This post contains affiliate links. “We’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.” ~ Joseph Campbell “Stories are memory aids, instruction manuals and moral compasses.” ~ Aleks Krotoski, author, broadcaster, journalist and social psychologist I’mContinue reading “Stories: Not Just for Entertainment”
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Fear is Killing Us!
“The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid?” ~ Psalm 27:1 “Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering.” ~ Yoda in StarContinue reading “Fear is Killing Us!”
Feeling Two Things at Once
“Participate joyfully in the sorrows of the world. We cannot cure the world of sorrows, but we can choose to live in joy.” ~ Joseph Campbell “When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness.” ~ Joseph Campbell We experienced a death in our familyContinue reading “Feeling Two Things at Once”
Emotional Training
This post contains affiliate links. It’s my contention, after being a public school and college instructor, that the emphasis on education in the U.S. is all about expanding student’s minds and making sure their physical bodies are strong. However, there is very little education about how to manage emotions as evidenced by bullying and otherContinue reading “Emotional Training”
Sometimes Life is Messy
This post contains affiliate links. “Life is difficult. This is a great truth, one of the greatest truths. It is a great truth because once we truly see this truth, we transcend it.” ~ M. Scott Peck, M.D., The Road Less Traveled” “Tomorrow a stranger will say with masterly good sense precisely what we haveContinue reading “Sometimes Life is Messy”
Sage Woman Chronicles 