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January 05, 2022

01 I think it is denial to think that tough times won’t be with us for a while– a longer while that we would wish for. That leaves us with preparing for dark times and low spirits. We could start by creating a sacred space, not religious so much as a spiritual retreat, an oasisContinue reading “January 05, 2022”

January 04, 2022

01 Forget being happy. Forget having your way. Forget getting what you want. Live to know what is called for, to know what needs to be done, here and now, and do it in every situation as it arises, throughout the rest of your life. Live to serve the moment, this moment, right now. MomentContinue reading “January 04, 2022”

January 03, 2022

01 Innocence, sincerity, vulnerability, authenticity, just so-ness, and the like are all characteristics of The Fool, and will not get you very far in the world as it is. Savvy-ness has its place. Yoda and Obi-wan Kenobi seem to embody the right ratios, though a bit more jocularity wouldn’t hurt anything. Jesus and the BuddhaContinue reading “January 03, 2022”

January 02, 2022

01 Mind how you go. Know what you know. Sounds easy enough. Nothing is more difficult. Except for freedom of choice and free will. How many of us chose to be where we are? Yet, we got here by freely choosing the choices that brought us here. Now. But. None of us was free toContinue reading “January 02, 2022”

January, 2022

This is the parent page for the posts I create in the month of January, in the year 2021. May they be just what you need. And, if any (or all) of them are not, may they not be what you need in just the right way, clarifying what you need and sending you offContinue reading “January, 2022”

January 01, 2022

01 The way forward is that of stepping into each situation and taking care of the What and the How. When is now. Where is here, Why is generally irrelevant or cloaked in mystery too dark and deep to waste time on, and reveals itself in time, if at all, ever (I have never hadContinue reading “January 01, 2022”

2022-A

This is the Parent Page for my posts during the First Quarter of 2022. May these posts spur you to do the work of creating a new relationship with yourself and your life, and your relationships with the people in your life, in ways that serve balance and harmony, sincerity and integrity, spirit, energy andContinue reading “2022-A”

December 31, 2021

01 Jesus never killed anyone, and Jesus never said kill anyone. The cross in Jesus’ time meant only one thing: Death. And when Jesus said, “Whoever loses their life for my sake and the Gospel’s will find it,” and, “Those who intend to be my disciple have to take up their cross daily and followContinue reading “December 31, 2021”

December 30, 2021

01 We can dupe ourselves. Fooling ourselves is what we do best. Because telling ourselves what we want to hear is what we do best. Because letting ourselves off the hook is what we do best. Self-transparency is our only hope. Yet. How can we know if we aren’t just fooling ourselves again? The rightContinue reading “December 30, 2021”

December 29, 2021

01 The “IT Factor” is having what it takes to do what needs to be done, when it needs to be done, the way it needs to be done, in each situation as it arises– for the joy of doing it and the delight/satisfaction of having done it– all our life long. IT is doingContinue reading “December 29, 2021”

December 28, 2021

01 If we put all the gods that ever were in a room, there wouldn’t be anyone in there I would enjoy talking to. There is nothing to like about any god I’ve ever heard of. Name one you would invite to go with you for a walk in the woods, or for a cupContinue reading “December 28, 2021”

December 27, 2021

01 We are all waiting for something. In the meantime, what? Here we are! Now what? What is called for? What needs to be done? Here and now? Those are our questions to answer in each situation as it arises. If we get it right, we have it made. Each situation is put a preludeContinue reading “December 27, 2021”