This is a Free Will Universe. Humankind’s gift from the Divine is that of choice. Without it, we would have nothing to choose against. We can make choices to prioritize our animal nature, or we can make spiritual choices. You can either make the choices of your five-year-old self, or you can make choices based…
Category: empowerment
[Gratitude] Follow Through
A number of years ago, I did a forty day practice of labyrinth walks. Based on the astrology of this month into next month (more details on that coming on Friday), I feel called to do a practice of gratitude, based on the theme of the day, for the next 40 days. The themes are…
[Monday Message] Creating Distinction (and issues of neurodivergence)
In 2007, I wrote the entry for today’s message on creating distinction. That was before I really understood about neurodivergence, although I am, myself, neurodivergent. The series of posts about doom boxes pictured here brought to my attention that (a) I have tools for dealing with my clutter and (b) those tools don’t really work…
[Monday Message] The Truth About Challenges
As you walk this journey, you will come up against challenges, difficulties, and times when you want to turn back. Part of this is simply life, although your perspective has a lot to do with your experience. You can always choose to see your challenges, problems as difficulties simply as Situations Which Require Your Attention,…
[Monday Message] Be Great
Every human being has the potential for greatness. Be great. You are a child of God, a spark of the Divine, a co-creator of the Universe. Who are you not to be great? What makes you think you aren’t great? Let’s make sure you are in acceptance of who you are and aren’t suffering from…
Honoring the Dead
Endings are as inevitable as beginnings. Change is the only constant. Death is a transition. Energy does not vanish. Grief is a natural reaction to endings. We grieve the end of chapters in our lives as well as the end of volumes. Our society is not particularly good at supporting that, so people can get…
[Monday Message] Feeling Successful
How you define success for yourself? Most people don’t actually know. They know what society tells them is success, what it will take for their friends and family to consider them successful, but they have no idea what will make them feel successful. Which is why so few people feel fulfilled. Something happened at the…
[Meditation] Replacing unhelpful thoughts
I’ve uploaded a new visual meditation for replacing unhelpful thoughts to YouTube. I’d love to hear (read) about your experience with it, if you would care to share! I upload a new meditation to my YouTube channel every Wednesday, and I’ve got a Meditation Playlist, if you’re looking for a collection. The recordings are from…
[Monday Message] Regaining Personal Power
Dale Carnegie once said “Our fatigue is often caused not by work, but by worry, frustration and resentment.” These are the things that sap our personal power. All three are a form of avoidance of being in the moment. The overarching dilemma of life in today’s world is a disconnect from our power. The imbalance…
[Monday Message] Stand for Something
“We are trying to show him not only what we are fighting against, but what we are fighting for. So many of these boys have only a very hazy idea of the real issues of the war. About all they see is ‘going back to the good old days.’ This is a dangerous state. If…
[Monday Message] Do Not Sit Idly By
Far too often, we teach children that sitting still is the definition of being good. This translates, in our adult lives, into not interfering when interference is called for. Whether your personal boundaries are being violated or someone is doing something out in the world that is patently wrong, speaking up is the right thing…
[Monday Message] Teamwork
Teamwork is the foundation of everything. The idea of an independent human being is a myth. The very fact that you exist means you had parents, unless you were created in a lab, by a team of scientists. You were not spontaneously manifested into existence by nothing. Except… You kind of were, when you get…