March 17, 2026

10 Keys To Happier Living: GREAT DREAM

I added the pictures above to the message I shared below.

Ten keys to happier living
GREAT DREAM

Action for Happiness has developed the 10 Keys to Happier Living based on a review of the latest scientific research relating to happiness.

Everyone’s path to happiness is different, but the research suggests these Ten Keys consistently tend to have a positive impact on people’s overall happiness and well-being. The first five (GREAT) relate to how we interact with the outside world in our daily activities*. The second five (DREAM) come more from inside us and depend on our attitude to life.

Giving: Do things for others.
Caring about others is fundamental to our happiness. Helping other people is not only good for them and a great thing to do, it also makes us happier and healthier too. Giving also creates stronger connections between people and helps to build a happier society for everyone. And it's not all about money - we can also give our time, ideas and energy. So if you want to feel good, do good!
Q: What do you do to help others?

Relating: Connect with people.
Relationships are the most important overall contributor to happiness. People with strong and broad social relationships are happier, healthier and live longer. Close relationships with family and friends provide love, meaning, support and increase our feelings of self worth. Broader networks bring a sense of belonging. So taking action to strengthen our relationships and create new connections is essential for happiness.
Q: Who matters most to you?

Exercising: Take care of your body.
Our body and our mind are connected. Being active makes us happier as well as being good for our physical health. It instantly improves our mood and can even lift us out of a depression. We don't all need to run marathons - there are simple things we can all do to be more active each day. We can also boost our well-being by unplugging from technology, getting outside and making sure we get enough sleep!
Q: How do you stay active and healthy?

Appreciating: Notice the world around you.
Ever felt there must be more to life? Well good news, there is! And it's right here in front of us. We just need to stop and take notice. Learning to be more mindful and aware can do wonders for our well-being in all areas of life - like our walk to work, the way we eat or our relationships. It helps us get in tune with our feelings and stops us dwelling on the past or worrying about the future - so we get more out of the day-to-day.
Q: When do you stop and take notice?

Trying out: Keep learning new things.
Learning affects our well-being in lots of positive ways. It exposes us to new ideas and helps us stay curious and engaged. It also gives us a sense of accomplishment and helps boost our self-confidence and resilience. There are many ways to learn new things - not just through formal qualifications. We can share a skill with friends, join a club, learn to sing, play a new sport and so much more.
Q: What new things have you tried recently?

Direction: Have goals to look forward to.
Feeling good about the future is important for our happiness. We all need goals to motivate us and these need to be challenging enough to excite us, but also achievable. If we try to attempt the impossible this brings unnecessary stress. Choosing ambitious but realistic goals gives our lives direction and brings a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction when we achieve them.
Q: What are your most important goals?

Resilience: Find ways to bounce back.
All of us have times of stress, loss, failure or trauma in our lives. But how we respond to these has a big impact on our well-being. We often cannot choose what happens to us, but we can choose our own attitude to what happens. In practice it’s not always easy, but one of the most exciting findings from recent research is that resilience, like many other life skills, can be learned.
Q: How do you bounce back in tough times?

Emotion: Take a positive approach.
Positive emotions – like joy, gratitude, contentment, inspiration, and pride – are not just great at the time. Recent research shows that regularly experiencing them creates an 'upward spiral', helping to build our resources. So although we need to be realistic about life's ups and downs, it helps to focus on the good aspects of any situation – the glass half full rather than the glass half empty.
Q: What are you feeling good about?

Acceptance: Be comfortable with who you are.
No-one's perfect. But so often we compare our insides to other people's outsides. Dwelling on our flaws - what we're not rather than what we've got - makes it much harder to be happy. Learning to accept ourselves, warts and all, and being kinder to ourselves when things go wrong, increases our enjoyment of life, our resilience and our well-being. It also helps us accept others as they are.
Q: What is the real you like?

Meaning: Be part of something bigger.
People who have meaning and purpose in their lives are happier, feel more in control and get more out of what they do. They also experience less stress, anxiety and depression. But where do we find 'meaning and purpose'? It might be our religious faith, being a parent or doing a job that makes a difference. The answers vary for each of us but they all involve being connected to something bigger than ourselves.
Q: What gives your life meaning?

12 Inspirational Quotes By Horace


Horace, Latin in full Quintus Horatius Flaccus, (born December 65 BC, Venusia, Italy—died Nov. 27, 8 BC, Rome), outstanding Latin lyric poet and satirist under the emperor Augustus. The most frequent themes of his Odes and verse Epistles are love, friendship, philosophy, and the art of poetry.

Life

Horace was probably of the Sabellian hillman stock of Italy’s central highlands. His father had once been a slave but gained freedom before Horace’s birth and became an auctioneer’s assistant. He also owned a small property and could afford to take his son to Rome and ensure personally his getting the best available education in the school of a famous fellow Sabellian named Orbilius (a believer, according to Horace, in corporal punishment). In about 46 BC Horace went to Athens, attending lectures at the Academy. After Julius Caesar’s murder in March 44 BC, the eastern empire, including Athens, came temporarily into the possession of his assassins Brutus and Cassius, who could scarcely avoid clashing with Caesar’s partisans, Mark Antony and Octavian (later Augustus), the young great-nephew whom Caesar, in his will, had appointed as his personal heir. Horace joined Brutus’ army and was made tribunus militum, an exceptional honour for a freedman’s son.

In November 42, at the two battles of Philippi against Antony and Octavian, Horace and his fellow tribunes (in the unusual absence of a more senior officer) commanded one of Brutus’ and Cassius’ legions. After their total defeat and death, he fled back to Italy—controlled by Octavian—but his father’s farm at Venusia had been confiscated to provide land for veterans. Horace, however, proceeded to Rome, obtaining, either before or after a general amnesty of 39 BC, the minor but quite important post of one of the 36 clerks of the treasury (scribae quaestorii). Early in 38 BC he was introduced to Gaius Maecenas, a man of letters from Etruria in central Italy who was one of Octavian’s principal political advisers. He now enrolled Horace in the circle of writers with whom he was friendly. Before long, through Maecenas, Horace also came to Octavian’s notice.

