Spirit's Fuel

Tip of the day:
Don't rely on will power to see you through to resolutions end. It won't work - for long. Will power is a wonderful tool for a short burst to completion, or to keep from dropping midway through or even in that tough beginning week when our healthy, spiritual habits have yet to take hold. Yet for endurance - physical, mental and spirtual - will power alone will not help us to the end. What we need here are purely spiritual and emotional tools. It's not that our wills are weak - but that out spirit is stronger still by far. We need to join forces and use the will to bring us to spirit where we can detach from the outcome and rely on the wings of intent and purpose to see us through. Will power is ours alone but intent is joined with the will of God. This makes us unstoppable. We can detach because we are at shared purpose with God and the space allowed from detachment brings us a new vision of faith and trust. Will power is straight ahead and when the will weakens (as it must in finite power) we all too often falter and step from spirits path. Intent is the fuel of endurance and keeps us true to the path through its many (and many) twist and turns and often unseen byways.
State what you want.
Write it down.
And begin as in all beginnings - with a single step and faith filled heart.

My prayers are with you - in all that you dare.