That age-long feeling called boredom can be surprisingly difficult to sit with. We often treat it like an enemy—something to outrun, drown out, or replace as quickly as possible. Phones come out. Noise is summoned. Plans are made. Anything to avoid that quiet, empty feeling. What if boredom isn’t here to punish you, but toContinue reading “The Gift of Boredom”
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The Gift of Hope (A Transformative Conversation)
When all looks but gone and lost, the greatest gift we can ever give ourselves and others is the gift of hope. Hope not only in the sense that things will get better (for they always do, with no exceptions) but that we will get better at the full contact game of life. Let’s considerContinue reading “The Gift of Hope (A Transformative Conversation)”
Thought (the missing link)
“Thought creates our world, and then says ‘I didn’t do it’ ” David Bohm Syd Banks rightly noted that the missing link that people all over the world are looking for is thought. Depending on your level of awareness, thought may seem completely irrelevant to your experience…nothing more than a by-product. After all, you getContinue reading “Thought (the missing link)”
It is okay… It is well
It moves up and goes downIt swings to the left and to the rightBut through it all, we’re okayWe’re always okay Therefore when we’re okayIt doesn’t mean the sail is smoothOr the winds are calmIt just means we’re anchored to okayness Like the sky gets cloudy only to become clearThings only get worse to becomeContinue reading “It is okay… It is well”
Instruments in the hands of the Creator
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I like to think about life this way:Imagine a maestro putting his acts together to produce a masterpiece; one that would stand out for ages as the perfection of art. He meticulously creates his characters and assigns roles that suits the minutest detail about them. Only that His characters are unaware of everything. They thinkContinue reading “Instruments in the hands of the Creator”