Here we are on the verge of celebrating another Christmas which, joyfully, also coincides with the first night of Hanukah. This is a season devoted to peace; world peace as well as peace within ourselves. This is a season bedecked with images intended to help achieve peace. We have songs, images, movies and television programs, […]
Here’s one of those things I am not all that proud about; my quest for approval. Know what I mean? When you know what is the right thing to do yet you do something else simply because you believe it is what someone else wants? Not a great feeling is it. Humans are, by nature,
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Although Donna Summer sang this song beautifully in the 70’s, it’s not much of a credo by which to live. Have I mentioned in these blogs that words have power? Do you want to just survive, or do you want to thrive? It takes the same amount of energy to commit yourself to surviving the
For many years I was the guy who scoffed at ritual. I had no use for those practices which required participants to dress a certain way or assemble in a certain manner. Fortunately I have lived long enough to outgrow this resistance. What about you? Through my travels I have witnessed the power which comes from
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What is the best part of you? What is the aspect that deep down inside you know is something very few people have recognized about you? The part that, if people knew about, would make them so grateful that they know you? Come on, you know there is something; you can admit it to yourself. No
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Where do you come down on the question of Angels among us? Do you believe there are heavenly bodies with wings and glowing auras hovering around us? Do you perhaps believe there are unseen messengers and protectors who guide our actions? Or are you one of the people who believe that there are angels walking
Christmas, and Hanukkah overlap this year, Kwanza is right there too, so maybe you feel overwhelmed by the demands of gifting this year. The question is; Why Gift at all? Gifting out of obligation is no gift at all. Does this mean you should simply not gift? It could, if that is how you want to
What do you surround yourself with? Do you surround yourself with possibility, joy, oneness, or something else? Do you surround yourself with those who support your vision for your life, your dreams and hopes? When we do surround ourselves with those who support us as we make our way through life we are one step closer
Most of us want to change our lives in one way or another; some are huge changes, some are just “tweeking,” but very few of us have everything in our lives exactly the way we have visioned. Too often we grow frustrated that said changes have not occurred, or not occurred so we can see
Have you noticed that when you say something like “I am tired” what you feel is that you are even more tired? If you say “I am fat” all you can see about yourself is fatness? How about when you say “I am ready to go.” Your energy is higher, your outlook is brighter. “I
