Amanda's Daily Joy
Free Videos of Amanda Gore Speaking
Hi All,
These videos are from various speaking engagements I’ve had over the years. Hope they bring you some joy!!
SUNDAY—listen to God
“Listening is a creative force that transforms relationships. Listening is a sacred art. It is an awareness that not only are we present to each other, we are present to something that is spiritual, holy, sacred.”
From “Practicing the Sacred Art of Listening” by Kay Lindahl; (www.sacredlistening.com) Reprinted with permission.
God “talks” to us in many [...]
SATURDAY: ENERGY GIVERS AND SUCKERS
“Don’t hold onto your anger, hurt and pain. They steal your energy and keep you from love”
Anonymous
Have you ever woken feeling pretty energetic and then encountered someone who leaves you feeling completely drained in only five minutes? These people are real and I call them energy suckers. They are psychic vampires!
I bet at some stage [...]
FRIDAY: BUST STRESS
Stress is a fact of life; it doesn’t have to be a way of life!
Stress is probably our greatest zapper of energy and vitality. Constant stress and pressure are exhausting both mentally and physically. (Remember your adrenal glands and how hard they work when you are stressed.)
Today, do your best to stay calm and peaceful. [...]
THURSDAY: SLEEP AND ENERGY
“Lack of sleep disrupts every physiologic function in the body. We have nothing in our biology that allows us to adapt to this behavior.”
Eve Van Cauter , Professor of Medicine, University of Chicago.
•permission given Department of Medicine – University of Chicago
”people who are sleep-deprived have elevated levels of substances in the blood that indicate a [...]
WEDNESDAY: BE CONSCIOUS OF HOW MUCH YOU MOVE
We live in a society where people are searching for artificial energy boosting substances, when doing some physical activity every day may provide that extra edge to make it through the day.
Go through a typical day in your mind from the minute you wake up to when you go to bed. How much do you [...]
TUESDAY: BE CONSCIOUS OF WHAT YOU DRINK
Water is essential for life. The average adult body is 55% to 75% water. Two-thirds of your body weight is water (40 to 50 quarts). Make sure you drink enough good quality water!
It is amazing how quickly the body can dehydrate. By the time we actually feel thirsty, we are probably already dehydrated.
Most of us [...]
MONDAY: EATING AND DRINKING PATTERNS AND ROUTINES
“The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.”
Televangelist and minister Mike Murdoch
Our body renews itself on a regular basis using building materials directly derived from what we put into it. We become what we eat, so what you put into your body should be very carefully selected—it will become part of you [...]
SUNDAY: SPIRITUALLY RE-ENERGISE
“The more you lose yourself in something bigger than yourself, the more energy you will have”
Norman Vincent Peale
This is the day to tap into the giant “battery” in the sky or all around you. Make a commitment to find your spiritual renewal center—it’s really inside you, not outside!
Be quiet and spend time with God, or [...]
SATURDAY; APOLOGISE
“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”
Poet Kimberly Johnson
Gulp! Apologize? Do I have to?
Well, pretty much yes, if you did something that intentionally or unintentionally hurt or harmed someone else. And as Ms. Johnson says above—never ruin it with an excuse.
If you say “I am sorry but….”, you are about to make an excuse and [...]
FRIDAY: THE OTHER PERSON’S RESPONSE
The other person’s response doesn’t matter! Forgive them whether they know you have done it or not.
When we forgive others, we need to be completely unattached to the other person’s response or reaction to our forgiving them. If we forgive someone else and expect some change from him or her, are we forgiving for the [...]
THURSDAY: FORGIVE YOURSELF
“The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.”
Canadian poet, novelist, playwright and journalist Alden Nowlan
(1933-1983)
I have already written a lot on forgiving yourself. Now is the day to do it. [...]
WEDNESDAY: LET GO OF EMBARRASSMENT AND SHAME DAY
“The world, I found, has a way of taking a man pretty much at his own rating. If he permits his loss to make him embarrassed and apologetic, he will draw embarrassment from others. But if he gains his own respect, the respect of those around him comes easily.”
Aviation pioneer and inventor Alexander de Seversky [...]
TUESDAY: ASK FOR FORGIVENESS
Ask for forgiveness—whether you did anything wrong or not!
“Finally, brethren, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute, if there is any excellence, if anything worthy of praise, dwell on these things.”
Philippians 4:8
There is a problem-solving, healing process called Ho’oponopono (http://www.hooponopono.org) which originated [...]
MONDAY: BREAKING THE BONDS
“When you hold resentment toward another, you are bound to that person or condition by an emotional link that is stronger than steel. Forgiveness is the only way to dissolve that link and get free.”
Minister and inspirational author Catherine Ponder
In your seven minutes, you reflected on all those who have “done you wrong.” When you [...]
SUNDAY: forgive them for they know not what they do
“After all this is over, all that will really have mattered is how we treated each other.”
Anonymous
Today is the way into your future.
You are leaving the past behind and forging ahead with forgiveness as a way of living, as a spiritual path.
If anyone does anything that offends you, hurts you, disappoints you or makes you [...]
SATURDAY: ASK AND RECEIVE
“If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you.”
John 15:7
Did you ever read a little book called the “Prayer of Jabez”? There was a story in there that really stuck with me.
Someone had died and was being given a tour [...]
FRIDAY: RECEIVE, WITH GRACE
“Human life runs its course in the metamorphosis between receiving and giving.”
Poet, novelist and playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
There are a gazillion references to receiving in the Bible. I bet it’s even a law of nature to receive, accept, and then bless others! If flowers could not receive the warmth from sunshine, they would not [...]
THURSDAY: GIVE YOUR BLESSINGS
“Be generous with kindly words, especially about those who are absent.”
Poet, novelist and playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Words are very powerful. You can bless people or curse them with words, looks and gestures.
Today is the day to look at how you use your words and non-verbals: Do you use them to bestow blessings or to [...]
WEDNESDAY: GIVE TO YOURSELF AND RECEIVE IT!
Don’t give up; just give!
Many people are generous with others and really mean-spirited to themselves. They never give themselves any love, credit, care, grace, any thing, or any time—for resting, recuperation, joy, spiritual renewal, learning, fun, balance, being alone, health or exercise.
If we live like this, we burn out and don’t have the energy or [...]
