Keep and Until

Keep and Until

The older I get,
the more I appreciate the wisdom of my elders.
Like learning to stay focused on something until.
Keep working on it,
until you understand it.
Keep failing
until you succeed.
Keep and Until
those are the words
which motivate me even today.
It's boring, I said once.
Spend more time with it
Keep with it,
until you find something about it which is interesting.
It was the same with people.
Keep getting to know them
until you find something to love about them
Keep being of service,
until all have been helped.
It is these words
keep and until
which keep me being loving and kind
in my daily life,
because I am still meeting others
who need to be loved
Because of this,
I will keep touching the hearts of others
until I run out of hearts to touch.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually. 

Donate

Cleaning Windows

Cleaning Windows

Sometimes I hear the words of this song
floating through my head
reminding me that
I can see clearly now
the rain is gone.
My Bubby would tell me
Rain is God washing the world
so I could see clearly.
Sometimes I feel like that is what
I do in life.
I wonder if perhaps I am
a janitor for spirit
as others are a janitor for me.
Are we wiping the windows of our worlds
and of others
so we can see clearly
and help others see clearly
for themselves.
Are we working together
to help give ourselves and others
a clearer vision
so we can see all the obstacles
in our way.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Getting Accustomed

Getting Accustomed

I remember when we moved in together.
As much as we loved each other,
it took time for us to get accustomed to living together.
Life is filled with seasons
of getting accustomed to
people,
places, and
situations.
Like those moments
you walk into a dark room
and your eyes get accustomed to
the darkness and then you begin to see
the beauty and surroundings
you could not see before.
It is in these moments that I see
God in the darkness and the treasures
I have not yet begun to see.
Sometimes we have to get accustomed
just so we can survive.
I grieve as I watch my son
get accustomed to being in jail.
In this darkness,
I find myself becoming accustomed
to being the mother of a child
I no longer know or recognize.
I am becoming accustomed to
the arms of the Ultimate
who comforts me as I grieve and
seek how to keep us all able to see
the light in the darkness of
the jail system.
The one who encourages me to
get accustomed to modeling love and beauty
in the midst of my son’s darkness
and never becoming it,
but getting accustomed to being,
to always being,
the light in the darkness
and at the same time giving thanks
for all the harsh realities
I have never had to
get accustomed to myself.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Smiles

Smiles

There are moments, sometimes days
when we are distracted by life and
more focused on the past, the future and
the people, places and things distracting us.
I try to stay focused, balanced and centered,
but sometimes I lose it.
Then I start over,
pulling out my spiritual art supplies,
I begin by painting myself being securely and loving held
in God’s hands.  
I coat myself in a blanket of
God’s infinite love.
I keep looking and feeling
the presence of the Ultimate,
until I can feel it’s smile
washing over and through me.
The Ultimate’s smile fills me with
happiness and well being.
My body relaxes and pleasure
begins to flow through me.
The smile of the Ultimate
is not something I just see.
I feel it,
sense it,
experience it
and am as mindful of
its presence,
as I am of it’s absence.
Distractions limit my ability
to smile and to see the smile of the Ultimate.
Staying focused,
allows me to smile for myself
and to experience
the smile of the Ultimate.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

No More Pollution

No More Pollution

So many people are concerned about climate change,
as am I.
We have done so much recently
to protect the environment,
the air,
the water,
the earth,
and so much more.
All that is important,
but how about the pollution within us?
How about the negative thoughts and energy
which pollute our mind, body and soul
with negative thoughts and energy?
Maybe we need standards to stop the toxicity
in our selves,
in our relationships,
in our homes,
our workplaces,
our schools, and
sadly even our places of worship.
What if we end this year
and begin the new one
committed to cleansing our lives
and our worlds
of toxicity
and work to end the
emotional and mental pollution in this world.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Spiritual PMS

Spiritual PMS

It has been quite some time since
I have experienced a biological PMS,
however, there are still days where I feel them
emotionally,
mentally, or
spiritually.
PMS for me has taken on a new meaning.
it is a reminder for me
to do 3 things
in those moments when I am feeling
less then focused, balanced and centered.
PMS now is what helps me through
because it reminds me to
Pause,
Meditate,
and be Silent.
In the midst of the craziness in my life.
I stop and step away from the situation.
I take time to just sit and meditate
and let the universe give me a new perspective.
Then I just sit in silence
and allow the peace and blessings to
wash over me
restoring me to a place of calm
where I no longer feel like I am pmsing
because I took the time to
pms.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Changing

Changing

Don’t you get bored?
I get asked that all the time
by people who do not understand
how I cannot get bored
when I am in the same place all the time.
I know it looks like the same,
but nothing is ever the same.
We can sit in the same place
and look at the same space
and never see the same thing twice.
We and the world are ever
changing.
The air we breathe is not the same,
it is every changing
with every movement
and gust of wind.
The land is not the same.
I see the leaves change,
they fall,
they are blown from one space to another.
Their pattern,
their dance,
the way they speak to me
is ever changing.
The view we see is ever changing,
like a kaleidoscope.
It may seem like the same view
but each moment
is a transformation,
it is us seeing the ever changing
nature of the world.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope

