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Soulbyte for Sunday January 4, 2026

-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

Forget the old that seeks to creep in and take you back to an old place. The old year is over and the New Year is well underway! Turn your back on the old and keep turning toward what is to come. What lies behind is well known, nothing new there, while what is ahead is a grand mystery! Doesn’t that thrill you? Doesn’t that make you want to jump out of bed every morning wondering what amazing thing will come your way today? Keep that attitude of gratitude alive and well, every day in every way!

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Saturday January 3, 2026

-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

Express some gratitude today. Find something to be grateful for. No matter the circumstances of your present life, there is always something to be grateful for. Perhaps someone smiled at you. Maybe you found a penny on the sidewalk or you heard the cheery song of a bird. Maybe you are just happy to be alive, to be able to take a deep breath. Maybe you have someone in your life that you are grateful for, even someone who doesn’t know it. Once you start thinking about it, you might find that there’s a lot to be grateful for. Fill your mind with gratitude today, one thought at a time, rather than thinking about what’s wrong in your life, or in the world. Give yourself the gift of gratitude.

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Friday December 26, 2025

-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

As sad as the world outside of you is proving to be, keep up your inner happiness, your inner change, your inner striving for good and loving expression of all that you have learned about human spirit potential. Look upon all beings as spirits of perfection, just as you are learning to look upon yourself. What makes people do the crazy things they do, you might ask. First, look to yourself. Perhaps you already know what makes you do the crazy things you do, or perhaps you have not been ready to know. Something inside you is always ready to teach you. When you are ready, open the door that will lead you into a greater understanding of all of life, and within that understanding crazy will be explained and possibility will be revealed. That then becomes your next big step to take, into new possibility.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Monday December 1, 2025

-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

Keep an attitude of gratitude wide open and ready for whenever you feel yourself falling into old thoughts, despairs or depressions. Give yourself uplifting mantras or short prayers that you can say to yourself, such as: “Thank you for my health. Thank you for my beauty. Thank you for my good heart. Thank you for all that I am given. I am grateful for this day. I am grateful for my friends. I am grateful for the sky above me and the ground beneath me. I am grateful for the opportunity to breathe. I am grateful for all that I am given.” Being grateful in word and thought, giving thanks in word and thought will return to you in abundance all that is good and beneficial. Your words do not go unheard.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Friday November 7, 2025

-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

Sit by a fire and let the flames show you how things change, how disintegration leads to something new. So is it. With all that you are going through don’t forget to remain hopeful for what is to come in the near future and to remain grateful for all that you have now. Every day there is always something to be grateful for and there is always something to hope for. Keep these two words in your mind, in a positive way: hopeful and grateful. Ask yourself every day, what am I hopeful about today, and what am I grateful for today? Focusing on these positive words will fill you with hope and gratitude just as the water fills the ocean.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne