We are often told that our past defines our future. That our experiences and our history shape what we will create. Yet the flaw in this idea is that we have a choice to create new memories, new …
Spiritual Thermodynamics
The loss of someone in our lives, particularly someone older, who we've looked up for many years, never feels good. Because they are no longer physically present, we feel like we have lost them. …
Refusal and Vindication
We often think that we have to be right in order to stand up for ourselves. Actually, the two have nothing to do with each other. Being right can be about making someone else wrong. We're right and …
A Shaft of Light
How we identify ourselves is a tricky thing. When we are young we identify with super heroes, sports figures or people in our lives. As we grow, we identify ourselves by our profession, our status, …
Focus, Intention, and Expectation
Is there a difference between focus, intention and expectation? When we focus on one thing to help bring it into our awareness, does that not carry intention with it? When we set an intention, do we …
Hearts on Sleeves
Presence in our lives is more about the awareness of our inner state than the outer world. We often think that being present is about how we are with other people. Are we paying attention? Are we …