Now, don’t get me wrong, I’ve always been a sucker for a good fairy tale. Just like millions of others, I grew up knowing the stories of Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and all the other super-star princesses, and I loved them all. The girl is in trouble and then, Prince Charming rides in to carry her […]
Having children is at times a mountain to climb with hidden pitfalls waiting for us to slip up and fall on our faces. Yet, when we get back up, there is the most beautiful sunrise. We start again, we learn, improve, and adapt. There is no roadmap to the top of the mountain. We make […]
I walked into the grocery store with a smile and a spring in my step. I approached the florist’s counter, and asked for an order of balloons. I chose a few of my friend Nancy’s favorite colors, along with a beautiful bouquet of flowers. It was her birthday, and I was thrilled about surprising her. […]
Hundreds of movies and songs have pointed to it. Books and poems have alluded to it. Religions have embraced it: love is all the world needs to solve its problems. Yet, for most of the year, this message lingers in the background. Too often, we seem to forget the power of love until, thankfully… the […]
In the Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) culture, it is believed that our intentions influence our power of co-creation. As a child, I was always hearing of the various cultural rules that governed our daily lives but it wasn’t until I became an adult that I started to understand why these rules existed. These seemingly odd rules governed […]
A close friend recently shared her story concerning her troubled relationship. She was known as a very open person who had a strong desire to voice her affections and needs, as well as confront concerns about her relationships. During her recent relationship, she revealed how the lack of communication was the ultimate downfall for their, otherwise […]
If we think of Life as an ocean, and ourselves as water particles existing within it, I think it’s easy to imagine how we are all actually one. The energy of Life carries us along; sometimes it’s rough with us, sometimes it’s soothingly calm – at times, we’ll get pulled down by undercurrents into complete […]
When we experience a spiritual breakthrough in life, we can assess what’s really happening to us is that we’re transcending the dimension that we exist within, and that our reality is changing as our mental clarity sharpens. When we live solely in the material world of the ego, our feet are planted firmly within the […]
Something exciting occurs when you decide to pursue a SPIRITUAL relationship. I can recall the exact moment Salle and I decided to work towards this deeper connection together. One year we found ourselves regularly arguing over small things. It didn’t help that we’d been cooped up through a period of cold weather, and tensions were […]
Topic Discussion for The CV Community Radio Show 3/2/15 We are starting a new topic for the month of March on sharing our spirituality with others. This is important because our sense of certainty in who we are and what we are doing will be enhanced when we are open to our experiences. The […]
