Inspirational Quotes and Sayings

September 29, 2013 by Donna Thornton Leave a Comment

God Loves Beyond Measure | Divine Inspiration

The following is from one of my favorite newsletters. I get it in my inbox every day. I don’t actually read it every day. I get a ton of emails and I don’t always give myself time to read everything that comes through. However, I do always trust that if I’m meant to see something, if I’m meant to get a certain message, I always get guided to do so. Today, I was very much guided to open up and read my Heavenletters™ Newsletter (you can find them at Heavenletters.org). This inspirational message really went straight to my heart. It was a message I really needed to hear. I’m so grateful that I know how to follow my guidance. When I do, I am always rewarded.

I just wanted to share this with you today. Maybe you will feel the divine inspiration from it the way I do. If it catches your eye, then the message must be for you, too!

God said:

Accept how much I love you, love you as you are. Accept how much I love you and how much My love is dependent upon nothing but My love for you and not upon qualifying standards that you may think you have to strive for. It behooves you not to wait for My love dependent upon your earning it. My love is sacrosanct. My love is not changeable. My love for you is dependent upon My love for you which is a constant. It is not dependent upon your sense of peace or worth or anything. My love is not something that you have to qualify for. Judgment is not My way nor is judgment your way. My love is not a kind of fraternity in which you have to be selected. My love is not exclusive. My love is inclusive.

I award My love to all. My love is a given. It is the one thing you can count on. My love for you is a given, and it is a given never withdrawn from you. I do not give with one hand and take back with another. My love is a sure thing. My love is given freely. And you are to do the same.

You are not to assess My love as though it were a levy according to your perception of events in your life. You do not total up all the figures to make sure I did it right. No, My love is given spontaneously. I do not size you up. I do not weigh you on a scale. I do not deal in pounds and ounces or other kinds of worldly measures.

I do not measure. I love.

I do not look askance. How are you to go beyond worldly measurements unless I do the same? If I had a scale, which I don’t, by what right would I weigh a child of Mine with My thumb on the scale? Would I have a cut-off? Would I be so arbitrary? No. I have no elite squad. My children are not required to be what you call enlightened.

Life itself is an initiation. You learn your way in life. I am not a God Who tells you to do what I say and not what I do. Not at all. My love is not hit or miss or just sometimes depending. There is a big difference between earmarking love and simply giving it. I give. I bet on everyone.

I am not a dealer nor an assessor. I do not give to only those with a proven record. Your record does not precede you. Love precedes you, beloveds. What does My love have to do with performance? As if you first have to measure up, and then I love you. I love you first. I love you first, and I love you irrevocably. I do not tease you with love. What kind of a God do you think I am?

I am a constant God. It is not hit or miss with Me. I am definitely for you, and for you regardless of the relative world. If you want to say I love you anyway, you can say that, but I do not see it as loving you regardless. I simply love you. There is nothing I have to set aside or hold in abeyance.

You can say, if you like, that you have to earn My love, yet that is not how it is. Let Us say that I give you all My love before anything else, and, then, as it happens, love swirls in your heart. But nowhere do I have the idea of your meriting My love or not meriting it. I don’t think that way. I do not think in those terms. My love is well-founded. It is My love, and I give it across the board. I give love. I give it. I give it. I give it.

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August 14, 2013 by Donna Thornton Leave a Comment

Stress Help – Inspirational Quotes That Can Help You Cope With Stressful and Challenging Times

Stress makes us lose perspective, while inspirational quotes can help us get it back. So here are a few quotes to keep around when the going gets rough…

When you’re going through hell, keep going. — Winston Churchill

When you don’t see where you’re going, when you don’t think you can stand it one second more, if you only keep putting one foot in front of the other, chances are, you’ll come out on the other side. Either that, or you come across a road sign that will point you in the direction that will get you out.

Do what you say you value. — Roger Mellott

Much of our stress comes from a conflict of values — we know we shouldn’t be doing something, yet we do it — and stress about it. If we align ourselves with what’s important to us, and act accordingly, things will be a lot less stressful.

Despair says I cannot lift that weight. Happiness says I do not have to. — James Richardson

Another way to approach perspective. We look at what seems like an insurmountable obstacle and feel despair because we can’t see a way to get across it. Yet we forget that sometimes we can simply go around it instead, and sometimes, there may even be a door. Either that, or we might be able to stay right where we are and be all the happier for it.

Do you want the problem or do you want the answer? – A Course in Miracles

If we focus on the problems we have, we’ll probably get stuck there. Instead, we might want to focus on how to get where we want to go.

