With all the change that has been going on in my life over the last couple of years, a recurring theme has been forgiveness. The early morning hours today really brought home the significance of forgiveness in the form of a dream. The dream was beautiful and
Read more →Gandhi was famous for his teaching that we must be the change that we wish to see in the world. It is one of life’s great truths that we create that which we think. It’s also one of life’s great truths that few of us remember this
Read more →I think a lot of us tend to underestimate the power of our thoughts, our feelings and our intention. The combination of the three makes each of us a powerful tool in the creation of reality. More importantly, each of our thoughts and feelings have a direct
Read more →A lot of us struggle over the years with trying to figure out our reason for being. Why are we here? What are we supposed to be doing with our life? The puzzle of life can be disheartening for a lot of people. I’ve come to the
Read more →A recurring theme in my life was that of giving away my personal power in relationships. I have often seen myself putting the desires of my partner before my own needs. This has always led to unhappiness. It cannot lead anywhere else, truthfully. Any time we behave
Read more →The last few years of my life have been extraordinary. Wow, what a rollercoaster of emotion! Change has been the hallmark of this period of my life. A lot of it has been scary. All of it has been good. A lot of what I went through
Read more →Imagine yourself sitting in your chair, listening to others seemingly unable to come to a mutual decision. At times, the conversation turns to bickering and even borders on erupting into a full-on argument. What do you do? Listening to my kids argue over our plans for the
Read more →Living inevitably means making mistakes. It pretty much can’t be helped. And while making a mistake often isn’t all that important, how we react to making that mistake is. How we treat ourself in the course of making mistakes mirrors how we treat others when they make
Read more →One of the lessons that I’ve had to learn – and, apparently, I’ve had to learn this twice now – is that we are not defined by our relationships. Human beings are social animals. A very wise friend of mine recently wrote to me, “As social beings,
Read more →As I grew up and began exploring different philosophical and religious teachings, it really struck me how many are thoroughly stuck with the idea that we stand separate from everything. How people determine their worth by means of things external to them. Truly, they diminish the person
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