What if safety comes from within not from without? Is it our expectation that others behave a certain way that makes us feel unsafe? For example, I feel safer in the woods by myself, than I do around people. I know what to expect there, wildlife is...

The forested stream curved beside us as we swashed through the shoulder high plants.  I found myself just noticing, "plant with razor-edged leaf, spike of purple protruding from stalk, wood across path, blade of green, light streaming  through the trees,...

I am writing this in memory of my beloved dog Lady.  A friend suggested I get this on paper before I forget those precious last 3 weeks that Lady and I spent together. When I started writing this I never intended to share it, but now I share it for all...

Do you value yourself?  Do you ever feel you aren't valued? I know it's something I feel every time I have an art show and nothing sells, or I talk about my consulting business and the person doesn't hire me. But what if it could be the other way around?...

It seems to me that when people keep saying that giving is the key to happiness, they are missing the point, the real secret. We have been told ad nauseum to put others before ourselves. But as in the oxygen on the airplane scenario, we can't if we aren't...

Feeling God/Source in the Room  What would happen if in all interactions you felt God/Source in the room with you? When your interacting with someone you don't particularly care for, what would happen if you pretended that you were seeing them through...

What would you do if you were Free?  I like to ask myself this question occasionally. "What would I do if I were free?" Often our minds will come up with all kinds of defenses. "I'm not free, I don't have all the money I need, I have to work." But what I...