Regular readers of this blog probably can probably guess that I’m not looking forward to Donald Trump becoming the 47th President of the United States next week. However, my spiritual tradition teaches us not to focus on what we don’t want, because that focus will only make that thing grow. As the quote above by … More Focusing on What I Want, Not on What I Don’t Want
Dear God, Please bring solace to those who have lost so much. Pour forth Divine waters on the fires now raging. Calm the fires and calm our hearts. May miracles occur in realms unseen. Give hope to the hopeless and love to those who feel none. Bless Los Angeles as she walks through this valley … More Marianne Williamson’s Prayer for Los Angeles
Welcome to the second day of celebrating Pancha Ganapati! Pancha Ganapati is a modern Hindu holiday, developed around the elephant-headed God Ganesha, that runs from December 21-25. Like Kwanza, it was created around the Solstice/Christmas/Hannukah time, but with a spiritual/community focus for each day. And each day also has its own color! The first day … More Happy Pancha Ganapati!
Winter Solstice is probably our primodial celebration. Long before any of the organized religions that we have today, people were doing things to celebrate/encourage the return of the sun. We now understand intellectually why this happens, so we don’t feel the need to request the sun to return. But it still can be a very … More Wishing You a Powerful Winter Solstice
A regular journaling practice is a GREAT way to increase your bliss. Don’t take it from me–just ask Oprah Winfrey, Warren Buffet, Taylor Swift, Barack Obama, Emma Watson, Timotheé Chalamet, Serena Williams, and dozens of other top-performing celebrities in many fields who credit journaling for supporting their success. If you would like to put the … More Join Me for a Journaling Workshop this Sunday
Once again, we find ourselves learning about a horrific situation of violence and hatred and death and suffering taking place about a thousand miles away from where I am. My initial reaction to the attacks on Isreal and on Gaza was to cry, because it was so sad and involve so much death and injury, … More So What Can We Do about Gaza and Israel? Try Finding Something to Hope About, Finding Something to Laugh About, and Finding Something to Protect
OK, so this is January 2, so not officially New Year’s Day, but since it is the federal holiday for New Year’s Day, I’m figuring it still counts. Now, this is not to say I didn’t have a good ACTUAL New Year’s Day. Both New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day focus around programs at … More My New Year’s Day Present
Having just watched the movie Elvis, this song kept running through my head this Christmas because it was true–we definitely had a blue Christmas this year. Not blue in an unhappy way, but in a physical way..like the color your skin turns when you are cold. Our power went out shortly after lunch on Christmas … More We Had a Blue, Blue, Blue, Blue Christmas…As Well as a Grinch, A Christmas Carol, and A Chrismas Story Christmas
This post is a follow-up to my most recent previous post, my December 3 post entitled “This Thing Called Hope…or Are You A Sports Fan or a WordleBot?” If you haven’t read that post, please do so before reading this one in order to understand the foundations of what I will be discussing. Click HERE … More A Triumph For Hope
I was doing my early morning meditation walk this morning. Sunday mornings the greenway is especially quiet; I don’t see most of the dogs I’ve made friends with from my daily morning walks. So I was in a particularly quiet and reflective mood this morning. Then suddenly, something caught my eyes. It was tiny little … More Sunday Reflection
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