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  • The Journey Is On

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on November 2, 2025

    One who continues to advance will win in the end...

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
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  • The Art Of Being Yourself

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on October 26, 2025

    The art of being yourself is never finished. Like the Universe itself, of which you are an integral part, there is no limit to your expansion. That’s what makes it -— and you -— so beautiful.

    attitude, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, Wisdom
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  • The Temptation of Despair

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on October 18, 2025October 18, 2025

    Despair is not your enemy — it’s your reminder to return to hope. Despair tempts you, it’s true. But it also points to where you stopped believing in your own infinite capacity and potential.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
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  • Forgiveness

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on October 5, 2025October 6, 2025

    "I choose to believe that every single person is doing the best that they can based upon their life experiences up to that point."

    attitude, Enlightenment, Health, Wisdom
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  • Nobody Changes Until They Change Their Energy

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on September 28, 2025

    Your thought and spoken words are immensely powerful creative tools. You express your life through your inner and outer voice...

    attitude, determination, encouragement, hope, obstacles, trust, Wisdom
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  • Humility versus Ego

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on September 21, 2025

    Even small acts compound over time to something very interesting if they're consistent...

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, Wisdom
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  • Which Way Do I Go?

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on September 14, 2025

    I always launched myself into the great unknown and hoped for the best. Not a strategy I'd recommend to anyone...

    attitude, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, trust, Wisdom
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  • Attitude of Gratitude

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on September 7, 2025September 7, 2025

    There is no one as strong as a person whose heart is always filled with gratitude...

    attitude, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
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  • Confronting Reality

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 31, 2025

    To enjoy true happiness, we should live each moment as if it were our last...

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, Wisdom
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  • D.W. 10.3.46 – 7.29.25

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 24, 2025August 27, 2025

    Two love poems...

    love
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  • Equanimity a.k.a. Life-Surfing

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 17, 2025

    Like peace of mind, I knew inner balance was possible, because other people had it. But I certainly didn't.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, Health, obstacles, Wisdom
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  • A, B, C, It’s Simple

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 10, 2025August 10, 2025

    What if you practised The Alphabet of the Heart?

    attitude, encouragement, Enlightenment, love, obstacles
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  • The tunnel of light

    Ending To Start Again

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 3, 2025

    As we grow older we become weak and sickly and eventually die. But we do not die for nothing; we die in order to start a new life. The fundamental purpose of death is to allow us to be reborn in the next phase of our eternal life.

    Enlightenment, hope, love
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  • Difficult, But Worth It!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on July 27, 2025

    Why is it so difficult to do the right thing?

    attitude, determination, Health, obstacles, Wisdom
    2 2 comments on “Difficult, But Worth It!”
  • Return Of The Prodigal Daughter

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on July 20, 2025July 20, 2025

    You are not at all the weakened, damaged character who has to feel sorry for herself that you have perceived yourself to be. That's an illusion. And illusions make your spirit ill.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles
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  • Resistance Is Futile

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 12, 2025January 12, 2025

    When you're resistant, you focus intently on the thing you tell yourself you don't want. But focusing on it so intently makes you hyper aware of it. Whereas almost casually ignoring it means it doesn't mean much to you, which is why it leaves your life.

    attitude, encouragement, hope, obstacles, trust, Wisdom
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  • What Are Words Worth?

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 5, 2025

    Did you know that your whole life is a prayer, in the sense that you radiate throughout the Universe the vibration of every thought, word, feeling, and their subsequent actions?

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, trust, Wisdom
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  • Who Knows Where The Time Goes?

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on December 29, 2024

    Everyone deserves to be happy...

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, trust, Wisdom
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  • Perfection Is Vastly Overrated

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on December 22, 2024December 22, 2024

    Please forget your ideas and notions about perfection. Life isn’t about perfection. It’s about happiness, joy, courage and compassion.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, trust, Wisdom
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  • Be The Change

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on December 15, 2024December 15, 2024

    The transformative power of prayer...

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, trust, Wisdom
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  • One for All and All for One

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on December 8, 2024

    That moment when the unseen becomes the seen - and never forgotten!

    attitude, determination, hope, obstacles, trust, Wisdom
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  • To Sleep, Perchance to Dream…

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on December 1, 2024

    I have promised my body to give it more sleep.

    attitude, determination, Health, Wisdom
  • It’s A Great Life If You Don’t Weaken

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on November 24, 2024December 5, 2024

    Addictions are about consuming something that gives you a short-term high that you love and crave, only to give you long-term harm that you hate. And feel powerless to change, because it messes up your mind.

    determination, Enlightenment, Health, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
  • The Universe, Me, and Gratitude

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on November 17, 2024November 17, 2024

    The tricky thing is to be grateful for stuff that doesn't seem to be good or beneficial, or even fair. Then when I remember, and start to express gratitude in my prayers for even this stuff, it narrows the channels that allow torment into my heart, and I'm able to turn negative into positive.

    attitude, Health, obstacles, Wisdom
  • A Short Chat with The Universe

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on November 10, 2024November 10, 2024

    On focus, faith, belief and trust!

    attitude, determination, hope, trust
  • Another Chat with The Universe

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on November 3, 2024

    Don't look a gift horse in the mouth! And believe in yourself!

