committed love

Posted by on Jan 8, 2010 in cultivating peace, relationships | 2 comments With delightful curiosity, a client recently asked, “What is the benefit of participating in a committed relationship?”  Great question.  I’m a fan of the long term commitment to learning to love one person and letting that person learn to love me.  Yet, with her question, I couldn’t quite find the words to answer the question. So here’s round 2 of my attempt...
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practice of the presence

Posted by on Sep 7, 2009 in sacred threads, this i believe | 2 comments It’s probably a little sacrilegious that I put myself (and you too) in the same realm as saints & sages.  Oh well.  Along with saints and sages, I think that we, too, can know and live in the Truth of the joyous declaration from the Koran, “God is the East and the West, and wherever ye turn, there is God’s face.”  Such a declaration demands that we expand our ideas...
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sacred threads ~ pronouns for god

Posted by on Jul 1, 2009 in cultivating peace, power of now, sacred threads, Uncategorized | 3 comments “I, you, he, she, we. In the garden of mystic lovers, these are not true distinctions.” ~ Shams of Tabriz Does the mystical Divine subscribe to a particular pronoun? I tend to think not.  That may explain my ruthless abandonment of rules when I write about, speak to, consider “GOD.”  Sometimes, He, sometimes She, sometimes It … out in that field.  That field free of...
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heartfelt thanks

Posted by on Jun 24, 2009 in power of now, this i believe | 2 comments Go Gratitude!  Despite life’s ups and downs, there’s so much for which to be grateful.  Even more to the point, being grateful makes my heart sing!  Sometimes, it even feels a little selfish to dive into a luscious pool of gratitude because it feels sooooo good.  Try it.  Get grateful…genuinely, really, authentically grateful. One of my mentors, Dick Olney, told me one time...
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express appreciation

Posted by on Apr 9, 2009 in fresh fruit, relationships | 0 comments “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.” ~ Marcus Tullius Cicero
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