Show but Do Not Tell
“No one likes to be told what to do whether they are two or 90 years old. You may be seeing things and witnessing circumstances that are painful: that you wish to change or improve. Yes, do send intentions to those in these situations but try to refrain from instructing, telling, lecturing, convincing the other party what to do and how to do it. If anything, who and how you are will convince them that following your lead may be an effective solution to their distress. It is by showing who you are that people are most influenced not by what’s...
read moreDid You Really See It?
“The light flashing out the corner of your eye; the colored orbs like clusters of grapes hanging in the trees; the pale figure leading you out of the woods; the cloud suddenly a spaceship: did you really see any of these things? Was your mind playing tricks or was your imagination running away on you? Was it a late night or too early a morning when eyes can unintentionally deceive? A so lucid dream that you thought it real. Where do you sit with all of this? Have others told you, you are crazy? Perhaps you have held it all inside to...
read moreAt a Loss for Words
“Have you ever been “at a loss for words?” The sentence itself carries an old style of speaking, doesn’t it? It’s a figure of speech: you can’t translate it word for word, but you understand it because its meaning has been explained to you or used in a context that you can appreciate. Perhaps you haven’t been able to find the words to use in a sensitive situation. At someone’s funeral for instance or during a heated conversation or while looking at a breathtaking sunset. It seems heightened emotions cause you to search for suitable words you...
read moreVitality
“Vitality denotes “physical or mental vigour, an energy where there is power to continue in existence, to live and grow.” Strength of being seems to accompany vigour for it also implies a courageous state of staying the course when circumstances are challenging. Though winds of adversity may blow, you in your life energy, persist – beyond survival to flourishing. Vigour leaps over stagnation, inertia, indifference, boredom, despair and demands a realm of self-directed passion, tenacity, patience and resolve to reach your mark whatever that...
read moreEase
“It flows fluidly without constraint: like a clear stream of water from a mountain top. Though there are rocks, the water curves itself naturally around any of the hard obstacles as if they were not there. No stopping, jarring, interrupting, just a steady flow of ease – sometimes so quiet, tranquil and calm that it is barely noticeable. But its absence is duly noted for from the vacuum created, a stress emerges that ease does not know. They are strangers to each other until they do meet, and when they do, stress seeks out ease to care for and...
read moreSchedule? What Schedule?
“With the overlapping of circumstances, situations, occasions, prospects, possibilities, opportunities, any kind of schedule seems to have fallen by the wayside. What is planned is in mind but when the heart, serendipity, spontaneity, and synchronicity step into your picture; frame, grid, connecting points, convergence melt away and profound presence assumes their place. Never forceful or pressing or pleading but emerging in a state of serenity, flow and grace, this feeling of exquisite presence makes the idea of a schedule totally...
read moreIt is Okay to Withdraw
“You can appreciate when someone like Jesus, or Buddha, Mohammed, St. Francis of Assisi, John the Baptist, Mary Magdalene or even YOU need to withdraw from the world. Whether it is the desert, the cave, the mountain top, under the Bodhi tree or spa, find the down time when your threshold has been reached. You’re so tired, drained, frustrated, angry, teary – all signs to withdraw to regroup, refresh, re-energize, reboot, RELAX before venturing out again. Pretending all is fine; holding it all in; ignoring your feelings is not okay. Eventually...
read moreComings and Goings
“Friends visiting this weekend. Son leaving for college next weekend. Sister’s friend had a baby. Grandpa was buried a week ago. The sapling is growing nicely this summer. The grand oak – so beloved – was struck by lightning and had to be cut down. First camp for the six-year-old nephew; it will be the last canoe trip for Uncle Bob. The graduation ceremony was beautiful; Aunt Mary took her last rites in hospital as she wanted. You remember the gift of roses for your birthday, and now as they droop and brown, will you dry or compost them?...
read moreIt Just Appeared
“As chance – or was it something else? – would have it, a little toadstool appeared in the planter the other day. You could call it a mushroom but unlike what you see in a typical mushroom, it was a pale, soft green, yellow color, amazingly delicate and beautiful in its petite symmetry. Was this a fluke? Was it bringing a special message? Was its presence showing how important it is to take notice of what is around us? Perhaps the latter… Though entrenched in this life, its busyness sometimes prevents you from truly seeing what...
read moreI have a Question
“Was it you who asked, “Why is the sky blue?” when you were little? Did you ask “why” a lot then? And when you went to school, were you the one who raised your hand to answer a question so many times that the teacher passed you over any time someone else had their hand up? Or maybe you never raised your hand because you knew the teacher had no answer for the questions you kept in your head? Perhaps most important now is, “Why have you stopped asking questions?” From the many to a trickle to none…Fear? Resignation? Boredom? Laziness?...
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