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Dream Yourself Into Your Life
Too often we lose sight of what's important to us for example, enjoying nature, exploring our spirituality, connecting with friends, traveling, and being creative. Yet, we know that our lives are incomplete. The truth is, we can all have much more meaning ...
One Humanity
One HumanityThere's a wonderful story about Milarepa, the Tibetan Buddhist saint who as a young man went out into the world to experience life and returned home to find his house filled with demons. He was angry and afraid at first and wanted to fight ...
Why make a New Year’s resolution when you can make a One Decision?
If you want to lose weight, pay off your credit card, or get organized, you have a bigger decision to make. Research shows that the average New Year’s Resolution fails within three weeks. That means that 21 days after the ball drops, the champagne is ...
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They may have been part of the crowd at one time, but that was a long time ago. Today, Christmas day is just another day.
Times change. So do circumstances. Some families grow together, but the time comes when the next generation has to move on. Distance, mobility and health can hinder the cohesiveness of family and friends. Add to this animosity and differences.
Families become strangers to one another, especially when discord or separation happens. Christmas heightens the feelings of desolation.
Grief becomes a dark veil of loneliness at this time. There is one less hug for a lovely gift, one less smile on a face, an empty chair on the table.
In every city, in every community, there are those who have long forgotten the joy of sharing Christmas dinner with family or friends. The Christmas songs have been silenced in their hearts. There are no presents to give, none to receive.
A lonely lamp sits sadly at the corner where a Christmas tree once
stood glittering brightly with colored lights, adorned with tinsels and trinkets with wrapped presents under and around it. The sound of silence pervades the air on Christmas Eve. The room awakens to the winter chill of Christmas morning.
Some make an effort to relive the past cheers of the season. The reality is, there is no substitute for the warmth of laughter and cheers on Christmas day shared with loved ones.
Despite an effort to bring on some cheer,theres that feeling of emptiness. Watching the frenzy of the season on television brings a tear or two.
There are those who are alone at Christmas. For you, I send light and love this Christmas Day.
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Scripture or spiritual slavery?Ashland Daily TidingsBy Gokul Gokani The first and last obstacle to a real spiritual experience is to find out whether we really are part of the whole or separate from it. Are we an island; are we to struggle to find our destiny, work hard to survive or be doomed, ... |
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