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Soulbyte for Tuesday May 12, 2026

-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

Life moves quickly and before you know it you have missed out on something that you once thought was important. But now, if you step back and look at all that you have experienced in life, and at all that you have discovered about yourself, you may realize that perhaps those dreams were not to be a part of this lifetime. Perhaps there was something else you set out to do that did not come to consciousness. Perhaps old dreams are no longer viable, just as old habits are no longer necessary. Perhaps the life you have led all these years was the exact life you needed. Ponder today the broader aspects of the life you have led and where it has landed you. Without regret, ponder the good and the bad, the exciting and the miraculous, and be in awe no matter what dream you once had. For you are a being who has truly done what you needed to do. And that is something to really be in awe about!

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Saturday May 2, 2026

-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

As a time of newness enters your life, as you change little by little, don’t forget to give thanks for all the lessons that life has taught you, for all the pushes and kicks you have received, as well as for all the beautiful things that have happened to you. Your challenges are there to lead you forward and the nice things that happen to you are showing you that you are on the right path. When you solve one issue in the right way and are rewarded with something that is pleasant, it is a gift from the Universe that deserves gratitude in return. Don’t you think so?

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Monday August 18, 2025

-Artwork © 2025 Jan Ketchel

Gradually increase putting your attention on that which forwards you toward a greater acceptance of what is. It’s so hard to accept reality sometimes, we know that, but it’s also so important to gain the ability to shift with the tides, so to speak. When something big happens in your life, the best thing to do is to remain optimistic, knowing that whatever is happening is leading you to some other understanding, some other experience of life, and some other means by which to achieve and fulfill your life’s dreams and ultimate purpose. If you remain open and eager to be guided and shown what you are supposed to learn, it will make the experience so much easier for you, and you will, in the end, be more easily able to accept what you have been needing to learn at this time in your life.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Tuesday August 1, 2023

-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

To be in balance is to learn what it means to be fully present to life in mind, body and action, to neither be foolhardy nor frightened of life, to neither inflate nor deflate your abilities but to know yourself fully and what you are capable of at any given time. On the other hand, life offers many opportunities to go beyond the known self, to express new sides of the self and to expand in ways that are both challenging and rewarding. In such times of growth and expansion previous experiences of balance, within and without, will guide you in knowing just how to tackle new territory. A balanced and centered self is always a practical self, stable and yet open and flexible to the adventure at hand, ready to take on anything with the wisdom and knowledge gained by experience.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Wednesday December 13, 2017

You may have attained some wisdom. You may have attained a certain age and had certain experiences and feel entitled to express what you have learned, to teach others the ways of life, but in the end a wise person knows that you cannot teach the lessons of life, for they must be learned firsthand. And so, though a wise person may speak of what has made them wise, a wise person also says to others, “Go live! Experience what it means to be alive. Life is all about becoming wise in your own way, through your own life experiences. Go learn how to live and become wise too!” In this manner a wise person passes on wisdom to a new generation of wise ones.

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne