Wholeness is not about your anatomical body but your spiritual life. – Carmine Birsammato What makes you feel whole? Certainly it is not the parts of your body. I have met people born with no arms or who have … Read More
To be seventy years young is sometimes more cheerful and hopeful than to be forty years old. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes There are benefits to aging that include discounts and other privileges, but for me the greatest gift is … Read More
Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don’t be disappointed when they are not; it helps them to keep trying. ~ Merry Browne Often we are required to participate in gatherings. … Read More
Many people around the world are in need, and many people around the world want to help. Human contact and compassion are vital to all of us. Most of us will have the experience of both being helped and of … Read More
This is a guest post from Prudence Sinclair. Hello Lovely You As we bid farewell to 2023, I wanted to share some of the profound lessons this past year has brought to me personally. As I’ve mentioned, it was a … Read More
All this talk, and turmoil, and noise, and movement, and desire is outside of the veil. Within the veil is silence, and calm, and rest. ~ Bayazid Al-Ristami Fax, phones, mail, life, Whose home is this? What do they all … Read More
Question for Bernie: Bernie, I was so afraid of having a dog because I fear so much death, I don’t want to suffer because of his death… It was hard to decide to have him, but a friend was giving … Read More
The outside of a horse does good for the inside of a man. ~ Winston Churchill One day I found a horse running free near our home. I jumped on him and got him back on the road. Whenever … Read More
Spiritual strength depends on spiritual posture. ~ Rabbi Laibl Wolf Why is man’s posture upright while most of the animal world’s posture is horizontal? Why is our spine built to have us walk on two legs instead of four? … Read More
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief. ~ Cicero What is a friend? To me it is someone who knows our faults and still sees the divine in you. … Read More