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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 Tuesday, February 2nd, 2016 by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer in PULLING YOUR OWN STRINGS
“When someone starts out with, “You should have,” try telling the person, “If you can get me a round-trip ticket back to the same time you’re talking about, I’ll gladly do what you say I should have done. But if … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for February 1st, 2016 by Thich Nhat Hanh in PEACE IS EVERY STEP
“Hope is important, because it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today. But that is the most that hope can do for us – … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, January 22nd, 2016 by Sanaya Roman in PERSONAL POWER THROUGH AWARENESS
“If you are trying to look into the future, to see the outcome of something, often the information will come back not through your mind, but through your body. You may be trying to decide upon a path, and as … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Monday, January 11th, 2016 by Eckhart Tolle in PRACTICING THE POWER OF NOW
“Are you stressed? Are you so busy getting to the future that the present is reduced to a means of getting there? Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there’, or being in the present but wanting … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, December 10th, 2015 by Cherie Carter-Scott in IF LIFE IS A GAME, THESE ARE THE RULES
“Many people believe that they will be happy once they arrive at some specific goal they set for themselves. For some the goal may be amassing a million dollars, for others losing those annoying ten-plus pounds, and for still others … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, November 10th, 2015 by John St. Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE
“When I walked to Chicago in 1996, my companions and I stopped at a small cemetery near Brookside, Wisconsin. Wandering through the rows of headstones – some dating back 150 years, some only weeks old – was a very humbling … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 28th, 2015 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“As there are no problems in the NOW, there is no illness either. The belief in a label that someone attaches to your condition keeps the condition in place, empowers it, and makes it a seemingly solid reality out of … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, October 22nd, 2015 by Eckhart Tolle in A NEW EARTH
“Whenever you are in a negative state, there is something in you that wants the negativity, that perceives it as pleasurable, or that believes it will get you what you want. Otherwise, who would want to hang on to negativity, … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, October 14th, 2015 by Eckhart Tolle in PRACTICING THE POWER OF NOW
“Are you worried? Do you have many “what if” thoughts? You are identified with your mind, which is projecting itself into an imaginary future situation and creating fear. There is no way that you can cope with such a situation, … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, September 24th, 2015 by John St. Augustine in LIVING AN UNCOMMON LIFE
“Here is a great way to keep your perspective, focus, and priorities in order. Buy a good-sized hourglass and keep it where you can see it. Give it a tip, and in 60 seconds the sand will have drained from … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Friday, September 11th, 2015 by Michael Tamura in YOU ARE THE ANSWER
“Whenever you’re trying to be something other than who you are, in a condition other than how you are, somewhere other than here and at some time other than now, you’re going to be out of your body. The good … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, September 8th, 2015 by Donald Altman in ONE MINUTE MINDFULNESS
“The sky and the moon are waiting for your gaze. Their spaciousness invites us to a revolutionary perspective, the big view, the right now. To gaze at the sky and the moon is to leave the thinking, discursive, calculating, judging … Continue reading
BEST of PONDER on THIS for Wednesday, August 12th, 2015 by Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW
“As there are no problems in the NOW, there is no illness either. The belief in a label that someone attaches to your condition keeps the condition in place, empowers it, and makes it a seemingly solid reality out of … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Thursday, July 16th, 2015 by Paul Ferrini in THE SILENCE OF THE HEART
“Do not place salvation in the future or it will never come. Ask for it now. Accept it now. God’s kingdom manifests in this moment only. In this place only. It does not require a special time. Every time is … Continue reading
PONDER on THIS for Tuesday, July 14th, 2015 by Richard Carlson in DON’T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF
“Sadly, many of us continually postpone our happiness – indefinitely. It’s not that we consciously set out to do so, but that we keep convincing ourselves, “Someday I’ll be happy.” We tell ourselves we’ll be happy when our bills are … Continue reading

