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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 23, 2020
- 2 min
Ripples, Swells, and Jingle Bells
It seemed like a small kindness, at the time, decades ago, buying a gift for some kids who didn’t have much. But the youngest one contacted me later. All grown up, she was spending her time working to give gifts to kids who didn’t have much. She told me that long ago gift had been magical to her, and had touched her deeply. It had stayed with her all this time, and made her want to help other kids who needed what she’d needed that year. It broke my heart with joy to know that
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 20, 2018
- 3 min
Deepening the Solstice
It’s not made-up, that energy. That spirit. It’s not something the ad agencies came up with. Not something they could. There’s just something about this time of year. For some, the opposite is true. For some the pain of loneliness or loss take on a sharper edge in contrast to the joy all around us. The reason for that is something we'll explore more deeply, but its basis is separation from our Source. Our Higher Self is always joyful, and when we are not, we feel cut off from
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 20, 2018
- 3 min
Deepening the Solstice
It’s not made-up, that energy. That spirit. It’s not something the ad agencies came up with. Not something they could. There’s just something about this time of year. For some, the opposite is true. For some the pain of loneliness or loss take on a sharper edge in contrast to the joy all around us. The reason for that is something we'll explore more deeply, but its basis is separation from our Source. Our Higher Self is always joyful, and when we are not, we feel cut off from
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 20, 2018
- 3 min
Deepening the Solstice
It’s not made-up, that energy. That spirit. It’s not something the ad agencies came up with. Not something they could. There’s just something about this time of year. For some, the opposite is true. For some the pain of loneliness or loss take on a sharper edge in contrast to the joy all around us. The reason for that is something we'll explore more deeply, but its basis is separation from our Source. Our Higher Self is always joyful, and when we are not, we feel cut off from
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 20, 2016
- 3 min
Winter Solstice
Today, 12/20/2016, is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, and tonight is longest night. The winter solstice occurs as the sun reaches its southernmost declination, and that happens globally at the same moment, which falls at 5:44 a.m. tomorrow, where I live. (Eastern Standard Time.) After that, the sun begins to move the other way, as perceived from Earth. (The sun isn’t moving, we are.) Tomorrow will be a little bit longer than today, and every day after
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 20, 2016
- 3 min
Winter Solstice
Today, 12/20/2016, is the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, and tonight is longest night. The winter solstice occurs as the sun reaches its southernmost declination, and that happens globally at the same moment, which falls at 5:44 a.m. tomorrow, where I live. (Eastern Standard Time.) After that, the sun begins to move the other way, as perceived from Earth. (The sun isn’t moving, we are.) Tomorrow will be a little bit longer than today, and every day after
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 16, 2016
- 2 min
Holiday Stress Cure
But for a while yesterday I felt exhausted; throbbing head, crazy tummy. And then, because like attracts like, I got news about a great big additional holiday task I need to handle and then stress set in. Because when you’re off, you’re off and when it rains, it pours. I Know What to Do on Such Days I have a practiced system in place when times like this occur, and it’s become second nature to me. I know just what to do. RELAX. Take a nap. Watch a Hallmark movie. Eat comfort
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 16, 2016
- 2 min
Holiday Stress Cure
But for a while yesterday I felt exhausted; throbbing head, crazy tummy. And then, because like attracts like, I got news about a great big additional holiday task I need to handle and then stress set in. Because when you’re off, you’re off and when it rains, it pours. I Know What to Do on Such Days I have a practiced system in place when times like this occur, and it’s become second nature to me. I know just what to do. RELAX. Take a nap. Watch a Hallmark movie. Eat comfort
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 10, 2016
- 4 min
Choose Your 2017 Theme
Several times throughout the year, we discuss again the themes we chose and how we feel we’re doing. And at year’s end, we do a thorough review of the year gone by, and how well it reflected our theme for the year. It’s a fun and effective practice! A Revelation This time, however, instead of focusing my keywords on areas where I want growth, I’ve decided to spend 2017 well and truly attentive to where I already am. I’ve had a couple of very good years in a row. But I don’t f
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 10, 2016
- 4 min
Choose Your 2017 Theme
Several times throughout the year, we discuss again the themes we chose and how we feel we’re doing. And at year’s end, we do a thorough review of the year gone by, and how well it reflected our theme for the year. It’s a fun and effective practice! A Revelation This time, however, instead of focusing my keywords on areas where I want growth, I’ve decided to spend 2017 well and truly attentive to where I already am. I’ve had a couple of very good years in a row. But I don’t f
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 26, 2015
- 2 min
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 5
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 5 Finally, I offer this bit of evidence, the video story of a woman whose faith brought snow on Christmas to a Tex Mex border town where it hadn’t snowed at all in 109 years, and never on Christmas, and who healed her husband’s heart just by the power of her belief.
