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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: This past month has been a whirlwind. There is much sickness going around everywhere, throwing families off their schedules andContinue reading “When Life Blindfolds Us And Spins Us Around…”

Through clever and constant application of propaganda, people can be made to see paradise as hell, and also the other way round, to consider the most wretched sort of life as paradise. Adolf Hitler Meditation Our president applies grandiose and positive thinking to all he does. No matter how bizarre it might seem, he “createsContinue reading “Brainwashing as “Positive Thinking”…”

All propaganda has to be popular and has to accommodate itself to the comprehension of the least intelligent of those whom it seeks to reach. How fortunate for governments that the people they administer don’t think. Adolf Hitler Meditation: If we wonder why our president is using such simple and vulgar language and such aContinue reading “How Fortunate That People Don’t Think…”

Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it. Adolf Hitler Meditation: There are certain principles that Hitler used to manipulate the masses. The above is one of them. People around the world wondered “How could the German people fall for somebody like Hitler?” He presented as theContinue reading “The Father of Lies…”

Work like you don’t need the money. Love like you’ve never been hurt. Dance like nobody’s watching. Satchel Paige Meditation: Freedom in the Spirit of God is an amazing experience. It means being free from seeing money and power as the purpose of life. It is freedom to forgive wounding and dare loving again. It means becomingContinue reading “Dance Like Nobody’s Watching…”

I think a lot of self-identity and inner-personal development is hampered by consumerism and capitalism because we see ourselves as a reflection of the TV, rather than as a reflection of the people who are around us, truly. Aloe Blacc Meditation: Our children grow up with consumerism and capitalism as daily bread. They open theirContinue reading “Love Is The Answer…”

Speaking of trust, ever since I wrote this book, ‘Liespotting,’ no one wants to meet me in person anymore – no, no, no, no, no. They say, ‘It’s okay. We’ll email you.’ I can’t even get a coffee date at Starbucks. My husband’s like, ‘Honey, deception? Maybe you could have focused on cooking. How aboutContinue reading “Living In The Era Of Deception…”

Con men look for human frailty to exploit. This is most often greed. Trump found a different vice: anger. The emotional are always the most susceptible to manipulation. Pamela Meyer Meditation: A speech of the union of this US president is a farce. He set out to divide. He looked for those greedy and angryContinue reading “Con Men Exploit Greed and Anger…”

True friends are the ones who never leave your heart, even if they leave your life for a while. Even after years apart, you pick up with them right where you left off, and even if they die they’re never dead in your heart. Unknown Meditation: It is so difficult to lose friends or lovedContinue reading “True Friends Are “Knit To Our Soul”…”

As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world. Virginia Woolf Meditation: Today is Virginiga Woolf’s 134th birthday. She died in 1941 in England. She was a woman and author whose emancipated views speak into our times. The women’s marches that are happening in the US at this timeContinue reading “And God Says: “Me Too””