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, obstacles, Wisdom
  • A Chat with The Universe

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on October 27, 2024October 29, 2024

    There is no private good!

    attitude, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, Respect
  • A Warrior’s Tale

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on June 9, 2024June 21, 2024

    After 50 years of unsuccessful trying, my life changed in a moment.

    attitude, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles
  • Chance Encounters

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on May 20, 2024May 20, 2024

    Is chance just a throw of the dice? Or is it more meaningful...

    attitude, determination, encouragement
  • The Danger of Getting Marooned by a Single Story

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 10, 2024

    I wonder how many times it'll take before I stop making kneejerk judgements about people based on stereotypes I've adopted.

    attitude, Enlightenment, Respect, Wisdom
  • Healing the Heart

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 3, 2024March 4, 2024

    Whether you call it the Akashic Records, or the Mystic Law, or the ninth consciousness, my heart has healed this weekend, in wonderful ways.

    attitude, Health, hope, love
  • Lie to Me

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on January 21, 2024

    What if lying to yourself can be a good thing?

    attitude, encouragement, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
  • A Little Bit of Something

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on December 4, 2023December 4, 2023

    A little bit of something is better than a lot of nothing!

    attitude, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, trust, Wisdom
  • Nice Guys Finish First!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on September 10, 2023September 11, 2023

    Goodness still exists, and nice guys - especially when they're united in heart and supported by other nice guys - finish first...

    attitude, Enthusiasm, hope
  • Hey Joe! Enough!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on September 4, 2023

    I'd like to see songs that talk about attacking women as though it's okay banned from public radio. What do you think?

    attitude, Respect, Wisdom
  • Art and Soul

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 27, 2023

    Come with me, back in time to a winter afternoon in 2010, as I wandered into the Art Gallery of Ontario, not consciously knowing where I was going, or why...

    love, Respect
  • Building a New Life

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 20, 2023

    Years ago – decades, actually – I delved quite deeply into numerology. Montreal, where I lived at the time, had a record and book shop called Phantasmagoria. Such a great name! Anyway, always curious, I …

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, Health, hope, obstacles
  • Transform and Transcend

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 13, 2023August 15, 2023

    Trying to fundamentally change your inner life with your thinking or executive mind is much like trying to lift the proverbial chair while you're sitting on it...

    attitude, Enlightenment, Wisdom
  • Winging It

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on August 7, 2023August 7, 2023

    In life, everyone is improvising, all the time. You never really know exactly what you'll have to deal with from moment to moment.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, obstacles, trust, Wisdom
  • The Magic in Simple Things

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on July 30, 2023

    Trying to change your mind, without actually doing something that changes your mind, is a frustrating exercise in futility. It's like trying to lift the chair you're sitting on.

    attitude, encouragement, Enlightenment, Health, hope, Wisdom
  • Are We Really Humankind?

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on July 23, 2023July 23, 2023

    “What is the dream inside your head?” the young girl said. “Where does it take you? Does it serve you well?” The man was surprised...

    attitude, Enlightenment, love, Respect
  • Confidentially Speaking

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on July 16, 2023July 16, 2023

    Life is a compassionate entity, and everything we need to sustain life is present here with us on our planet Earth.

    attitude, encouragement, Enlightenment, Health, hope, trust
  • Confrontation – oh my!

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on July 9, 2023July 9, 2023

    Nothing is more immediate, or more difficult, than to confront and transform ourselves.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, Wisdom
  • Rebirth

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on July 3, 2023August 26, 2023

    We all have a time and place that we emerge into Planet Earth as the unique individual called by our name. Yet no matter where and how we began, a renaissance can occur.

    attitude, encouragement, hope, love, Wisdom
  • It’s Different for Girls – Or Is It?

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 26, 2023March 27, 2023

    True Buddhism as taught by Nichiren Daishonin reveals that females and males are equally endowed with the potential to manifest Buddhahood.

    attitude, Enlightenment, hope, Respect, Wisdom
  • Stop Shoulding on Yourself

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on March 5, 2023March 5, 2023

    Dropping "should" from your thought pattern creates a completely different mindset, and therefore a completely different outcome.

    attitude, determination, encouragement, obstacles, Wisdom
  • What David Bowie and I Had in Common…

    Posted by Alexandra Innes on February 26, 2023February 27, 2023

    Buddhist practice has a way of bringing you answers or messages that you need in sometimes very surprising ways!

    attitude, determination, Enlightenment, hope, obstacles, trust
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