Hope is having enough money to pay the right bills– which is assisted by having the discipline to incur the right bills and not the wrong ones. And it is also a matter of being lucky. Savvy people position themselves to be lucky, and while they trust their luck, they never push it. Living toContinue reading “December 05-B, 2022”
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December 05-A, 2022
Unconscious and conscious have to get together, singing the same song, walking the same path, living in conjunction with one another, one mind, one body. For conscious to live at odds with unconscious is to be cut off from the wellspring of life and to wander without guidance and direction through the wasteland of discontentContinue reading “December 05-A, 2022”
December 04-C, 2022
Opposites and contraries, dichotomies and contradictions, form the essence of life. It is our place to bring unity from duality, to harmonize/balance Yin and Yang, to make the peace by taking two and forming one. Our work starts with conscious and unconscious. We are two becoming one. How well we pull this off tells theContinue reading “December 04-C, 2022”
December 04-B, 2022
The Bible is great for its supply of metaphors for the spiritual life, but it falls apart in that they are all presented as facts to be believed. They are symbols to be embraced and explored. And have to be reclaimed as such, received as such, resurrected as such. In that way, we bring themContinue reading “December 04-B, 2022”
December 04-A, 2022
Sages and gurus have such a boring life. We could not follow the Dalai Lama through his day. He never goes to Wal Mart. He orders nothing from Amazon. Yet he makes on over enlightenment. Enlightenment is not very entertaining. Yet, enlightened people smile a lot. And say very little. It isn’t a life styleContinue reading “December 04-A, 2022”
December 03-B, 2022
Growing up is changing our mind– particularly about what is important. Growing up is changing the way we think. Changing the way we look at things. Changing the way we see things– seeing everything as though for the first time all of the time. Growing up is waking up some more again every day. TheContinue reading “December 03-B, 2022”
December 03-A, 2022
This is a culture that will make you crazy. It will split you away from yourself and offer you diversions/distractions/denial in place of providing the ways and means to a life that is sustainable and vibrant, grounded in direction, meaning and hope. This is a culture devoid of direction, meaning and hope. All it hasContinue reading “December 03-A, 2022”
December 02-C, 2022
“Why did this happen to me?” “Why does this always happen to me?” “Why do things like this happen?” We ask these questions as though if “these things” have a cause or a reason, we could say, “Oh, okay,” and live happily ever after. In possession of the best reason in all the world, weContinue reading “December 02-C, 2022”
December 02-B, 2022
Doing things differently changes everything. Changing our mind about what is important changes everything. What is as it needs to be in your life? What holds it in place? How does making something better somewhere else mess with what is just right as it is? How can you make things better without making them worse?Continue reading “December 02-B, 2022”
December 02-A, 2022
Ordinary is the stone the builders reject, the pearl of great price lost among the costume jewelry. The you in you and the me in me. To do ordinary really well is to do you as only you can do you, to do me as only I can do me. And in that collection ofContinue reading “December 02-A, 2022”
December 01-B, 2022
Finding people we can trust who know more than we do about what’s what and what the rules are governing what to do about it is our life’s task through all of the stages of life, and there be many. Who, okay, whom, do you trust? How many people belong to your circle of trust?Continue reading “December 01-B, 2022”
December 01-A, 2022
The tides and the seasons, going and coming. My wife and I are reaching the end of our lives, and we have a great-granddaughter due in April. It doesn’t end. Our genes and our influence continue to impact life long after we are gone. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180 CE) said: “Cold or warm. TiredContinue reading “December 01-A, 2022”
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