Inspirations and Angels
By Sophy Burnham

December 2009

  • A Spiritual Principle

    I have found that when I want something passionately and constantly and with all my heart, the universe eventually brings it to me.

    The thing is that I don’t get it on my timetable and never in the way I would have imagined. Instead it comes to me later, when I’m not thinking about it!  

    Have you ever had that experience? “My gosh! I remember wanting that,” you say in surprise. “And here it is! How wonderful!”

    Several spiritual principles are involved:

  • Christmastime

    This is the time of year when our thoughts turn to loving-kindness. We long for harmony, peace, simplicity. Too often we find loneliness and despair. 

    Last year at the holidays, I was at the hospital, waiting, irritated, to see my doctor, and anything but peace and loving-kindness was on my jaw-clenched mind. I had things to do. And here I was, waiting!

    My foot jiggled. My fingers tapped. Impatient, annoyed, I despised the surly clerks behind their desks, the pitiful tinsel tree on the counter with its hopeless ornaments.

Sophy Burnham is the author of The Art of Intuition: Cultivating Your Inner Wisdom and a new edition of A Book of Angels.

Find out more at SophyBurnham.com.