Don’t be too hard on yourself. Sometimes a little tenderness is all that’s needed to get beyond an impasse. Too often the tough method is applied when the gentlest shift is all that’s needed. Sometimes a soft touch is more effective than a firm hand. Make some changes every day, but make them be meaningful rather than drastic. And don’t forget to be kind in all you do and say, especially to the self. A few kind words, spoken at the right moment, will take you a lot further than you think!

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Take care of the self. Even in the busiest and most stressful of times it is wise to give the self permission to rest and get calm, innerly and outerly. Too much stress wreaks havoc on mind, body, and spirit and when all is depleted momentum is lost and progress slows. Give the self the gift of serenity. Find sanctuary in simply being you!

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Turn always inward to your path of heart, finding your balance and alignment in the area where your human heart beats, for in that center is your goodness, your kindness, your compassion, your love. Give it attention each day, for when it is neglected it hardens like a stone and then beats for no one, not even you. Keep it alive. Breathe into it and give it life so that it may be your trusty guide and your true light, showing you how to live as a truly loving being.

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Do not give up though your path may be rocky, steep, and narrow. Know that on the inward journey everything is important and meaningful, that everything counts, and so don’t discount anything that happens to you or takes you deeper. Remind yourself each day that every moment counts and then don’t miss a one. Let each moment and each step take you onward. The goal is the experience of this moment and this moment and this moment, and so on. Every moment is the journey.

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Charge the Self with maintaining balance, with staying in charge no matter the circumstances, for it is only in alignment with the greater Self that all battles will be won and fulfillment achieved. And who is that Self? That is the greatest achievement one can seek, to know that Self. It is there, within the Self, that all the answers to all the mysteries lie.

Look within. Though the journey there may begin with just a turn inward, the time spent there may seem as if you have traveled one hundred thousand miles through the most treacherous and glorious lands, so rich is the inner world. Do you dare to take the first step?

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne