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    New Beginnings: 365 Daily Meditations and Affirmations for Inspiration
    New Beginnings: 365 Daily Meditations and Affirmations for Inspiration
    New Beginnings: 365 Daily Meditations and Affirmations for Inspiration
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    New Beginnings: 365 Daily Meditations and Affirmations for Inspiration

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    Daily Inspirational Prayers and Meditations for Self-Reflection and Gratitude

    New Beginnings is a spiritual guidebook for changing your life featuring meditations, affirmations, prayers, and blessings for each day of the year.

    Pray every day. In her latest gem, bestselling author Becca Anderson offers inspirational words for each day of the year to those exploring new horizons or rebooting their directions in life. New Beginnings is a must-have for those seeking both guidance and companionship as they move in new, positive directions.

    Find a new spiritual way. Having the ability to draw inward and speculate is a fundamental skill if one wishes to grow and achieve an unlimited number of goals. If you are looking for a change in your life or seeking a new path with a vision of starting afresh, New Beginnings just might be the perfect book for you.

    Join Becca Anderson, a woman’s studies scholar, and the author of the bestselling The Book of Awesome Women, as she shares daily meditations, affirmations, prayers, and blessings. Anderson draws from a diverse pool of religions, practices, and spiritualties to bring you the perfect message for each day of the year.

    Use New Beginnings as a powerful instrument for self-reflection and gratitude:

    • Gain clarity into your purpose in life
    • Maintain hope about the future
    • Develop a better sense of self
    • Build mental energy and momentum
    • Improve your attitude and mindset

    If you enjoyed spiritual guidebooks like Live in Grace, Walk in Love, Unshakeable, or Prayers for Difficult Times Women's Edition, then New Beginnings will help bring a greater sense of peace, inner peace, and peace of mind.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateMar 30, 2021
    ISBN9781642505382
    New Beginnings: 365 Daily Meditations and Affirmations for Inspiration
    Author

    Becca Anderson

    Becca Anderson comes from a long line of teachers and preachers from Ohio and Kentucky. The teacher side of her family led her to become a woman's studies scholar and to her career writing about awesome women. A multiple-time bestselling author, Becca Anderson is known for many things, including her books Badass Affirmations and The Book of Awesome Women, her Your Blessings blog and Every Day Thankful Facebook page, as well as her many appearances on both national and bay area tv and radio shows such as ABC, NBC, and NPR. She credits her spiritual practice and daily prayer with helping her recover from cancer. An avid collector of affirmations, meditations, prayers and blessings, she helps run a “Gratitude and Grace Circle ''that meets monthly at homes, churches and bookstores in the San Francisco Bay Area where she currently resides. Becca Anderson shares prayers and affirmations, inspirational writings and suggested acts of kindness at https://thedailyinspoblog.wordpress.com

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      New Beginnings - Becca Anderson

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      New

      Beginnings

      365 Daily Meditations

      and Affirmations

      for Inspiration

      Becca Anderson

      Mango Publishing

      Coral Gables

      Copyright © 2021 by Becca Anderson.

      Published by Mango Publishing Group, a division of Mango Media Inc.

      Cover Design: Roberto Nunez

      Layout & Design: Carmen Fortunato

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      New Beginnings: 365 Daily Meditations and Affirmations for Inspiration

      Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication number: 2020950828

      ISBN: (print) 978-1-64250-537-5, (ebook) 978-1-64250-538-2

      BISAC category code OCC019000, BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth

      Printed in the United States of America

      Table of Contents

      Introduction:

      Open Your Heart

      to the Wisdom Inside You

      January

      A New Lease on Life

      February

      Straight from the Heart

      March

      Winds of Change

      April

      Springing into Action

      May

      Kindnesses Abound

      June

      Rays of Sunshine

      July

      Breaking New Ground

      August

      The Sky’s the Limit

      September

      The Road That Leads Ahead

      October

      Turning Over a New Leaf

      November

      A Time to Give Thanks

      December

      Joy to the World

      Epilogue

      About the Author

      Introduction:

      Open Your Heart to the Wisdom Inside You

      Dear Reader,

      I created this book of prayers for both you and me. The ups and downs we have seen throughout the world in recent times caused many of us to look at life with fresh perspectives. Upon rising every morning, how we spiritually greet each day could very well determine how our future unfolds. In turn, folks everywhere have decided to seek out new paths in hopes of uncovering their true purposes in life. Starting out each day with a special blessing or prayer is critical to such a journey.

      Regardless of our age, livelihood, or family situation, a new beginning might mean a short detour along our current path, or it could take you in a completely new direction. Some people make changes because they are unhappy with something small in their life; others do so because they believe that they need a complete overhaul. Sometimes advice is coming from all sorts of people in every direction, but the important thing is to find the path that’s best for us—the path that makes us the happiest. Uncovering the necessary changes is not easy, as it’s critical for us to look inside ourselves to find the true intentions of our souls.

      Take a moment to think about what you want in your life and why you want to make this particular change. Allow your heart to open to the wisdom that already lives inside you. How are you going to make it happen? Do you have the desire and the courage to see it the whole way through? Sometimes these changes are scary. Some of us might need to make one or more sacrifices—mentally, physically, or even financially. It might require stepping out of your comfort zone in order to find the path to your true potential.

