May 23, 2022
Any new situation can bring with it a feeling of uncertainty. When faced with a new school, job or social environment our first tendency is often to try to make a connection with someone – an experienced person who knows the ‘lay of the land’, or...
Apr 18, 2022
Obstacles are one of those things we all encounter at some point in our lives whether we like it or not. Although we may feel we need to throw up our defenses and prepare the battle stations, is there another way to handle obstacles? Could we turn obstacles into...
Mar 28, 2022
Children respond to their environment; they respond to the feelings, emotions and habits of their parents or the people that raised them. If their environment is full of love and kindness, they convert that love and kindness into a way of life and they grow. If, as...
Feb 16, 2022
A river has a purpose. It is constantly moving forward with an innate drive to get back home to its source, the ocean. Like a river, we all have somewhere to go; we all have a purpose. As I see it, that is to advance spiritually, to get back home to Spirit. How...
Jan 16, 2022
There is a universe of magic in the word “Potential”. Close your eyes. Feel it. What do you see? What do you sense? Potential can be both the seed of a dream and the journey of its growth. It contains all possibilities and opportunities. It is like a gift...
Dec 15, 2021
Do you remember as a child feeling uplifted, joyful and inspired, doing something that you loved to do? That’s a true feeling. As you grew older and had to learn to navigate the systems of society – family, school, church etc. – you may have tended to live...
Nov 21, 2021
Warning! Peligro! Avertissement! Warnung! We are all familiar with warning signs such as these that alert us to dangers in our physical environment. Attention grabbing signals like the red stop sign or the flashing lights and siren of an emergency vehicle have all...
Oct 15, 2021
There is a story of a man hired by the Ford Motor Company in its early days. This employee routinely sat with his feet on his desk gazing out the window. A group of potential investors visiting the facility observed this man’s behavior and remarked on his idleness....
Sep 15, 2021
Choice is a moment by moment occurrence. It happens every day, all day long. From the moment our eyes crack open first thing in the morning or we are nudged from our slumber by an alarm, we are making decisions about how we want to feel, our expectations, and what we...
Aug 15, 2021
In 1886, Henri Rousseau lived with his family in the small French town of Angers, where he worked as a toll and tax collector. In his early forties and with no formal training, he began to exhibit his paintings in the prestigious art galleries of Paris. Almost...
