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Have a happy New Year! It’s good for your health

January 6, 2017 By Beverly Goldsmith Leave a Comment

Have a happy New Year! It’s good for your health It’s a New Year! It’s the time when Aussies come together in January to celebrate the good things their homeland has to offer them. Some mark the day by having a barbecue lunch with family and friends. Others participate in official citizenship ceremonies that acknowledge new arrivals who want to call Australia home. Most of all, the occasion celebrates the hope that the year ahead will be a happy one – filled with continued peace, health and prosperity for everyone – ourselves, our family and friends included. So how do you have a happy New Year – one that’s good for your health?

GIVE THANKS

At the start of a year it’s important to give thanks for the good already received – both on a personal level, as well as collectively as a nation. In this way, we utilize the blessings we have and are ready to receive more. Such gratitude promotes happiness at home, school and work. It makes the wheels of daily life turn more smoothly by encouraging everyone to pull together, to share ideas and learn from each other.

TIP:

– Take time to be thankful that we “live in peaceful dwelling places, in secure homes, in undisturbed places of rest” Bible Isaiah 32:18 – in a country that is at peace with itself and its neighbours. Being thankful lifts our spirits and improves our health.

– Appreciate how new arrivals enrich the tapestry of our ideas, culture, food, life-style, fashion, and industry.

– Offer words of appreciation to others. This fosters happy, beneficial contacts between all ages, and between old and new Australians.

– Make an effort to get along with people who are different. Refuse to be critical. “Tones of the human mind may be different, but they should be concordant in order to blend properly. Unselfish ambition, noble life-motives, and purity, — these constituents of thought, mingling, constitute individually and collectively true happiness, strength, and permanence”. – Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health p.58

– Be glad. Don’t be a complainer. Remember, “Our gratitude is riches, complaint is poverty. Our trials bloom in blessings, they test our constancy. O, life from joy is minted, an everlasting gold. True gladness is the treasure that grateful hearts will hold”. – W. Harold Ferguson

– Be generous. “Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it”. – Mary Baker Eddy Science and Health p. 57:18

– So go ahead! This January, give thanks. Have a happy New Year. It’s good for your health.

This article has been published on Motherpedia . Read more by me on Motherpedia…

Also published in the January edition of the Around Point Cook community newspaper in print and online via Issuu.

How to have good relationships

March 17, 2022 By Beverly Goldsmith 4 Comments

Relationships. We all have them, no matter what shape or form they take. These include, family, friends, neighbours, work colleagues, those we play sport with, or meet with at church.

Mostly, we are blessed to have straight forward, good relationships with others. Some relationships however, can be troubling. When this occurs, it’s so comforting to know that there is a way to bring out harmony. With divine Love’s help, our prayers and actions can restore peace and goodwill. We can have those good relationships we yearn for, and that are normal and natural between all of God’s people.

How to have good relationships: 7 Takeaway Tips for happy, harmonious, healthy relationships

1. Look for good in yourself and others.
To improve relationships, look for something good in others. This reminds us that God made everyone in His loving image and likeness. Genesis 1:26, 27. He made us good – caring, cooperative, thoughtful, unselfish. Genesis 1:31.
“In Science man is the offspring of Spirit. The beautiful, good, and pure constitute his ancestry.” Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures p. 63.

2. Be happy.
Harmony is not just an absence of discord. Happiness and harmony are qualities of God, Soul, Mind, which we reflect. To forward good relationships, consent to harmony, believe it can happen, expect harmonious camaraderie to be expressed at home, school, and work. “Harmony in man is as beautiful as in music, and discord is unnatural, unreal.” Mary Baker Eddy Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 304

3. Change first.
To establish a good relationship, begin with yourself. Don’t wait around for someone else to change, or to make the first move. Take the lead, seek reconciliation not separation. Put divine Love into action. Be a peacemaker. Bible Matt 5 :9. Be meek, merciful, pure, forgiving. Matt 5:2-11. “Love inspires, illumines, designates, and leads the way.” Mary Baker Eddy Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures p. 454

4. Forgive.
It may not be easy to forgive someone, to quit holding a grudge, or to graciously accept an apology. Forgiveness is about your peace of mind, not absolving someone of responsibility for wrongdoing. If you know someone who’s wronged you, forgive them, and mentally move on. “ And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And Love is reflected in love;” Mary Baked Eddy. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 17 “Right motives give pinions to thought, and strength and freedom to speech and action.” ibid. p. 454

