Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it reminds me to practice gratitude. For many people Thanksgiving is a special time with family and friends, sharing favorite foods and enjoying each other’s company. I know that for many people football is part of the tradition. I For some families it is an afternoon of playing cards…
A gloomy day is the start of something big. Southern California has this weather pattern which brings the start of summer a cloudy covering. Usually taking up the whole month of June, we have termed it “June Gloom.” Having children still in school, it makes for an interesting perspective. It marks the end of something…
gaining a new perspective on acceptance and gratitude I’ve been all over the place this week … or at least that’s how I feel. Digitally and physically I’ve not been at home. Between housesitting and a dead harddrive I’ve been a displaced person. The change of scenery, routine and habits has been a nice little…
Daniel Nahmod Today I will be going up the mountain to Lake Arrowhead for our annual multi-Center Retreat. This retreat is organized by the Redondo Beach Center for Spiritual Living and has been a Memorial Weekend activity for many years. Almost always the consciousness of lack of clarity is that with which we arrive and…
You would think that reflecting on Mother’s Day would be about my Mom. For some reason this Mother’s Day was filled with thoughts of my Dad. His birthday is May 11th and while it doesn’t always fall on Mother’s Day it did the year he was born and it did this year. He was also…
“When God fills your consciousness, results naturally occur.” Petra Weldes Have you ever experienced a moment of grace? I believe it is the feeling that Wordsworth wrote about when he wrote Pippa’s Song: “THE year ‘s at the spring, And day ‘s at the morn; Morning ‘s at seven; The hill-side ‘s dew-pearl’d; The lark…
Contentment is to just Be. Being content with one’s life is the title of today’s installment in the “Joyous Living Journal.” What does it mean to be content? Is it being ok with everything? Does it have a tone of surrendering to what is? Is it a settling? In the busy, media-driven, high-tech world that…
This morning my husband and I were taking our regular 5K walk that is a part of our health insurance plan. Every month or so, it will be “Walk Week” and sometime during the week the 1500+ employees of this company head out in singles, couples, and groups to walk the required distance. While there…
I will stand on my own making my own choices. I am at choice and I choose joy. I have a confessions to make. It seems that whenever I make a choice to really seek wisdom, guidance, some kind of great revelation the message is always the same. The message is “will you just lighten…