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Soulbyte for Monday March 13, 2023

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-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

Center yourself so that you are in synch with nature, so that you feel and adjust to the rhythms of the day and the night, to the triumphs of the light and the depths of the dark, to the moods of the weather and the highlights of the natural flow of each day as it comes and goes. In synch with nature your own soul will become more known, your connection beyond body ego more direct and your place in the world more unified. It’s okay to step back from the chaos and just be.

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The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Friday March 10, 2023

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-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

Life has its rituals and patterns that seem to need attention, especially those attached to family and the expectations of society. But life also, in its evolutionary phase, may require the breaking away from those rituals and patterns so that individuality may be achieved. Individuality involves the evolution of the inner spirit, which may indeed involve breaking away from the constraints of society to discover its true purpose. Rituals uphold and frame life, but at a certain point it may be time to make them less important and to turn instead to what is really needed by the spirit in its intent to evolve. This may involve a period of solitary endeavor, such as recapitulation, in order to resolve old issues that hold the spirit captive. A solitary retreat, even for a few days, may hold the gold that you and your spirit seek.

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The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Thursday March 9, 2023

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-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

The road to change is never straight. It weaves, wobbles and backtracks, taking you through its necessary and inevitable twists and turns. Do not lose faith but keep going, for life’s unfolding is just that, full of twists and turns, playing out like a great mystery in which the ending is never truly known except the one great and permanent change at the end. During the playing out of the mystery of life maintain an attitude of curiosity, interest, fascination and constant openness to the mystery of what is to come so that every moment fills you with awe.

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The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Wednesday March 8, 2023

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-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

A balance is created when what is inside you is no longer overpowering, in control, or dominating. When inner turmoil has lost its punch balance ensues. And how to lessen the punch? With impeccability and by fearlessly confronting what it is that overpowers, controls and dominates one’s thoughts, actions and emotions, one eventually tames the beast within. The kind of balance that ensues is one that cannot be disturbed no matter what comes to challenge. Though more often than not, once one confronts what is going on inside the self, life’s challenges simmer down too, so that what is outside the self is equally balanced and calm. With impeccability, compassion, and a determined heart, seek to calm the beasts within and attain balance without as well.

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The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Tuesday March 7, 2023

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-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

Seek balance within the self first before expecting balance to occur in the world around you. If you are not in balance how can anything else be? Your own inner state does affect the world in both small and large ways. Notice how if you are happy those around you pick up your vibe and experience some of your bliss. If you are in a bad mood that too is noticed and reacted to. This is your secret power, the ability to influence your environment and those around you. Work on keeping in balance so that you may bring harmony and beauty into the world, one small breath, one step and one day at a time.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne