The great secret of life reveals itself in what you do to know the world and find your place in it. What is your labor of love? What skills, what habits of being, what aspects of thought and emotion, have you been perfecting in your life?
Read MoreLight is the one thing that cannot see itself because it is always traveling ahead of its own reflection, always pushing the edge, always transforming beyond into the moment. As spirit, you are made of light, and you can never truly know yourself because all reflection is outdated. Reflection is not just looking back or in, it is also in habits of thought and action that arise out of old ways and do not emerge out of the interaction of self and life in the moment.
Read MoreHow do you greet the moments of your life?
I have a practice of writing letters to my future self. Usually, I pick a date on my calendar and use the particulars of that date to write a general letter to myself so that the content could apply no matter what might be happening then. I decided to write a "letter to now,” one that might be read anytime. This is the result...
The treasure we seek is not found in the outer world or in the inner world. It is found every time we bring ourselves to life in the moment. Everything changes when we stop trying to change the life we live and start loving the life we live! What brings you to life? What is the untold story you are now telling by the way you live your life?
Read MoreHow do you make an "about face" when you are wedged in doubt and your efforts seem futile? I wrote this letter to my future self on July 7, 2016 while in a funk about my writing and my work and scheduled it to be read on December 4, 2016. For me, the "how" was less important than the faith I placed in my future and in my capacity to weather storms and reach for dreams. Now, I run wonder through my eyes and delight in my heart.
Read MoreWord the World in a way that brings you to life and life to you!
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