During these years, Horace was working on Book I of the Satires, 10 poems written in hexameter verse and published in 35 BC. The Satires reflect Horace’s adhesion to Octavian’s attempts to deal with the contemporary challenges of restoring traditional morality, defending small landowners from large estates (latifundia), combating debt and usury, and encouraging novi homines (“new men”) to take their place next to the traditional republican aristocracy. The Satires often exalt the new man, who is the creator of his own fortune and does not owe it to noble lineage. Horace develops his vision with principles taken from Hellenistic philosophy: metriotes (the just mean) and autarkeia (the wise man’s self-sufficiency). The ideal of the just mean allows Horace, who is philosophically an Epicurean, to reconcile traditional morality with hedonism. Self-sufficiency is the basis for his aspiration for a quiet life, far from political passions and unrestrained ambition.

In the 30s BC his 17 Epodes were also under way. Mockery here is almost fierce, the metre being that traditionally used for personal attacks and ridicule, though Horace attacks social abuses, not individuals. The tone reflects his anxious mood after Philippi. Horace used his commitment to the ideals of Alexandrian poetry to draw near to the experiences of Catullus and other poetae novi (New Poets) of the late republic. Their political verse, however, remained in the fields of invective and scandal, while Horace, in Epodes 7, 9, and 16, shows himself sensitive to the tone of political life at the time, the uncertainty of the future before the final encounter between Octavian and Mark Antony, and the weariness of the people of Italy in the face of continuing violence. In doing so, he drew near to the ideals of the Archaic Greek lyric, in which the poet was also the bard of the community, and the poet’s verse could be expected to have a political effect. In his erotic Epodes, Horace began assimilating themes of the Archaic lyric into the Hellenistic atmosphere, a process that would find more mature realization in the Odes.

In the mid-30s he received from Maecenas, as a gift or on lease, a comfortable house and farm in the Sabine hills (identified with considerable probability as one near Licenza, 22 miles [35 kilometres] northeast of Rome), which gave him great pleasure throughout his life. After Octavian had defeated Antony and Cleopatra at Actium, off northwestern Greece (31 BC), Horace published his Epodes and a second book of eight Satires in 30–29 BC. In the first Satires Horace had limited himself to attacking relatively unimportant figures (e.g., businessmen, courtesans, and social bores). The second Satires is even less aggressive, insisting that satire is a defensive weapon to protect the poet from the attacks of the malicious. The autobiographical aspect becomes less important; instead, the interlocutor becomes the depository of a truth that is often quite different from that of other speakers. The poet delegates to others the job of critic. The denunciations do not always seem consistent with Horace’s usual point of view, and sometimes it is hard to tell when Horace is being ironic and when he is indulging in genuinely serious reflection.

While the victor of Actium, styled Augustus in 27 BC, settled down, Horace turned, in the most active period of his poetical life, to the Odes, of which he published three books, comprising 88 short poems, in 23 BC. Horace, in the Odes, represented himself as heir to earlier Greek lyric poets but displayed a sensitive, economical mastery of words all his own. He sings of love, wine, nature (almost romantically), of friends, of moderation; in short, his favourite topics.

The Odes describe the poet’s personal experiences and familiarize the reader with his everyday world; they depict the customs of a sophisticated and refined Roman society that is as fully civilized as the great Hellenistic Greek cities. The unique charm of Horace’s lyric poetry arises from his combination of the metre and style of the distant past—the world of the Archaic Greek lyric poets—with descriptions of his personal experience and the important moments of Roman life. He creates an intermediate space between the real world and the world of his imagination, populated with fauns, nymphs, and other divinities.

You can read the rest of his biography at Britannica website by CLICKING HERE.

12 Inspirational Quotes Made By Horace
  1. Carpe diem! Rejoice while you are alive; enjoy the day; live life to the fullest; make the most of what you have. It is later than you think.

  2. Always keep your composure. You can't score from the penalty box; and to win, you have to score.

  3. He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.

  4. Begin, be bold and venture to be wise.

  5. It is courage, courage, courage, that raises the blood of life to crimson splendor. Live bravely and present a brave front to adversity.

  6. Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.

  7. One wanders to the left, another to the right. Both are equally in error, but, are seduced by different delusions.

  8. Sad people dislike the happy, and the happy the sad; the quick thinking the sedate, and the careless the busy and industrious.

  9. You traverse the world in search of happiness, which is within the reach of every man. A contented mind confers it on all.

  10. Suffering is but another name for the teaching of experience, which is the parent of instruction and the schoolmaster of life.

  11. Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

  12. The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone, what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
BONUS

Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.

BONUS BONUS

Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself.

or extended version:

Who then is free? The one who wisely is lord of themselves, who neither poverty, death or captivity terrify, who is strong to resist his appetites and shun honors, and is complete in themselves smooth and round like a globe.

**********BONUS just because**********
Do you need some motivation right now. Watch this movie.
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Commodus represents all of the pompous arrogant Commie NWO globalist Luciferians who want to replace the human race with cyborgs because we're useless meat eaters.  They say there will be no need for human beings once AI (artificial intelligence) is fully developed. These are the people who proclaim god does not exist. But that's because they have made themselves gods. This is not a joke. This is real. They are serious about their plans for all of us human beings here on this planet. The human race needs to pull together and get over our differences pronto. (emphasis mine)
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Saint Patrick's Day Symbols and Legends

[source: The Sudburystar]

Leprechauns
Seen as cranky tricksters with hidden pots of gold in Celtic folklore, leprechauns had nothing to do with St. Patrick’s Day until 1959, when Walt Disney released Darby O’Gill & the Little People.

The film featured a cheerful, friendly leprechaun who quickly evolved into a symbol of both St. Patrick’s Day and Ireland.

Celtic Cross

When St. Patrick converted the Irish to Christianity, he was successful because he didn't try to make the Irish forget their old beliefs. The true origin of this symbol seems to be unknown. However, legends tell of St. Patrick combining the sun cross, a powerful pagan symbol, with the Christian cross to create a new symbol of Christianity.

