“He (and she) who wear smiles instead of worry are always the strongest.” —Japanese Proverb. Worry is an alarm going off in our mind or perhaps our heart. It comes to advise us something needs centering and lifting. A smile on our face is strengthening. We feel more confident, positive about ourselves. Worry is an […]
We may wonder why positivity is important as a primary way of being and living. We heal faster when we are upbeat and have an agreeable doctor or person who believes we will heal and stay healthy. What can we do if we do not live up to the expression and attitude of positivity? There […]
We give ourselves permission and welcome ‘beautiful’ and ‘the personal’ into our lives and expression, now and without hesitation. Today’s communication seems to be likened to the wild, wild west type of communication. Tame sometimes, yet chaotic with the addition of any form is Okay as long as we express. The challenge in our modern […]
We need the return of ‘the personal.’ Currently, the personal is starving for expression. People of all ages are being confronted with suicide, overdoses of medicine or other drugs, addictions, loneliness, shootings, anger and rage. One remedy is personal communication, noticing other people who are hurting, staying in touch by literally being with people, visiting […]
“Like billowing clouds, like the incessant gurgle of the brook, the longing of the Spirit can never be stilled.” —Hildegard of Bingen. Saint Hildegard excelled in many areas; one is her mystical insight and another her Spirit-filled visionary gift. She perceived the truth of God as an insatiable ‘longing’ of our soul and selfhood to […]
The energy of spring is palpable and spreads like dandelion seeds through the air, delicate, purposeful and blissful. Feel the spring fervor touching your body, lighting the emotions and adding to the accomplishments of today. Further, we agree with the regeneration of spring’s enlivened quintessence and skip with happiness to her pulse. We pray connecting […]
Something the entire United States has in common, the anticipation of spring. Some southerly states are warming and the formation of leaves are visible on trees, shrubs and plants in general. It is an energetic time in the natural world in early spring. Claude Bernard wrote: “The joy of discovery is certainly the liveliest that […]
If we want a better life, let’s first appreciate what is good in our lives and in ourselves at the present time. Mary Baker Eddy has a hint to a grander life: “To those leaning on the sustaining infinite, today is big with blessings.” The sustaining infinite is God, the divine Presence everywhere and at […]
Something common to every human being is the experience of grieving a loss, whether a person or people, a place or places and things in the manifest world. We grieve when something or someone goes from our life. Grief usually rises in us when we were intimately connected to what or who is no longer […]
On the subject and experience of Grief: What’s more, know our sincerity, openness and intent to fill with the qualities and truths of God are enough. Keep on not in a demanding way, in letting ourselves be spiritually minded and hold the space of sacredness for another and others. They will feel the holy aura and atmosphere. Hence, we may […]