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”

Where is the Love?

This post contains affiliate links. “Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.” ~ Lao Tzu  “Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for the second time in the history of the world,Continue reading “Where is the Love?”