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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.
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PONDER on THIS for Monday, November 5th, by Cherie Carter-Scott, Ph.D. in IF LIFE IS A GAME, THESE ARE THE RULES
“The opportunity to learn the lesson of awareness is presented each time you feel a sense of discontent in your life. With every desire for a shift in your path, or vision of something different, comes the chance to look … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Friday, November 2nd, 2007 by D. Wayne Dyer in YOU’LL SEE IT WHEN YOU BELIEVE IT
“Abundance is not something that we manufacture, but something that we accept and tune in to. If our mind believes in scarcity, expecting only a small portion of life’s abundance, then that is what our life experience will be. We … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, November 1st, 2007 by Anthony DeMello S.J. in THE WAY TO LOVE
“How could you go about creating a happy, loving, peaceful world? By learning a simple, beautiful, but painful art called the art of looking. This is how you do it: Every time you find yourself irritated or angry with someone, … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 31st, 2007 by Neale Donald Walsch in FRIENDSHIP WITH GOD
“Spirituality says that all things are part of life, and that is a statement with which no one can disagree. You can argue all you want about whether there is a God, and whether all things are part of God, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 30th, 2007 by Alan Cohen, in WHY YOUR LIFE SUCKS AND WHAT YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
“Your upset over someone else’s behavior is a signal for you rather than them. You have a charge on the issue because you have not come to terms with it yourself. The behavior either reminds you of something about yourself … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 29th, 2007 by Lynn Grabhorn in EXCUSE ME, YOUR LIFE IS WAITING
“Most of us think of blame as the melodramatic pointing of a long, crooked finger towards one who has done scandalous wrong. Yet we’re actually into blame just about every waking moment of our lives. From weather, to rude drivers, … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 26th, by Michael J. Tamura in YOU ARE THE ANSWER
“Purpose gives meaning, and therefore value, to our existence. So, when we isolate ourselves from our purpose, we fall into profound loneliness, bereft of meaning and worth. In reality, however, our worth isn’t predicated on what we do, how much … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 25th, 2007 by Richard Rohr in QUOTATIONS FOR THE SOUL compiled by Rosalie Maggio
“Faith is so rare—and religion so common—because no one wants to live between first base and second base. Faith is the in-between space where you’re not sure you’ll make it to second base. You’ve let go of one thing and … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 24th, 2007 by Richard Carlson, PH.D. in DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
“Nothing helps us build our perspective more than developing compassion for others. Compassion is a sympathetic feeling. It involves the willingness to put yourself in someone else’s shoes, to take the focus off yourself and to imagine what it’s like … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007 by Stuart Wilde, in LIFE WAS NEVER MEANT TO BE A STRUGGLE
“The very nature of our existence on the earth plane involves us in a certain amount of restriction. That is one of the lessons you come here to learn. Once that lesson is learned, you can move from restriction into … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Monday, October 22nd, 2007 by Rhonda Byrne in THE SECRET
“One of the things that people often do when they have an illness is talk about it all the time. That’s because they’re thinking about it all the time, so they’re just verbalizing their thoughts. If you are feeling a … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Friday, October 19th, 2007 by Paul Ferrini in THE ECSTATIC MOMENT
“When you are honest you see that the aspects of your life that prosper are the ones that you enjoy the most and the ones to which you give your greatest energy and commitment. What you don’t enjoy or give … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 18th, 2007 by Sanaya Roman, in PERSONAL POWER THROUGH AWARENESS
“When people are angry with you, it is often an expression of their hurt. Most people feel that they only get angry with just cause, and only get hurt when someone lets them down, aggravates them, rejects them or makes … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in YOUR SACRED SELF
“You cannot have a better past, so abandon that idea right now. You did what you knew how to do, given the circumstances of your life. Those mistakes of the past were driven by your ego, which wanted to keep … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, October 16th, 2007 by Gregg Braden, in THE ISAIAH EFFECT
“The creation of a wartime mentality of expecting and preparing for conflict in our international world can happen only if we allow for such conflict in our personal lives. As we live individual episodes of “defending ourselves” in romance and … Continue reading

