“Love, for ourselves or another, helps us connect more deeply with our spirituality, with our soul. . . [L]earn to love yourself more, it will make a big difference in your life, and the lives of those around you. . . . Each and every one of us, regardless of religion or beliefs, has a…
Author: Mindful Leader
Cecilia B. Loving is Deputy Commissioner/Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer at the NYC Fire Department. She also served as an attorney for the NYC Commission on Human Rights, and was a litigator at Patterson Belknap; Kramer Levin; and the Legal Aid Society. She is founder of the Mindfulness Group at FDNY, as well as Co-Chair of the NYC Bar’s first Mindfulness and Well-Being Committee. In addition to obtaining her Juris Doctor from NYU School of Law, Cecilia obtained her BFA from Howard University, MFA from UCLA and M.Div from NY Theological Seminary. She has written several books, including Prayers for Those Standing on the Edge of Greatness; God is a Brown Girl Too; God is a Lawyer Too; and Seeing Myself as God Sees Me. She also writes blogs and articles, including “Mindfulness: Being in the Now Without Bias, Blame or Shame” (Catalyst, April 19, 2018).
DAY 42 – WE ARE ALL PURE LOVE: October 21, 2019
“We are all pure love. But most of us have locked away this love within ourselves and don’t let it out. This love remains there, though. We can lock love away but we cannot destroy it, and we always have the potential to release it. We release it first by learning to love ourselves again.”…
DAY 41 – THINK LOVING THOUGHTS ABOUT ANYONE AND EVERYONE: October 20, 2019
“Thinking loving thoughts about anyone and everyone is important. When we think lovingly of someone and wish them well, it’s a form of prayer, and is received by God as such. When we think loving thoughts, we release some more of the love we have locked away.” Lorna Byrne, from Love From Heaven: Practicing Compassion…
DAY 40 – RISE IN THE BLESSING OF THE EARTH: October 19, 2019
I rise in the blessing of the earth. I rise in the beauty of the world. I rise in the restoration of love. I rise in the power of the ancestors. I rise in the Holy Spirit. I rise in the Consciousness of Christ. I rise in the hope of glory. I rise in the…
DAY 39 – EMBRACE THE MIRACLES OF EACH MOMENT: October 18, 2019
“I undertook this journey knowing that happiness cannot be pursued. It can only be revealed. I resolved that my life would no longer be driven by doing one thing after another or getting ahead or getting a new title. It would be guided more by seeing the wonder that unfolds in daily life and the…
DAY 38 – I RELEASE EVERYTHING AND EVERYONE: October 17, 2019
Mindfulness breathes me, and I breathe it, unencumbered by hatred, or venom, or lies. I release needing to be right or wrong, or just or unjust, or straight or gay, or black or white, or truth or false, or Christian, or Buddhist, or Hindu or Jew, or atheist, or Muslim, or powerful, or powerless. LISTEN…
DAY 37 – ASK AND RECEIVE: October 16, 2019
I ask for what I want, and I see it bless me without ceasing. I knock, and all of the doors that I need open show me that God has no limitations. I seek, and the gifts flow without ceasing. CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE MEDITATION FOR 1-2-3-4 OR -5 MINUTES OR MORE The…
DAY 36 – WE ARE ALL CONNECTED: October 15, 2019
“Spirituality is recognizing and celebrating that we are all inextricably connected to each other by a power greater than all of us, and that our connection to that power and to one another is grounded in love and belonging.” Brené Brown, PhD, LMSW, from Rising Strong CLICK HERE TO LISTEN My soul is who you…
DAY 35 – RELAX COMPLETELY IN DIVINE LOVE: October 14, 2019
“Withdraw deeply to your own center; then think of someone who lived long ago, and focus your mind at his center. You will see that, from your center to his, a connection forms— as if your two islands, seemingly separated by ocean water, were connected more deeply by the earth underneath. Everyone who is not…
DAY 34 – HOLD YOURSELF WITH COMPASSION: October 13, 2019
“Fortunately, when we decide to hold our flawed humanity with compassion, everything changes. By responding to our own pain with a sense of kindness and connection, by soothing and comforting ourselves when faced with the imperfection of ourselves or our lives, we are creating new positive emotions.” Kristin Neff, from Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of…
DAY 33 – SHAPE YOUR REALITY: October 12, 2019
In Soul Shifts, Barbara De Angelis says “Choice is another kind of spiritual practice that says, ‘I am going to remember that I am the Ultimate Consciousness temporarily identified with this body and as this person; therefore, I can be a miraculous circuit for consciousness, wisdom, and power to flow out into my life. I’m…
DAY 32 – THERE IS NO THEM AND US; THERE IS ONLY US: October 11, 2019
“We come to this planet to learn unconditional love -first to have it for ourselves, and then to give the same unconditional love to other people. We need to get rid of this idea of them and us. There is no them and us; there is only us. There are no groups that are expendable…
