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Daily Devotional

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No one is perfect and like everyone, I have my daily struggles. This keeps me from being the woman I want to be, or from being elegant!

I find it helpful to read a short inspirational page to help me get through the day. i subscribe to the above link and without fail, a free daily message gets sent to my email.

As I sit down with my tea at my desk to start my day, I click on my inbox and spent my first two minutes on my desk reading, then meditate on it for another minute or two. I also try to think about it when I am in my yoga classes, during meditation time.

In the link I shared with you, there is also a video and audio option. Now I wouldn't recommend this if it didn't work for me!

As I explained about how devotionals help me "become elegant".

Now I respect all faiths, and I'm just refering to what I know. Honestly I'm at my best when I'm strong in my faith.

When asked about why I refer to Jesus or God in my website, I replied...

I only write what I know

Thank you Meg for your email. I try to be as sensitive as I can about the issue of faith. This is not a christian website. I'm focusing on elegance and womanhood. On the issue of catering to all faiths, I can only write what I know. I can't speak for everyone. I try to add 'your own spirituality' in some of the pages and you'll definitely see them. For me, it is just easier and more natural to write 'God'. I suppose God has many names and trust that my readers will personalize all articles to themselves anyway. Why do I include "God and Jesus" in little bits here and there? Actually I only include them in pages where I talk about having a good heart. That's because I believe a good heart is the greatest foundation of elegance. (Next would be education and thinking). I've tried prevent myself infusing my faith into my articles but I've long realized - I cannot be honest that way. Personally, I just cannot seem to get better at elegance without having faith. To be downright honest, I can't seem to be gracious, elegant, kind, compassionate without a mix of daily bible reading or devotional or a spiritual book, prayer, serving and attending church. To be even bolder to say so on a personal level, I feel that I cannot do ANYTHING (literally) without Jesus. But that's just me. I only know what works the best for me. The minute I'm getting cranky, impatient or having moody thoughts (which will reflect a subtle frown on my face), I know I haven't been spending time reading or praying (casual talking to God), or attending church. The longer I stay away from church, serving others, the more inward, self-focused I get. I become self-conscious, negative, discouraged ... far from being elegant and gracious and hopeful! If I don't spend time with Jesus...I've got nothing to give. I depend on divine inspiration for this website! So there, my 'secret' is out. I also understand there will always be a few naysayers and a couple of people who disagree with how I do things. The Christians would want to see more 'God' in it and the non-Christians would want me to stay on neutral ground. In essence, I can't please anyone and this is a private website anyway, I just wrote this because it is my great interest and passion. :) Thank you for reading this and I most sincerely hope you will understand and respect our very minor differences.

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Elegant Survival, Stylish Living on a Shoestring

Author M-J de Mesterton of Elegant Survival is a leader and pioneer in writing about elegant principles of health, beauty, classic dressing, decorating your home with taste and much more. Her honourable goals, as quoted from her site "are to provide resources and suggestions on how to live elegantly and comfortably without depending on expensive products, while encouraging readers to avoid participation in wasteful and embarrassing popular trends."

A worthy cause and I wholly support her.

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