Take courage friends. The way is often hard, the path is never clear, and the stakes are very high. Take courage. For deep down, there is another truth: you are not alone. – Rev. Wayne Arnason   Today, I need to know that I am part of a loving community. A meditation for…

        Today, please say a quiet prayer of healing for the children and staff at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, and their families and friends.       A meditation for December 15, 2012.  

  Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe. Voltaire Coming to my first meeting was an act of faith. I had no idea how it could help, but everything else I had tried was not working. I felt better at the end of the meeting. I did not…

  Learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else. Leonardo da Vinci I have noticed that when I see myself as separate from the world around me, I lose my serenity. When I am feeling sad or angry, I am separating myself from what I perceive as “good” and believe I will…

  Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could; some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; you shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense. Ralph Waldo Emerson…