Synchronicity is one of the eye opening wonders of our lives. It has been defined as simply a meaningful coincidence by Carl Jung, who created the word and...
We have this insane idea that growth is what we need for our society to be okay. What growth does is it creates more. So when do we get to the point that we...
I am more convinced than ever that I just don't know. The paradox is that I really do know. Both must be fully true. Completely. So, knowing becomes...
Well, it's a road meditation again, driving cross country to visit my mother in Charlotte, spending the night with my daughter and family in Nashville, a time ...
In the midst of hurry, I try to remember to slow down. The extra seconds or minutes that it takes to be polite or do some little thing will not make any...
Here is MacEnulty's corollary to Murphy's Law: No matter what goes wrong, things get done anyhow. That's just the way it is. Disaster of some sort or another...
Love is within, and in fact, the very essence of all that we do. In harmony with that love, what we do flows smoothly, beautifully. The bumps and challenges...
Always take the technical steps to solve the problem. Don't let personalities get in the way. The manager is supposed to approve a certain thing. I'm afraid of...
Loving myself and egotism are two different things. The difference is simple and clear: Humility and gratitude. But the boundary may look from the outside like...
There are things we imagine and things we do. The closer we come to those things being the same, the more spiritually centered we are. My fantasy now is peace...
Anxiety is almost always inappropriate. Ninety-nine percent of what we worry about never happens. But the mind, the amazing mind, may have other ideas. One of...
I am flooded with gratitude. The signs are complete. No gaps. Just love all around me. In some ways it's superficial, triggered by gratification. But the...
Love and tolerance pair up nicely. Those two tools complete our human behavior. Live with them and every problem will disappear. It's interesting to call them...
Here is what I feel is the greatest single piece of wisdom I have ever encountered: Acceptance is the answer to all my problems. When I can accept something it...
Unconditional love is like perfection and oneness with all things. They are ideal abstractions that have occasional and momentary realization. They happen and...
Conflict is difficult but should not be avoided. It's really growth. There is usually a depth to conflict that needs to be addressed. The temptation is to find...
The aftermath of true surrender is amazing. It is a feeling of being at peace, wondering why we ever resisted in the first place. Semantically speaking, the...
I must consider well what I honor. There are those who think that by honoring the past that they bring honor to themselves and their wrong actions, associating...
I love this moment, what came before, what comes after, the flow of it all. There is a charm, a personality, a quirkiness to this reality. It is me, showing...
One of the great concepts that Carl Jung discovered was how pairs of opposites work together to create balance. There is a way in which I am fearful and...
The first thing about living a happy life is simply to get the mechanics down. It's the old survival of the fittest thing. It's like a musical instrument....
Here is what I believe about spirituality. It doesn't get me anything, give me things, make me rich, powerful, even successful. It gives me peace, let's me...
It is truly paradoxical how the truth dances with itself, appearing in one moment to be the clear and simple truth, turning, revealing its opposite side and...
Conflict is sometimes difficult to spot. It can seem like such a natural part of the way things are. It's like certain kinds of dissatisfaction or unhappiness....
The ups and downs continue. It is a rough road, indeed, things happening all the time that pull at our hearts and values. I am a pair of shining eyes, in love...
I push little buttons, keys. Massive amounts of information flow on cue. Technology such as ours would appear to simply be magic to people of a more primitive...
Trust is something we place in high stock. It stands as a noble and unassailable value, a foundation of any relationship. Okay, so what is it? After all, you...
There's nothing inherent in feeling bad that means that I have to take it out on other people. In fact, being nice is actually a healing thing for me and for...
The first time I do something often seems the best I ever do it. It may be that I am so turned on and challenged by the new thing that my energy focuses more...
Spirituality is about lightening the heart and letting go. Paradoxically that deepens the feelings of the heart. But the paradox isn't a real paradox. The...