Alcohol

Legend says St. Patrick was once served a less-than-full measure of whiskey at an inn. To teach the innkeeper a lesson, St. Patrick claimed there was a devil who fed on dishonesty in the inn’s basement.

Upon return, he found filled glasses and banished the demon, proclaiming everyone should have a drop of the “hard stuff” on his feast day.

Snakes

Legends have always claimed St. Patrick banished all snakes from Ireland.

In fact, there were never snakes on the island. “Banishing of the snakes” seems to be a metaphor for the eradication of paganism and the triumph of Christianity.

Green

Although blue was originally associated with St. Patrick, green ribbons and shamrocks were worn to celebrate him as early as the 17th century.

Ireland’s national colour has been green since the 19th century and Ireland is often referred to as the Emerald Isle.

Corned beef and cabbage

Though St. Patrick’s Day fell during Lent, the ban on eating meat was waived in the past and people would dance, drink and feast on Irish bacon and cabbage.

In the 19th century, poor Irish immigrants couldn’t afford Irish bacon and substituted cheaper corned beef instead. The change in meat holds to this day.

Shamrock

According to legend, St. Patrick used three-leaf shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity to Irish people.

They are also symbols of good luck, Irish nationalism and the rebirth of spring.

Four-leaf shamrocks are thought to bring extremely good luck as they are so rare.

Harp

The harp is an ancient musical instrument used in Ireland for centuries.

Although not as recognizable as the shamrock, the harp is a widley used symbol, appearing on coins, the presidential flag, uniforms, official documents, and the world famous Guinness Beer.

Irish Shamrocks and 4-Leaf Clovers Or Is It 3-Leaf Clovers? History Of Shamrocks Draws Clear Distinction Between the Two


written by David Beaulieu
[source: About.com]

The thought of Irish shamrocks evokes visions of the green landscape of the Emerald Isle as surely as does St. Patrick's Day itself. But there is no real McCoy that can claim to be the authoritative version. If you have your heart set on making such an identification, you had better start looking for some 4-leaf clovers, because you'll need lots of luck! But ironically, the latter, themselves do not qualify, for reasons that history makes clear.

The term "shamrock" derives from the Irish word, seamrog, which translates as "little clover." Rather vague, considering that there are many kinds of clovers -- and even more plants that can pass as clovers to the layman. Consequently, in St. Patrick's Day celebrations a number of plants serve as Irish shamrocks. But identifying a particular plant as the one and only true Irish shamrock is a dubious practice, botanically speaking.

Even among the denizens of Ireland, itself, there is no consensus that dubs one particular group of plants as the true Irish shamrocks, as was reported in a 1988 survey. The survey, conducted at the National Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin, revealed that when the Irish wear the "shamrock," it can be any one of four plants. Three of the plants are clovers, while the fourth is a clover-like plant known as "medick." All four are in the Pea family:

1.Lesser trefoil, or hop clover (Trifolium dubium): 46%.
2.White clover (Trifolium repens): 35%.
3.Black medick (Medicago lupulina): 7%.
4.Red clover (Trifolium pratense): 4%.

Various members of the Wood Sorrel family (such as Oxalis acetosella) are also sold as shamrocks for St. Patrick's Day. These clover look-alikes are more easily cultivated as houseplants than is real clover, making them popular for interior decorating during St. Patrick's Day celebrations. But the wood sorrels are not even related to the four plants listed above. One would be quite justified at this point in asking, "What's the story here, how can such a diverse group of plants all be considered Irish shamrocks?" And there is, indeed, a story that accounts for the confusion ....

The Legend of St. Patrick and Irish Shamrocks

What medick, the wood sorrels and the true clovers all have in common is a trifoliate leaf structure, i.e., a compound leaf with three leaflets. The number 3, of course, is significant in the Christian religion, because of the doctrine of the Trinity. Irish legend has it that the missionary, Saint Patrick demonstrated the principle behind the Trinity using a shamrock, pointing to its three leaflets united by a common stalk. But there is no way of determining with certainty the exact plant referred to in the legend. This much we can say about Irish shamrocks, however. By definition, for a clover to represent the Trinity, it would have to bear 3 (and only 3) leaves. So for all the good luck they allegedly bring, 4-leaf clovers technically can't be considered shamrocks (not in the sense that St. Patrick made the latter famous, at least).

But the foregoing does explain the ease with which multiple "shamrock" representatives are accepted. A candidate's trifoliate leaf structure can override its family history, including geographical anomalies. For instance, some of the wood sorrels widely used in the U.S. as Irish shamrocks are of South American or Central American heritage, which hardly conjures up images of the grassy slopes of the Irish countryside!

Page 2 will look at the belief in 4-leaf clovers as lucky charms....

We have seen on Page 1 that the three leaves of the "shamrock" represent the three persons of the Trinity. But what of the notion that four leaf clovers bring good luck? Since the operative number here is four, the history behind these lucky charms clearly must be different from the Trinitarian tradition behind the shamrock. Indeed, it is widely believed (although I can't cite the ancient sources to back it up) that the significance invested in them pre-dates Christianity, going back to the pagan period, when the Celts attributed great potency to them.

Celtic dominance once extended across Ireland and much of Western Europe. It was the Druids (Celtic priests) who elevated four leaf clovers to the status of good-luck charms, allegedly potent against malevolent spirits. Their status as Celtic charms is the origin of the modern belief in their power to bestow good luck.

What do four leaf clovers mean, symbolically? Besides good luck, they are sometimes said to stand for faith, hope and love. But another interpretation is widely known via the following verse:

I'm looking over a four-leaf clover
That I overlooked before.
One leaf is sunshine, the second is rain,
Third is the roses that grow in the lane.
No need explaining the one remaining
Is somebody I adore.
I'm looking over a four-leaf clover
That I overlooked before.

