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Soulbyte for Thursday November 14, 2024

-Artwork © 2024 Jan Ketchel

The flow of life is no different than the waves of the ocean, sometimes calm, sometimes rough, sometimes gentle and predictable, sometimes stormy and unpredictable. How you navigate those waves of life is up to you. Calm and steady no matter the circumstances? Or panicky and tossed about? The Middle Way knows that life is unpredictable at times, that excitements ensue, that depressions tug at the heart, that the mind pulls first in one direction and then in another. But the Middle Way declares that with practice one learns to go with the flow in an undulating manner that neither goes too high nor too low, except when appropriate. Learning the Middle Way allows for body, mind and spirit to be in alignment as often as possible, and thus for life’s vicissitudes to be acceptable and navigable without attachment.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Wednesday July 26, 2023

-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

Enacting change can seem to take eons, yet all of a sudden it is upon you and you aren’t sure how it happened. You almost forgot your longing for it and yet before you know it you are swept up in it. “Is this what I asked for?” you wonder. Better to focus on navigating what has arrived than going down the rabbit hole of regret. Learn to navigate the changes in your own life by staying present in each moment, by being honest with yourself and by accepting your new reality without resentment or sadness. Life changes and yet it goes on in new fashion. Make it as meaningful as ever and you will not be disappointed.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Monday May 22, 2023

-Illustration © 2023 Jan Ketchel

Most people think of themselves as merely physical while others think of themselves as both physical and spiritual. Far fewer think of themselves as a conglomerate of many lives and many souls. There are so many options, but which is right? And does it matter? Whether or not one has a perspective on life as anything more than what it is, a physical life on Earth, there are many aspects to consider and get into alignment with. Beyond the physical there are the mental, the emotional, and the feeling aspects of being human. These alone add tremendously to human beingness and their balance is crucial to maturing, knowing the self, and attaining fuller experience and potential. So, though there may be much more to life than just the physical, start there and get all that is now in you calm and settled so you can live your best life going forward. Whatever else comes along after that will then be able to fit in nicely!

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Tuesday November 8, 2022

                                                      -Illustration © 2022 Jan Ketchel

Remember, what has not yet happened has already happened. What is to come has already arrived. What will be already is. All time is now. There is no difference between one day and the next except your perspective on it. Keep a positive attitude and all will be well.

Sending you love,
The Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne

Soulbyte for Thursday October 11, 2018

Keep love in your heart. Let it guide you as you make decisions, as you make your way through your day, and as you confront what you must. Let it show you how to perceive, how to act, and how to interact. Let love guide you to know others better, to know yourself better, and to seamlessly navigate life in the world. Let love into your heart and keep it there. When all else fails, breathe love. Just breathe love.

-From the Soul Sisters, Jan & Jeanne