FAILING FORWARD
How many people have ever failed? My guess? 100 percent of us. I have – many times! Sometimes it is something small and annoying, such as when I get to…
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GOOD WORK: CREATING A LIFE THAT MATTERS
This year we are focusing on “Living Everyday Wonder.” What about those days when we are at work and the tasks immediately ahead of us appear to have everything except…
NATURALLY DIVINE
Do you think our lives are predestined? Do our genetics determine our natural abilities? What role do our life experiences and the nature of our environment affect how those genetic…
THE WATER OF LIFE: LAKE TAHOE
From outer space, Earth, known as the blue planet, looks like a blue sphere partially covered by white clouds and relatively small green and brown areas of land peeking through.…
EARTH FORCE: REPORT FOR DUTY!
Contemplating Nature always fills me with a sense of awe and wonder. Whether I am admiring a tall, stately tree; laughing at the antics of a chickaree eating through a…
THE ONE AND ONLY
There is only God. Simple words, but they transform our perception of life. Instead of seeing ourselves – and everyone else – as separate beings randomly moving around and interacting,…
We Are Star Stuff
One of the relationships that reminds us to live in everyday wonder is our relationship with Nature. One of my favorite summer events is watching the Perseid meteor shower on…
YOU AND ME CREATE SOCIETY
One of our fundamental relationships is how we, as human beings, gather together to create societies. The agreements we make with each other, both consciously and unconsciously, govern and impact…
YOU AND I ARE WE
According to Aristotle, a human being “is by nature a social animal. Society is something that precedes the individual.” This basic philosophical principle manifests in many ways throughout our lives.…
LOVING THIS BODY
Last week our topic was the body temple, the place where we mediate between the physical world and the spiritual world. Our bodies, which are simultaneously spiritual and physical, exist…