Posted October 25, 2017 in Wholesome Thoughts

Opening Our Hearts

Wholesome Thoughts

Aaron says it is so painful to hold someone out of your heart. One way to think about that is you cannot refuse to breathe to get even with anyone else. Opening our heart is something we do for ourselves.

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Posted October 21, 2017 in Sacred Stories

White Doves

Sacred Stories

She was trying desperately to get to see her grandmother before she passed. On the highway she drove into a flock of white doves. She felt profound peace and she had the thought that her grandmother had passed.

And she had….

These are sacred stories. Pay attention to happenings in your […]

Posted October 18, 2017 in Wholesome Thoughts

Keep Your Eye on the Prize

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Marcia says when she feels herself losing heart, she is reminded of a quote from Martin Luther King Jr. posted on her wall: “Keep your eye on the prize.”

Whatever else you thought you wanted to remember, remember what that prize really is. It won’t be something tangible, you can be sure […]

Posted October 14, 2017 in Sacred Stories

Guitar

Sacred Stories

Her dad loved playing the guitar and he had always encouraged her to learn to play. She was not at all drawn to it.

When her dad passed, he left the guitar to her.

A few months later, she felt compelled to pick the guitar up. She felt so close to […]

Posted October 11, 2017 in Wholesome Thoughts

Our True Nature

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Pompe Strater-Vidal says joy is our true nature. Underneath layers of pain, fear and anger, it is possible to find joy. Our regrets about the past, and fears for the future block it.

Joy is found always in the present moment, the world of now.

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Posted October 7, 2017 in Sacred Stories

May 20

Sacred Stories

It was not the one they thought they wanted, but she called the number on the “For Sale” sign in the front window as her husband walked around the outside of the manufactured home. The man who answered the phone said he could be there in about ten minutes.

“This was my […]

Posted October 4, 2017 in Wholesome Thoughts

Love is Enough

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Charlie Chaplin said you need power only when you want to do something harmful.

Otherwise, love is enough to get everything done.

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Posted September 30, 2017 in Sacred Stories

Electric Heater

Sacred StoriesA woman and her husband and 1 year-old daughter were refugees. They had escaped Communist Poland and had made it to Germany but were living in one classroom in a condemned school. There was electricity but no running water or toilet or heat. They had only a thin mattress pad on the floor.

One […]

Posted September 27, 2017 in Wholesome Thoughts

Real Friends

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Real friends are those who, when you’ve made a fool of yourself, don’t feel that you’ve done a permanent job. Erwin T. Randall said that and I am happy to agree!

If you have a special connection like that, send email to debra@scs-matters.com, or from within the continental U.S. phone or text (269) […]

Posted September 23, 2017 in Sacred Stories

Pauline Court

Sacred Stories

She had kept the interfaith menorah with the tall glass oil lamps in her basement for 12 years. Made especially for them by a Carmelite nun, it was a very powerful presence for their interfaith fellowship but the center where their group met had closed in 2005. Downsizing her home now there was […]