The first literary reference to draw on the tradition of four leaf clovers as good-luck charms seems to have been made in 1620. In that year, according to the University of Illinois, Sir John Melton wrote, "If a man walking in the fields find any four-leaved grass, he shall in a small while after find some good thing." It is estimated that, on average, there are 10,000 three leaf clovers for every instance of a true four leaf clover.

Oxalis Deppei as a "Four Leaf Clover" Substitute?

Nowadays one can take the easy route to finding "four leaf clovers." Oxalis deppei is widely sold as the "good-luck plant," because it bears a leaf that always has four leaflets. However, as already noted, plants from the Oxalis genus are not true clovers, only clover look-alikes. Besides, when that fourth leaflet is automatic, how could it possibly hold its own with a true good-luck charm? Oxalis deppei strikes me as being suitable for gags only; there's not an ounce of romance in this phenomenon....

Considering the St. Patrick's Day traditions surrounding shamrocks and four leaf clovers, it is surprising that the clover is often looked upon as a weed, the killing of which we deem central to the care of our lawns. But it was not always so. Indeed, the University of Minnesota Extension Service points out that, until relatively recently, it was standard practice to include clover seed in lawn seed mixes:

"Until the 1950s, clover was included in lawn seed mixes as it was regarded as a prestigious lawn plant. It may be considered an attractive, low-maintenance ground cover that is soft to walk on, mows well and will fill in thin spots in a yard."

Landscaping enthusiasts believe in making their own luck through solid decision-making, rather than relying on Celtic charms and the proverbial "luck of the Irish." The information on Page 3 may not send you scurrying to find any four leaf clovers. But it may make you re-think your attitude toward your lawn....

Irish Poem: The Legend of Ireland's Magic Harp

The Legend of Ireland's Magic Harp
by Unknown author

In the misty hills of Ireland
A long, long time ago,
There lived a lovely Irish lass
Who loved her father so.

One day he went to fetch some wood,
But he did not soon return,
And so his loving daughter's heart
Was filled with great concern.

She searched for him throughout the day,
And when a fog came in
She wept, for she was fearful
They would never meet again.

Then suddenly, a little band
Of leprechauns came by.
They all were very saddened.
To hear the lovely maiden cry.

They asked if they might have a lock
Of her long and golden hair,
Then tied the silken strands across
A crooked limb with care.

'Twas a magic harp they'd made,
And when the maiden touched each strand,
The music led her father home
Across the misty land.

And to this day the harp remains
A cherished symbol of
The blessings of the hearth and home
The Irish dearly love.

HAPPY St. Patrick's Day! CHEERS! =)

"May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields,
And until we meet again,
May God hold you
In the palm of his hand."
~Irish Blessing

May you be poor in misfortunes,
and rich in blessings,
May you know nothing but happiness,
from this day forward,
May good luck be your friend,
In whatever you do,
And may trouble be always,
A stranger to you.
~Irish Blessing

May you always have work for your hands to do,
May your pockets hold always a coin or two,
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane,
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain,
May the hand of a friend always be near you,
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer you.
~Irish Blessing

May flowers always line your path and sunshine light your day. May songbirds serenade you every step along the way. May a rainbow run beside you in a sky that's always blue. And may happiness fill your heart each day your whole life through.
~Irish Blessing

May the friendships you make be those which endure and all of your Grey clouds be small ones for sure. And trusting in Him to Whom we all pray, may a song fill your heart every step of the way.
~Irish Blessing

May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light,
May good luck pursue you each morning and night.
~Irish Blessing

May luck be our companion
May friends stand by our side
May history remind us all
Of Ireland's faith and pride.
May God bless us with happiness
May love and faith abide.
~Irish Blessing

May the Irish hills caress you.
May her lakes and rivers bless you.
May the luck of the Irish enfold you.
May the blessings of Saint Patrick behold you.
~Irish Blessing

A best friend is like a four leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have.
~Author Unknown

Pikachu Power! 💖 I'm BAAACK. 😊

Pikachuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

I'm BAAACK!
I missed you SO MUCH...❤

Hi everybody! So sorry I was MIA and made you worry about me.

I just want you to know that all is well with me and I'm doing great. Remember, life is always good no matter the circumstances. Don't tell God how big your problems are, tell your problems how BIG your God is AND count your blessings, not your problems. 😎👍

BIG hugs for you all. 😊 Love you!
Now let's overcome the evil of this world. 😘💖
Why Spirits don't stand with Korra to defeat Kuvira.
 The Legend of Korra s4e12: Kuvira Attacks Republic City

February 14, 2026

Fable of the Porcupine!

Fable of the Porcupine

It was the coldest winter ever. Many animals died because of the cold. The porcupines, realizing the situation, decided to group together to keep warm. This way they covered and protected themselves; but the quills of each one wounded their closest companions. After awhile, they decided to distance themselves one from the other and they began to die, alone and frozen. So they had to make a choice: either accept the quills of their companions or disappear from the Earth. Wisely, they decided to go back to being together. They learned to live with the little wounds caused by the close relationship with their companions in order to receive the warmth that came from the others. This way they were able to survive.

Moral of the story: The best relationship is not the one that brings together perfect people, but when each individual learns to live with the imperfections of others and can admire the other person's good qualities.

The real moral of the story... LEARN TO LIVE WITH THE PRICKS IN YOUR LIFE.

"Love isn't finding a perfect person.
It's seeing an imperfect person perfectly.”
~ by Sam Keen

I Hope You're Having A Happy Valentine's Day...❤ Bonus song for the day. Another heart melting favorite of mine.


