Overcoming Obstacles
Plots in fiction often consist of a character wanting something and being continually hindered. Without these obstacles, roadblocks, twists, and turns, there wouldn’t be a story. Our lives unfold in…
Be the Change
As each of us moves along our life path, at some point, we realize that our happiness depends not only on our own success and well-being but on the effect…
Live with Hope
Sometimes it feels as if things will never change. This often happens when we are in a situation, such as now during the pandemic, in which our limits of endurance…
We Grow by Delays
In The Cloud of Unknowing, a spiritual ‘guidebook’ by an anonymous author written in the 14th century, it states that “we grow by delays.” Many of us want answers to…
Seven Ways to Deal with Uncertainty
Dear Friends, In this strange and trying period, each of us is dealing with our own situation, our own set of circumstances, and our own specific challenges. There are no…
Everybody’s a dreamer and everybody’s a star
There’s a song called Celluloid Heroes by the Kinks, one of the most influential rock groups of the 1960s and early 70s. They wrote so many great songs. But this one…
Incremental shifts
September is around the corner, and many of us consider it the beginning of a new phase. This is when school starts again, the weather changes--at least where I live--…
Follow your inspiration
Do you ever read the news and feel despair? I do. There is so much trouble in the world. Yet we still have to live our lives and follow our…
In a hurry to get somewhere? Relax.
Having goals is essential. Most people have a natural desire to accomplish things and use their talents and abilities to find fulfillment, and make a contribution, and goals give us…
Desire
All of us have desires—many of them, I imagine. As I move through any given day, I am always trying to figure out how to fulfill one desire or another.…
