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Soulbyte for Friday April 18, 2025

-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

After going through a period of change, whether rough or mild, the result is the same. Sit and take a breath. Sit and settle into restful calmness. Think upon what has been accomplished and with gratitude give thanks for safe passage through the period of change that was so necessary. All change is necessary but it may not be clear that this is so until much later. Sit awhile and give thanks for what you have gone through and how it has changed you. No, you are not the person you were before, and that is good!

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Thursday April 17, 2025

-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

Under the best of circumstances life would unfold without worry, you might say, but that is not the best of circumstances at all. That would be a life of no consequence, no challenge and thus no growth. Challenges offer growth spurts. When difficulties arise, it is far better to face them than to avoid them, for they are like doors opening to something new, stairways to something better, pathways to new life. Challenges and difficulties in life are the opportunities to grow, to change, and to embrace something new and exciting. All change comes out of such opportunities, at first seen as annoying interruptions but soon seen as just the right thing at the right time.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Wednesday April 16, 2025

-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

Do not argue with the gifts you receive but accept them graciously. If you can’t figure out what they mean or why you personally have received them give them time to show you what they are for. Sometimes it can take a whole lifetime before truth is realized. Sometimes the answers you seek are right in front of you but you don’t see them, just as sometimes the one thing you are so attached to is actually trying to tell you to let it go. Ask for clarity, but also be ready for it once it comes, even though it may not be to your liking.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Tuesday April 15, 2025

-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

In calmness begin the day. Once again remain open and eager for the universe to fill you with what is right for you on this day. No day is more important than another and yet all days are equally important. Let your heart, mind and spirit open to the gifts from the universe that are waiting for you. They have always been waiting. Are you ready to receive them now? Allow them to come to you by being empty and open at the same time, the ultimate state of reception.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Monday April 14, 2025

-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

Begin the week with emptiness, with all expectation emptied from your mind. Let your mind be still and your heart be open. True openness wants nothing. True openness needs nothing. True openness desires nothing. Let only openness and emptiness be your state of mind, body, and spirit. Let this openness and emptiness sit calmly waiting within you. In such calm waiting, with a heart that is open and agreeable, trust that you will be fulfilled, for that is the law of the universe. Where there is an opening, it will be filled.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne