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Soulbyte for Friday December 9, 2022

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-Illustration © 2022 Jan Ketchel

Refrain from thinking negative thoughts about yourself; it only makes matters worse and keeps you in a gloomy state. Look at yourself with fresh eyes and point out to yourself all the ways you excel, all the ways you are good, all the positives—and there are many indeed! No need to stay mired in the shadows. Time to come out into the light, little by little proving to yourself that you are beautiful in so many ways, that you are worthy and acceptable, and that you belong here, that you too came to make your mark.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Thursday December 8, 2022

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Untrain the mind. Relieve it of its incessant worry and words of fear by detaching from it more often. Sit in the bliss of pure silence instead and know that within the silence will come what you truly need, words of beauty and calmness, words of wisdom and direction, words that are good and helpful. Within your own quiet mind find peace.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Wednesday December 7, 2022

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Foster kinship with nature, even if only in some small way. You need nature, most importantly in the air you breathe. Everyone breathes and shares the air equally, and air is a most important aspect of nature and human life. Think of all the creatures, human, animal, insect, amoeba that share the air of life with you. Be amazed that every particle you breathe has been passed along from one life to another, from the heavens to the Earth, from the birds in the sky to the babes in arms. Remain in awe of this most important element with every breath you take, and with gratitude thank nature and your fellow creatures for the pure ability to simply breathe.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Tuesday December 6, 2022

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Refine your attempts to evolve and grow each day by facing what keeps you away from your goals, addressing your concerns with honesty and an attitude of absolute truthfulness. Evolution and growth may at times come in slow steps, for with you, just as with nature, there are dormant times. But even during dormant times tremendous things are happening out of sight. Those are the times of inner work and contemplation, perhaps the most important and unique strategy in human evolution, the ability to go within and contemplate the self on a deeper level. If you can change yourself on the inside by deep contemplation and study you will naturally change on the outside as well. What’s going on inside you today? That’s the question to ask, to face, and to work on within.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Monday December 5, 2022

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-Illustration © 2022 Jan Ketchel

You are connected to everyone, and to everything in nature too, and everyone and everything in nature is connected to you. There is a universal energy that flows to and through everything, including you. Even when you feel alone and out of sync with nature and the world this energy still flows through you. Slow down and you will feel it. Breathe and you will feel it. Hum and you will feel it. Close your eyes and just listen and you will feel it.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne