Pocketful of Miracles Quotes

“May Day is the ancient festival of Beltane, the midway point between the vernal (spring) equinox and the summer solstice.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Seed Thought Everything in the Universe has its own song. A chorus of frogs. The wind in the trees. Songs inspire the soul to remember how to love. Ave Maria opens the heart to compassion. Kyrie Eleison awakens forgiveness. Shalom Aleichem beckons the tired soul to rest. Om restores harmony and unity. Music is a powerful connection to our Source.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“In the secret recesses of the heart beyond the teachings of this world calls a still, small voice singing a song unchanged from the foundation of the world. Speak to me in sunsets and in starlight Speak to me in the eyes of a child You Who call me from a smile My cosmic beloved Tell me who I am And who I always will be. Help me to remember.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“there is nothing annoying that is not suffered easily by those who love one another.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“May my heart shine with its true light, allowing me to see all people without judgment, so that the great peace of your understanding can manifest in my life and on this earth.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Today, it is enough to notice what is there, give thanks for the learning opportunity that it presents and dedicate its future working through for the benefit of all beings.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Mnemosyne.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Get two glasses of water, one representing Lethe and the other Mnemosyne. Take a few letting-go breaths and patiently, slowly enter the place of inner wisdom. What are the mind-habits you are willing to let go of now?”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“So everything is a question of training and the power of habit.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“We are already perfectly trained by and for samsara, trained to get jealous, trained to grasp, trained to be anxious and sad and desperate and greedy, trained to react angrily to whatever provokes us.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Let your mind be quiet, realising the beauty of the world, and the immense, the boundless treasures that it holds in store.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“When we catch ourselves thinking belittling, judging, cynical or snide thoughts, we are on the way to surrendering old habits of mind and planting the seeds of kind, encouraging thinking. Awareness of our thought habits and the intention to change them is an important aspect of cultivating kindness.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“May I learn to consider every circumstance of my day, and every person that I meet, as a teacher. Free me from the pitfall of idealization and disappointment, receiving every teaching as a gift—especially those that are not pleasing.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“August is a time for us to bring about balance between our male and female aspects so that we can harvest the fruitfulness of our souls.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“August reminds us of the impermanence of all things.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Pray for help in overcoming fear.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“is good to keep the words of Mother Teresa in mind: “We cannot do great things in this world, we can only do little things with great love.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Contemplate this thought: When people talk about their life review, they say that they see every event through the eyes of the people with whom they interacted. If they brought love, joy or encouragement to another, they felt that. If they caused fear, anger, hurt or helplessness in another, they felt that. The life review can be very painful when we recognize that we are responsible for every action. It is also very uplifting when we realize that we can learn from our mistakes. People often say that without the unqualified love and support of the Being of Light who leads the review, it would be far too painful to endure.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“classic Hindu text, the Bhagavad Gita, says, “It is better to do your own duty, however imperfectly, than to assume the duties of another person, however successfully. Prefer to die doing your own duty; the duty of another will bring you into great spiritual danger.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Inner freedom manifests itself when we no longer march to the beat of any drum but to that which calls from within, the still, small voice of our own Higher Self.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“After all, it is in loving that we find our bliss and accomplish the greatest service toward others.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Ask your guardian angel to help you listen to it. Wait patiently throughout the day for hunches, or a heightened sense of awareness that seems to call your attention to something. You may also feel the presence of your guardian angel.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Prayer/Practice One of the ways that we draw down the Light is by opening our hearts compassionately to others. Continue your prayers for whatever specific objective you have chosen, and for the friend you are praying for this week.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“There is an old saying that nothing is certain except for death and taxes.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Pray for the healing of someone you know.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“There is no illness or life condition that cannot be cured. But if we insist on cure, we may miss out on real spiritual healing, especially if our attachment to cure creates a battle inside of us. If recovery from an illness is in the service of our own growth or the growth of another, a physical cure—even a so-called miraculous cure—can happen in the twinkling of an eye. If being ill is in the service of our own growth or the growth of another, cure is unlikely, but spiritual healing is very likely if we make peace of mind our most important priority.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Practice several minutes of centering prayer. Remember that meditation is a not-doing. It is just letting go of small mind and merging with the stream of Divine Mind.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Let nothing upset you, Let nothing afright you. Everything is changing; God alone is changeless. Patience attains the goal. Who has God lacks nothing; God alone fills all her needs.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“less turns out to be more.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year

“Divine Mother, you have given so many gifts to me that sometimes I forget to appreciate them. Help me simplify my life so that I can truly appreciate what I have. And help me spread your bounty by giving things away to others who can truly appreciate them.”
― Joan Borysenko, Pocketful of Miracles: Prayer, Meditations, and Affirmations to Nurture Your Spirit Every Day of the Year