Lady
sung by Kenny Rogers
written and produced by Lionel Richie

Lady, I'm your knight in shining armor and I love you
You have made me what I am and I am yours
My love, there's so many ways I want to say I love you
Let me hold you in my arms forever more

You have gone and made me such a fool
I'm so lost in your love
And oh, we belong together
Won't you believe in my song

Lady, for so many years I thought I'd never find you
You have come into my life and made me whole
Forever let me wake to see you each and every morning
Let me hear you whisper softly in my ear

In my eyes I see no one else but you
There's no other love like our love
And yes, oh yes, I'll always want you near me
I've waited for you for so long

Lady, your love's the only love I need
And beside me is where I want you to be
'Cause, my love, there's somethin' I want you to know
You're the love of my life, you're my lady
I feel like these chickens when I hear Kenny Rogers sing this song. 🥰

Happy Valentine's Day...❤


My Tribute for VALENTINE'S DAY
Just Because I Believe LOVE is Universal, Eternal and Transcends ALL...
This is my favorite LOVE song...❤

Evergreen
Love Theme from A Star Is Born, 1976
~ by Barbra Streisand

LOVE soft as an easy chair
LOVE fresh as the morning air
ONE LOVE that is shared by two
I have found with you

Like a rose under the April snow
I was always certain LOVE would grow
LOVE ageless and evergreen
Seldom seen by two

You and I will make each night a first
Every day a beginning
Spirits rise and their dance is unrehearsed
They warm and excite us, cause we have the brightest LOVE

Two lives that shine as one
Morning glory and midnight sun
Time we've learned to sail above
Time won't change the meaning of ONE LOVE
Ageless and ever evergreen

January 11, 2026

I'd Like To Share How I Put Aside 30 Minutes To Start Each Day Saying This Morning Prayer And Confessions. I Typed Transcripts For You To Print Out, Copy, Or Use To Translate. Life Changing. ❤


I start each day saying this morning prayer by Pastor Bill Winston.
I typed a transcript for you below.
4 minutes long.

Bill Winston: We're going to bless ourselves by saying, because we know Proverbs chapter 18:21 says this, "Death and life (come on) are in the power of the tongue. And they that loveth shall what? Eat the fruit thereof." So you and your seed are going to live. By speaking something and we're going to speak favor over their life. Are you ready? Now we're going to declare this. Now get ready because when you say it, it's going to start happening. The moment you declare this it's going to start happening for you. And then I'd like you to make sure you say it now continuously every day. Because I get up and confess the favor of God surrounds me today like a shield. Say amen to that. And I expect doors to open. I expect folks to call me on the phone and I get a blessing. I expect. Come on now. You ready? Say this with me.

In the name of Jesus, I decree from this moment forward, I see myself the way God sees me. I am highly favored of the Lord. I am crowned with glory and honor. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I am reigning as a king in life through the one man Jesus Christ the messiah. Now in Jesus name, I declare by faith that I walk in divine favor. I have preferential treatment, supernatural increase. I have restoration. I have prominence. I have petitions granted, laws changed, policies and rules changed, and battles won which I do not have to fight. Why? All because of favor. The blessing and favor of God is on my life. In Jesus name, every morning when I arise I will speak and expect divine favor to go before me and surround me as with a shield with good will and pleasures forevermore. Doors are now open for me that men have said are impossible to open. NO obstacle can stop me. No hindrances can delay me. In Jesus name, I am honored by my father as I receive genuine favor that comes directly from God. I am special to Him. I am the object of His affection. I am the apple of His eye. I am blessed and highly favored of the Lord. In Jesus name. Amen and so be it right now.
UPDATE 1/11/26 at 9:09pm: As you can see the video has been removed sadly. But thank goodness I typed a transcript for all of us to use on our own. I like saying it out loud with him in the video. I'm super bummed. I scoured YouTube hoping to find a copy with luck. :( But I will continue looking. If I find it, I will add it to this video.

I say this Confession with Pastor Chris Oyakhilome every morning.
12 minutes long.
I typed a transcript for you below.

I'm a child of God. I have a new language and it's a language of the (I add, Holy) Spirit. It's the language of a VICTOR. I win all the time. Say it again. I win all the time. I want to get it in your spirit. I win all the time. Hold on. Hold on. You can't say that with the feeling of defeat. Say I win all the time. Hey, do you win all the time? I WIN ALL THE TIME. Glory to God. Hallelujah. I know who I am (I add, in Christ Jesus). I win all the time. Glory to God. I win all the time. I'm making progress. I'm moving forward. I'm a VICTOR. Glory to God (I add, in the Highest). Amen. The Word of God is in me. The life of God is in me. Christ in me the hope of Glory. He's in my spirit. He's in my soul. He's in my body. I carry the divine presence. Hallelujah. Lift your hands toward heaven and just worship the Lord and thank Him. The wisdom of God is working in me illuminating my mind. Unveiling mysteries to me. Hallelujah. Boy I'm full of wisdom. I am full of wisdom. I am full of the wisdom of God. Hallelujah. You're going to work, you say I'm working in wisdom today in the name of the Lord Jesus. I'm working in wisdom. I'm functioning in wisdom. My faculties are all submitted to wisdom. Wisdom is using my mind. Wisdom is using my brain. Wisdom is using me, working through me. Glory to God I am a success. Oh Glory. I know who I am (I add, in Christ Jesus). My oh my. Wisdom is mine. I have wisdom, wisdom, wisdom. He lavished His grace on us, with all sophia and phronesis. He lavished His grace on us. He's made me wise. He's made me wise. I have wisdom to face any crisis. I have wisdom to face any situation. I have wisdom. I have wisdom in all circumstances. I have wisdom. I know what to do. I'm not confused. I walk in wisdom. Glory to God (I add, in the highest) Thank you Jesus.

The Word of God is my life. I was born of the Word and when I hear the Word I receive it with my spirit and I function accordingly. Because I have the nature of the Word of God. I am one with the Word (I add, of God). I live in blessing. I'm blessing conscious. I have come. I have come. I have arrived in the place of blessing. I have come into the land of blessing. I have arrived into my inheritance. I'm not on my way. I have come.

Say, I'm bless. Say it again, I'm blessed. One more time, I'm blessed. Say, the Word of God is working in me. The Glory of God is working in me. The (I add, Holy) Spirit of the Living God is ALIVE in me. I am BOLD. I am INTELLIGENT. I have a SOUND MIND. I have a SOUND MIND. The (I add, Holy) Spirit of God (I add, Almighty) is leading me. I am GROWING from strength to strength from grace to grace. My life is advancing. I am making progress. I have health in my body. I have strength in my spirit. I have peace in my home and prosperity in my home. All is well with me. The Lord (I add, God Almighty) has been good to me. Hallelujah.

