Whatever happened, happened for the good. Whatever is happening, is happening for the good. Whatever will happen, will also happen for the good.
~Bhagavad Gita I often wonder if other people struggle with maintaining faith in this counsel from the Bhagavad Gita as much as I have over the past several years. Each time I become aware of another horrific story of people enduring great trauma, I have to
I have found that using this quote from Matthew as a mantra serves me well. I use it frequently to snap me out of forgetting anytime I get into a funk. It brings an instant shift in my perspective. Ah, yes! For a moment, I forgot. Now I remember. I am the light of the world! And so are you.
This third week of Advent, we honor that the Christ Spirit lives within all of us, no exceptions. Each of us is an extraordinary vehicle, just as Jesus Christ was, for expressing spirit through form.
So, there’s no time like now to be an agent for that truth and welcome the Christ Spirit to work in and through us. There’s no day like today to take a stand for
This third week of Advent, we honor that the Christ Spirit lives within all of us, no exceptions. Each of us is an extraordinary vehicle, just as Jesus Christ was, for expressing spirit through form.
So, there’s no time like now to be an agent for that truth and welcome the Christ Spirit to work in and through us. There’s no day like today to take a stand for
For Christians, the four weeks leading up to Christmas are known as Advent. It is considered a time of waiting in sweet anticipation for the birth of Christ. And as Pope Francis reminds us, it is a time to clear ourselves of the angst that arises when we lose faith, especially during times of great change on our planet like we’re experiencing now.
This Week’s Quotation: The sovereign soul who lives self-governed and at peace is centered in himself, taking alike pleasure and pain, heat, cold, glory, and shame. He is the Faithful and Illumined One, glad with joy of light and truth, dwelling safely in the Central
This Week’s Quotation: Every day, think as you wake up: Today, I am fortunate to have woken up. I am alive. I have a precious human life. I am not going to waste it. I am going to use all my energies to develop myself,
This Week’s Quotation: When another person makes you suffer, it is because he suffers deeply within himself, and his suffering is spilling over. He does not need punishment; he needs help. That’s the message he is sending. When you plant lettuce, if it does not
This Week’s Quotation: Rejoice evermore. Pray without ceasing. In every thing give thanks. ~ 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 Love is a Verb What is love if not expressed as continual action, continual choice, and continual devotion? For example, to rejoice is to express love. Additionally, an
This Week’s Quotation: This holy instant would I give to You. Be You in charge. For I would follow You, certain that Your direction gives me peace. If I need a word to help me, You will give it to me. If I need a
This Week’s Quotation: We have inherited the garden: we must not leave a desert to our children. ~ Pope Francis Changing Our Inner Climate Pope Francis spoke these words in advance of the 2021 UN Climate Change Summit in Glasgow, Scotland, recognizing the existential threat
This Week’s Quotation: We are at a time when old systems and ideas are being questioned and falling apart, and there is a great opportunity for something fresh to emerge. I have no idea what that will look like and no preconceptions about how things