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Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit. e.e. cummings                          Meditation: Middle and High School years are tough. Only the popular kids seem to believe in themselves, or at least they act somewhat like it. However, maybe they are anxious too. Anxious about possibly losing their position, losing theirContinue reading “Believing in Ourselves…”

I have been thinking about the notion of perfect love as being without fear, and what that means for us in a world that’s becoming increasingly xenophobic, tortured by fundamentalism and nationalism. bell hooks Meditation: What does it mean to grow up? What does it mean to grow up in love? It seems that oneContinue reading “Maturing in Love…”

Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do. Pope John XXIII Meditation: Today one of my daughters talked about her frustration thatContinue reading “Consult Your Hopes…”

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 “Psychopathology Of The Masses…”

I have made the tough decisions, always with an eye toward the bottom line. Perhaps it’s time America was run like a business. Donald Trump Meditation: The business model applied to American politics with the bottom line of making as much money as possible for the already rich is a devastating philosophy. Tough decisions doContinue reading “Your Kin-dom come…”

We learned about honesty and integrity – that the truth matters… that you don’t take shortcuts or play by your own set of rules… and success doesn’t count unless you earn it fair and square. Michelle Obama Meditation: The theme of the day is: “truth matters”,“integrity matters” and “honesty matters”. Today the legal branch ofContinue reading “Truth Matters!…”

During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism. Howard Thurman Meditation: Our country in the past nine months has shifted into an experience of a race and class “war”. The language and expression of hatred have suddenly become acceptable. The current president ignitesContinue reading “We Are At War From Within…”

You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive. Maya Angelou Meditation: Sometimes we cannot control what life throws at us. However, most of theContinue reading “The Discernment of the Spirits…”

To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment. Eckhart Tolle Meditation: For the past months, every Saturday morning,  I am attending a Yoga class in the community center close by. It is the highlight of my week. A busy weekContinue reading “Underneath the Thinking, The Noise and the Pain…”

I get those fleeting, beautiful moments of inner peace and stillness – and then the other 23 hours and 45 minutes of the day, I’m a human trying to make it through in this world. Ellen DeGeneres Meditation: I have those days. Do you? When fifteen minutes is all I have to ground myself andContinue reading “Those Beautiful Moments of Stillness…”