You have to give up all hope of trying to have a better past. — Anon. A we hit the home stretch of Lent we tend to dwell on our failures in Lent or what we could have done better. Drop that load my friends. Begin this week thinking only of the present and how each…
Fifth Sunday In Lent
Whenever we turn on the blame game it keeps us from genuine communication with others, and we fortify our use of it with our individual concepts of right and wrong. The closer someone is to us, the more we use the blame device, but it’s is not limited to individuals, we do it with political…
Saturday In the Fourth Week of Lent
Milestones. We all have them and I’ve had a bunch. Today my last child is to be married. All four were born, graduated from college, and now married. Some people congratulate you on reaching milestones, but I don’t see it as much as an accomplishment, but more of marker– A mark in the inevitable march…
Friday In the Fourth Week of Lent
Following up on mindfulness, it is not merely a word or a Buddhist discourse, it is a state of mind, that many Buddhists believe can eliminate all suffering. Now as someone who prays for World peace, and even asks for it every year from Santa Claus, the possibility that mindfulness ends all suffering got…
Thursday In the Fourth Week of Lent
Mindfulness is all the vogue these days, although it was introduced 25 centuries ago. It is often misunderstood and is extremely difficult to express in words — not because it is complex, but because it is too simple and open. There are three fundamental activities: Mindfulness reminds you of what you are doing; it sees…