One intention that I can (and should) set for myself is to recognize the gifts that are in abundance in my life, and to move forward in expressing my gratitude.

I have long liked your FB page, and already receive your newsletter.

Thank you for ALWAYS being such a positive inspiration. <3

My intention today is to stay positive and strong in the face of pain.

To be kind to myself.

My one intention is to respond to everything with love. Even when I am annoyed or mad. Always respond with love, no matter what.

I have liked your FB page already and have signed up for your newsletter.

Thanks for your teachings. They have changed my life.

Anita in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

My one intention I am going to set today is to honor myself with more sleep! I have been trying very hard to get 8 hours, I know I need it.

My Intention for today: to dream big 🙂

I intend to welcome divine guidance directing me to that job where I can express my creative talents and be finically well rewarded for my work.

Going to Facebook after writing to “Like”. I am already receiving your newsletter (uh Yay!).

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Currently, for almost 2 years of currently, unemployed. Prior position of 3 years as a science teacher at an alternative school ended due to state budget reduction, and yet they encased my termination in attack of performance to keep the “statistics of performance” looking good. I felt destroyed and have yet had the belief I could be successful in public education.

At age 60 I’ve yet to create, find, or know what it is to experience ongoing joy and good feelings in producing an income. With a Master’s in psych, (wanting my way of income to be meaningful beyond just providing an income) I worked inpatient care and then worked my way up in psychiatric managed care to the Director level. All emptiness were these paths, if felt like, with actual care and caring being profit, pharmaceuticals and absent. Out of necessity after being downsized, in order to keep my daughters, I became a laborer, and then a stone mason, and then a project manager, and on the side worked toward a teaching license and got one. Again all empty, it turned out to not be about education, or caring, but primarily above any other goals, it was about good numbers, and appearance of greatness through false terminology (educational buzz terms that sound wonderful and mean nothing). I am gifted with a good mind, a creative mind, an insightful mind in working with people, and being a stone mason/project manager became, to me, factory work, albeit in a really beautiful environment (i.e. outside in a beautiful area of Virginia).

I have known great success in being a single parent of two amazing and very loving daughters, beyond my dreams, with the nest emptying only last year. I know of only a few Moms who find their way to the closeness with their offspring that I have been so fortunate to know, and far far fewer Dads.

I am blessed in so so many ways. Completed the course of ACIM after being awed and guided by Marianne W’s works. It took me one year, nine months, and sixteen days to complete the 365 lessons, whew! It has been powerful for me, as have many learnings and experiences I have known in my journey.

I was diagnosed with colon cancer on the last day of employment as the Science teacher (two years ago come June 30th). They found a 5-6″ tumor during a colonoscopy in the rectum area. I was informed there was a very high probability that it would be Stage IV. My youngest informed me that the 6% chance of living 5 years was higher on different sites, and that I could swim and dance and be ok with today’s modern colostomy. I felt so guilty for leaving them too early. Two months later it seemed it would not be Stage IV, and some colon removal after tumor removal might be all the treatment I would need. It turned out better than a miracle. The cancer was contained in the 5 inch tumor in my rectum and I did not suffer treatment beyond surgery. It was decided I needed no colon removal, colostomy, or chemo or radiation with a 90+% chance of being cancer free after the tumor biopsy. Follow up has supported this for the year after, while Cobra insurance was still in effect.

Without a job (no responses to 150+ applications, etc.), and with Arianna going off to college, I moved to KY, where I grew up, to live with my mom, age 85. There was a job waiting for me, arranged by my cousin, with a fellow member of his church, done deal built upon a rock. On the way the wheel of the trailer I had borrowed and used to hold all my worldly things went bad, and I arrived to my new world driving a chariot of fire, literally, 6 foot flames in the side mirror in the deep dark of night, only miles away from the destination (I didn’t lose anything, just more financial woes in repair of the trailer). And after 40 years I find myself with my Mom. From little visits it seemed to us, her children, she was independent and doing fairly well. Living with her revealed not so much true, with daily evidence of little declines in thinking, processing, remembering, and functioning (e.g., while running errands one day she called me, and I answered, to tell me I left my phone on the kitchen counter, the phone I was talking to her with, and wanted me to come back and get it so I wouldn’t be without a phone). Since that time she has declined significantly, mentally and physically, and can no longer exist without 24 hour care and the world of Nursing Home arrives, a blessing, a depressing blessing. And you begin to pray for the Transition for your own mother. My only source of income is sitting with my uncle on weekends, who turned 100 in Jan. These events tell me there was no mistake in my coming here. But I feel now that the needs I was brought here to help with, to learn from, are winding down with conclusions soon arriving.

So Ms Kris, I “intend” to find a way to exit the highway of empty income (so to speak), and of no income, and be upon a path of providing an income that is meaningful to me.

Sincerely, and sincerely grateful for you and your works,
Jack Slate

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I am laughing as I shake my head and think, hmmm, poor Kris, you only asked for a comment… and I leave behind a book.

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A little before receiving the email and mala bead offer I purchased (had a little credit card left) two of your books. Amazon will be delivering them to my cousin on the other side of the continent. She has a bizarre form of cancer, like jelly fish taking over your digestive organs, and has been through 3 unbelievable surges over the past number of years, years beyond the initial predicted life span. Still having problems with what few intestines she has remaining she just underwent a second attempt at some new method to plug her up. I found out today that it failed, again. I felt immediately that I wanted to share you with her. I feel, and I hope, that your words written so wondrously, and your sharings so shinning in honesty, and your vast guidance through nurturing nutrition will be a blessing to her. A blessing. Thank you so much.

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Nothing really here, just kinda liking this PS thing happening.

My one intention would be that my body supports me in my desire to be a light. An example that despite the health challenges I, as do we all, have the God given ability to manifest health and create for the highest good. Many Blessings

My intention today and until I answer this question is ‘what do I want?’ But what I most love from this blog posting is the other question to ask, and also intention, what don’t I want?’ I never thought to ask that question! That almost seems like an easier question to ask, sadly enough but also it excited me because I finally went YES now that’s a question I can surely answer right now in a heartbeat!!!! Thank you Kris for all that you do and have given us! Love & light to you my sister <3

My intention will be to set some time aside just for myself. Often I am always busy taking care of my family and friends that I forget that I also need some “me” time to recuperate as well.