Books

  • Their Own Inner Pain.

    In this world, hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, ancient and inexhaustible. —BUDDHA   Daily reading from Mark Nepo's  "The Book of Awakening" "One of the most difficult things about healing from being hurt… Continue reading

  • Your Own Feelings

    Below is today's reading by Mark Nepo from his book "The book of Awakening" The sun doesn't stop shining because people are blind.   It is a hard challenge to stay true to ourselves in the face of indifference. Rejection and… Continue reading

  • I Let It Go…

    In Michael Singer's book, "The Untethered Soul" – The Journey Beyond Yourself, he writes in Chapter 7 "Transcending the Tendency to Close". "Since it’s not socially acceptable to run into the woods and hide like a deer, you hide inside.… Continue reading

  • People who are indifferent.

    "Indifference enables everything that is bad."  Elie Wiesel I highly recommend watching the interview Oprah had with Elie on her Soul Series…you can watch on Oprah.com. What Elie says, "Indifference and passiveness is worse than hatred, it enables everything that… Continue reading

  • I am Lucky

    I am reading books by the Author Mary Pipher…and the one I picked up at the Library is "Writing to Change the World".  It is a small book with writing insights that I am finding interesting.  I skimmed around and… Continue reading

  • Keep things the same.

    I am reading the book "Awaken the Giant Within" By Anthony Robbins.   A quote first "Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, thre is one elementary truth – that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too."… Continue reading

  • Perfect in Change

    "I did not fail at being a basketball player nor did poetry fail me. More accurately, my inwardness evolved with enough life experience, so that moving bodily in the air evolved into the poet's dance of feeling which then evolved… Continue reading

  • Born to do.

    I listened to Jean Houston on Oprah's Soul Series speak about the Heroes Journey…how we are asked to follow the lure of our souls…or die. I understood this.  I felt that I didn't have a choice but to follow where… Continue reading

  • Around My Little Girl

    "Being true to who we are means carrying our spirit like a candle in the center of our darkness."  "If we are to live without silencing or numbing essential parts of who we are, a vow must be invoked and… Continue reading

  • Filled with Joy

    More from Mary Pipher's book, "Seeking Peace" "With crises, some people dig deeper into their entrenched identities and hide in the pup tent of their old beliefs. Many people simply numb themselves with television or self-medicate with alcohol and drugs.… Continue reading