      Perhaps the most important tools in facing these journeys are inspiration and motivation. Some folks may be able to muster the courage to face these challenges alone, but most of us find we need the support of other people. If you dig deep enough, there is unlimited wisdom available courtesy of the world’s most famous leaders, poets, writers, and scientists. More times than not, a few powerful words are all the motivation you might need. That was the main vision behind the creation of this book—providing you with a daily message in hopes of keeping you moving in the right direction.

      It’s time to reclaim your life and rediscover the true joy of your existence.

      Making a change or starting over isn’t the worst thing you can do.

      Giving up is.

      January

      A New Lease on Life

      The person who removes a mountain begins by carrying away small stones.

      —Chinese Proverb

      Bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.

      —Laurell K. Hamilton

      It always seems impossible until it is done.

      —Nelson Mandela

      You must do the thing you think you cannot do.

      —Eleanor Roosevelt

      I came, I saw, I conquered.

      —Julius Caesar

      Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be.

      —Grandma Moses

      9

      Change

      Change will not come if we wait for some other person,

      or if we wait for some other time.

      We are the ones we’ve been waiting for.

      We are the change that we seek.

      —Barack Obama

      9

      Tiny Prayer

      May you make plans to regularly step away for several moments a day,

      knowing that the news is out there,

      that the fight is out there,

      that the sustaining of a movement is bigger than you,

      that it requires you to take care of your body and soul,

      which means breathing into the horrors you already know,

      taking a break from ingesting more,

      and trusting your communities to continually balance the work,

      staggering participation so that the collective spirit moves,

      even during the moments when you are at necessary rest.

      Amen.

      —Micah Bucey (2020)

      9

      Prayer for Peace

      May I become at all times, both now and forever

      A protector for those without protection

      A guide for those who have lost their way

      A ship for those with oceans to cross

      A bridge for those with rivers to cross

      A sanctuary for those in danger

      A lamp for those without light

      A place of refuge for those who lack shelter

      And a servant to all in need.

      —Buddhist Prayer of Peace

      9

      God Grant Me Grace to Be My Best Self

      Give us the strength it takes

      to listen rather than to judge,

      to trust rather than to fear,

      to try again and again

      to make peace even when peace eludes us.

      We ask, O God, for the grace

      to be our best selves.

      We ask for the vision

      to be builders of the human community

      rather than its destroyers.

      We ask for the humility as a people

      to understand the fears and hopes of other peoples.

      We ask for the love it takes

      to bequeath to the children of the world to come

      more than the failures of our own making.

      We ask for the heart it takes

      to care for all the peoples.

      For You, O God, have been merciful to us.

      For You, O God, have been patient with us.

      For You, O God, have been gracious to us.

      And so may we be merciful

      and patient

      and gracious

      and trusting

      with these others whom you also love.

      This we ask through Jesus,

      the one without vengeance in his heart.

      This we ask forever and ever.

      Amen.

      —Benedictine Sisters’ Prayer for World Peace

      9

      Every Tomorrow Is a Vision of Hope

      Look to this day,

      For yesterday is but a dream,

      And tomorrow is only a vision,

      But today, well lived,

      Makes every yesterday a dream of happiness,

      And every tomorrow a vision of hope.

      Look well, therefore, to this day.

      —Kalidasa, from ancient Sanskrit

      9

      The Only Thing That Matters

      I do not think that the measure of a civilization

      is how tall its buildings of concrete are,

      but rather how well its people have learned to relate

      to their environment and fellow man.

      —Sun Bear, Chippewa Medicine Man

      9

      Bloom

      I want to tell you

      about the sunflower I found

      on the sidewalk yesterday.

      It is wilting and curled and gorgeous

      and knows it.

      I want to age like that,

      never forgetting my own beauty,

      never forgetting how to say bloom.

      —Anna Voelker

      9

      Today I Purpose to Love

      My life will shine

      As the morning sings

      I walk in liberty

      Bound in true dreams

      Manifested promises

      Chase my forward motion

      A covered path before me

      The fruits of my hoping

      The fruits of my living

      Today I purpose to love

      My love will speak

      With the sound of grace

      Merciful within mercy

      The works of my faith

      Smiles of overflowing

      Inspire my giving

      Abundance of joy as rain

      The fruits of my living

      —Michael John Faciane

      9

      Mother Teresa’s Prayer for Purpose

      Make us worthy, Lord, to serve our fellow men

      throughout the world who live and die in poverty and hunger.

      Give them through our hands this day their daily bread,

      and by our understanding love, give peace and joy.

      —Mother Teresa

      9

      Live Each Day As If It Is Your Last

      As my life today

      has been determined by the way I lived my yesterday,

      So my tomorrow is being determined by the way

      I live my today.

      —Ralph Waldo Trine

      9

      Joy and Good Will and Serenity

      As you cannot have a sweet and wholesome abode

      unless you admit the air and sunshine freely into your rooms,

      so a strong body

      and a bright, happy, or serene countenance

      can only

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