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Hello Dear Ones! If you follow our posts regularly, our entries this week: Mike’s - Being Green – Literally & Marcia’s - Marcia’s Meanderings – A Crisis of Spirit, you will already know that both of us have had our share of interesting challenges in the past seven days.
Hello, Dear Reader: Well, we’re back from our self-imposed hiatus from ‘He Says, She Says…‘ posts; we’re awaiting the proof copy of Marcia’s new book from the printer. Last night we were going through previous posts to determine what we’ve covered and realized that this is our 30th post in [...] Hello, Dear Reader: There’s a saying: “There are only 168 hours in a week, no matter your age, how much money you make, what you’ve invested, how attractive you are, or how much information you can access on the Internet. No exemptions. Your quality of life is a function of [...] Hello, Dear Reader: What does the word ‘free’ mean to you? Is it a word that implies value, such as ‘freedom’, or ‘free will’, or is it something that denotes no value, as in ‘Free to Good Home’? The word freedom itself can mean freedom from something like oppression, or [...] Hello Dear Ones! Sunday’s She Says – Embracing Perfection post may have given you a hint as to what my discussion might be today. Two very powerful reasons almost brought that potential to a screeching halt: 1. The weekend’s passionate excitement became yesterday’s fear. 2. Yesterday’s [...] Hello, Dear Reader: What does it mean to be ‘perfect’? To some this appellation implies a ‘best possible’, whether it be a perfect day, a perfect moment, a perfect meal… To others perfection can only be a goal, something that can never be achieved or attained. As such there are those who would suggest we not even try. In his book ‘The Bridge Across Forever‘, author Richard Bach described his search and failure to find what he considered to be the ‘perfect woman’. He eventually came to realize that his goal was an impossible dream, that his perfect woman was, in his words, ‘a peacock’. When he surrendered this dream he found instead the love of his life, Leslie Parrish. Continue reading “He Says, She Says… Embracing Perfection“ Hello Dear Ones! As adults, we often hear what most of us don’t realize was originally a biblical expression: “Out of the mouths of babes.” The term is usually in reference to something a child has said or done that has adults amazed at the wisdom emanating from a tiny being, as yet untrained in things adults should know. We remark on such wisdom with awe, not giving much thought to the Source from which it comes. We all have the ability to tap into Divine knowledge and a knowing beyond our own human capacity, whether we be eight or eighty, or somewhere above, below or in between those ages. This past weekend I had a profound experience that I wrote about in my She Says – Intrinsic or Extrinsic? post. Though I only mentioned some of my situation and the results that led to my writing that post, I had two additional teachings come as part of that overall experience, both of which came through children. Continue reading “Marcia’s Meanderings – Children as Teachers“ Hello, Dear Reader: How do we measure the true value of something – is it intrinsic or extrinsic? According to Wikipedia: Intrinsic value is an ethical and philosophic property. It is the ethical or philosophic value that an object has “in itself” or “for its own sake”, as an intrinsic property. An object with [...] Hello Dear Ones! My niece is 10 years old today. While I wrote a birthday wish on her Facebook wall, I was contemplating what life would be like for her this year. As I tend to do at times like that, I envisioned the most amazing experiences for the 365 days ahead – fun and laughter, joy and play, learning and growth – offering loving thoughts with expectations for positive experiences and fabulous outcomes. I found myself flashing back to my own life at that age. I reviewed some of the joys and the challenges of being 10 years old back in my day- and that was several decades ago! The most joyous memories seemed a mixed blend of highs and lows – growth and fears. A quality that I recall having then and retain to this day is my absorption of anything new. I was and still am like a sponge – taking in everything new around me! One experience that brought me immense joy and drama was going to summer camp. Like many children, I’d never been away from family for more than a few days at a time. To be gone for two weeks was an enormous concept, filling me with both excitement and trepidation. The separation was a rite of passage. It became even more than that in many ways. Continue reading “Marcia’s Meanderings – Growth through Challenge“ Hello, Dear Reader: Who are you, really? Are you who you pretend to be, or are you being your truest self? Seth wrote: “The natural person is to be found, now, not in the past or in the present, but beneath layers and layers of official beliefs, so [...] |
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