As a child I participated in just about every sport available to me. Baseball, basketball, track, swimming, and football kept me busy and to some extent out of trouble and out of my mother’s hair. I learned and used a lot of sports analogies over the years including a few about my marriage. I heard…
Four Reliances
Rely on the message of the teacher, not on his personality;Rely on the meaning, not just on the words;Rely on the real meaning, not just the provisional one;Rely on your wisdom mind, not on your ordinary, judgmental mind. — Buddhism’s Four Reliances The light shines brightest for me with Christianity because the message is…
Connected
When we pray and meditate and the only subject is ourselves, we limit the opportunity. It is said that we move toward and become what we think and pray about. If all we think and pray about is ourselves we risk become self-centered. If we think about how all living things are interconnected, if we…
Still Of the Night
“In the Still Of the Night” — Great song by the way. I have written a great deal about a morning’s meditation or prayer, but there is no reason to limit our time with God to the early morning. Last night I sat out on my porch after it got dark and listened to the…
Imperfections
Were we to love none who had imperfections, this world would be a desert for our love. — Thomas Jefferson In many people, I love them for their imperfections, not the other way around. It’s our flaws that distinguish us from others, and we all have them no matter how hard we try. Some people suggest to love…