Love is what you are; it’s the center of your creation. It’s your point of origination and can become your point of attraction as well. As Karl Menninger told his patients, and anyone else who was suffering and willing to listen, “Love cures, the ones who receive love and the ones who give it, too.” […]
More“Be Impeccable With Your Word: Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others. Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.” Words have power. Until you make this agreement, you will continue to waste your energy being […]
MoreHave I ever mentioned that Springfield is full of Hos? I am pretty sure that I have once or twice, but in case I haven’t yet….Springfield is full of Hos! Given the high concentration of crack houses in the ‘hood, one should naturally expect there to be crack whores. A crack addict has a bad […]
MoreHow many times has someone stated their opinion of you, or maybe of someone you know, and, whether you believe it to be true or not, you find yourself agreeing with that opinion? Often, we agree with others, even if we don’t believe what they say to be true because we want their acceptance. Ruiz […]
MoreIn her book, Comfortable with Uncertainty, Pema Chodron discusses the importance of humor and openness towards ourselves as we begin the work to undo all of the past agreements we have made in our lives that have caused us suffering. “Learning how to be kind to ourselves is important. When we look into our own […]
MoreWhenever I have been challenged that my choices or beliefs in life would land me straight in hell, I have always said that I can’t go to hell because I am already there. Ruiz reiterates this point in Part 3 of the Four Agreements as he discusses how the human dream, the dream of our […]
MoreI have a difference of philosophical opinion with this statement….partly because of my understanding of Karma and partly because of the concepts Ruiz introduces to us in Part Two of the Four Agreements. Accepting a statement that your life is only a result of any choice that you made is a bit narcissistic. It somehow […]
MoreMy grandfather used to say that death could bring out the best and the worst in people. Ever since December 14th, 2012, we have grappled with the reality that the unthinkable happened. Conversations amongst myself and loved ones vacillate from compassion for the families of those brutally murdered to anger towards a system that failed […]
MoreWe are all made of light – not the spiritual hippy dippy, can’t we all just get along kind of light – but true particles of light. We are also stars. Whether or not you believe in a God, science has proven that the elements that create stars are the same as the elements that […]
MorePart of the journey through the Four Agreements includes listening to the audio book of Don Miguel Ruiz’s masterpiece. Each segment is about 10 minutes long, so it won’t require much demand on your time. Part 1 begins with the framework for the Four Agreements. Please listen and then take 24 hours to think about what […]
MoreRecently, I met my love’s ex-girlfriend who wasn’t just any ex-girlfriend, but a woman that he had considered marrying not too long ago. She is South African and her work visa expired. They had been together for a few years and loved one another, so panic set in when they realized that their relationship would […]
More“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos into order, and confusion into clarity….It turns problems into gifts, failures into success, the unexpected into perfect timing, and mistakes into important events. Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and […]
More“That music that you hear inside of you urging you to take risks and follow your dreams is your intuitive connection to the purpose in your heart since birth. Be enthusiastic about all that you do. Have that passion with the awareness that the word enthusiasm literally means ‘the God (enthos) within (iasm).’ Don’t die […]
MoreBar-B-Que reigns king of all food choices in the south. It is difficult for any of the vendors to truly stand apart from one another. Danny put his creativity to work to come up with this slogan for his BBQ Food Truck….well played, Danny, well played indeed….
MoreUntil recently, I hadn’t ever heard much from the people who would frequent the apartment on the side of the house next door. I have come to learn, however, that they are not much better than the dudes living in the unit in the back. Thursday night, they made the mistake of screwing the wrong crackhead out of […]
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