“The only measure of what you believe is what you do. If you want to know what people believe, don’t read what they write, don’t ask them what they believe, just observe what they do.”    Ashley Montagu   And… Continue reading

The right-mind according to Dr. Jill, “is all about the richness of this present moment.  It is filled with gratitude for my life and everyone and everything in it. It is content, compassionate, nurturing and eternally optimistic.  To my right… Continue reading

What happens when you no longer fit your roles, when you can’t step into the role and do it?  When the costume and lines no longer fit, you can’t even pretend to pretend it is working, not even one little… Continue reading

…we often think that somehow we’re going to improve, which is a subtle aggression against who we really are.                                                                           Pema Chodron   That line of subtle aggression against who we really are stood out for me… Continue reading

  Without the understanding of ordinary perfection, spirituality can put us at odds with our life.  The images we have been taught about perfection can be destructive to us.  It is like the Eskimo hunter who asked the missionary, “If… Continue reading

In the old days I think they used to call them Snake Oil Salesman, or the ones selling bottle of potions that held magic inside.   It seems in our day they are selling words, messages an idea, without a… Continue reading

  Picture Perfect a novel by Jodi Picoult, is the dance of abuse between a husband and a wife, both seem unable to wrestle themselves free of the relationship, or able to change the behavior.   Love gets twisted up… Continue reading

Fearless – oblivious of dangers or perils or calmly resolute in facing them.   Fear – A feeling of agitation and anxiety caused by the presence or imminence of danger.   When you read those two meanings, anxiety appears in… Continue reading

Lately the “Spiritual” teachers or “Self Help” teachers are really sticking in my mind.  I keep wondering how in the world they could have taught me what experience did?   Who am I?  Can they know?   Who has the… Continue reading

If Spence had written this himself, he would have written “Gone on another trip. See you later.” It brought a smile to my face, and wistfullness inside.  I knew the man whose obituary I was reading. That one line said… Continue reading