Watch this video (it’s right on top of the page, but you have to get through a movie trailer first) and then meet me back here and we’ll talk. When I shared this story on m
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 26, 2015
- 2 min
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 5
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 5 Finally, I offer this bit of evidence, the video story of a woman whose faith brought snow on Christmas to a Tex Mex border town where it hadn’t snowed at all in 109 years, and never on Christmas, and who healed her husband’s heart just by the power of her belief.
Watch this video (it’s right on top of the page, but you have to get through a movie trailer first) and then meet me back here and we’ll talk. When I shared this story on m
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 26, 2015
- 2 min
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 5
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 5 Finally, I offer this bit of evidence, the video story of a woman whose faith brought snow on Christmas to a Tex Mex border town where it hadn’t snowed at all in 109 years, and never on Christmas, and who healed her husband’s heart just by the power of her belief.
Watch this video (it’s right on top of the page, but you have to get through a movie trailer first) and then meet me back here and we’ll talk. When I shared this story on m
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 25, 2015
- 2 min
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 4
What it comes down to, in the end, is desire. We humans are creators. We create our entire life experience as we go along, according to a combination of what we most desire, what we most focus on, and what we most believe. And really, is there anyone who grew up celebrating Christmas who doesn’t want, way down deep in their heart of hearts, to believe in Santa Claus? Of course not. Every one of us who grew up believing would like to still believe. We’d be overjoyed to recaptu
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 25, 2015
- 2 min
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 4
What it comes down to, in the end, is desire. We humans are creators. We create our entire life experience as we go along, according to a combination of what we most desire, what we most focus on, and what we most believe. And really, is there anyone who grew up celebrating Christmas who doesn’t want, way down deep in their heart of hearts, to believe in Santa Claus? Of course not. Every one of us who grew up believing would like to still believe. We’d be overjoyed to recaptu
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 25, 2015
- 2 min
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 4
What it comes down to, in the end, is desire. We humans are creators. We create our entire life experience as we go along, according to a combination of what we most desire, what we most focus on, and what we most believe. And really, is there anyone who grew up celebrating Christmas who doesn’t want, way down deep in their heart of hearts, to believe in Santa Claus? Of course not. Every one of us who grew up believing would like to still believe. We’d be overjoyed to recaptu
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 23, 2015
- 1 min
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 3
Why I still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 3 There was this one Christmas Eve Day a couple of years ago, when I spotted a minivan alongside the road. As I passed, on my way home from some last minute holiday thing or other, I noticed the person behind the wheel was…Santa! Full beard, red coat, the whole nine yards. I couldn’t keep going. I pulled the car over, turned around, and went back. Then I eased up beside Santa and put my window down. The following conversation went som
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 23, 2015
- 1 min
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 3
Why I still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 3 There was this one Christmas Eve Day a couple of years ago, when I spotted a minivan alongside the road. As I passed, on my way home from some last minute holiday thing or other, I noticed the person behind the wheel was…Santa! Full beard, red coat, the whole nine yards. I couldn’t keep going. I pulled the car over, turned around, and went back. Then I eased up beside Santa and put my window down. The following conversation went som
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 23, 2015
- 1 min
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 3
Why I still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 3 There was this one Christmas Eve Day a couple of years ago, when I spotted a minivan alongside the road. As I passed, on my way home from some last minute holiday thing or other, I noticed the person behind the wheel was…Santa! Full beard, red coat, the whole nine yards. I couldn’t keep going. I pulled the car over, turned around, and went back. Then I eased up beside Santa and put my window down. The following conversation went som
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Maggie Shayne
- Dec 22, 2015
- 3 min
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 2
Why I Still Believe in Santa Claus: Part 2 I am a student of spirit, and I know beyond any doubt that thoughts are things. Thoughts, once they are thought by a thinker, have an existence all their own, on a plane where non-physical things live. We humans are the thinkers, and therefore, we are creators. Everything you have in your home began as a thought. Lights and heat and telephones and televisions, computers and tablets and smart phones, indoor plumbing and sliced bread a
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