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People see God every day, they just don’t recognize him. Pearl Bailey Meditation: When we go through life, our everyday concerns easily take over. Home life demands, work life worries and then the daily news flooding into our cars, our homes, our brains and emotional lives. There is not much space to pause and reflect.Continue reading “God, far away…”

Change is not in the hands of government, not in the hands of a leader or guru, and not in the hands of the powerful or wealthy. It is in our hands: the hands of each and every one of us. Shari Arison Meditation: So many changes are being made right now by new executiveContinue reading “In our hands…”

If you fall, fall on your back. If you can look up, you can get up. Les Brown Meditation: Today I walked out of a nail place after a pedicure with those floppy little sandals. I was on the phone with one hand, holding my shoes in the other hand. And it was raining. So, withinContinue reading “If you fall…”

“In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule.” Friedrich Nietzsche Meditation: We are seeing insanity of the highest degree and on the highest level enfold in front of our eyes. For the past years, the reactive and insane parts of our nation had been counteracted by aContinue reading “Insanity…”

Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends? Abraham Lincoln Meditation: Never before have we seen the lines between friend and enemy as distinctly drawn verbally and in action as today. Mexicans, Immigrants, China, the Press…they and many more have been announced and labeled as “the enemy” that the US needsContinue reading “No enemies…”

The only things standing between you and the compassionate, wise, and creative person you want to be are matters of choice. Your choice. No one can occupy your generosity except you. Gary Zukav Meditation: When we are afraid and angry about “not having or being enough”, we hold on for dear life. We start hoarding. WeContinue reading “Generosity…”

Preparing for death is one of the most empowering things you can do. Thinking about death clarifies your life. Candy Chang Meditation: “The last lecture” is a video of a professor in his late forties who has received a cancer diagnosis that leaves him only a few months to live. He is married with threeContinue reading “The last lecture…”

Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend. Melody Beattie Meditation: Melody Beattie is the author of “Co-dependent noContinue reading “Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life…”

Don’t forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it. Hebrews 13:2 Meditation: What if the strangers living in our midst are messengers of God? What if being kind to strangers is a way to serve and host God? I remember when I was 23 yearsContinue reading “Be Kind to Strangers…”

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead Meditation: Sometimes when the work we put in every day does not produce much visible fruit, and when laying infrastructures while envisioning possibilities seems so far removed from the impact oneContinue reading “Never doubt…”