Invisible Acts of Power, by Carolyn Myss

The closing chapter of Carolyn Myss' Invisible Acts of Power:  Personal Choices That Create Miracles, contains a list that I want to reproduce here, so that I can always remember.  She calls this list Invisible Facts of Power. This is the Cliff's Notes version.  Most of the following words belong to Myss;  I only just crib them here, for my own benefit. 

• Fact Number One:  Life is a Spiritual Journey.  We are each of us on a hero's journey of spiritual progress.  Life is characterized by change; it is by learning to navigate the storms of change that we progress along our spiritual path.  Know that underlying the storm is peace, and under the chaos is order.  Use the power of faith as your anchor:  faith that there is a reason why things happen as they do; faith that you will make it through a crisis; faith that you are moving forward to a better place ...  One of the most empowering acts of service is to believe in someone when he lacks the faith to believe in himself. 

• Fact Number Two:  Your Biology and Your Spirit Want to Serve.  Following your intuition is vital to your own empowerment and to your physical and spiritual health.  All paths of enlightenment direct us to search within ourselves for the right energy to channel to others.  Our highest potential cannot be tapped without a commitment to reaching out to others.  Service is the most powerful act ...  Increase your attention to your body, especially when you are in need of help or around someone who is reaching out to you.  Learn to interpret your physical sensations:  they are generated by your intuition.  These sensations will direct you to decide whether you should help how much you should help, and when to say no.  At the very least, however, respond with a prayer.  

• Fact Number Three:  Intuition Influences Every Choice You Make in Life.  You are an intuitive being.  Intuitive abilities are as natural as breathing ....  Your intuition evolves along with your sense of self-esteem, which develops as a by-product of learning how to survive ....  The goal of your individual hero's journey is to allow your intuition and spirit to become your dominant sources of power. 

• Fact Number Four:  Your Intuition and Generosity Evolve as Your Personal Power Evolves.  Generosity is an expression of your spiritual maturity ....  Empowering someone else empowers all of humanity and ourselves at the same time.  

• Fact Number Five:  Angels and Grace Are Real.  Believe in the presence of angels and in the power of grace.  Notice and appreciate synchronicity.  Keep an open mind that divine forces are at work in everything that happens to you, whether delightful or difficult.  

• Fact Number Six:  You Are Never Alone.   When you feel alone, keep in mind that the aloneness is a temporary place between orbits.  You are in motion to another place where there will be love and new friends to meet you. 

• Fact Number Seven:  Everything You Do Matters.  

Below is Myss' list of the invisible acts of power that meant the most to the people whose letters became the basis of her book.  These simple acts managed to make a huge difference in the lives of another human being.  They are things that we could all easily work into our daily lives.  I list them here to remind us, in those times when we are feeling useless and ineffective, that there are many ways to change the world, and most of those ways are easily within our grasp.

1. Hold a door open. 
2. Smile.
3. Offer a kind word and encouragement.
4. Give a compliment.
5. Listen without interruption.
6. Make a call when your intuition tells you to.
7. Offer a prayer for a homeless person.
8. Pray -- period.
9. Forgive others and yourself.
10. Prepare a meal for a friend.
11. Refrain from judging another person harshly.
12. Remember that life is full of miracles and have faith that every difficult situation can change in the blink of an eye.  
13. Remember the truth that there is no such thing as a small or insignificant act of service.  
14. Keep your power and attention in present time.
15. Begin and end the day in appreciation of either doing or accepting an invisible act of power.  

 Seems to me we could all find time to do at least one of these things every day.  Listen to your body.  If you learn to hear, your intuition will tell you where and when each one of these acts would be appropriate.  How can I be of service today?