When we begin to have faith (form accepted in the heart) in something, we start with having hope (having only positive energy). For hope is the seedling of our faith. It grows and blossoms in our beingness because we nurture it with our passion. We hope that we will be successful. We hope that our friends care. We hope for something better. It is the starting point to our way of being when our faith becomes a reality for us. We do not sort of have faith... we do not sort of have hope. It is an all or nothing proposition. The way to figure it out... the way to relate to it all can be as simple as knowing that all the money that you and I could ever want physically exists in this world. It may not be where we are at the moment, but rest assured that it does exist and can come to us if we believe that it can. We start by hoping and setting our dreams into motion. For that which we dwell upon will expand... when we think about positive things, more positive things come into our lives. For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction... if we dream it, we will think of it. If we think of it, we will begin to develop a mental equivalent of the experience that we wish to have... if we create that mental equivalent, the mind will not know fact from fiction. Logic can then once again be applied. If the mind does not know fact from fiction, then does it not stand to reason that if we dwell upon something good and begin to create a mental equivalence of having that good... would not the mind move us to take action to bring that something into our live experience? Again... logic would tell us that the mind will set about to make us take action to bring that good into our lives for it - the subconscious - believes that it exists. So what do we have here then? The cause is the thought that takes the form of an action and the reaction is the mind causing us to take action to bring our thought into form. A never ending circle... that which we dwell upon expands and eventually takes form. To be sure this can generate infinite possibilities for things that are yet to come. Our thought for the day is: 'How do thoughts know they are seeds?' Gayle O May the light that shines ever so brightly within you burst forth so that all the world may know its loving glow. © Gayle O This image shows three possibilities of the outcome of the flame. The original flame (bottom right corner) was created with Apophysis 3D Hack. The seed script used in this flame was the BD's_Droste-Plastic-Epispiral_with_crackleScript by Bart Doetsch. The script can be found on the Deviant Art web site in the fractal resources section. Post work was done in Paint Shop Pro. Three versions of the original image were created using the Mehdi Kaleidoscope 2.1 filter along with some other tweaking in PSP. Your visits to my gallery mean so much to me. They bring sunshine to my valley of life and promises of a new tomorrow. I could not receive a better gift than the gifts that come from your hearts. Thank you for your comments on this image and my previous images. Each one is very special to me and will always be treasured and held close to my heart. I send a most heart felt thank you to those of you who have favored me as an artist or have favored one of my images. I also thank you for sharing your creativity with me. Through your art I have become even more inspired. May your day be joyous and fun filled and may you know that you are always loved. Namaste. my store amota99517.com