Our minds can only take us so far in this journey we have embarked upon, the rest takes the heart. Our mind will help us resolve simple questions. It will help us balance our checkbooks, but it will not resolve the most pressing issues of our lives. That takes the heart. While so many things […]
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Throughout our lives we have been subjected to the innocent remark. These are words that are meant to be funny, or helpful, but actually hurt us deeply. Benign phrases such as “Wow, what happened to you?” leave us searching for what might be wrong with us. “I can’t sing either,” is a backhanded put-down. “Put
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Heraclitus, the Greek philosopher said “There is nothing more constant than change.” As with so many of these precious old sayings, this message resounds though our lives on so many levels. What we think about change, what we believe about it, is what we receive. A source of sadness. Letting go of things we know
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How is your money? This is a really important question, especially at this time of year. We want to give, we want to gift, and the invitation to spend money gets stronger and clearer every day. That’s why this is a great time to ask “How’s my money?” How we look at our money is
The shouting and conflict that comes to us every day disrupts one thing we all seem to crave; peace in our lives. I am referring to the kind of peace that gives us clarity about who we are, what we are expected to do and how others will behave. Do you see the common thread
I can look around me and see people I think have it all together, who have perfect lives and know exactly where they are going and what they will do when they get there. These people scare me. I look at my life and say to myself “I am a fraud; people think I
Some of us think we can dabble in the drama of other peoples lives and walk away unscathed. They actually think they can control a situation which is, by definition, out of control. Since I have the soap box for a moment here, my suggestion is that drama, our own, and especially other peoples, is
I have the greatest possible respect for what is called the Scientific Method. This is where, to be considered true, a result must be verified, quantifiable and repeatable. This weeds-out those accidental occurrences and false leads. Yet so much of what we experience in our lives; the lessons we learn, could not withstand the scrutiny
I presume many of us are too young to recall that advertising slogan, but the reminder is still important; the reminder that once in a while it is essential that we pause our lives, our thinking, our talking and simply be. In the book Bear and Butterfly I give some reasons why it might be
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How is it that we can grow if we are glued to what has been? How is it we can love an support another person if we insist they remain the same? How is it we can expect to achieve our goals without changing who we are? OK, trick question. We cannot grow stuck to
