Nourishment Definition: 1. something that helps a feeling, idea, or belief to grow stronger; 2. food and other substances that people and other living things need to live, grow, and stay healthy.
The editors of Spirituality & Health Magazine asked Rosemary Cunningham to help organize and invite the magazine’s readers to reflect on their daily lives and share the simple actions that nourished their souls. The following excerpts are from a wonderful collection of their practices included in the author’s book, Fifty Ways to Feed Your Soul:
1. Stand SOUL to SOUL with nature
2. Create beauty at work
3. Carry a spirit rock in your pocket
4. See the world through your pet’s eyes
5. Sense the love that surrounds you
6. Sing out
7, Slow down
8. Feast on soul food
9. Whistle as you walk
How will you nourish your soul during this holiday seasonr
Patience is the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset. This is something I will strive continually to achieve. It was suggested I pick a strong healing word today. I thought about it and realized it takes a great deal of strength to trust and practice the following:
Positive thoughts are mini-affirmations. In Louise L. Hay’s book Experience Your Good Now! she writes: “Affirmations are like planting seeds in the ground. First they germinate, then they sprout roots, and then they shoot up through the ground. It takes some time to go from a seed to a full-grown plant. And so it is with affirmations—it takes some time from the first declaration to the final demonstration. Be patient.”
