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Category: Encouragement

  • HAPPY NEW YEAR!

        2012  The year of changes. Earth changes, shifts in consciousness, access to other dimensions, mind boggling catastrophes.   None of that matters. Real change comes from the heart. When the heart listens and loves, everything changes.   Everything.   So, have a Happy New Year celebration and keep an eye out for those…

  • A Warm End to December

      A beautiful sunset. A man walks barefoot at the edge of the tide with the help of two canes. A warm end to December in St. Augustine.    

  • Stepping Outside of Time

        How did you feel the day after Christmas? Maybe a little like this guy? He's in the middle of a mock battle and seems to be taking a breather.   It's a good week to do that. Step outside of time, and breathe. Sure there's still plenty that has to be done –…

  • May Your Day Be Warm and Filled With Kindness

      Flamingos Glide Into Times Square in New York City!   They seem to have regained their color. It appears that the hot chocolate the was so kindly shared with them in Baltimore has revived them.   It's Christmas Eve, how are you doing? Are you getting your color back and warming up to the…

  • Here Comes the Sun

        Although the WInter Solstice marks the longest night of the year, it is a celebration of light.   It's the birthday of the sun.   Our red star turns his warm face back to earth once again and like the ancients, we are assured that there will be another spring and another harvest and…

  • The Moments Will Find You!

        Are humbuggers as much a part of Christmas as sleigh bells and carols? Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol is as perennial as Christmas itself. So too Dr. Seus' How The Grinch Stole Christmas, and John Grisham's Skipping Christmas. All of these vehicles attempt to circumvent Christmas and all of them fail.   Is…

  • Your Invitation to the Feast

        An open gate, an open door – it's inviting. Will you come to the feast? Or will you say, "Oh, I wasn't invited." or "I don't have anyone to go with."   You're invited. Everyone comes alone. The feast begins when you wake up and it never ends.   Coming?    

  • Can a Color Save Your Soul?

        What's your soul's favorite color?   Blue beach, blue sky, blue water. There are so many blues.   Can a color really save your soul?    

  • The Rain Doesn’t Need Us

        Rainy days at the beach – they're challenging for the shop owners in this tourist town, but what can you do? Complain?   As kids we would complain, then play cards and laugh and complain some more. Now we might walk in between the raindrops, enjoying the wind and the wild sea, or…

  • Get There Safely

        This is the time of year to be gentle with everyone you meet. The guy who just cut you off in traffic might have gotten some really bad news, and be so distracted that he forgot his manners. Or the young woman on her cell phone who doesn't seem to realize that she…