If you see no reason to give thanks, the issue is no one’s but your own. Reasons to give thanks The very fact you may be agreeing or disagreeing with this statement is a reason to give thanks. You are a thinking, breathing, live human being. Give thanks for that. If your life sucks, the […]
One of the things that bugs me is people who preach one ideal, then live a totally different practice. You know people like this; they have a great line about how you should live, but you cannot find those ideas active in their lives. The destructiveness of duplicity Children learn the most about life, not
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My mind has been swirling around pets and life the past few days. It all started with a suggestion that we, as humans, help the spirit in animals climb the vibrational ladder as they ascend. I hadn’t thought of that before, how about you? But I think there is something much more at work here
Feeling like we don’t belong is not an uncommon experience. We look around at our family and think “Who are these people?” We look at where we live and what we do, and get a feeling of disassociation. We wonder how we got here. You are not alone. The story arc While there are lots
What is the greatest poverty? Is it lack of money? Is it substandard housing? My thought is that the greatest poverty is lack of imagination. Imagination=Poverty If you have traveled this world, even our country, you know there are many people living at economic levels that would suggest poverty, yet they are happy. Clearly then,
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December 7, 1972 everything about living on planet Earth changed. On that day 48 years ago, astronauts aboard Apollo 17 took an image that has become one of the most reproduced images in human history. Known as The Blue Marble this image, for the first time in human history reminded us of two things. The
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The most powerful thing about demonizing others is that we create a scapegoat for our own fears. The most disempowering thing about having a scapegoat is we no longer have to face our own shortcomings. Learning to improve ourselves With a scapegoat, or someone to blame for what makes us uncomfortable, we by-pass an essential
We can feel a sense of gratitude to someone or something, but it does not necessarily have to become indebtedness. What creates mandatory indebtedness is guilt. Guilt free gratitude You may be grateful to your High School coach who gave you the opportunity to see what you have inside yourself. The Bank Officer who helped
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There comes a time when the best thing one can do is simply stop. As much as we may want to continue a project, doing so is a fight that requires too many compromises. The level of frustration begins to overwhelm us when we attempt to push-on-through regardless of the cost. At these times you
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Is there a difference between being peaceful and being calm? It may be a fine point, but yes, there is a difference. Being calm Life is messy. Life is challenging. Life calls us to respond to all manner of input on less than a moment’s notice. Is it any wonder that often our lives cannot
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