The Ego Hates To Admit It’s Wrong

The ego hates to admit it is wrong,and hides from responsibilityby pointing an accusatory fingerat other people’s mistakes.Ironically, hoping people will forgive them,at the same time that they refuse to forgive others.Too fearful to look at their own issues,they hide...

Struggling In the Light

There are times that I wish I was more ‘thick skinned,’ less sensitive of what is going on around me, and the pain that others are struggling with. There are times when I wish I was able to ‘not take personally’ the things that others have said or done against me....

Surrender

During this morning’s meditation I kept hearing “if you cannot change it, change of it. This really struck home with me. Sometimes in life, things happen that we cannot change; the loss of a child or a loved one, a reduction in force that leaves someone unemployed, a...

A Walk In Nature

Today, as I was walking in nature, a beautiful bald eagle flew overhead and landed on top of a tree high above me. I stood transfixed, watching this amazing, powerful bird come to rest on such a small branch. Inwardly, I wondered how she could be so confident that the...

Sex vs Making Love

There is a world of difference between having sex and making love...   To put it simply, you have sex with your genitalia, you make love with your heart.   Sex is just the act of intercourse. You don't have to love the person your having sex with, for that...

The Energy of Facebook

One of the things I have learned from many of the great authors (David Hawkins, Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, and others is that everything is energy, and everything has a vibration. For example, an apple has a high vibration, and when...

Shadows and the Second Agreement

There is a flip side to Don Miguel Ruiz’s “Second Agreement,” that reminds us where are responsibility does lie. We are familiar with the adage to “not take personally anything that anyone says or does, because it is about them, not us. This is wise counsel… we should...

Every Great Leader

Every great leader including Christ, Buddha, Dalai Lama, Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., and many others have consistently said that that returning violence for violence only adds to the destruction.   Christ taught "You have heard that it was said, ‘you shall...

A Human Doing

One of the challenges I have had throughout my life is recognizing when I am being a Human Doing; and when I am being a Human Being. The differences are important. When I am being a Human Doing, my worth is conditional on what I just accomplished. There is a constant...

Another Name …

Another name for a Democrat… is an American. Another name for a Republican… is an American. Another name for an Independent… is an American. Another name for a Muslim... Is a Human BEing. Another name for a Christian... Is a Human BEing. Another name for a Jew... Is a...

Garbage Can Lids

In a small town in Wisconsin, a young child by the name of Kim was born and raised (I am using this name because it can represent a boy or a girl, so you can more easily identify with this child). Kim was a small child, and was the target of the neighborhood bullies....

Sometimes

Sometimes, we get so caught up in the problems of today that we forget all the blessings and positive changes that have happened. This is especially true if you watch the news (I don’t). The way the news is reported has changed. Sometime around the mid 1980’s the news...