It’s Christmas time! I love the hustle and bustle of people being in stores looking for gifts, shopping and planning for family feasts and intimate gatherings of close friends. Collaborating and negotiating time with family and friends. The lights, music, traditions and sacred moments in prayer inspire me. The movies, commercials and stories are all…
Take a moment to stop and reflect on the beauty all around. During the Holiday rush, it is easy to lose track of time. We hear about how time fly’s from Thanksgiving through the New Year. This is the perfect opportunity to take a moment to completely stop. If we are finding ourselves overwhelmed with…
As we near the end of 2013 it is the perfect time to think back on all the inspiring people, posts and services that we have experienced this year. My favorite was a true story told by Fred Mercado on the Parable of The Piano, a rift on the Parable of Talents from Jesus. In…
Sometimes we get so caught up in crafting the perfect memories we don’t see what is right in front of us. Or “Christmas Television with Ella” or “How I Caught Myself Being A Holdiay Cynic” either way it’s a reminder that sometimes things are just perfect as they are. This is a little memory I…
Today I remind myself that there is only One and that One is reflected in every person and experience on my path. With faith, I trust the process and the journey, knowing I am always divinely supported… And so it is!
As a little girl, I can remember watching the Sound of Music at my grandparent’s house every year around Christmas time. We lived in Pennsylvania and my grandparents lived on a dirt road in the middle of the woods. I remember that house with nostalgia. Cold wintry nights, cuddled up in their Lazy Boy while…
In the Navajo culture potters, weavers and artisans purposely leave slight imperfections in their work. There is a magical idea that the Indian thinks is more important. Every enclosed blanket must have an outlet — that is an outlet for the creative idea, a part of the mind which the weaver has put into it.…
Shine bright like a diamond. Tiffany & Company is an American company founded in 1837. Known for the exquisite expertise in diamond cutting, the master craftsman cut each stone to a size which releases its brilliance. The brilliance is the way the diamond reflects and refracts light. The reflection is the ability for some of…
The Spectrum of Love by Alan Watts We know that from time to time there arise among human beings people who seem to exude love as naturally as the sun gives out heat. These people, usually of enormous creative power, are the envy of us all, and, by and large, man’s religions are attempts to…