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Jeff Maziarek, author of Spirituality Simplified and Codi's Journey, available in both print and eBook formats, launched Pondercentral.com in May 2007 as a web-based forum for "PONDER on THIS," a series of weekday inspirational email messages he began sending to subscribers in March 1999.
Selected from a vast library of spiritual growth books, the messages are currently received by hundreds of people all over the world. Please note that in addition to Pondercentral.com, Jeff occasionally posts to his Spirituality Simplified blog. To contact Jeff via email please click here.
A FREE service since its inception, "PONDER on THIS" provides subscribers with meaningful content to assist them on their individual paths of spiritual growth. In addition, it benefits subscribers, authors, and publishers by including links to Amazon.com where subscribers can learn more about the book being quoted, and also purchase it.Spirituality Simplified by Jeff Maziarek
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 21st, 2018 by Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D. in IF LIFE IS A GAME, THESE ARE THE RULES
“Spending time in nature can be a wonderful source of inspiration. The natural world has an energy to it that can put you int touch with the deepest parts of yourself. Thoreau spent two years alone in the woods so … Continue reading
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Tagged Cherie Carter Scott, If LIfe is a Game These Are the Rules
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 20th, 2018 by Asara Lovejoy in THE ONE COMMAND
“Fear, lack, and insecurity are the emotions of your small self. Your small self believes that the fearful experiences from your childhood are true, and that you are powerless to change what you fear. As an adult, you may find … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 17th, 2018 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“Right living is the result of right thinking. You project right thoughts out ahead of you on the road of life, and then you experience the reality of living in those right thoughts when you have arrived at them – … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 16th, 2018 by John. St.Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE
“Contrary to what the Rolling Stones would tell you, time is not on your side. It’s moving forward every second, separating you from the past and thrusting you into the future. How you move into whatever time you have left … Continue reading
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Tagged John St. Augustine, Living an Uncommon Life
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 15th, 2018 by Marianne Williamson in THE GIFT OF CHANGE
“Often I’ve heard people complain about a plan that failed. “But it was a good idea! I don’t know why it didn’t succeed!” But though we might have thought something was a good idea, the mortal mind has a limited … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 13th, 2018 by Carolyn J. Gable in EVERYTHING I KNOW AS A CEO I LEARNED AS A WAITRESS
“There are two ways of looking at the matter of honesty. An old saying puts it this way: “If you are going to be a liar, you had better have a great memory.” This suggests that honesty is the best … Continue reading
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Tagged Carolyn J. Gable, Everything I Know as a CEO I Learned as a Waitress
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 10th, 2018 by Asara Lovejoy in THE ONE COMMAND
“You have the ability within your mind to be in a different portion of your brain, the portion of your brain that isn’t programmed yet. It doesn’t have a pattern yet. You can program that portion of your brain to … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 8th, 2018 by Fr. Anthony DeMello, S.J. in THE WAY TO LOVE
“Now is the time to see that absolutely nothing outside of you can bring you lasting joy. But the moment you do that you will notice that a fear arises in your heart. That fear that if you allow the … Continue reading
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Tagged Fr. Anthony DeMello, The Way to Love
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, August 7th, 2018 by Karol K. Truman in HEALING FEELINGS FROM YOUR HEART
“Somewhere along life’s journey, most of us were conditioned or felt the need to exhibit a brave front – to play the game of life. We followed what we thought were the rules, even if they were unspoken. We learned … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, August 6th, 2018 by Diane K. Osbon in REFLECTIONS ON THE ART OF LIVING: A JOSEPH CAMPBELL COMPANION
“Heaven and hell are psychological definitions. The Catholic definition of mortal sin should relieve you of the thought that you have committed one. As a Catholic, you learn that for a sin to be mortal, the kind that condemns you … Continue reading
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Tagged Diane K. Osbon, Joseph Campbell, Reflections on the Art of Living
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, August 3rd, 2018 by Sanaya Roman in LIVING WITH JOY
“Every person is free. You may have created an arena of work, and based your life upon certain accomplishments and forms. The path of joy is learning not to be caught by the details of these forms. It is learning … Continue reading
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, August 2nd, 2018 by Asara Lovejoy in THE ONE COMMAND
“Recognize the power of who you are in your thinking. Your emotional thoughts have either brought your financial good to you or kept it from you. You stay attached to poor thinking, or reject rich thinking because that is the … Continue reading
Posted in Abundance, Power of Positive Thinking
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BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 1st, 2018 by Pete Koerner in THE BELIEF FORMULA
“We can’t truly control any single aspect of God or creation, yet we continue to make our own attempts to control God by limiting God to a human’s descriptive terminology. In other words, we have decided amongst ourselves that it … Continue reading
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