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Coping With Conflict All Around Us

July 25, 2016

We are overwhelmed at this time with conflict and suffering:  internationally and at home, political, racial, economic, environmental...and I have been silently observing and wondering how to address all this.  Today I read a thoughtful piece by David Spangler that offers some sage suggestions on how to cope with the onslaught, and I am moved to share his perspective with you.  Thank you, David.   The Spirit Amongst Us By David Spangler These are heart-heavy days. Nearly every day, the media bring us news of more suffering, more deaths, more anguish in the world.  One day it may … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Crisis and Coping, Heart Center, Incarnational Spirituality, Politics, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

We Are All One

December 23, 2015

As we celebrate this season of holiday blessings, gratitude, and cheer, I want to share a story with you. For several months now I have been thinking about the distressing circumstances in which we find ourselves in the world today.  I have been contemplating our situation and, ever hopeful, looking for understanding and reasons for encouragement. Notwithstanding the constant barrage of media and the fear mongers, I am encouraged! As I was leaving the gym last week, my attention was drawn to a woman standing with her back to me, in conversation with another. I did not know her, indeed … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blessings, Consciousness, Heart Center, Inner Activism, Love, Uncategorized Leave a Comment

People Are Good

June 19, 2013

Really.  I mean it. We often forget this is fundamentally true, and are too often reminded of our weaknesses, not our strengths, as humans.   But it is my consistent experience that generally people are good, they  mean well, and try to do the best they can for themselves and others. We can feel so discouraged or disappointed at times in what we see in the world around us, and alas, any such sense of pessimism can be negatively reinforced from a variety of directions (not the least of which is the incessant barrage of bad news by media on a 24-hour cycle of filling digital formats of all … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Communion and Community, Giving, Heart Center, Incarnational Spirituality, Love, Sovereignty, Uncategorized 1 Comment

Score: Darkness 2, Light 1,000,000

April 19, 2013

I am a Bostonian. We have had a tough week here.  We suffered a violent act of darkness as two young men attacked us, killing 3, critically injuring and maiming scores of others, and attempting to shake our individual and communal senses of security and trust. They failed.  Resoundingly. And so, even in the midst of this crisis, we have had a great week here.  Everything that is the best in us, in humanity, is on full display:  love, compassion, fearlessness in the face of danger, generosity, strength, selflessness, kindness, commitment to community, protection of others, clarity, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blessings, Compassion, Giving, Heart Center, Incarnational Spirituality, Joy, Light, Love, Places, Truth, Uncategorized 2 Comments

Why am I here?

March 8, 2013

In my work I often am asked by others to help them understand why they are here.  “What is my purpose in this life?” is the question I  hear.  And it is a universal question, perhaps not always in focus, but certainly surfacing during various stages of difficulty, growth and development.  Our human experience is rather rugged, ranging through many emotional, spiritual and physical highs and lows, ever presenting new challenges, bringing us into direct confrontation from time to time with this question of “Why am I here?” Further complicating this fundamental existential inquiry is the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Giving, Heart Center, Joy, Life Purpose, Love, Role Models, Uncategorized 2 Comments

We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For

December 22, 2012

As we arrive at this time of endings and new beginnings, I have been in deep contemplation, seeking to understand what is going on in the world around us, and wondering about our human station, as we mourn twenty young children, and six of their teachers, from Newtown, Connecticut.  Blessings upon them, their parents, their teachers, families and friends, and all of us.  They have served well, reminding us in unbearable sacrifice of themselves, of the truth and what matters, and moving us to take action now and do what we need to do, to be our best selves, in the fullness of the best that is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blessings, Co-Creation, Compassion, Consciousness, Full Selfness, Leadership, Light, Love, Transformation, Transition, Truth, Uncategorized 2 Comments

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