Guilt or Growth?

When we make a mistake, we immediately face a crossroad.  If we put life on hold, relinquish our place in the present moment, and dwell in the past, we will go down the road of guilt and shame.  If we choose to stay in the present moment, recognize our mistake is already behind us, that [...]

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Awareness and Detachment

Nearly all spiritual paths stress the complementary practices of awareness and detachment.  Jesus said “consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they neither toil nor spin, [awareness] yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not clothed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the [...]

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Rejoice

          We can move through life numb for days or weeks at a time before some stimulus provokes a meaningful response.  ”Near-miss” experiences have a way of waking us from our revelry.  We narrowly avoid a devastating accident, and we are overcome with gratitude for life, for health, for wholeness.  We imagine [...]

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Release

          I will encounter challenging people and circumstances today.  I may even become irritated, anxious, or frustrated as the events of the day unfold.  These feelings need not have any lasting effect upon me.  They can pass through me like wind passes across the surface of the earth.  I can choose to [...]

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No Fear

Faith, hope, and love abide, these three; and the greatest of these is love.  (1 Cor. 13:13)                      There is no power greater than the love of God.  We have come from God, who is love, and we return to God.  Nothing has the power to separate us [...]

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