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Soulbyte for Tuesday July 14, 2026

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-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

A new day offers an opportunity for change. If things are dark and depressing, a new day offers the opportunity to turn things in a new direction, to lift the spirit with thoughts of something beautiful. Perhaps keep the power of nature in mind as one reminisces about how after Winter there is always Spring; it never fails to come. Think of all the scenes of a beautiful day, with the sun shining, the air fresh and the wind gentle. Think of someone who makes you smile. Think of all the love you feel for someone special in your life. Think of the future self in a happy place, doing something you love. Allow depression to have its run with you but then run away from it as fast as you can, for in truth is does you no good.

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Sunday June 28, 2026

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-Artwork © 2026 Jan Ketchel

There will always be challenges in Life School upon the planet Earth. That’s what you are there for, to encounter challenges, to conquer them and grow beyond them. Wouldn’t life just be pretty boring if everything was easy every day, if everything was the same every day? Accept that you are in human form for the duration of your lifetime and that you are bound to a certain intention. For most people that intention is to learn how to become more loving, kind and compassionate, and they are charged with learning those things through the challenges they face. You might ask yourself the following questions as you face the challenges that arise in your life: “How is this teaching me kindness?” “How is this showing me what it means to be loving?” “Is this event teaching me what compassion means?” “Am I getting the lesson of this challenge?” “What am I supposed to be learning today?” Keep in mind that if life on Earth is indeed a school of learning, then all of those questions are perfectly applicable to understanding the process you are undergoing, every day of your life. May you find your way.

All our love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

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Soulbyte for Monday August 18, 2025

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-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

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Soulbyte for Thursday April 17, 2025

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-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

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Soulbyte for Friday May 26, 2023

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-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

With persistent intent your new path will begin to reveal itself more fully. Continuous focus upon the path of choice, making decisions in alignment with it, and effort in the direction of change slowly lead to new life. Just because you took one step does not make it easier to take the second, but persistence will produce good rewards. Stick with it and allow that spark of light within you to grow a little brighter with each new step you take.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne