To be in Tao is to be in balance with all things, inside and out, to be patient, calm, and at peace no matter what is going on in your life, knowing that everything is as it should be for this moment. Without guilt, without blame or shame, without regret, embrace all that you are in this moment and accept how right everything is. In this moment, be in the Tao of you. And in this moment, inside and out, lovingly make peace with where you are.
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
Life is not a competition; it’s a journey. Life is not a race; it’s a walk along a special path. If you rush along you’ll miss some important things. If you slow down you’ll notice more, take in more, experience more. So slow down to the beat of your heart at peace, to the calm rhythm of your own slow and steady breathing. You can always do better, not against anyone else, but just as a human being on a journey beside other human beings on their own journeys.
Look inward now and slow down, even as you look outward, thinking you have to speed up, that you are missing something out there. You are not. The only thing you are missing is your quiet spirit within and what it is really saying to you, your connection to all it knows and wishes for you. Seek that, for that alone will bring you fulfillment. And the funny thing is, your spirit might indeed instruct you to go find something outside of you, something important you never imagined. It might be that doing better means getting outside of yourself and that nothing could be better than that at this time in your life. But let such directives come from within, from your own spirit, so that they will be right. Slow down and learn to listen to the quiet voice of spirit within.
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
Moderation brings stability, stability brings peace. When all seems hopeless and impossible, turn inward and get into a new alignment that will set you upon a new path to moderation in all things. Find thus balance and calmness, knowing that all will be well when you are in charge, when you have mastered that which challenges and imposes upon you, that which circumnavigates the real issues and leaves you feeling dizzy and hopeless, spinning out of control while you watch life’s possibilities passing you by. Turn inward and grab ahold of yourself in a new way and with gentle modulation tell it like it is—be honest—and then decide a new plan of moderation in all things. Before you know it inner moderation will lead to a new inner stability and that new inner stability will lead to inner peace. Begin now and achieve stable peace now too.
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
Change is needed. The time of excess must now be curtailed, followed by a new time of moderation. Look to nature for guidance in how to go about this. Notice how a time of abundance in nature naturally recedes into a state of containment. Containment prepares for what is to come. If you don’t prepare, you will not be ready for the natural changes to come. And keep that word in mind: natural. For what is natural will come in its right time. It is inevitable. Look to nature to guide you. Ask for signs that you are getting things right. Signs will come to guide you. Signs will naturally come to guide you on. Keep searching.
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne
Plan for a new approach to life and the circumstances you find yourself in. Pay attention to your body as it tells you its likes and dislikes, as it struggles to get your attention, as it tries to alert you to what is truly going on inside you. Pay attention to your loving heart as it too tries to alert you to what you are ignoring, missing, getting wrong. Pay attention to your inner spirit as it also speaks constantly to you in a myriad of ways, as only spirit can. Face that it’s time to do things differently without, in the greater world too. You are a reflection of the world and it is a reflection of you. What you feel, it feels. What you observe going on with it, it observes going on with you. What you know about it, it knows equally about you, for a reflection is honest in every way. Plan for new approaches, new changes, curtailing that which is excessive so that that which is truly right may emerge and participate in a new world. But most of all, in body and spirit, let love rule now. Within and without, let love rule.
-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne