Letting Go

The artist in this video is Andres Armador. He creates art in the sand knowing it will always be reclaimed by nature. It is profound to me – this idea of creating beauty, putting my entire self into an idea and letting it go. Some of what he says in the video struck me –…

Vow Renewal in San Clemente

Come renew your vows to each other. Photo credit: Juli Isola Photography For couples looking for a more meaningful way to celebrate Valentine’s Day, the Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley is hosting a Vow Renewal on Sunday, February 9, at 3:30 p.m. officiated by Rev. Pattie Mercado. Cost for the ceremony is free with…

Vow Renewal in San Clemente

Come renew your vows to each other. Photo credit: Juli Isola Photography For couples looking for a more meaningful way to celebrate Valentine’s Day, the Center for Spiritual Living Capistrano Valley is hosting a Vow Renewal on Sunday, February 9, at 3:30 p.m. officiated by Rev. Pattie Mercado. Cost for the ceremony is free with…

Starting with the Ending

Here we are in the first days of 2014, a new year, a new beginning. Vision boards are still drying or are even still to be considered.  New Year’s Resolutions have been made and forgotten, released, refined and some are already fulfilled.   Is it too soon to start completing 2014? Well, yes it is.…

The Christmas Wish

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…

Let Your Light Shine!

Have you ever been afraid of your greatness? Of taking the next great step in your career, your creative expression, in love, or the place in your life where your heart is yearning to express? I have. I often marvel at the courage of myself and others when I really do get out of my…

The Action of Your Love Matters

This week the theme in the Commitment Experiment here at our center is The Action of Your Words is What Matters in Relationships. In contemplating this topic for the last few days I have been inspired to feel it out. By that I mean explore how this idea feels in my life, in my experience,…

Planting Seeds

Happy happy happy are we Happy happy happy are we I love you, and you love me Together we make a happy family!! When my children were young and in the “Barney” stage of life we often sang this little ditty! We sang it to express our love, to feel better when we were down…