THE SPIRITUAL FAUCET
THE SPIRITUAL FAUCET It’s a common theme in spiritual teachings to look for God in everything and everyone during our everyday life. I love to practice this, so let me share one very comforting example with you. It’s about the …
INSTANT BUREAUCRAT?
INSTANT BUREAUCRAT As providence would have it, my decision to stop at Al’s bar for a beer that day lead to a huge new chapter in what I was experiencing as a meandering life. I was very grateful not to …
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
Sitting on my back porch this morning I had an interesting, somewhat complicated yet simple thought: I realized that our brain runs through the same movements as the physical world we live in; we are running in unison with the …
WORK, STUDY, PARTY HARDY
WORK, STUDY, PARTY HARDY When I picked up my pen this morning to write my post for today, a piece I’d read earlier after my prayers came to mind. The excerpt was from that little book the Mystery Lady gave …
SWEET OR BITTER
SWEET OR BITTER Many things are very obvious in life, but personally, I had to be kicked in the head and heart many times before the obvious dawned on me. One of these little realizations for me was that you …
AM I WORTHY OF GOD’S GIFTS?
AM I WORTHY OF GOD’S GIFTS? My prayers are not directed to God, they are to me first asking me to let God answer my prayers. God already knows what I need and what I want and is gratified if …
WHERE’S MY DIGNITY?
WHERE’S MY DIGNITY? It was my first day on my new job and appropriately I had arrived well ahead of the owners. I knew these two men pretty well; they were both big FSU football boosters. At first, I felt …
WHAT IS LIFE?
WHAT IS LIFE? Life is living arm in arm with God 24/7—- good, bad or asleep until we learn that we’re the teacher’s pet. We may not prefer to kneel and say it, but we know that we could not …
KEEPING THE LID ON IN TALLAHASSEE
KEEPING THE LID ON IN TALLAHASSEE Keeping my mind on my book after a couple of hours got pretty difficult. Mr. Rollo May, a highly esteemed existential psychologist at the time was, I hoped, going to help me figure out …
TIMING: MYSTERY, MATHEMATICS OR BOTH?
TIMING: MYSTERY, MATHEMATICS OR BOTH? Timing is such a simple thing to recognize, to feel. I remember the good feeling when a friend taught me how to time the engine in my car. I remember the wonderful expansion of my …