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Trust your own instincts, go inside, follow your heart. Right from the start, go ahead and stand up for what you believe in. As I’ve learned, that’s the path to happiness. Lesley Ann Warren Meditation: I do not know about you, but I have noticed that when I try to “think my way through” aContinue reading “God’s Spirit Is Humming In Our Hearts…”

None of this is fair to you. And should it continue, it will make it more difficult to keep attracting the kind of driven, patriotic, idealist Americans to public service that our citizens deserved and that our system of self-government demands. Barak Obama  (in a letter to government employees in 2013) Meditation: Four years afterContinue reading “The Chaos Of A Government Shut Down…”

People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don’t find myself saying, “Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner.” I don’t try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds. Carl Rogers Meditation: A critical and controlling spiritContinue reading “Healing Instead of Controlling…”

I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become. Carl Jung Meditation: A few days ago I watched an episode with the journalist Anthony Bourdain who traveled through the Congo. After the US president recently made disparaging and racist remarks about Africans and Haitians, CNN decided to show several footages from differentContinue reading “I Am Not What Happened To Me…”

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith. Paul Tillich Meditation: When we experience painful events like death, divorce, sudden loss or trauma, it feels like “God’s right hand has changed”. We do not recognize the God anymore who we once believed in, who we trusted and even delighted in.Continue reading “Doubt Is An Element Of Faith…”

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Martin Luther King, Jr. Meditation: As we celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday today, his words remind us once again that evil will not prevail. In a time where racismContinue reading “MLK: Right Is Stronger Than Evil…”

I am unable to understand how a (wo)man of honor could take a newspaper in his/her hands without a shudder of disgust. Charles Baudelaire Meditation: We live in a country that has a leader that is not only unfit for office, but who is morally and emotionally so depleted that not only his character, but also hisContinue reading “Justified Disgust…”

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. Zig Ziglar Meditation: This is my last blog meditation before I complete the one year mark that I have set for myself. I started on January 14th in 2017. The greatest joy has been for me to feel moreContinue reading “Thank You For Helping Me Become…”

We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person. W. Somerset Maugham Meditation: My husband and I have been married for 20 years. Attending his daughter’s wedding gave us the opportunity to also renew ourContinue reading “Married Not By Chance But With The Help of God’s Spirit…”

We can bring positive energy into our daily lives by smiling more, talking to strangers in line, replacing handshakes with hugs, and calling our friends just to tell them we love them. Brandon Jenner Meditation: These past days I have attended the wedding of my stepdaughter where I was the only white person among Jamaican,Continue reading “Inviting The Stranger…”