About 15 years ago a good friend of mine died, he was 45 years old. He had cancer. Although we didn’t meet often, I lived on one side of Australia and he on the other, but when we did there was no stopping us. We used to laugh a lot and talked for hours on end.
He had a loving...
“The power of discovery enables us to achieve excellence without having to be “perfect.'”
Thomas Crum, The Magic of Conflict
I arrived at the conference center ready to present my workshop. Almost immediately I noticed the room was too small and it was not set...
Our church has charged all parents of young children to read a Bible story each day to our children so reading from my son Noah’s children’s Bible has become a part of our regular bedtime routine. Sometimes I try to hit stories that relate to the current holiday in the Christian...
Knowing When I’m Not: 4 Suggestions for Developing a Strong Center
The more I practice centering, the more I realize that as important as it is to be able to identify and access the centered state, it is equally important to be able to know when I’m NOT centered. Otherwise,...
“The Way to Wellness” It’s time to start a Healthy life: your 7 days program
How many times have you gone to sleep at night, swearing you’ll go to the gym in the morning, and then changing your mind just eight hours later because when you get up, you don’t...
One man can make a difference. I’ve been saying this and writing around this subject matter for over a decade now. It is not to the exclusion of women as I originally used the phrase in reference to mankind or society if you prefer. A decade ago, my pursuit of the quest to make a...
Are you ready for your inspirational thought for the day? When you first read it, it may seem too simple. However, if you think about it for even a moment, you’ll see that the implications are profound – and inspiring. This is t:
“Whatever goals you have in your life,...
Who does not know about The First of April? We try to make fools of others on this day to have a hearty laugh. It is the battle of wits on this day. All of us expect to get fooled, and try to save ourselves from making others laugh at our expense. Are all of us not fools even otherwise? This may...
Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?
No matter how this topic is tackled, the question remains a mystery.
Do you need to be inspired to aspire or do you need an aspiration to get inspired?
The same holds true for the second question. Others may argue that in order to...
Watch the waves. Watch small waves, and watch the large waves. Watch them coming in, on the shore untiringly. What do we see? We see the passion. We see the energy. We also wonder about the purpose of the non-stop motion of the waves.
Waves have the undying passion of meeting the shore....
What does the word inspiration mean? I look at the word and break it into two parts: in and Spirit. To live an inspired life, then, means to be in Spirit all the time to be in tune with the magnificent presence of the Higher Self within you. Where in effect, the mind is open to everything,...
The human self is a temple of the Divine.
Life goes on. You can choose to let life flow or get stuck and just keep spinning your wheels. Each day offers a chance to look at the brighterside of life and enjoy it. Each day is a chance to be connected with your divinity. Each day heralds a...