Say, I'm a success. I'm a VICTOR. I'm full of the Holy Ghost (or you can say Spirit). I don't walk in confusion. I don't walk in darkness. I have the light of LIFE. I have the light of LIFE. Father (I add, God) I thank you that I have the light of LIFE. My mind is alert. My understanding is open by the Holy Ghost (or Spirit). Glory to God. I refuse to be worried. I refuse to be moved. Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in this world. The wisdom of God is working in me. Hallelujah. I have the knowledge of the (I add, Holy) Spirit in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. I'm not of this world. Hallelujah.

Remember those prophetic utterances. You are going to see yourself doing things you didn't think possible before. Say, I have received divine abilities. I have increase in my abilities. I believe in my (I add, Holy) Father that dwells in me the Holy Spirit who lives in me. My strength is renewed. Renewed like the eagles. My abilities are multiplied. The Grace of God in my life is increased. God's promise for this year was made because God already fulfilled it. So I enter into His Word concerning me. Father (I add, God) my life is improved. Thank you Lord Jesus. I feel the anointing of God right now.

Say this with me, greater is He that is in me, than he that is in (I say in instead of the) world. Say it again, greater is He that is in me, than he that is in this world. Greater is He that is in me, than the darkness in this world. Greater is He that is in me. than the evil of this world. Greater is He that is in me, than the violence in this world. Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in this world. I am moving on. My light is shining brighter and brighter and brighter unto the perfect day. I'm not victim. I'm a VICTOR. I'm not a victim. I'm a VICTOR. I'm a VICTOR. I'm a VICTOR. I'm a WINNER, not a loser. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. Hallelujah.

Say, the Word of God gave birth to me. Therefore, I live by the Word of God. I make progress by the Word of God. My eyes are anointed to see through the Word of God. Therefore, I make the decision to see anything and everything through the Word of God. I am a VICTOR. Amen praise God.

I refuse to be broke. I'll never be broke in my life. I am a SUCCESS. Because greater is He that is in me than he that is in this world. Hallelujah. Say, I'm a SUCCESS. How could I fail. Fail? Me? NEVER. Glory to God (I add, in the Highest). Hallelujah. Glory to God. Hallelujah. You begin to say, they may not have given me a good job, but I'm going to be a job provider. I KNOW. Can you shout, AMEN. You know it as I'm speaking now inside your spirit you just know this thing is real. You just know, you know it. Shout I know it. I feel it on the inside. Yes. Yes. Yes. Hallelujah.
I say the first 15 minutes of this Confession with Pastor Chris Oyakhilome every morning. If I have time I'll say the remaining confession which are mostly a repeat of the previous confession.
26 minutes long.
I typed a transcript of the first 20 minutes for you below.

I know who I am (I add, in Christ Jesus). I function in the Kingdom for the Kingdom. I am an Ambassador, a Royal Ambassador of the Kingdom of God and I function in the Kingdom of Heaven to bring the Kingdom of Heaven and its blessings upon the earth. It's my calling. It's my ministry. It's my responsibility. I am anointed to do it. Say it again, I am anointed to do it. I will not fail. I will not falter. I will do it and I will fulfill the ministry for the Kingdom of Heaven. Thank you Lord Jesus. I'm working. I'm doing it and I'm winning.

Say this with me, I was born into the marvelous light of God. I was born into it when I was born again. Hallelujah. Hallelujah. Thank you Lord Jesus. Say, Father (I add, God) I am a SUCCESS and a VICTOR in everything that concerns my life. I will see the Glory of God in my life and others will see it too. Because I will have it manifested in all that I do.

Then you start saying, I know who I am (I add, in Christ Jesus). I'm a new creation. And this new creation IS NOT SUBJECT to Satan. I am superior to Satan. I am accepted. Say, I am accepted. I have the (I add, Holy) Spirit of the Son of God in me. Oh hallelujah. I'm a child of the King. Accepted in the blood. Lord, I'm born again. I'm a child of God. I have the Holy Ghost (or Spirit). I have the life of God in me. I know who I am (I add, in Christ Jesus). As He is so am I. I cannot fail. I am a VICTOR in Christ Jesus. Glory to God. Hallelujah. Praise God forevermore. I'm a SUCCESS. I'm blessed. I'm blessed. Say, Lord I have total salvation. Salvation is mine. The Glory of God is in my life and I am the Glory of God (I add, in Christ Jesus). I hope you know that from the Word of God. Are you the Glory of God? Look at you once again. Say, I am the Glory of God (I add, in Christ Jesus). Turn to someone and say look at me. Say look at me brother or sister. I am the Glory of God, (I add, in Christ Jesus). Look at me. I am the Glory of God. Thank you Jesus. Thank you Jesus. I am the Glory of God. Hallelujah.

Wow. Great things are happening and I'm making them happen by the power of the Holy Ghost (or Spirit). Say look at me, look at me. I'm shining. I'm shining. Glory to God.

Tell somebody, I think differently. I'm a different kind of person. A different kind of man (I say woman). I'm different. I'm different. I'm different. Hey, why are you different? Because you are a NEW CREATION. (say the following) I respond differently. I think success. I think prosperity. I think victory. I see life in one direction only. I think progress, success, victory, abundance (I add peace, harmony, joy). I think light. I think righteousness. I think in one direction. I walk in the light. I have light. I have light. I have light. I do not walk in confusion. I found my place. I've discovered who I am (I add, in Christ Jesus). The light of the world (I add, in Christ Jesus). The light of the world. I will never walk in darkness. I am the light of the world (I add, in Christ Jesus). I will never walk in confusion. I am the light of the world. I will never walk in sickness. I am the light of the world. Can you shout AMEN somebody. Come on shout, I AM THE LIGHT. Hallelujah. Glory to God.

