Irritated? Impatient? Anxious? Try Gratitude Instead
If you are feeling irritated, impatient, or anxious, try focusing on something you can be grateful for instead.
life lessons
It’s Not Too Late to Achieve Your Dream
Never tell yourself you’re too old to make it. Never tell yourself you missed your chance. Never tell yourself that you aren’t good enough.
How Love Arrives from All Directions
“Love and ego cannot go together. Knowledge and ego go together perfectly well, but…
My Newspaper Article: Finding Each Person’s Unique Brand of Specialness
In my spiritual journey, I have learned that while all people are definitely equal, each one is unique too.
Multicultural Golden Rule
The Golden Rule is universal wisdom that we all could apply more seriously for our mutual benefit.
Thoughts on Body Image
I am realizing that I am not a thin mortal or a fat mortal, because I am not a mortal at all, but an eternal, spiritual idea of the one God that is infinite, ever-present, all-powerful, and good.
Changing the Notion of Success
It’s time for a different metric of success, beyond money and power—founded on well-being…
New Poem by Me: The Futility of Self-Reliance
We are like the Israelites
overburdened by their
Egyptian taskmasters
and eager to escape
for the Promised Land.
New Poem: What I Learned From My Mother
I learned all this and more from the best example I could have had.
Thank you!
Who Are You?
This quote is longer than most I share, but I think it is really worth reading because gaining objectivity over your thoughts and emotions is the first step toward mastery, freedom and healing
Desiderata
I’ve loved the desiderata for almost as long as I can remember. I grew up with it on the wall of my mother’s kitchen, penned carefully by my oldest sister.
Today’s Newspaper Article: From Atheism to Believing in Divine Love
This newspaper article of mine (about moving from atheism to believing in divine Love) is in three Connecticut newspapers today…
Getting Things Done (Book Review and Summary)
For those who would benefit from a summary of the book, I’ve included my notes below.
Lecture: Time is NOT a Factor
We videoed the lecture to share it more widely, so please feel free to pass this along!
Giving Space for Grace
Too often we jump in to (supposedly!) help something along when it would be better to allow some room for God to dazzle us.