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What do you do when life blindfolds you and spins you around? We think it’s our fault, that we’re to blame, when really we should be focused on being gentle with ourselves. Melody Beattie Meditation: These past months have been like a whirlwind. So much has happened: A Pandemic that changed the life and habitsContinue reading “When Life Blindfolds us and spins us around…”

This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet. Let us resolve that we will not leave our children a world where the oceans rise and famine spreads and terrible storms devastate our lands. Barack Obama Meditation: Our current government has declared “There is no global warming”. Nature proved them otherwise.Continue reading “This is the moment…”

Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest. Barak Obama Meditation: . There is a powerful wave of protest energy swiping our country. Have we reachedContinue reading “Peaceful Protest…”

The entire political system is contrary to everything a feminine heart stands for. It lacks inclusion. It lacks tenderness toward children. It lacks honor for relationships. It lacks reverence for the earth. It lacks love. And without those things, the feminine psyche disconnects. Marianne Williamson Meditation: Tenderness, inclusion, honor, reverence and love… these are the valuesContinue reading “The “Zeitgeist” is lacking a compassionate heart…”

We pray for the big things and forget to give thanks for the ordinary, small (and yet really not small) gifts. How can God entrust great things to one who will not thankfully receive from Him the little things? Dietrich Bonhoeffer Meditation: It is challenging for children to understand why we ask them not toContinue reading “The little things….”

“Don’t worry if those around you aren’t doing their best. Just worry about how you can make yourself worthy. Doing your best is the surest way to remind those around you to do their best.” Thich Nhat Hanh Meditation It is difficult not to feel isolated and small at this time. What does my breathing,Continue reading “Your efforts matter…”

“Worrying does not accomplish anything. Even if you worry twenty times more, it will not change the situation of the world. In fact, your anxiety will only make things worse. Even though things are not as we would like, we can still be content, knowing we are trying our best and will continue to doContinue reading “Do not worry… even in a time like this?”

“The deep meaning of the cross of Christ is that there is no suffering on earth that is not borne by God.” Dietrich Bonhoeffer Meditation: When we encounter persons who are suffering either physically, emotionally or mentally, we often use all that we have and pour our strength, health and wellbeing into that person orContinue reading “Exhaustion…”

The psychopathology of the masses is rooted in the psychology of the individual. Carl Jung Meditation: How in the world did our country end up in the situation we are in? Did our individual mental condition become manifested in a collective psychopathology? Our current time in the US can maybe best be described with the wordsContinue reading “The Psychopathology of the Masses…”

In the midst of movement and chaos, keep stillness inside of you. Deepak Chopra Meditation: Many of us are deeply concerned these days and weeks about the political chaos this country finds itself in. The more investigators are closing in daily on our current president ‘s family for possible committed crimes, the more the president’sContinue reading “Chaos in the White House and on our Streets”