Say this, I'm journeying my way to the top. I'm going to be the BEST of me and there is nothing in this world that can stop me. I'm on my way. Glory to God. Hallelujah. I'm not trying to be successful. I AM SUCCESSFUL. Glory to God. What can you see. What can you see. I can only see light. What can you see? I can only see good health. What can you see? I can only see success. What can you see? I can only see prosperity. What can you see? What can you see? As far as your eyes can see that is what He has given unto you. Oh Glory to God. Hallelujah.

(say the following) I do not think failure. I can't think failure. I don't think failure. I can't comprehend failure. I have a mindset. Failure is not an option. It doesn't work with my system. I can't think of failing. Greater is He that is in me. No matter what happens. I ONLY THINK Greater is He that is in me. I cannot think fear. I cannot think defeat. The Word (I add, of God) in me is greater greater greater. Hallelujah. 

I cannot lack wisdom. He is my wisdom. I walk in the light of it. He is my wisdom. Wisdom in dealing with man. Wisdom in functioning at my work. Wisdom everywhere I go. Wisdom every step that I take. Wisdom in my finances. Wisdom in investments. Oh I walk in the wisdom of God. Hallelujah. Tell somebody, we speak wisdom. Say it again, we speak wisdom. We speak wisdom. Hallelujah. We speak the wisdom of God. I cannot be deceived. Hallelujah. Because I have the Spirit of God in me and He teaches me. I receive that anointing. That anointing abides in me and He teaches me. Praise God. 

Say this with me, I refuse to be ignorant. Say, I have phronesis. I have phronesis. I have phronesis. Hallelujah. The wisdom of God is working in me. I have the wisdom of God working in me. All information in this world is accessible to me. My spirit can get it. He is my sophia. I have an excellent spirit. Do you understand that? When I speak, I dissolve doubt. I explain hard sentences. Oh Glory to God.

I begin to say, I am the righteousness of God (I add, in Christ Jesus) in the same way, I am rich. Because He has made me rich. Right from that hour you begin to proclaim, I am rich. I am not the poor trying to get rich. I am the rich discovering what belongs to me. I have cut my strings. Are you hearing me? I have burnt my bridges. Are you hearing me? I have laid MY ALL at the altar. Are you hearing me? I am free from the concerns of this world. I am attached to Him forever. I'm cast upon Him. I know who I am (I add, in Christ Jesus). How could I be poor anymore? I say, I refuse to be described by my position at work. I refuse to be described by my position, by my certificate. I refuse to be described by that. I am described by God. Whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world. THIS IS THE VICTORY that overcometh the world. Even our faith. Hallelujah. I know who I am. I've found my place. Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in this world. Hallelujah.

Say, the victory is mine. The good life is mine. Prosperity is mine. I am not the poor trying to get rich. I am the rich discovering what belongs to him. I know who I am. I know who I am. Success is born in you. You begin to say this, that's the way I am. I'm like a tree planted by the rivers of water, bringing forth fruits in its season, his leaves also shall not wither, whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. Oh Glory to God.

Say this with me, I'm blessed. Say it again, I'm blessed. Say, I'm blessed. I'm blessed. Say it with me, I'm blessed. I am blessed. I am blessed. Say it again, I am blessed. I am blessed. Glory, I'm blessed. It's mine. I know my God shall supply all my needs. I cannot be poor. I cannot be poor. I will never be broke in my life. My God. Glory to God. Hallelujah. I'm blessed. Thank you Lord. I'm blessed. Blessed. I'm blessed. I said, I'm blessed. Where is the devil now. I said, I'm blessed. I'm blessed. I'm blessed.

I am a rich man (I say, woman) locating my inheritance. You get that? I am not a man (I say, woman) in bondage seeking deliverance. Oh come on. You didn't hear me. I am not a man (I say, woman) in bondage seeking deliverance. I'm a free man (I say, woman) setting my sail for the free life in Christ. That's it. Say look at me. Because this is the last time I will be like this. Take a good look. I will never be like this again. So be sure you look now. Because the next time you see me. Hallelujah. They will se you again. I said they will see you again. But it will be another you. Can you shout amen somebody.

I'm not from here. Shake it off. Come on, do it. I'm not from here. Adjust yourself. I'm not from here. Laugh like someone who's not from here. Thank you Lord Jesus. I'm not from here. I know who I am. I'm not from here. Say, Lord I'm getting out of here. Open your mouth and pray now, I'm getting out of here. I'm getting out of here. I'm getting out of here. You have to practice walking tall while you're alone in that room speaking God's word, "I am what God says I am. Bought with a price. God's own special person. Born again. Full of the Holy Ghost. I am more than a conqueror in the name of Jesus. Greater is He that is in me, than he that is in this world. I can do all things through Christ that energizes me. As He is so am I. As He is so am I. As He is so am I. Glory to God.

When you get up you look at life and you say, I am the light of the world. I am the light of the world. You say, I am piercing through the darkness with the light of God in the name of Jesus. You say, the darkness of poverty I am coming against you as the light of God in the name of Jesus. I refuse to be broke. I will never be broke in my life. I am a SUCCESS because greater is He that is in me, than he that is in this world. I am a SUCCESS. How can I fail? Fail? Me? NEVER. 

Prayers For Financial Breakthrough. Re-Post From 2015.

👇***********THIS IS ORIGINAL POST FROM 2015**************👇

As many of you know, I've been under heavy spiritual attack by dark forces for quite some time now. The dark forces have been trying with all their might to leave me broke, busted, and disgusted. Unbeknownst to them though, what they were doing was drawing me ever closer to God. I was wanting and needing to be in God's presence daily as my only lifeline. I was pushed to rely on God for my every need. One night, a few months ago, in deep meditation, I was spiritually guided to these prayers. I can attest to the power of these prayers, clearly seeing a dramatic change within a week. My financial situation continued to improve as the weeks went on. What I did was copied and pasted these prayers in a Word document. Then I printed them out so that the prayers would be accessible anytime I needed them. I read this prayer as I started my day every morning, and I would read it again at night before going to bed. 