I have long been fascinated with kaleidoscopes.
I talk about them when I am teaching,
imagine them when I am writing,
and looking through them for inspiration.
Kaleidoscopes remind me of life.
there is always something beautiful,
something new to see.
There is always something to look forward to,
no matter what I am going through.
In the midst of the lows,
there is a beauty that strengthens me
and pulls me to the light.
With each turn,
I can see things falling apart,
but also coming together.
What I see is like life,
a piece of art that is
ever changing,
ever evolving,
ever being asked to be held,
transformed
and allowed to be
the simplicity and complexity
which is a kaleidoscope.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

The P Word

The P Word

The P word
it is what my son calls it.
P, for him, stands for patience.
We all need this right now
as we wait
to hear who will be our next President.
Patience is hard.
We want to know now,
but we can’t.
we can sit and wait.
P, right now, is about more then patience.
It is about being present.
Being present  means I have to pay attention
to this moment.
I cannot worry about the past or the future,
I have to be present in this moment.
This moment that we are in
is part of our bigger story,
which is part of the bigger story of the universe.
When I am present I am not worrying about what is coming
I am not wasting the value of this moment
worrying about what I have no control over.
I am focusing on what God is doing right now.
I do not want to distract my attention
because I might miss it.
I know that whatever happens,
God will see me through.
Until then, what I do know is this
I can be patient and present and
make the most of my precious energy,
feelings, intellect and time.
I can be present with the knowing that
the God who unfolds it all
is about more then one election.
This is about honoring the mystery,
being present in this moment,
and being patient with myself and others
while it all unfolds.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Trust

Trust

I trust you,
one of my team members said to me.
I know you are there for me,
in good times and bad.
I know you are there to catch me
when I fall.
Her words reminded me of how and why
I trust the Ultimate.
We take risks in life
when we know we will be caught.
I trusted my parents would catch me
when they threw me in the air.
It is our trust
that frees us to fly,
to take risks,
to go places and
do things
we would otherwise dare not do.
We dare to fly
because we trust in the one
who will bring us home.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Lean On Me

Lean On Me

I kept waking up hearing
Lean on me.
We all have those moments
when we are going through
and what we need most
is to be lifted up,
to have someone to lean on
and see us through.
We don’t need people to pull us down.
We need folks to lift us up
and say lean on me.
Lean on me
and let me be the strength
when you are weak.
Lean on me
and let me see you through.
Lean on me,
even when you do not want to,
and know that my love and friendship
will see you through.
Lean on me,
just as you challenge me
to lean on you.
It is okay to ask for help,
to trust each other
in good times and bad,
because we all have those moments
we need someone to lean on.
We have all been through
and are all going through,
but we can make it so much easier,
when we learn to
lean on each other
and understand.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Opening Up

Opening Up
If I worked harder
maybe I could love more.
That is what they said to me.
It is what we have been taught to do,
work harder to become better.
What if instead of working harder
on loving more,
we opened our hearts and souls
to being loved by God.
What if we opening ourselves up
to receiving love,
taught us how to love others.
Not because we were working hard
but because it flowed from us,
like God’s love flows into us.
What if we worked harder
at opening ourselves up
to a deeper relationship
with our spiritual guide and mentor?
Opening up is not about working hard
it is about letting God
fill up our cup with love and blessings
and then allowing
what flows over
to flow unto others.
Our cup cannot runneth over,
if it has not first been filled.
open yourself to being filled
then let the overflow flow
naturally unto others.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

i Never Promised You A Rose Garden

I Never Promised You A Rose Garden

Growing up I remember this song
Lynn Anderson sang.
It is funny how often we have expectations
about how life is supposed to be,
as if it is supposed to be a rose garden.
Life is more like a roller coaster,
then a rose garden.
There is nothing that promises us
life will be easy or simple.
So much of our suffering comes from
our expectations of life being like a rose garden.
There may be rose garden moments,
but not all of life is like that.
We will have ups and downs.
easy times and challenging times.
What makes us appreciate the beauty and aroma of roses
is that we do not smell or have them all the time.
They are not normal,
they are special.
What if we let go of our expectations
about what life is supposed to be like?
what people are supposed to be like?
When we let go of our expectations,
we let go of unnecessary suffering in our lives
and provide ourselves with more opportunities
to spend time in our rose garden.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Unity