If you think you need to get it all done before you can be happy, consider that on the day you die, you will have email in your inbox. — Robert Holden

Doesn’t this one make you smile? We take ourselves and especially our to-do lists far too seriously. The next one fits right in:

Don’t take life too seriously. It’s not permanent. – On a Coffee Mug by OZ

Indeed it isn’t. Horace came up with “Carpe diem” and told us to seize the day. We’re only here for so long, and we shouldn’t allow needless stress to ruin what time we do have.

The purpose of life is not to arrive safely at death. — Alan Cohen

This one accompanies a picture of two unicyclists riding on tightropes across an abyss, all the while playing music and enjoying themselves. Sometimes we’re stressed because we’ve been taking chances. It’s scary to jump off a cliff into the unknown. It’s scary to take that road less travelled (thank you, Robert Frost). Yet what’s the alternative?

A ship is safe in harbor, but that’s not what ships are for. –William Shedd

Like the ship that would be so much safer in the harbor than out on the ocean, we’re not supposed to always play it safe. Sometimes, stress may be a sign that we have taken risks, the kinds of risks that move us forward. But that doesn’t mean we have to let stress get the best of us.

Looking at the above quotes should help us put things in perspective and help us find some stress relief and reclaim a little inner calm. That, and taking a deep breath.

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If you liked these quotes, you may also enjoy Elisabeth Kuhn’s FREE stress tips report. And here’s a related article on stress and time management.

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May 16, 2013 by Donna Thornton Leave a Comment

Inspirational Quotes and Sayings | Let Love Reign

As you know, collecting inspirational quotes and sayings is kind of a hobby of mine. I often don’t think of myself as a very creative person, although I do know that in many ways I am creative – but I don’t really see myself as the kind of person who is witty or clever, or who would be able to come up with inspirational quotes and sayings of my own, so, I have just collected them from creative geniuses that I have encountered (mostly in print), along the way.

That being said, I do occasionally get inspired. My angels and guides are with me, always, and sometimes an inspirational saying will come into my mind. When that happens, I do try to capture it!

At some point along my journey with my fellow lightworkers, I felt called upon to come up with some wording that I could use to inspire people, and to use a way to spread love throughout the matrix of the internet… a saying I could use on social media sites like Facebook and Twitter, to put it out to the universe that I was asking for all the connections I made through these sites, and in person, to be blessed and protected in love and light.

All of a sudden, I was shown a vision of love raining down upon us all… like a beautiful spring rain – washing us clean and pouring down love and protection from the Creator, surrounding us all. So, I started writing “let love rain down on us… and let love reign in our hearts” in my statuses in various places around the internet. Eventually, it morphed to a simple “let LOVE reign” – and that is the saying that people now associate with me, all of the time! I even have it embroidered in the tote bag that I carry with me everywhere I go.

So, I’ve made some graphics (I just LOVE this beautiful white peacock) with that saying to share with people – my hope is that it is something that people like to see and feel comforted by … just like the inspirational quotes and sayings I’ve collected throughout my life! That is the prayer I pray whenever I put it out there. Regardless of the reception it gets, I just want people to know what my intention is whenever you see me say “let LOVE reign.” It is to invoke the love and protection of the creator for anyone who reads it!

Blessings to you… and remember… let LOVE reign!

May 9, 2013 by Donna Thornton Leave a Comment

Accept Your Humanness | Inspirational Quotes and Sayings

I pick inspirational quotes and sayings to share by the way they resonate with me. I have collected quotes and sayings throughout my whole life because reading them and/or thinking about them has helped me to understand something, or heal a part of my trauma or pain.

This inspirational quote crossed my path not that long ago. It was very interesting because I had just been made aware of a spirit guide who identified himself to me as Emmanuel… and then, not too long after that, I was looking around on the internet when I saw this quote, and it is attributed to EMMANUEL! I knew this one was meant for me! (I do believe our angels and guides communicate with us in many ways… including through inspirational quotes and sayings, songs, poetry and randomly through the internet, as well as the people around us!)

So, I truly find this saying to be something I need to embrace. For a long time in my early life I didn’t really like to be on this planet… I didn’t understand why I was here, and being in this human body can truly be painful sometimes – and I really didn’t like that. Eventually, I came to truly understand myself as a spiritual being having a human experience… and that is where I first began to love myself. I could love my spirit, my soul… I could love what I saw when the angels showed me how I look to them.

But… even with that understanding, I have sometimes struggled to love my human form… this body that my spirit is occupying. So, I was able to love my divinity, but not my humanness! And just as I came to this realization, this inspirational quote crossed my path! So… I couldn’t resist but make this graphic for it, so that I could have something lovely to remind myself that I WANT to love my humanness… and hopefully to help me get there… without reserve!

I chose this picture because of the reflection… I sometimes see our body and our soul like this… one aspect reflecting the other.