feeling independent of conditions, it is conscious living in the Joy of life.
Grateful people are healthier, sleep better and respond to set backs better. Gratitude is a practice, it is a commitment to a way of life.

Rev Patti "The Kingdom and the Power"

Forgiveness does not condone bad behavior or make another`s actions okay, it puts us on a path to freedom by not being trapped in a story. The event is over. We cannot allow ourselves to remain in the past reliving it.
When we free ourselves from the past, we allow ourselves to stand in our authentic power. A unified field, which denies itself nothing.

Rev Patti "Lead Us"

We must resist the urge to seek revenge, or "make things RIGHT", when we go there, we are deep in effect, deep in our story. We are led from within to go higher, to act from the exalted state, our Higher Self; which knows only Wholeness, only Oneness.

We do not deny that people can behave in the most inhuman ways towards each other, and some of us have been injured, however, healing is our birthright, we can see ourselves as students of the situation, or victims. We are always at choice.

Jeffon Seely "Our Innumerable Gifts"

There is a spiritual inclination within towards peace, towards harmony. When we experience the gift of the infinite life, we are at One with the divine harmony that dwells within.
The outer most and in the inner most Universe are in alignment. There is One power. We grow in that power into that which we already are.

Rev Patti "As we Forgive..."

Forgiveness frees us from the past, lets us out of the story. It doesn`t condone bad behavior. It allows us to move beyond that moment, and not be blown by the winds of the moment.
Holding onto old thoughts of old hurts is like standing as Warden over the jail cell of a ghost- they`re gone! We`re the only ones still here.
We have tools to work our spiritual practice, to remind ourselves of our greater truth when our buttons get pushed. We don`t blame the person who pushed them, we ask when they got installed and what can we do to remove them.

Rev Patti Forgive Us Our Tresspasses

Forgiveness is a way of life. If it is not unconditional, or it is not truly forgiveness.
Forgiveness does not mean it didn`t happen, it means we are free from the story, free from the past. The event is over, now we are just having thoughts about it.

Rev Dr Kathy Hearn "The Infallible Sign"

Our joy calls us to confront our lives. We tap into our joy in the midst of, not in spite of conditions.
We take responsibility for our reaction, we direct our thoughts. We choose joy, we choose love. And what we give our attention to, grows.

Rev Patti "Soul Quality"

We are constantly expressing the Divine Ideals within us. We do not "find" joy, we express it. We "act as if", and the Law of life goes to work expressing more of that into our lives. We walk around talking about how awful it is, we get more awful to talk about. So we must be watchful of what we say- the Universe is reflecting it back to us.

Rev Patti "Work and Play"

Sometimes it takes a lot of effort to get to effortless. We must commit to our Joy, to turn away from negatives, and look for the good in every situation. Joy can weave itself into every aspect of our lives. But it is a matter of commitment, we must decide in every moment.
This means wanting change, and being willing to make changes. We must let go of negative thinking and limiting self-talk.

Rev Patti "Wonderful World"

Are we speaking a life of affirmation, or limitation? We speak our word, and create our world. Life reflects back what we express into it. Good day/ bad day- same day. We can focus on the negative, or focus on the miracles. We are always at choice.

Wanting the best life for ourselves is not selfish, it is self care. We cannot want for ourselves what we do not accept for others. We do the interior work, because we cannot give what we do not have: joy, love, peace. We must be that which we would have.