What is poison? Anything beyond what we need is poison. It can be power, laziness, food, ego, ambition, vanity, fear, anger, or whatever. What is fear? Non-acceptance of uncertainty If we accept uncertainty, it becomes adventure. What is envy? No acceptance of good in the other. If we accept good, it becomes inspiration. […]
At age 23, Tina Fey was working at a YMCA. At age 23, Oprah was fired from her first reporting job. At age 24, Stephen King was working as a janitor and living in a trailer. At age 27, Vincent Van Gogh failed as a missionary and decided to go to art school. At age […]
The canopy is almost lost, The leaves cover the ground we touch, Like a blanket waiting for the first frost The silence The birds and the singing sun Sleeping nature like our hearts at times, Waiting to see what life unfolds… The passing of time stretching its hands To hold us close to the Soul […]
It’s a cliché for a reason and this week we will experience its lesson: life begins outside of our comfort zone. The more you choose to venture beyond what’s comfortable for you this week, especially in pursuit of sharing, the more “surrounding Light” – or your potential – you can draw in for your entire […]
A small child wandered through the forest Looking for hope, hungry for a bit of faith That something existed bigger than him. He needed to find a reason for being. He leaned against a giant tree And put his arms around its trunk. He closed his eyes and tried to rest. After an hour had […]
The experience of resting in the heart in meditation is not something that can be grasped or forced. It comes naturally, as we grow more and more in tune with the rhythms of our own inner silences. Imagine yourself reflecting the sweetness and delicacy of this experience. The light that emerge from the heart makes […]
When you are Between Worlds you are in transition; not quite being out of one situation and fully engaged in another; this depicts a feeling of temporary blindness, no-man’s land. So, you are feeling yourself an outsider. This is good. This is the transitory period. Now you have to be alert not to fill […]
Atlanta has a large expanse of land, over seven acres, in fact, that wasn’t being used. However, that’s all about to change now as Atlanta’s City Council has just voted in favor of changing all this vacant space into the state of Georgia’s first food forest. After a unanimous vote last Monday, the plans are […]
Everything happens in the now, in the present. Only this moment counts. You have what it takes to handle anything today if you let go of the need to look into the future or reflect on the past. Be present and notice what is going on right now. This very moment has the potential for […]
Shamans, medicine people, mystics and sages throughout the ages have always known that The Soul doesn’t speak the human language. Instead, our Souls communicate with us through symbols, metaphors, archetypes, poetry, deep feelings and mystical imagination (seeing the sacredness in all of life). The human language is far too limiting to express the full spectrum […]
