WEEKLY WORD / WISDOM - Unity Joy of Life Ministry

LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE

Aug 03, 2025

LAUGHTER IS GOOD MEDICINE Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life! In the 1970s, there was a new restaurant, The Chart House, that was being opened 30 minutes away from our little town. My dad, so excited, he made reservations. We drove 30 minutes, we got seated, we're waiting for our food, and all of a sudden, there is this stunning, beautiful woman walking out of the restroom, and what is traipsing behind her, stuck to her shoe, are yards of toilet paper. Well, there's someone ...

BE THE SILENT WATCHER OF THE PRESENT MOMENT

Jul 27, 2025

BE THE SILENT WATCHER OF THE PRESENT MOMENT Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life!A few weeks ago, I went to the health food store. I bought a substantial amount of things, and as I was being checked out, I noticed that I was given the Senior Citizen discount. And there was this moment where I got offended. My ego self got in the way. And it was a big discount, let me just say that. But as I stayed offended, I realized, oh my gosh, how many times do we go through life complaining about ...

HOW TO STAY SANE WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER ANGER

Jul 20, 2025

HOW TO STAY SANE WHEN YOU ENCOUNTER ANGER Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life!I think the year was around 2001. I was the minister in Denver, Colorado, and there was this one person who came into the church super angry, and they were blaming me for their marriage having gone wrong, because they thought I didn't do a good enough wedding ceremony. Well, I became their punching bag. I mean they were angry, angry, angry and I was trying to kind of defend myself. But remember whatever you ...

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR STATE OF BEING

Jul 13, 2025

HOW TO CHANGE YOUR STATE OF BEING Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life! Some years back, I was at a minister's conference. We were on a cruise boat on our way to Alaska, and every morning before we would start our meetings, we would have about a half hour of joy songs. And I would always sit in the back with other colleagues, just kind of judging some of the other ministers up front that were like just getting into the joy songs and having the time of their life. I'm thinking, ...

GO FORTH AND USE YOUR WORDS POWERFULLY

Jul 06, 2025

GO FORTH AND USE YOUR WORDS POWERFULLY Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life!Many years ago, I was married to a dentist, and I had to go through school to become his assistant - just in case if after hours there was an emergency - I could go in and assist him. And I remember my first time. I was so nervous. The patient was in a lot of pain. I come out with all these instruments and I dropped one of the instruments, and I said, "Whoops!" My husband at the time looked at me, and then ...

WANT PEACE? LOOK IN THE MIRROR.

Jun 29, 2025

WANT PEACE? LOOK IN THE MIRROR. Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life.Lately, I've been getting my lessons from birds! Especially this morning. You see, I begin every morning in the hot tub and this is where I do my prayer, my meditation, I get in my zen, and I start the day. And, this morning, I kept hearing from our chickens. We have ten chickens and they were just clacking away and making all this ruckus! "I want to be fed right now!" That's what they were saying at least in my ...

REACH HIGHER

Jun 22, 2025

SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S LOVE Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life!One of my very favorite statements comes from the Course in Miracles where it says, "If you knew who walks beside you on the way that you have chosen, fear would be impossible." Concern, doubt, would all be impossible because you would know that you are well taken care of. You would know that there's a Higher Power that has great ways and means of just taking care of everything that you need. You see, the ...

SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S LOVE

Jun 15, 2025

SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE OF GOD'S LOVE Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life!In 2008, my brother was dying of ALS and I was in a lot of emotional pain. He was my best friend. We did a lot of things together, we had a lot of fun history together, and when I heard at first that he was dying, I thought "I don't know how I'm going to do this."I needed comfort. So, I asked God to guide me to a book. The book that I was deeply guided to was a book that came out at that time. It was called, ...

IS THE WORLD TRYING TO TELL YOU WHO TO LIKE?

Jun 08, 2025

IS THE WORLD TRYING TO TELL YOU WHO TO LIKE? Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life!I don't know about you, but, I'm getting a little bit tired of people in the 3rd dimensional world telling me who to like - whether it's Trump or Elon, whether it's Putin or Zelenskyy, whether it's Israel or Hamas, the list goes on and on. In the 3rd dimensional world, if you keep focusing on the problem, you're energizing the problem. And sometimes if you say something about it, you might just be ...

BE IN AWE

Jun 01, 2025

ENERGY Hello there, friends of Unity Joy of Life!I'm so glad that you tuned in today, because this last week I was reminded of a quote by Rumi that says, "If you're not in awe, you are not paying attention."This last week, my husband Steve and I went up to the Strawberry Festival in Northern California. It is there where you can listen to bluegrass music, but what is so unique about this festival is that campers and RVs get to park around these amphitheaters. We're parked within these ...