great things

"We must use time creatively-- and forever realize that the time is always hope to do great things." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What great things will you do with your time?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I USE TIME FOR GREAT THINGS."

(How to Meditate)

prepare

"The future belongs to those who prepare for it today." -Malcolm X

Today's Empowerment Question:

"How you preparing yourself for the future that you envision?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I PREPARE"

(How to Meditate)

astound yourself

"If we all did the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves." -Thomas Edison

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What are YOU capable of?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I ASTOUND MYSELF."

(How to Meditate)

soul experience

"The soul craves experiences that offer it the rich depths of God." -Sue Monk Kidd

Today's Empowerment Question:

"How will you give your soul experiences that bring you closer to God?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"MY SOUL EXPERIENCES GOD."

(How to Meditate)

begin

"If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything, is ready, we shall never begin." -Ivan Turgenev

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What are you waiting for?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I BEGIN NOW."

(How to Meditate)

heart seeing

"May we see not only with our two eyes, but with the one eye which is our heart." -Black Elk

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Are you ready to see with your heart?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I SEE WITH MY HEART."

(How to Meditate)

imagine life

"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours." -Henry David Thoreau

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What is the life you imagine in your dreams?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I WILL LIVE MY DREAMS."

(How to Meditate)

faith in humanity

"You must not lose faith in humanity." -Mahatma Gandhi

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What events, situations, people, or actions give you faith in humanity?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I HAVE FAITH IN HUMANITY."

(How to Meditate)

awareness

"Problems cannot be solved by the level of awareness that created them." -Albert Einstein

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Is there a problem in your life that needs you to raise your level of awareness?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I RAISE MY AWARENESS."

(How to Meditate)

more to learn

"I have learned that there is always more to learn." -Susan Jeffers

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Are you ready to learn more?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I AM READY TO LEARN."

(How to Meditate)

strength to love

"Spirituality and spiritual life give us the strength to love." -bell hooks

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What gives you the strength to love?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I HAVE THE STRENGTH TO LOVE."

(How to Meditate)

in or out

"There are only two options regarding commitment. You're either IN or you're OUT. There's no such thing as life in-between." -Pat Riley

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Are you IN or OUT of your life?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I AM IN."

(How to Meditate)

conversation

"Conversation is food for the soul." -Mexican Proverb

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Who will you engage in 'food-for-the-soul' conversation today?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"MY CONVERSATIONS NOURISH THE SOUL."

(How to Meditate)

little things

"It is the little things you do that can make a big difference." -Bob Proctor

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What little thing will you do today?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I MAKE A DIFFERENCE."

(How to Meditate)

fantasy

"Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living." -Dr. Seuss

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Do you allow yourself to indulge in fantasy?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"FANTASY IS PART OF MY LIFE."

(How to Meditate)

responsibility

"The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That is the day we truly grow up. -John Maxwell

Empowerment Question:

"Are you ready to grow up?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I TAKE RESPONSIBILITY."

(How to Meditate)

help others

"Help your brother's boat across, and your own will reach the shore." -Hindu Proverb

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Who are you helping to reach their dreams and goals?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I HELP OTHERS."

love, grace and gratitude

"Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace, and gratitude." -Denis Waitley

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Are you living this moment with love, grace, and gratitude?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I HAVE HAPPINESS."

(How to Meditate)

breathing

"If you know the art of breathing you have the strength, wisdom, and courage of ten tigers." -Chinese Proverb

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Are you aware of how you are breathing?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I BREATHE."

(How to Meditate)

tradition

"The young cannot teach tradition to the old." -African Proverb (Nigeria)

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What traditions and lessons have you learned from your elders and ancestors?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I LEARN TRADITIONS AND LESSONS."

(How to Meditate)

bitter and sweet

"Patience is bitter but its fruit is sweet." -Japanese Proverb

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What sweet outcome will you be patient for?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I HAVE PATIENCE."

(How to Meditate)

growing

"If we're growing, we're always going to be out of our comfort zone." -John Maxwell

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What comfort zone do you need to step out of in order to grow?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I STEP OUT."

(How to Meditate)

don't hate

"Don't hate-- it's too big a burden to bear." -Martin Luther King, Jr.

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Have you let go of any hate you harbor within?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I LET IT GO."

(How to Meditate)

true purpose

"There is no substitute for finding true purpose." -Eckhart Tolle

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Are you living your true purpose?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I LIVE MY TRUE PURPOSE."

(How to Meditate)

the soul

"I woke fresh to the knowledge that the soul is the place where we meet God." -Sue Monk Kidd

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Where do you meet God?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I MEET GOD IN MY SOUL."

(How to Meditate)

eternal truths

"We live in the present, we dream of the future, but we learn eternal truths from the past." -Madame Chiang Kai-shek

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What eternal truths have you learned from your life experiences?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I KNOW ETERNAL TRUTHS."

(How to Meditate)

guided by love

"The true revolutionary is guided by a great feeling of love." -Che Guevara

Today's Empowerment Question:

"Are you living your life guided by love?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I AM GUIDED BY LOVE."

(How to Meditate)

risk going

"Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go." -T.S. Elliot

Today's Empowerment Question:

"How far are you willing to go?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I GO FAR."

(How to Meditate)

a manner of traveling

"Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but a manner of traveling." -Margaret Lee Runbeck

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What is your manner of traveling through life?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"HAPPINESS IS HOW I TRAVEL ."

(How to Meditate)

share and pass it on

"I ask you, can there be a community without sharing? To pass on and to share, that is how we are eternal." -Aymara Oral Tradition

Today's Empowerment Question:

"What can you share and pass on?"

Today's Empowerment Mantra:
"I SHARE AND PASS IT ON."

(How to Meditate)