"Keep your feet facing forward," is The Guides' descriptive way of reminding us all to be in today with our direction toward tomorrow--not always looking back at the past.

 

Here’s a spiritual “cheat sheet” to live by:

 

• In order to believe in the journey you have been promised, understand who you are.  You do that by being truthful to you about you.

• Remember: Hope creates greater advantage. Despair creates less for you.

• Train yourself to be the best in attitude, truthfulness, and using your fears as tools to help you dig inside to uncover the gold within you.

• When you’re mentally stressed, you become confused.

• When you’re emotionally stretched, you lose the boundaries that make you feel safe.

• Don’t overwhelm yourself with anxieties.

• When you lose yourself in “just you,” you will feel alone as a result.

• Focus on joy, not gloom.

• Realize the power of acceptance.

• Know that every battle will eventually be won.

• Look to little children to see the way to live. There is pleasure in simplicity.

• Relish sunsets. Use them to reflect on what you accomplished today and to see how far you have come.

• The outside world is in chaos. Trying to find answers there can be frustrating. That’s because there are none outside of you---only maps to follow to go back into your past, your cocoon where you feel familiar and safe.

• Finally…No matter how hard the path is, the road is there to help you build character to become a better person.