There are times in our lives when we feel stuck – when we don’t know which direction to go in or what is the “right” thing to do. I know. I’ve been there a lot in my life. And the one thing I’ve learned from all my visits to Stuckville is this: It doesn’t matter …
The other night I went to my normal karaoke spot and there was a new woman there. She was pretty in that 20-something sort of way but not really remarkable. But then she got up to sing – a sexy, sultry song I hadn’t heard before. She asked me to come on stage with her …
In darkness, I search, Feel my way over rocky ground, The air dank in its richness. The sweat on my brow seeps into my hairline And into my emotions. Blindly I reach out – for what I do not know. For an answer, a thought, a sign – something. The right question must be here …
If you want to know how you can improve your experience of the world, it’s a very simple, two-part process. I won’t say that it’s an easy process, because it isn’t. But it is a practice that, once engaged can help you to improve your sense of well-being and confidence in the world. Step One …
Finding A New Perspective As a practicing shaman, I can tell you that the greatest gift I can be offered is a truly new perspective from which to see the world. It is through each new perspective that I gain greater understanding of the whole. It is not enough to be able to see the …
When was the last time you offered an appreciation to someone? Was it whole-hearted? Or was it out of obligation? One of the challenges in our day-to-day lives is that the things that we really do appreciate the most are things that we begin to take for granted. The world and all the people in …
What are you running from in your life? What is that thing that when it crosses your mind, it runs right back out again – evicted as quickly as possible from your consciousness so that you don’t have to think about it? What do you avoid dealing with? The gift of the things that scare …
I’ve seen a couple of posts come through on Facebook recently – one from Steve Jobs about how he met his wife and another from the Dalai Lama. Both offered basically the same life lesson – live now because you’re going to die someday and that someday might be today. Don’t put off until tomorrow …
I did some journey work yesterday and found as part of it that the message was to work on responding to the world around me rather than reacting to it. So today, I wanted to share with you the difference between the two – both to clarify for my own mind and to share my …