5. Make something beautiful out of adversity.
Sometimes we meet someone who gets under our skin. If this happens, express the wisdom of the oyster and make a pearl! Wrap layers of love, appreciation, forgiveness, gratitude, around the person, problem and yourself. In this way you’ll make something beautiful out of adversity. “Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God.” Bible. I John 4:7 “No power can withstand divine Love.” Mary Baker Eddy. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 224

6. Expect good in your life right now.
God is the source of all goodness. We can think spiritually about ourselves and others, not ruminate, reiterate or speculate over discord, chew over past wrongs, hurts, or slights. Instead we can choose to have a life filled with good relationships.
“Each successive stage of experience unfolds new views of divine goodness and love.” Mary Baker Eddy. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 66

7. Practice thinking spiritually
Good relationships require us to practice the spiritual qualities of goodness and love in every interaction. We can practice equanimity – evenness of mind, patience, gentleness and serenity with everyone we associate with.
“What we most need is the prayer of fervent desire for growth in grace, expressed in patience, meekness, love, and good deeds.” Mary Baker Eddy. Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p.4.

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This year try thought recycling. It’s good for your health.

January 1, 2020 By Beverly Goldsmith Leave a Comment

It’s a New Year, so it’s a great time to try thought recycling. This reprocessing method, is a personal way of extending the life and usefulness of things that have already served their initial purpose. And this mental activity can really benefit your life at home, school or work.

HOW THOUGHT RECYCLING WORKS

We all know how to dispose of unwanted packaging materials and green waste into our household recycling bins. Or, to use garage sales, flea-markets and car-boot sales as opportunities for unwanted items such as furniture, clothing and kids’ toys to find their way on to good homes.

However, if our thinking has become cluttered with negativity or worry, we don’t want to recycle this mental litter. No one wants negative thoughts. They don’t bring anyone happiness or healing. On the other hand, positive, spiritually productive thoughts, are ready-made for inclusion in a mental recycling program.

Over the years, I’ve been comforted, gained mental strength, and found healing from ideas shared in sacred poetry, books, and spiritual texts. I’ve also had the joy of passing along to others these inspirational thoughts that have enhanced my life. In this way, an inspired idea that has “served its initial purpose” – to benefit me, has now had its life extended.

TIPS TO HELP YOU TRY THOUGHT RECYCLING

– Be selective. Check the type of thoughts you want to circulate to others before doing so. Is it something worth recycling – that contributes in a positive way to the environment at home or work?

– Bin unhealthy thoughts and fears ready for discarding. Don’t ruminate, reiterate or speculate over them. “Hold thought steadfastly to the enduring, the good, and the true, and you will bring these into your experience proportionably to their occupancy of your thoughts.” Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health p.261:4

– Relate uplifting, reassuring, personal experiences. What’s learned from the good and hard times in life, can encourage someone going through a similar experience. Bless your family, friends and work colleagues with your kind thoughts. “Keep on loving one another as brothers and sisters”. Bible. Hebrews 13:1

– Recycle gratitude. It’s heartening to receive expressions of appreciation. Gratitude brightens a moment, encourages an individual, and later continues to remind them that they’ve done something worthwhile – they’ve done well. So, if you’ve had a kindness shown you, pass it on.

– Be buoyed and enriched by the excellent ideas that others have found helpful and have taken the time to share with you. Beneficial thoughts are worth circulating in large quantities. So, pass them on to others. This year try thought recycling. It’s good for your health.

– Beverly Goldsmith writes on the connection between spirituality and health and is a Christian Science Practitioner and Teacher .

– This article is also published on Motherpedia. Read more from Beverly on Motherpedia…

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Be happy. It’s good for your health

August 29, 2019 By Beverly Goldsmith Leave a Comment

Be happy. It’s good for your health There are many reasons to be happy with one’s lot in life, and then there may be some that make you feel unhappy about it. But when asked, most of us just want to be happy – to have someone to love, something to do, and something to look forward to. We’d all like to be healthy, financially secure, connected and satisfied. So how do we achieve and maintain a consistently happy frame of mind?

To be happy moment-by-moment is not as difficult as you may think. It’s actually our natural state of being. It’s quite normal to have positive levels of happiness and contentment. As individuals we’re very resilient and able to bounce back readily when bad things drag our spirits down.

