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Have you ever had a moment, or perhaps an entire day, where everything unfolds beautifully, naturally and beneficially? Time seems to evaporate, and you may even enter a trance-like state as you move in total harmony and peace without judgment or the need to control. Yeah, it’s pretty dang cool. And that’s a general overview …
Even though the Seven Deadly Sins are technically billed as deadly, they can exist in forms that don’t necessarily kill you by the end of next week. What they will kill, however, is your spiritual growth, your mental development and probably your ability to make friends easily – or perhaps at all. Not many folks …
The next time you start pulverizing yourself to a pulp for whatever reason you think you deserve it, STOP. Step back. Take a breath. Ask yourself if you would treat a friend that way. If the answer is no, then cut it out for goodness sake. Take a cue from Happiness Quote 802 instead: Treat …
Ramen noodles are a dandy dish from time to time. They’re fast. Filling. Cheap. They also immediately sate our hunger – at least for the moment. But in about 12 to 15 minutes, depending on how hungry you were and how much ramen you ate, you’re going to end up being hungry again. You’ll need …
When I ask people if I may send them Reiki, I get a variety of responses. Some wholeheartedly exclaim “Yes, please!” while others mumble what kind of sounds like an affirmative. A third batch of folks looks at me quizzically, as they’re not sure what Reiki is or what it does. I was the same …
You know why the book version of a story is often better than the movie version of a story? Because we get to use our imagination to fill in the blanks. Instead of having someone hand us their version of events on the silver screen, our imagination gets to conjure up scenarios that are far …
The New Year comes jingling in like a brand new coin, full of bright and shiny promises for the next 12 months ahead. We hop on the shiny promise bandwagon, filling our crisp new planner with New Year’s resolutions that range from getting rich to writing our memoir, from expanding spiritual and psychic awareness to …
Let’s say you’re heading out of town for the holidays, sure you’re going to enjoy the best time of your life. You expect everyone to be happy and everything to go smoothly, with hugs, loads of gifts and a big, fat Christmas ham on the table. When you have such grandiose, preconceived ideas of what …
Make a list of all the foods you love – not the foods you merely pretend to love because it looks good on your resume – but the foods you truly adore. Things like pizza, chips and cheese, sweet and salty faux granola bars, waffles smeared with peanut butter. Now give them all up for …
Thirty years. That’s how long I held a resentment from an episode that happened back when I was a kid. The incident involved getting a hand-colored, Barbie coloring book page from a girl down the block, who we’ll call Stacy. I remember being overjoyed that Stacy would gift me with such a fine item – …