My mum taught me how to read before I went to kindergarten. I always thought that being able to read provided lightness, helping to dispel darkness, ignorance, and stupidity. ~ Michael Moore Today is Day Six of my Thirty Days of Thanksgiving. And it’s Election Day in the United States. So today, I give heartfelt … Read more
While I am out of town, I am offering this beautiful essay from astrologer Rhea Wolf. Consider it a belated Happy International Woman’s Day gift, as well as my regular Goddess Sunday feature. I am sure this is not the only time this year that, instead of highlighting a conventional, historic Goddess, I’ll be holding … Read more
For some of us, our love of the world is so passionate that we cannot ask it to wait until we are enlightened. ~ Joanna Macy, World as Lover, World as Self Tonight we celebrate the second Sunday of our Advent Solstice Sun-Wheel prayer circle. Advent simply means the coming of. So every Sunday between … Read more
This is so important, folks. We are in the midst of the best opportunity for real transformation that I have seen in decades. And it comes at such a pivotal time.. we can’t afford to wait, we mustn’t turn away from this. It might be our last best hope. David Korten adds his illuminating perspective … Read more
Several times in my life, I have survived very close calls with tornadoes. Yesterday was one more, as the tornado that skipped through downtown Raleigh passed over the bookstore where I was giving readings. (There is no mistaking that sound). Our home in Durham was untouched, I am grateful to say. Although at first I … Read more
Past the seeker as he prayed came the crippled and the beggar and the beaten. And seeing them…he cried, “Great God, how is it that a loving creator can see such things and yet do nothing about them?”… And God said, “I did do something. I made you.” ~ Sufi Teaching Yesterday, I talked about … Read more
Inside myself is a place where I live all alone, and that’s where I renew my springs that never dry up. — Pearl Buck I have noticed that more and more people seem to find it impossible to unplug, to allow silence, and to be alone with themselves. This is very sad, and is tied, … Read more
It is bad luck to fall out of a thirteenth story window on Friday. — Anonymous Before we get started on our Gratitude Journey (and please stop back by this weekend, when I will share some background on those Blessed Beads I featured here on Wednesday).. a pause to note this special day. Yes, beware, … Read more
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone. — Ralph Waldo Emerson In considering the perils of success, Julia reminds us that creativity is not a business. It certainly has business closely tied to it, as it can generate income … Read more
No one man can, for any considerable time, wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which is the true one. — Nathaniel Hawthorne As we continue the final stages of The Artist’s Journey, we encounter a challenge we’ve maybe never considered. This challenge that will come, … Read more