The Power Within: When One Woman Affirmation Changed Everything
First Center of Religious Science NYC
Dear FCRS Community,
In 1930, Florence Scovel Shinn walked the frozen streets of New York City with no money, no heat in her apartment, and no clear path forward. The Great Depression had taken everything from her or so it seemed.
Yet every single day, she spoke one simple line:
“Infinite spirit opens the way for my immediate supply.“
Not begging. Not pleading. Just declaring.
And slowly, impossibly, things began to shift.
Dr. Greg shared Florence’s story this Sunday as a powerful reminder: We’re not here to conform to the world’s chaos. We’re here to express life from the inside out.
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Three Decisions That Change Everything
1. DECIDE TO TRUST WHAT RISES WITHIN YOU
You have an inner guidance system that’s always speaking. The first answer you get before the rationalizing kicks in, that’s your truth. As Dr. Greg reminded us, “You’ll know and you’ll know that you know.“
Try this week: When facing a choice, ask yourself: “What’s the most self-loving thing I can do in this moment?” Go with the first answer.
2. DECIDE TO STOP MAKING YOURSELF SMALLER
Where have you been dimming your light to keep the peace? Where are you living someone else’s script instead of your soul’s truth?
As Emerson taught (and Dr. Greg echoed): We’re not in the conformity business. We’re in the express business.
Affirmation to carry: “I am not who I used to be. I am who I choose to be now.”
3. DECIDE WITH FEELING—THEN WATCH THE UNIVERSE RESPOND
Raymond Charles Barker, our founder, said it powerfully: “Decision is the spark that ignites action.” Until you truly decide, deep down, with clarity, nothing moves. But when you do? The power rushes in.
Dr. Greg’s words: “The law of mind responds not to confusion or begging. It responds to clarity.“
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Your Practice This Week
Choose ONE affirmation from Dr. Greg’s message and speak it daily:
“Infinite spirit opens the way for my good right now.”
“I trust what rises within me. I listen. I express. I follow the light within.”
“I return to myself now and trust my inner wisdom.”
“I decide to live. I decide to trust myself. I decide to release what no longer belongs.”
Remember what Louise Hay taught us: Every thought we think is creating our future. The universe supports every thought you think.
What are you planting?
A Moment of Reflection
Dr. Greg led us through a beautiful visualization of meeting our future self, the one who trusted, who decided, who never gave up. That version of you is already there, waiting, saying:
“Thank you for not giving up on me. Thank you for choosing again.”
You are not stuck. You are not broken. You are not at the mercy of your past.
You are a creator of conditions.
So what do you choose to create today?
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Rev. Dr. Greg Harte & Your FCRS Family
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