S.M.A.R.T. Goals

Most people are aware of the formula for setting goals that suggests goals should be Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic and Timely. Looking at the first letter of each word in the list, you get smart. While listening to Dr. Wayne Dyer recently, I resonated with him saying you need to be fearless about […]

The Sky is Not Falling

Most of those who grew up in the Western world, know about Chicken Little. The folktale reminds us how foolish we can be when we panic. Chicken Little begins calling out “The sky is falling, the sky is falling, it hit me on the head!” when an acorn falls on his head. Convinced […]

Saint in Beggar’s Clothing

Never born never died,

only visited this planet Earth

between 11 December 1931 and 19 January 1990.

~ On the tombstone of Osho, contemporary mystic This morning I read a Huffington Post news story of an amazing 99 year-old man. Dobri Dobrev, a resident of Sofia, Bulgaria, […]

Indian Tree China

Dear God,Thank you for the baby brother, but what I prayed for was a puppy.–Children’s Letters to God When I saw this quotation I knew a blog about gifts in unexpected places was asking to be shared! On Sunday, John (my husband) and I were going to go off-island for a bike ride. […]

Snail Mail

Miles are covered one inch at a time. I believe our birth story (you may have heard tales of your coming into this life) reveals significant threads of your soul purpose—your particular gifts, and your challenges. When I am interviewing a new client I often ask what he or she knows about his […]

What is a Self?

Although the act of nurturing another’s spiritual growth has the effect of nurturing one’s own, a major characteristic of genuine love is that the distinction between oneself and the other is always maintained and preserved.–M. Scott Peck. M.D. Peck’s words have me pondering the mysterious dichotomy of our being separate, unique, individual selves, […]

Dragons

“Perhaps all the dragons in our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us act, just once, with beauty and courage. Perhaps everything that frightens us is, in its deepest essence, something helpless that wants our love.” ― Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet These very meaningful words came […]

Open-hearted Vision

Recently we received a copy of Don’t Retire, Rewire! It is amazing that some people really do not enjoy retirement. Jeri Sedlar and Rick Miners write about the new trend of “working retirement” as an opportunity for finding fulfilling work, passion, and life after you leave your full-time career. I have been […]

The Gift of Service

The gift of our serving others also blesses us. A teacher/friend of mine said our service also serves us. We are not talking about tit-for-tat. What we receive does not always come from the source to which we had given. I remember an experience I had about all of this a number of […]

Enterprise Surprise

It is truly amazing how the awareness you most need is being demonstrated to you over and over and over. This must be what is meant by the truth that we live in a failsafe universe.  I was driving my grandson Brad to the airport to pick up a rental car. We had […]