Toward a World that Works for Everyone
As you’ll see, I wrote this around Thanksgiving. Since the message in this article – gratitude – is always relevant, I figured I’d share it anyway. “I can balance writing with working a part-time job,” I wrote naively. What’s so hard about that? Little did I realize; I would also balance it with getting my […]
Credit: livelifehappy.com Plenty of things about life can bring us down, and it’s easy to think we have it rougher than the rest of the world. Depression is a hard-hitting spiritual sickness that affects a lot of people, and if our outlook is negative, everything we do, feel and experience will reflect it. Our negative […]
As I approached my 50th birthday, part of me couldn’t quite grasp that concept (what! me, fifty? impossible!), the other part was looking forward to that day as a rite of passage, as a milestone in my life. Just as 13 years of age marks adolescence, 21 marks adulthood (at least officially), 50 seems to […]
It is unfortunate that a lot of our time here will be spent trying to heal past pain. We come into this world kicking, screaming and crying, and many of us will depart in a similar fashion. Eventually we will embark on a path that we hope will lead us to enlightenment and save us […]
Happy Sunday, dear friends. Yesterday, my extended family got together for my baby brother’s birthday. Since he lives a number of states away with his family, my mom decided to move the celebration of Easter to this weekend as well so the whole family could join in. My dad is Greek and the Greek Orthodox […]
Credit: Jillconyers.com I wrote the following for the “reader’s question” section of The Culture of Awareness Weekly Newsletter. Our question this week comes from a reader who wants to know about the role gratitude plays in finding wisdom and enlightenment. “Isn’t unconditional gratitude the state that allows all ‘wisdom’ or ‘enlightenment’ to come through?” Absolutely! […]
You just woke up and are ready to get out of your bed and start your day. But wait! Let’s bring some mindfulness into life from the moment we get lucid. I recently saw a list floating around of five things you should do before getting out of bed, and a chain of events led […]
“A simple grateful thought turned heavenwards is the most perfect prayer.”—Doris Lessing Think of anything—big or small—that exists in your life, whether it is a relationship, a job, a particular flower, or your morning coffee. Now, if this thing were to disappear tomorrow and be gone forever, would you miss it? If you would, it […]
Part 2 Fast forward again to the end of 2013. Remember we’re talking about the money here and who receives it and why. After another year of service, of giving 12+ hours a day each day to serve community on a volunteer basis, my husband and I were challenged by fate to survive without his […]
One might ask, “How can I be happier in my life? How can I unite my body, mind and soul to create a happy life?” Doctors have long acknowledged the influence our thought patterns have on the body, but usually only among themselves. Freshman medical texts sometimes admit that as much as 50% of disease […]
Most holidays in first world countries are about having fun, and most involve explosives. Maybe this is the extreme stimulation we need to feel excited. Our holidays largely lack spiritual context and meaning, save for expressing our love to one another and sharing good times. Religious holidays that literalize religious myths don’t fare much better […]
Something happened to me the last couple of days. I went to a place I’ve not been in awhile. I felt grumpy and short tempered. I was floundering in what wasn’t going right in my life. I didn’t feel good in my body and was emotionally eating. I felt disconnected – disconnected to myself, to […]
Reposted for Thanksgiving. Archangel Gabriel: Living Life in Thanksgiving, channeled by Shanta Gabriel, November 20 2014 Dear Ones, It is nearly Thanksgiving in the U.S., marking the official beginning of the holiday season. Know that in this unique time of the year there is an awakening in you of the spirit of Gratitude. It is […]
Being happy is effortless; it is embedded in our DNA and completely natural. The Constitution of the United States insures us that individuals ‘have the right to pursue happiness.’ But the truth is, we don’t want to pursue happiness – we want to be happy. And because of the power of our mind we’re guaranteed […]
Steve and I arrived home filled to the brim with wonderful experiences, beautiful memories, and immense gratitude in our hearts for everyone we met and the wonderful hospitality on this incredible journey. Thank you, thank you, thank you. When we ventured forth from Linda’s and the Council of Love’s Lake Tahoe Event, October 5th, we […]
