Ralph Waldo Emerson – Spiritual Laws The living Heaven thy prayers respect, House at once and architect, Quarrying man’s rejected hours, Builds therewith eternal towers; Sole and self-commanded works, Fears not undermining days, Grows by decays, And, by the famous might that lurks In reaction and recoil, Makes flame to freeze, and ice to boil; Forging,…
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Yesterday was Mothers Day. Having a preteen and teen daughters, I really didn’t expect much. I know that sounds terrible but if you live with teens you know exactly what I mean. I’m happy to report I was wrong. It wasn’t that my family had all this extravagant fanfare planned. On the contrary. They packed…
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Happy Mother’s Day! Just the words bring up so many feelings. Ones of love, appreciation, wonder and joy. As I appreciate my mom today I find myself reflecting back on all of the great advice that she has given me over the years. Probably, the best was “Always be yourself”. If there was nothing else…
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The Identity Prayer When I had the opportunity to speak at Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley several weeks ago, I invited everyone to recite a short prayer with me, which I call The Identity Prayer. Our community in Asheville, North Carolina recites this simple prayer every Sunday morning during our Celebration of Life. To…
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Marigolds in a milk carton, one of the first gifts I remember giving to my Mom on Mothers Day. Oh the elusive Mother’s Day gift. I actually feel like a much better gift giver after Rev. Dr. Heather’s talk last Sunday. As preschoolers and elementary students we are guided through these Mother’s Day projects. We…
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I sat on the beach basking in the warm, spring sun. My five year old collected rocks. Beautiful rocks. Black ones. Flat ones. Round ones. They caught my attention and I decided to stack them like the cool rock towers I see when I Google images of “rock towers.” The first few minutes of stacking…
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As a parent it is easy to find life being all about the kids. When our two children were young preschoolers their father and I would strive to balance our lives around the very important issues of sleep, play dates, parenting classes, parenting books, the parents of our kids friends, and oh, ya work!…
DetailsLearning to honor where you are in your spiritual development is an important part of the process. Do you find a way to add extra pressure unto yourself for not being at the place of enlightenment as you “should” be? Many make plans at an early age for their lives only to change these plans,…
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You are today where your thoughts have brought you;
you will be tomorrow where your thoughts take you.
James Allen
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