DECEMBER 26, 2026

HAPPY  2026! 

A new year, a new breath, and a warm welcome to each of you—especially those who’ve recently joined. I’m deeply thankful for this growing gratitude community. . If you feel moved to share a thought or reflection, my inbox is always open, and I respond lovingly. And my books make wonderful gifts! 
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As we enter 2026, I am sharing some superb books by other authors, music & meditations that I have let soak into my heart and soul this past year. I’m always about going forward on my spiritual path, and if you’re like me, you also wish to be inspired and growing and constantly learning. So, I invite you
to check them out. For the music and meditations suggested, you can search on YouTube to find them. Each item I’ve listed has helped me to become more illuminated and alive with joy and passion in 2025. Many of the books have inspired my Daily Gratitude Reflections, and have been quoted.

Please enjoy an affirmative prayer I wrote for all of us. For so many, 2025 brought extra challenges— opportunities to learn, to accept, and to stand strong in the shared values most of us have—of love, of compassion, of harmony, of peace, of kindness, and of wisdom. I strongly feel we, the people, are more united than we realize. And perhaps all that transpired in 2025 will help us learn this on deeper levels.

“All things are linked with one another, and this oneness is sacred.”

Thich Nat Hanh​

FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025:

​This Thing Called You by Ernest Holmes

What’s in the Way is the Way by Mary O’Malley

Spirit Wheel: Meditations from an Indigenous Elder, Stephen Charleston

The Greatest Secret by Rhonda Byrne

Outrageous Openness by Tosha Silver

The Pivot Year by Brianna West

Soul Boom by Rainn Wilson

Journey to the Heart by Melody Beattie
Freedom from Discord by David Alexander

Living with Joy by Sanaya Roman

Learning to Trust Yourself by Tama Kieves

FAVORITE SPIRITUAL MUSIC:

Snatam Kaur, Sam Garrett and Band, Rickie Byars, Karen Drucker, Jami Lula, Faith Rivera, Anton Mizerak, Steven Halpern.

FAVORITE MEDITATIONS:

Everything by Jess Heslop All is Well by Gabrielle Bernstein Joe Dispenza meditations 

OTHER LIFECHANGING AUTHORS ALWAYS RECOMMENDED:

Michael A. Singer, Tara Brach, Pema Chodren, Michael B. Beckwith, Mark Nepo

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2026 Prayer
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There is One Life, One Presence, One Love, moving through everything and everyone, stretching out to the farthest reaches of the universe upon universe. It is in the tiniest microcosms and in the vastest macrocosms. It is omniscient, omnipotent, omnipresent and omniactive. This Presence permeates all. It is
love, it is peace, it is plenty, it is harmony, unity, wellbeing, wisdom, caring and compassion.
 
I know that I am One with this Presence, and that all are one with this Presence.
 
So, I speak my word for all of us. I know that we, as humanity, are awakening to what has always been true: that we belong to one another, that we all arise from the same Source, and that love is the deepest law of our being. Peace prevails, harmony prevails, compassion does prevail, despite any appearances to the contrary.
 
We are absolutely connected and united as One and as the New Year unfolds, we stand stronger in this deep connection. We feel it, we know it, we are it! We are united in love.
 
And I easily release any and all attachment to how this awakening unfolds, trusting the intelligence of Life itself.
 
Thank you, Spirit, for your Life which is my life; for your Life which is in all and through all. I give great thanks for the Truth that is already so.
 
And so it is.
 
Deborah Perdue
 
I wish all of us a peaceful, harmonious year, filled with our dreams coming true, with health, joy, prosperity and peace prevailing everywhere.