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 […]
by Candella A little about my spiritual journey: Once upon a time, I went to a little Church of Christ in a little town in Northeastern Arkansas. I didn’t go every week, but I went when my parents took me. My Grandparents helped to found that Church, they were part of the team that […]
The concept that we are all one, connected to each other by invisible energy, can be a struggle to accept. Not because we don’t want to believe that there is some greater force that we are all a part of, but because it can be hard to understand. At least it was for me and […]
When we experience difficult times, a common tendency is to try to keep emotions hidden inside, wearing smiles on our faces, hoping to cover our inner distress. And it can be so easy to bottle things up as an alternative to sharing problems, or dealing with the causes of stress head on. We are all […]
Why are we here? This is the question that has driven humankind since the beginning of human reflection – when the first cave dwellers began to ponder the night sky. Can we ever really know the answer to this question? The doubters say no. They argue that our existence is too complicated for the human […]
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 […]
Recognizing the synchronicities of the universe is often the first step to discovering and mastering your internal compass. Growing up Native American, I was taught to look for signs or messages and to pay attention to dreams and intuitions. As a young child, I was already recognizing the synchronicities of the universe as a way […]
It was 2006, I was twenty-three years old, and one Saturday afternoon my good friend, Jess, and I ventured out in search of some fun. After spending the week working in offices, we’d decided that going camping for the night, somewhere close by, may provide a nice backdrop to our weekend. So, with very little […]
