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what does love feel like? the infant held gently looks up at daddy’s face the love between them palpable the schoolboy skins his knee teacher makes it better the love is tangible what does love feel like? the college girl newly on her own calls home for reassurance a connection love flows across the distanceRead more

I was reminded yesterday of how so many people differentiate between their humanness and their spirituality.  And while there are some benefits to clarifying and separating the two concepts, when it comes to living life here on earth, this distinction can be problematic and create division in our thinking where none is needed. Here’s anRead more

If life is a divine play and we are but the actors on the stage, then what do we call those people who come along and challenge, annoy, bother, pester and generally irritate us?  How about the ‘Divine Irritant’?  — thanks to my friend Nancy Ging for creating the perfect name for this coyote-type role that people playRead more

Great mentors, spiritual teachers, and healers all know something.  They know that each person has within them all the answers to all their questions.  It is not the teacher’s role to provide the answers, but rather to help the student find the answers within him/herself. Each of us has an inner knowing, an inner selfRead more

…but who you are does! It doesn’t matter if you are a brain surgeon, a cocktail waitress, a geophysicist, a teacher, a custodian, a construction worker, or an aeronautical engineer.  What you do isn’t what’s important — but who you are and what you bring to your work are of the utmost importance. The great coachRead more

“In the practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher.”  (Dalai Lama) In other words, the people who bother you, annoy you, bug you and irritate you, are the ones bearing the greatest gifts for you.  So don’t shoot the messenger! This follows what I talked about yesterday in the post “Judge Not” —Read more