Giving: Are You Allowing Others To Fill Their Cup From Your Stream?

Giving by Khalil Gibran strikes a chord with me based on recent experiences and I intend to expand further on this topic in a separate post.  But I ask you now, do you allow others to fill their cup from your stream? I have noticed that people put so much emphasis on giving particularly in these days of man-made difficulties.  Yet,...

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Living in Amazement In The Here and Now

Are you living in amazement in the here and now? You should be. I am beginning to understand how essential that is to my soul's well-being. I have "encountered" Mary Oliver's poem When Death Comes twice in one week and it knocked my socks off both times and stirred me up so much that it needs to be aired again and shared.  ...

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GOOD NEWS: Owning Your Words

For my good news weekend, the first thing I encountered was this thought-provoking article which talks about owning your own words.  It is not about walking the talk; we know that is necessary in order to remain authentic to ourselves first and foremost. No, this is more about expressing yourself deliberately with the right...

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My Journey of Enlightenment

My journey of enlightenment is inspired by James M Lynch's masterful "Think Exercise" in the chapter There Is Nothing Good or Bad But Thinking Makes It So, from his The Hamlet Secret: A Self-Directed (Shakespearean) Workbook for Living a Passionate, Joy-Filled Life He suggests working through our shit, my word not his, by listing the...

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How "Free" Do You Think You Are, Really?

More food for thought this week. Something's working in me here, don't know what it is but I'm following it. Perusing Khalil Gibran's marvelous works, I came across this chapter on Freedom which caused me to ask this question "out loud" – what is freedom to you and how free do you think you are, really. I often wonder if I question my...

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Is Your Life An Ocean or A Rock?

Food for thought this week is about how you look at life and deal with difficulties when they happen. Is your life an ocean or a rock? Do you laugh and gambol like a child at play as the waves roll in wetting your feet and destroying your castle in the process? Or do you allow it to roll over you knowing that it will recede because it...

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Keeping the Past Alive Means Living A Lie: Stop Living in the Past

There are so many painful stories in the comments of my favourite news channel HuffPost Living  that boggle my mind and they make my own seem puny in comparison. All for the good too - it is a very humbling experience. In this vein, Anne Naylor's Overcoming Powerlessness and Judith Rich's How to Know the Way of the Soul provide significant...

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How Life Is About L.O.V.E. and How We Live It

Good news weekend is how life is about love and how we live it! I love Khalil Gibran's stories and poems and I cannot believe I have not referenced any of his works on my beautiful blog. So making up for lost time, let him tell you what The Prophet says about Love. L O V E Then said Almitra, "Speak to us of Love". And he raised...

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Your Attitude Determines How You Dance in the Rain

Continuing my good news weekend posts - this one is about facing up to life's challenges, the right way; your attitude determines how you dance in the rain. I call it dancing the dance of life.   In one 24-hour period I encountered "dancing in the rain" three times... there is a message there for sure - and this one is the...

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