As I began to love myself I understood how much it can offend somebody if I try to force my desires on this person, even though I knew the time was not right and the person was not ready for it, and even though this person was me. Today I call it “RESPECT”. Continue reading
Spirituality
Being Human is a Guest House
This being human is a guest house.
Every morning a new arrival. Continue reading
The Source is Within You
Why do you weep?—
That Source is within you,
and this whole world
is springing up from it. Continue reading
Restoring the Cookie of our Childhood
Cookie of Childhood When I was four years old, my mother used to bring me a cookie every time she came home from the market. I always went to the front yard and took my time eating it, sometimes half an hour or forty-five minutes for one cookie. Continue reading
Interdependence is a choice only independent people can make
Interdependence is a far more mature, more advanced concept. If I am physically interdependent, I am self-reliant and capable, but I also realize that you and I working together can accomplish far more than, even at my best, I could accomplish alone. Continue reading
Love is a Verb
“In the great literature of all progressive societies, love is a verb. Reactive people make it a feeling. Continue reading
And where does the will of God fit into all this?
The divine intention is that we learn to make loving and wise choices. In so doing we develop our individualities and awaken from a symbolic sleep. However, it is just as essential to learn how to surrender to something bigger than ourselves. Continue reading
God Creates Everyone
A little girl was sitting on her grandfather’s lap as he read her a bedtime story. From time to time, she would take her eyes off the book and reach up to touch his wrinkled cheek. Continue reading
Transformation carries with it a wisdom and a knowing that we have a choice
Living a transformed life takes courage. People often think of courage only as what is called for in a moment of crisis, but that’s not the case. Courage is called for on a day-to-day, moment-to-moment basis, even when there’s nothing urgent at stake. It is up to us to create our lives consistent with who we know ourselves to be—making what’s at stake that which we say is at stake. It’s the stand we take on ourselves. That stand then becomes who we are.
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