Sitting beneath the branches of a TREE offers one; PROTECTION, SAFETY, ASSISTANCE in avoiding discomfort, the feeling of warmth like EMPATHY. All these feelings can produce a genuine SMILE. When you speak to the TREE and talk about your worries, the TREE listens. Nature has a beautiful understanding of LIFE. The […]
When we base ourselves in the present moment, we immediately connect better with others. We become more responsive by listening more deeply and speaking with more clarity. Living in the present moment, we TRANSFORM OURSELVES, we TRANSFORM all our relationships and bring the wholeness of who we are to […]
I have been accused all my many years of being LIKE A CHILD. In my mid-years I learned that it was a hidden compliment. It is a treasure to be considered to have a CHILD-LIKE mind according to the Taoist philosophy. The adult is not the highest stage of […]
The following are selections from THE SONG OF LIFE, a book by H. Exley. They are very short, HEART tugging statements, that ALL HUMANS should absorb into their way of life. The statements are the WISDOM writings of Native American people. Your HEARTS will slowly be touched. TAKE CARE, […]
In the western world the attitudes of the people today are toward individuality and separative ego. The ego gives rise to alienation, fear and the need to dominate. The DREAMTIME ABORIGINE of Australia saw every individual in daily life as family. They also have a relationship beyond humans into […]
To LIVE FORWARD is to go forward with the word LIVE. LIVE means; experience LIFE to the full, be remembered and LOVE. Those meanings of being remembered and LOVE is so gratifying to have. A decent well raised person will LIVE their lives going forward and never going backward. […]
There is a belief that LAUGHTER can function as a helpful “virus.” That it can infect others. In folklore it is known that children LAUGH hundreds of times a day and adults barely a dozen. We all have to reclaim our childlike GIGGLING. It is necessary to pull our […]
A very long time ago the Creator gave the Haudenosaunee people a beautiful doll made of corn husk. This doll had a spirit and traveled from village to village. Traveling from village to village everyone told her how beautiful she was. It was not long, before she developed an […]
“One sees clearly with the heart. Anything essential is invisible to the eyes,” from The Little Prince. The HEART is connected directly to the EMOTIONS in the limbic system, in the brain. There is no thought process as in the cortex, it is an instant reaction. Lawrence Anthony was […]
The following is a philosophy for personal power written 2500 years ago by Lao Tzu. “Watch your thoughts, they become your words. Watch your words, they become your actions. Watch your actions, they become your habits. Watch your habits, they become your character. Watch your character, they become your […]
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