Unity

Have you ever felt like someone is out to get you,
cut you down,
or pollute you?
There are days I feel like one of the worms
that the bird is looking for to eat,
or the prey of the shark.
There are days I feel like the once green land
that has been leveled for more building
or the river that has trash floating in it
or the air that is gray from the smoke.
There are days, preferably moments,
when I feel like this.
Then I remember I am also the shark
and the bird
looking for something to eat.
I am also the developer,
and the pollutant.
I have to remember that it is not either or,
us or them
you or me;
it is we.
It is about me walking in unity
with all of me,
it is about me connecting with you,
but more about me
connecting with me.
it is in this solidarity and connectionsl
in this place of unity,
It is about me building bridges
and not walls.
It is about the unity between us
and the love and respect
that grows from
unity.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Nourishing

Nourishing

Have you ever been caught in the middle
of an emotional, mental and spiritual storm?
Those times when you and or someone in your family
is facing challenges, sometimes multiple ones
all at the same time.
Those times when you just want to scream or cry
because it is what you do when you feel frustrated
not just by what happened,
but all the things that happen because of it.
It is those times where what you need more than anything else
is to feel like you are being held in the arms of the Ultimate
and rocked into comfort,
to feel the love and support of others.
That time when a simple act of kindness from others
is so amazing humbling,
your heart overflows with love
Then it comes and you are reminded
it is coming back from the love you gave.
When you are reminded the love you planted
has taken root in the world and spread.
We nourish others and they nourish us,
this is what love is about. 
It is about nourishing all we encounter,
knowing when we are going through,
someone will nourish us.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Hold Yourself

Hold Yourself

Do you ever have one of those moments
when you just need to be held.
You just want to be held in your parent’s arms
and rocked and comforted
and know I was loved.
I am too big now to sit on anyone’s lap
and am bigger then some people’s laps.
but sometimes I still have one of those days
when I need to be held,
and rocked and reminded that I am loved.
Sometimes I can ask my wife to hug me
and that helps,
but there is something about being rocked and held,
that is more comforting then must a hug.
Now, when I need that loving care,
I stop where ever I am
I wrap my arms around me,
as tightly as I can.
then I rock myself
until I feel loved,
and I feel the arms of the Ultimate
holding me
rocking me
and reminding me
I am loved,
We all have those moments
when we need to feel loved.
Next time you do,
just hold yourself and rock.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

in good times and bad

In Good Times and Bad

We all have good times and bad.
There are days all is going well
but there are days we all feel downcast.
It is so easy to give thanks when things are going well,
but when we are going through,
when we are feeling downcast,
it is important for us to remember
we were created to fulfill our spiritual purpose here on earth.
The world was created to help us grow and evolve,
not just in the good times
but also through the bad.
We are helping each other through the challenging times
as well as through the good times.
May we support each other,
in good times and in bad.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Love You

Love You

I remember hearing this growing up
“As I have loved you, love one another.”
It taught me to love others
and to express that love to them.
What it did not always teach me was to love myself.
I had to ask if
I knew how to love myself?
Do I treat myself kindly?
Do I eat healthy?
Am I drinking enough water?
Am I taking enough time to rest?
Do I fill my life with peace, joy and happiness?
Am I better to others
then I am to myself or
am as kind to myself as I am to others.
Am I as generous with myself as I am to others.
Do I listen as intently to myself
as I do to others?
Learning to love myself,
in a healthy way,
has taught me
I must keep my cup full so that it can run over.
What is in my cup is for me.
it is what keeps me feeling loved.
What runneth over is what I give to others
because I am abundantly blessed.
That abundance comes so that I feel loved
and can share the abundance of God’s love
for me with others.
This unconditional sharing
starts with us learning to
love ourselves.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Cleaning Up

Cleaning Up

I crawled,
well more like rolled,
into bed last night
thinking about my day.
I thought about how I had been of service,
and made a difference
in someone’s day.
I gave thanks for all the opportunities
to be of service.
Then I thought about
the moments I had messed up,
could have been kinder,
could have been more helpful,
and all the could have and should have moments
in my day
and I realized each of them
was still an opportunity
for me to do better
and make a difference in the world.
I realized that even in the process
of cleaning up our messes in life,
we are being humble,
we are being accountable,
we are working on being better as human beingsl
helping others find the courage
to do the same.
We all have messy moments in our life,
but when we all clean up
the messes we can,
we help to make this world a better place.
We help others to clean up their space,
and that process ripples out
and affects the world
spreading a desire
for all of us to
clean up.

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually.

Donate

Surprise

Surprise

Have you ever thought you had
a clear plan for your life?
Then life happened,
and you were surprised
with situations and circumstances
that upset your plans
and maybe even shatter your dreams.
Then you realize that was the problem;
they were your plans
and your dreams.
They may not have been God’s.
Our ways are not God’s
and our understandings are not God’s.
Sometimes we have to accept those moments
that surprise us
and give our life
unexpected directions.
Our lives are filled with surprises.
Give thanks for them
and know they are taking us on a great adventure
we may not have taken on our own.
Surprise!

100% of our donations go to support our ability to provide low and no cost offerings to those seeking to grow and evolve spiritually. 

Donate