by Hollye Dexter | May 8, 2015 | hope through adversity, Howard Jones, Jammin' for Jones, miracles, the power of positive thinking
March was the month from hell. It really was. I started to backslide into old negative belief patterns that I was unlucky, that this was my fate – had always been my fate, that bad things just randomly happen to me, etc…But then I stopped myself and said, “No,...
by Hollye Dexter | Dec 1, 2013 | 21 Day Meditation Challenge, Deepak Chopra, Jamaica, miracles, positive thinking
“Faith is believing in something even when common sense tells you not to.” – Maureen O’Hara, Miracle on 34th StreetThis Summer, in the midst of financial crisis that overwhelmed us, I knew we wouldn’t be doing...
by Hollye Dexter | Oct 2, 2013 | gratitude, life lessons, Marianne Williamson, miracles, positive thinking, reclaiming joy, surviving disaster
“A miracle is a shift in perception.” – Marianne Williamson In my last post, I talked about the scientific fact that nature abhors a vacuum, and that when you release negative energy from your life, something else will rush in to fill that space. And wow oh wow has...
by Hollye Dexter | Apr 7, 2013 | answered prayers, faith, miracles, motherhood, parenting, prayer
As many of you know, I’ve been on a daily practice of meditation and prayer, and my life has begun to shift. (If you read any of my blogs from the disastrous years of 2010 and 2011, you know I’ve come a long way. Faith was my only way out of darkness.)...
by Hollye Dexter | Dec 13, 2012 | angels, animal spirits, answered prayers, believe in miracles, Christmas miracle, faith, finches, messengers, miracles
Let me preface this story by explaining my history with finches. Ever since I can remember, whenever things became hopeless in my life, finches would appear out of nowhere. Suddenly the trees and bushes around me would fill with them, coming alive with their birdsong....
by Hollye Dexter | Oct 17, 2012 | faith, healing family relationships, Japan custody laws, miracles, prayer, the power of love, the power of positive thinking
When you put your faith in love…Troy is home from Japan with videos and pics of our grandbaby Ayumu, and as I peruse them again and again, I am overwhelmed with gratitude. I prayed for this EVERY day for a year. I woke up each morning, and thought about Ayumu. I...