All posts by Jan

Soulbyte for Monday February 20, 2023

-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

Be kind to yourself even as you expect the most from yourself. Extend that kindness to others, to those who deserve it and to those who don’t. For to extend kindness is to offer a simple gesture of human interest and that simple gesture may mean a world of difference to someone, just as it may mean a world of difference to you. Kindness has its own language and the way it is spoken is up to each individual. Speak the language of kindness today.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Friday February 17, 2023

-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

Stay calm no matter what transpires. Remain steady, thoughtful and free of impulse by acting rationally yet from the heart when it is time to act. A steady mind and a calm heart will do more good than a rash emotional reaction. Train yourself every day to be as calm as you can be so that when the time comes your heart will hold you steady, your mind will have clarity and your actions will be right.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Thursday February 16, 2023

-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

Continue your good work on the self, finding your way through the life you are in, taking responsibility for yourself and discovering, or rediscovering, what brought you here. For everyone has a mission. It is both a personal mission as well as a mission to contribute to the wholeness of the world you live in and the planet as well. To truly awaken is to awaken to these truths. And then the process is a step by step discovery of why you are present in the life you are in and to what purpose your spirit enticed you into life on earth once again.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Wednesday February 15, 2023

-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

Forget about yourself for a moment and tune into someone else, even someone you don’t know who is having a bad day, a bad week, a bad year. There’s always someone worse off than you.  Notice how fortunate you are in comparison, how much you have and how much you don’t need. Turn your frown into a smile and see how that feels. Sometimes a bad mood is just that, a mood not related to anything real except your false self-perception that something is wrong when obviously it isn’t. The more you smile the better you’ll feel.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Tuesday February 14, 2023

-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

It’s not that hard to be a loving being, to open your heart to giving and receiving, to being generous, compassionate and kind. It’s not that hard to practice loving others in a myriad of ways. Even when you are only giving and not receiving you are practicing the highest form of love, for what is true love if not a giving of yourself to another, to a cause, to a need in some way. Learn to love by being a giver. It is the highest form of selflessness and it is the most fulfilling action you can take.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne