JOY ABOVE ALL ELSE
This holiday season I would like to ask for a gift from you. I would like you to watch an extraordinarily inspiring movie, Mission: Joy – Finding Happiness in Troubled Times. This brilliant documentary chronicles the lives of The Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, both Nobel Peace Prize laureates. The movie demonstrates how these spiritual giants […]
A SAINT’S LAST WORDS
How do enlightened people live? Do they renounce the world, shed their clothing, and go off to meditate in a cave? Do they write the world off as an illusion, and leave unenlightened people to suffer their bad karma? Or do they dive into the world, take care of people, and help relieve suffering in the […]
TAKE WHAT YOU HAVE AND MAKE WHAT YOU WANT
As summer comes to an end, lots of us think about going back to work or school. When I was in high school I used to get depressed on Sunday evenings, anticipating sitting in a schoolroom the next morning. Is there some other way to think about going to work or school that brings us […]
WHEN THEY GO LOW, YOU GO HIGH
Relationships provide us with our greatest opportunities for spiritual growth. Some relationships bless us with love and joy, and others bring challenges that help us grow stronger and wiser. We can be grateful for everyone who comes our way, friend or apparent foe. Ultimately our foes are our friends because they teach us through important […]
READY FOR HEALING
If you were in physical, emotional, relationship, or financial pain, and I asked you, “Do you want to be healed?” you would most likely answer, “Yes.” Yet there is more choice behind wellness and illness than we know. I was coaching a fellow who had been diagnosed as ADHD. “I don’t think I am totally ADHD,” […]
WHOSE PERMISSION DO YOU NEED?
I was coaching a woman who had been out of work for a while. Then she was offered a job she really liked. “I feel guilty because I am so excited about taking the job,” she told me. “My spiritual studies tell me I am not supposed to want things.” I told her, “It’s fine […]
