#245 Why Worry?

Why worry?   “Everything the laws of the universe do not prohibit must finally happen.” Stay open, stay vulnerable, stay free. (The quote is from the novel The Time of Our Singing.) By the way, how are you doing with...

#244 Cultivate Generosity

Spring is such a generous time of year. Although spring is arriving at Blanco State Park, where I live in the winter, I do realize it’s not quite spring where many of you are. But maybe a great outpouring of generosity will attract spring to you. Now is an excellent...

#243 A Valentine Exercise

A valentine exercise. Pay attention to the expectations you have of the valentine/s in your life, especially any expectations you have of how your valentines should express their love for you. Rather than expecting them to show their love for you in the way that you...

#242 Eschew Expectations!

Here’s one thing about having expectations — when you have expectations of another, you’re likely to end up relating to your expectations and not to the person. When my friend says she’ll be here at 6:00, I expect her to be on time. When she...

#241 Words of Wisdom from the Beauty Salon

I got my hair cut yesterday, and by the time it was done, the stylist and I had concluded that there are only two things any follower of any religion needs to know: 1. God is love. 2. Kindness is the highest calling of a religious person — unconditional kindness...

#240 Dr.Martin Luther King, Jr.

It was Martin Luther King, Jr. who first got me to seriously consider the idea of love. Not when he was alive. No. I was too committed to self-righteous anger to understand that there might be power in love. Then, about 25 years ago I suppose, I started listening more...