“Hurt people hurt people,” as the adage says. To put up with abuse is to abuse yourself as well as the abuser. ~ Cohen, Alan. A Course in Miracles Made Easy (p. 38). Hay House. Kindle Edition. The solution to police […]
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Wonderful Stroke of Luck
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck. ~ His Holiness the Dalai Lama I remember several generations of our family spread out in clumps, walking off the effects of having eaten abundantly at […]
Continue reading »Learning by Heart
…learning by heart—so altogether different from learning by rote; for when we learn by heart we do not memorize the sound of words but let the images evoked by words brand our hearts like red-hot branding irons. May I continue […]
Continue reading »You Are Whole
You don’t need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it. ~ Maya Angelou Are you whole? Are you defective? You probably know the expected answers, but do you believe […]
Continue reading »Circumambulation
Circumambulation is a ritual term meaning literally “to walk a circle around” a holy place, person, or object. Such rituals are related to the widespread significance of the sacred circle….* Sacred? Not my circumambulation! But since late December I’ve walked […]
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