For years a friend found it difficult to retain happiness. Even little things that went wrong would instantly plunge him into prolonged unhappiness. This changed when he learned to think spiritually about himself. It seemed entirely probable to him that a divine Creator had ‘programmed’ him to not only be happy but to stay happy. Possessing resilient, balanced thinking, was actually native to him and everyone, thus he could resist becoming unhappy. This change in thinking had a positive effect. Things, big or little, ceased to drag him down into depression, and he went on to be a normally happy person.

4 TIPS TO BE HAPPY:

– Think of happiness as a spiritual quality that resides permanently in your heart and mind. You have it and you can also share it with others. “Happiness is spiritual, born of Truth and Love. It is unselfish; therefore it cannot exist alone, but requires all mankind to share it.” Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health p. 57:18

– Expect to feel perfectly normal and positive about yourself each and every day, no matter where you are or what you’re doing. Experiencing heart-felt gladness, is supported through a connection with the divine source of happiness. “I know that there is nothing better for people than to be happy and to do good while they live. That each of them may eat and drink, and find satisfaction in all their toil.” Bible. Ecclesiastes 3:12-13.

– Don’t wait for something or someone to make you happy. True contentment and buoyancy of spirit isn’t something to be sought out and then acquired. It’s yours already.

– Be proactive. Open your thinking, and allow the joy of happiness to be expressed in you. You can defeat unhappy thoughts and feelings and be happy in all you do. Knowing this is good for your health.

Beverly Goldsmith writes on the connection between spirituality and health and is a practitioner and teacher of Christian Science healing.

– This article is published on Motherpedia. Read more from Beverly on Motherpedia…

– Also published in the JULY 2019 edition of Around Point Cook and Around Altona Community newspapers in print and online via Issuu.

Start afresh this New Year. It’s good for your health.

January 2, 2019 By Beverly Goldsmith Leave a Comment

Start afresh this New Year. It’s good for your health It’s not just another New Year. It’s the start of a whole, new, different one. Each January 1^st offers a brand new beginning that’s full of opportunities to break out of last year’s rut, leave unhappiness behind, and start afresh. Right now it’s possible to discover simple, can-do, fresh ideas to make home a happier place to be. So put your thinking cap on! Plan to start afresh this New Year, and do it. It’s good for your health.

START AFRESH: THINK-PLAN-ACT

When a New Year rolls around, it’s tempting to think of it as a continuation of the same old unhappy or boring routine. Yet it doesn’t have to be so. It’s possible to think in a fresh direction, make plans to improve life at home, and act on them. So don’t hold back. Take the first step. You could be pleasantly surprised at what you’ll achieve if you just start afresh this New Year.

FIVE NEW YEAR ACTION TIPS:

1. Begin the year by thinking of each new day as a fresh start – a time to wake each morning with a grateful heart and the expectation of discovering new ideas that will lead to a better life.

2. Make a resolution to leave the negativity of the old year behind and start afresh. Discover constructive, harmony-producing ideas each new day. Remember that useful ideas are right at hand to bless you and your family and improve the quality of home-life. Don’t say you’re not an ideas person! You are. Just pause, quietly think, listen for, and pay attention to those fresh helpful ideas.

3. Don’t dismiss good ideas that come to your thought, with a “that won’t work” attitude. Be humble. Be willing to try them out. You’ve nothing to lose, and everything good to gain. “Willingness to become as a little child and to leave the old for the new, renders thought receptive of the advanced idea”. Mary Baker Eddy, Science and Health p.323

4. Wipe your mental slate clean of resentment or disappointment. Start afresh. Let love-filled spiritual inspiration fill your heart and mind. It will change your outlook and bring you peace. Divine Love’s compassion and mercy never fail you, “they are new every morning”. Bible. Lamentations 3:23

5. Be bold. Be ready to make changes. If something’s not working at home, deal with it in a different, new way. Tune into the ever-present divine Source of good ideas. Take a fresh approach. You’ll have greater harmony.

So don’t wait. Start afresh this New Year. You’ll find it’s good for your health.

This article was first published on my previous blog site spiritualityandhealthconnect.com. It is published on Motherpedia. It was published in Around Altona Community newspaper in print and online via Issuu.