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You are the Rainbow
I woke up before dawn and drove up the windy deserted back road to the secluded waterfall.Snoqualmie Falls, in the Cascade Mountains of Washington State had been a favorite place of mine since I was a child, long before it had become the tourist attr...
Strenghening your Weakest Point - Joseph Campbell Quote
"The Universe always strikes you at your weakest point because thats what most needs strengthening."Joseph Campbellhttp://goodnessgraciousness.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss...
How to Heal the World in Fifteen Minutes
The world is filled with organizations, religions, think tanks, medical experts, and a host of people trying to figure out how to heal our individual lives; our families, our communities, and our world.We have medications, programs, spiritual leaders...
Where is Joy? Not Where You Think!
Humankind has been taught a untruth.We have the mistaken belief that if we only find the activity, person, object of our desire we will find joy. Not so.This is a myth, a creation of the ego, a completely false understanding of life. It is destructiv...
Watch your Thoughts with Care - Buddha Quote
"The thought manifests as the word. The word manifests as the deed. The deed develops into habit. And the habit hardens into character. So watch the thought and its ways with care. And let it spring from love, born out of concern for all beings."Bud...
Winter Solstice
One of the most miraculous of all of our human abilities, is represented in the Winter Solstice.Today, even school children understand the first day of Winter, the seasons, and the cycles of our world however, the very fact that this awareness came i...
Bending the Map and Changing the World
Last week I read a fascinating book, Deep Survival; who lives, who dies, and what makes the difference, by Lawrence Gonzales.Gonzales does a brilliant job of exploring the history of adventure disasters and delving into enormous amounts of research,...
Moving Prayerfully
A thought that often comes to mind during my yoga practice is the idea of "moving prayerfully."While we often typically think of prayer as a set verse spoken to God, possibly a plea or supplication to the divine, "moving prayerfully" has a somewhat d...
The Ten Invitations
The Ten Invitations1. You are invited to immerse yourself in gratitude.2. You are invited to fill your soul with wonder, awe, and play.3. You are invited to discover your unique self, and live an authentic life.4. You are invited to find the path of...
Peace Within Yourself - Peace Pilgrim Quote
"When you find peace within yourself, you become the kind of person who can live at peace with others.”~Peace Pilgrimhttp://goodnessgraciousness.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss...
On Saying Grace
G.K. Chesterton writes, "You say grace before meals. All right. But I say grace before the concert and the opera, and grace before the play and pantomime, and grace before I open a book, and grace before sketching, painting, swimming, fencing, boxing...
How you Live your Life
How do you live your life?Do you live your life with conscious awareness? With integrity and honesty? With grace and care?What answers come to your mind when you ponder the question.... How do you live your life?One thing of which we can be sure...Ho...
How do you Find your Way?
Do you ever feel lost? Overwhelmed? Discouraged?Do you ever feel there are a million things to do, places to visit, qualities to develop, ideas to ponder, improvements to make, books to read, desires to satisfy, people to serve, challenges to overcom...
Distractions to Consciousness and Peace
Distractions.It is an influence that seems harmless enough. One gets distracted from cleaning the attic, or making a phone call; distracted from mowing the lawn or sending off package. Nothing too serious.And yet, I have a sense that "distractions" i...