You need to know with all of your heart that Father God is your Source, Father God is your Provider, Father God will never leave you, nor forsake you. Sending you lots of love and giving you a great big hug! ♥

[source: Praise-and-Worship.com]

God wants His children to be prosperous. He tells us in His word that He wants us to prosper.

Proverbs 3:9-10
Honor the Lord with your wealth and with the best part of everything you produce. Then he will fill your barns with grain, and your vats will overflow with good wine.

Matthew 6:33
Seek the Kingdom of God above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

Matthew 6:24
No one can serve two masters. For you will hate one and love the other; you will be devoted to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.

Our heavenly Father does not object to His children having money; it is the love of money that is the problem. When having money becomes more important than Him, when becoming rich and successful becomes our God, this is when having more than enough is sinful.

Being prosperous is not about buying the most expensive items the world tells us we cannot live without. God wants His people, His children, to love and care for each other. Being prosperous is about helping those in need; helping the poor with food and clothing; providing the homeless with food and shelter; getting the Word, God's Good News, out to those who are oppressed. Being prosperous, having an abundance of resources, having more than enough is about helping and providing for God's children.

THIS IS THE PRAYER BELOW

Prayer for Financial Breakthrough

Father God, Your Word declares that You take pleasure in the prosperity of Your servants, those who favor Your righteous cause (Psalm 35:27). You promised that if I gave my attention to what You are doing right now, You would take care of whatever difficulties and needs I would face (Matthew 6:33).

Because I have made Your cause my cause, and because I have made Your House my house, I thank You that the windows of heaven are being opened to me, and that You are protecting me from every assault of the enemy (Malachi 3:8-12). Because I give freely to You from the first of my income, it shall be given to me from every side and from every source (Luke 6:38; Proverbs 3:9-10).

Because You have given me the ability to create wealth (Deut 8:18), and I have purposed in my heart not to give sparingly or begrudgingly, but faithfully, generously and with a cheerful heart, You will not abandon me in my time of need. All grace will come into my life, so that in every situation I will have more than I need, with resources left over to be a blessing to others (2 Cor 9:6-9).

Because I have been faithful in this small thing of living to give, You will make me faithful over much and give to me stewardship of the true riches of life (Luke 16:10-12). No beneficial thing will You withhold from me (Psalm 84:11). In my house will be wealth and riches (Psalm 112:3), and in that day of prosperity I will rejoice and remember Your goodness (Eccles 7:14).

You are El Shaddai, God Almighty, the All-Sufficient One, the God of plenty. You are the Source of “more than enough” (Genesis 17:1). Father, You always exceed the needs I have. You are my Shepherd, I shall not want (Psalm 23:1). You are Jehovah-Jireh, the One who goes before and You will make a way when there is no way, and in the midst of every need I will find provision (Genesis 22:14).

I will not forget to bless Your Name, neither will I neglect Your Word to continue to give, for You have given me what I have to introduce the world to You and to support the expansion of Your Kingdom (Deut 8:10-11, 18). I have learned the secret of true contentment in life for I can do all things through Jesus Christ who strengthens me, and supplies my every need according to His riches in heaven (Phil 4:12-13, 19). I am living under an open heaven (Malachi 3:10).

The Lord is my Shepherd. He prepares a table before me in the presence of my enemies. He anoints my head with oil. My cup runs over with blessings! Money comes to me right now. God is opening the windows of heaven for me. He meets my every need according to His riches in glory by Jesus Christ. He is causing men to give unto me good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over. God has given me the power to get wealth. I am redeemed by the Blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. I am redeemed from the curse of the law. I’m blessed in the field. I am blessed going in and going out. I’m blessed with faithful Abraham. I have the favor of God. Money comes to me right now. My prosperity is paid for. Money comes to me right now. In the mighty name of Jesus Christ I pray, Amen.

Pray Deuteronomy 28

You may also pray Deuteronomy 28, which I have personalized for you:

“Now it shall come to pass, if I diligently obey the voice of the LORD my God, to observe carefully all His commandments which He commands me today, that the LORD my God will set me high above all nations of the earth. And all these blessings shall come upon me and overtake me, because I obey the voice of the LORD my God: “Blessed shall I be in the city, and blessed shall I be in the country. “Blessed shall be the fruit of my body, the produce of my ground and the increase of my herds, the increase of my cattle and the offspring of my flocks. “Blessed shall be my basket and my kneading bowl. “Blessed shall I be when I come in, and blessed shall I be when I go out. “The LORD will cause my enemies who rise against me to be defeated before my face; they shall come out against me one way and flee before me seven ways. “The LORD will command the blessing on me in my storehouses and in all to which I set my hand, and He will bless me in the land which the LORD my God is giving me. “The LORD will establish me as a holy people to Himself, just as He has sworn to me, if I keep the commandments of the LORD my God and walk in His ways. Then all peoples of the earth shall see that I am called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of me. And the LORD will grant me plenty of goods, in the fruit of my body, in the increase of my livestock, and in the produce of my ground, in the land of which the LORD swore to my fathers to give me. The LORD will open to me His good treasure, the heavens, to give the rain to my land in its season, and to bless all the work of my hand. I shall lend to many nations, but I shall not borrow. And the LORD will make me the head and not the tail; I shall be above only, and not be beneath, if I heed the commandments of the LORD my God, which He commands me today, and am careful to observe them. So I shall not turn aside from any of the words which the Lord commands me this day, to the right or the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Mediate on God's Word

You can stand on the Word of God and pray the following scriptures.
I always start with, "for it is written in_ chapter_ verse_". [emphasis mine]
Deuteronomy 8:18
And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day."

Luke 6:38
"Give, and you will receive. Your gift will return to you in full—pressed down, shaken together to make room for more, running over, and poured into your lap. The amount you give will determine the amount you get back."

Malachi 3:10
"Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do, says the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!"

Philippians 4:19
"And this same God who takes care of me will supply all your needs from his glorious riches, which have been given to us in Christ Jesus."

Psalm 23:5
You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You honor me by anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings."