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2013

  • Here’s Where To Find Peace…

    The person should look for peace within and not depend on it in any other place. There are no waves in the depths of the ocean, it is still and unbroken. – Buddha inside We do…

  • Why Be Us?

    Be yourself, everyone else is already taken. – Mike Robbins be yourself We come with an essence that’s us, uniquely so, in all time and in all space. Let’s mull this eternal fact…

2012

  • Why 2013 Can Be Our Best Year Yet!

    We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. – Edith Lovejoy…

  • Why We Must Be Still…

    We yearn for a moment’s peace and quiet, only to turn on the radio, make a phone call, or run an errand as soon as an opportunity for solitude presents itself. – Ronnie Polaneczky…

  • What Should We Do Next?

    The fool wonders, the wise man asks. – Benjamin Disraeli ask & observe We often ask ourselves; what should I do next? That’s a great step forward, we must ask first. What then?…

  • How To Build A Better World Starting Today…

    You want a better, more fraternal, more just world? Well then, start building it: Who is stopping you? Build it inside yourself and around you, build it with those who want it.…

  • How To Move Beyond Negativity…

    Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. – Proverb negativity The problem with complaining and negativity is simple. It forces us to spend time at the level of the…

  • Why We’re Alive…

    Devote your life to proving that love is the greatest thing in the world. – Jesus, The Urantia Papers jesus Jesus demonstrated that God is real and ever present in our hearts. He…

  • Why We Must Let The Past Be…

    The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there. – Leslie P. Hartley the past The only true consciousness of time that we have is of the present moment. Just like…

  • How To Do It!

    First say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do. – Epictetus envision ‘Say to yourself’ is all about envisioning, visualizing and affirming! We must prime…

  • How To Stop Being A Fool!

    The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him. – Socrates fools We are big fools. We think we know it all. Watch us smirk when others…

  • How Deserving Are We?

    When someone offers you a compliment, do you receive it, or do you sort of just shrug it off? – Abraham worthy? How comfortable are we receiving compliments? If not then we must…

  • Why Is There Suffering?

    God is never wrathful, vengeful, or angry. – The Urantia Papers suffering Suffering is rampant on our planet. Suffering exists because of some of these factors in my opinion: 1)…

  • How To Succeed In Life…

    It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. – Napolean Hill happy? Our level of happiness is the truest measure of success. Are we…

  • What’s The Only Way Forward?

    You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love. – Martin Luther King, Jr. grace Grace is when we’re gentle. Gentle towards self and others. We know that the…

  • Why We Must Run From ‘Normal’!

    Everything depends upon what we take as normal. – Vernon Howard normal The normal is our enemy. It makes us complacent. It leaves us hypnotized. We stay lazy and never deal with…

  • What’s The Easiest Way Out?

    The fastest way to get to a new-and-improved situation is to make peace with your current situation. – Abraham escape Most of us want to escape some aspect of our current lives.…

  • How Much Are We Willing to Worry?

    If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles but I’d have fewer imaginary ones. – Don Herold worrying is expensive! The more we worry about something…

  • How We Can Improve Our Health NOW!

    Nothing else in your experience responds as quickly as your own physical body to your patterns of thought. – Abraham thoughts The latest research is affirming the power of…

  • How To End The Masquerade!

    A person begins earnest work on himself when first sensing he is not who he imagines he is. The end of the masquerade is the start of peace. – Vernon Howard the big game We all…

  • What Are The 3 Commandments?

    To live without judgment, to give without expecting and to love for no reason – The Universe the ‘trifecta’ Living without judgment seems impossible. Heck we can’t stop judging…

  • Why We Matter More Than We Know…

    Every cell, every human being, is of equal importance and has work to do in this world. – Peace Pilgrim self-esteem If all self-esteem issues would disappear we would have world…

  • How To Understand the Inevitable!

    There is absolutely no inevitability as long as there is the willingness to think. – Chuck Jones inevitabilities Death and taxes are certainties we are told. Once we know that an…

  • How To Rise Above Self…

    We cannot see above our own present level. – Vernon Howard present level Our ‘present level’ consists of our current beliefs, assumptions, perspectives and certainties. We’re…

  • Why We Must Face Shame!

    If we’re going to find our way back to each other vulnerability is going to be that path. – Brene Brown vulnerability On Tuesday I shared some thoughts on Brene Brown and her talk…

  • Why Beliefs Are Important To Watch!

    When your beliefs match your desires then your desires must become reality. – Abraham match Most of us are not quite sure if the Law of Attraction works or if it works 100% of the…

  • Why We Must Be Vulnerable!

    Let ourselves be seen. Love with our whole hearts. Practice gratitude, lean into joy. I am enough. – Brene Brown brene brown A Facebook friend shared this amazing TED video with…

  • What is the ‘Law of Averages’?

    Happiness doesn’t depend on any external conditions, it is governed by our mental attitude. – Dale Carnegie worry makes bad curry! Worrying is a waste of energy. It serves no good…

  • What Is Success and Happiness?

    Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. – Dale Carnegie success & happiness I’ll modify the quote as follows: Success is getting what we truly need…

  • Why We Must Assert Control!

    Set your mind at work to solve its problems; teach your intellect to work for you; refuse longer to be dominated by fear like an unthinking animal. – Urantia Papers stop and look…

  • Why We Must Forgive…

    Those who feel they are victims will be most eager to make victims of others. – Vernon Howard victim? How do we feel when we’ve been victimized? It gets us mad and we feel awful.…

  • Why We Must Be Present To Life…

    Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans. – John Lennon life happens Life is happening to us right now. We’re all getting older; some relationships are…

  • Why We Must Awaken!

    Life has no remote. Get up and change it yourself. – Seen on Facebook! savior? We await the savior. Or we await an external agent to come and rescue us. We don’t need rescuing! Is…

  • Why It’s All Small Stuff…

    It’s all small stuff. – Dr. Wayne Dyer don’t sweat Richard died suddenly in 2006; he left quite a legacy in the ‘Don’t Sweat’ series of books he wrote! There’s an interesting…

  • Why We Should Say ‘Yes’ To Life!

    When you say "yes" to the "isness" of life, when you accept this moment as it is, you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you that is deeply peaceful. – Eckhart Tolle this…

  • Why We Must Be Strong & Happy!

    You only ever uplift from your position of strength, clarity and alignment. – Abraham misery seeks company We must understand others but we don’t need to be in another’s shoes…

  • How To Heal…

    Find something to feel good about and get out of the way, and allow the cells to receive what they’ve been asking for. That is the key to healing. – Abraham feel good We can’t…

  • Why It’s Easy To Hurt Anyone…

    Before the tongue can speak, it must have lost the power to wound. – Peace Pilgrim blurting it Most of us love to blurt it out. Consequently we hurt others by uttering unkind…

  • How To Fix ANY Problem!

    Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself. – Rumi (the untold story) suffer Why do we worry? It’s because we think we need…

  • Why We Need Religion!

    Religion inspires man to live courageously and joyfully on the face of the earth; it joins patience with passion, insight to zeal, sympathy with power, and ideals with energy. …

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