Long before we became slaves to the internet, myths filled our lives with stories, information and entertainment. This morning as I took my predawn stroll along the seashore of Kona I saw a shooting star. Honestly I don’t remember the last time I saw a shooting star; it could be I have just been to […]
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I know that some people think that being Spiritual is the same as being religious. They think being Spiritual means being blissed-out all the time, or having a strict, inflexible code of behavior I want everyone to follow. Please allow me to attempt to dissuade you from that belief. What being Spiritual is Being Spiritual
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Every home has its sorrow. We might not be able to see it from our vantage point, things may look just fine. In fact, we may find ourselves a little envious of other people. The way they seem to have everything under control, but the things we don’t know about their lives! Envy not Because
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According to my good friend Terry Hall, the Stoic Medium, “Ghosts give sucky hugs.” This colorful phrase came about after his Father in Law made his transition. But what does this mean to you and me? Making the most of today Put simply we will all, one day, reach the end of our physical lives.
Trees have so much to teach us, if we just stop and think about them. This time of year many of us are enjoying as the first bright colors of fall appear in the foliage. Soon we may be cursing the gift of leaves the trees have given us as we rake them up, but
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In our childhood we had many sayings to help us cope with bullies. “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but names will never hurt me.” “I know you are, but what am I?” “I’m rubber, you’re glue, what bounces off me sticks to you.” Perhaps you had other favorites, these are just three that
The feeling of being alone is the most frightening experience we can have. For most of us, every moment of every day there are people around us. Sometimes these people are within our personal space, sometimes they are beyond the walls of our homes, but there are always people around. Yet even the the realization
Titles are what we are given to get other people to respond to us in a certain way. The grander the title, the more exalted we ought to be viewed, don’t you think? The lie of the title On the surface having the title CEO, or CFO makes us more important than having the
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People like me never get a date. I am too fat, too short, too ugly, too, too! Have you ever heard yourself saying something along those lines? Perhaps there is really nothing about your shape, size or mental capacity that other people find undesirable. I can think of a couple good reasons these statements seem
You are a light of the Universe if you see the world, the Universe, the Cosmos as the creation of The One. It doesn’t matter what name you use to refer to The One, in the end names do not matter. You are a light of the world if you see all creation as sacred
