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Living Ourselves into a New Way of Thinking

I have been reading a lot of Richard Rohr, a Franciscan friar who is one of my favorite writers. He is on the forefront of the contemporary inter-spiritual dialogue, and is making a huge contribution in bringing the lost contemplative and mystical dimension of...

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Meditation: Practice Saying “Yes” to Life

This week’s practice is to say “YES” to everything. You may want to select an hour or, if you are really brave a day, and in that timeframe say “YES” to everything. YES, I mean everything! Don’t forget to keep breathing and remember your yes can happen on different...

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How Our Weakness Can Become Our Strength

"Knock, And He'll open the door. Vanish, And He'll make you shine like the sun. Fall, And He'll raise you to the heavens. Become nothing, And He'll turn you into everything." - Rumi When birthing a new workshop, I always experience an initiation that prepares me to...

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The Posture of Gratitude

In my own life and in the work we do at Celebration of Being I’ve come back time and time again to the importance of gratitude. Often we reduce gratitude to “a good thing” to feel or express when good things happen to us. There seems to be a common idea that there are...

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Into the Woods

Last month, Britta and I had a chance to go to Germany and, for the very first time, see our granddaughter, Norah. That's right, our granddaughter! It was a beautiful trip with lots of family visits and good German food - even for Britta, a native German, it was a...

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From Sentiment to True Emotion

I’m a pretty emotional guy - but sometimes I find I get emotional at the oddest things.  I’m feeling sad today.  David Letterman’s last show is tonight.  I’ve been thinking about it for a few days.  I’ll miss him.  I feel like I’m losing someone special. Actually, how...

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Practice Makes Perfect

Over the past few “New Years” as I’ve looked back over my own collection of discarded new beginnings as well as the changes that have actually made a lasting positive impact on my life, I’ve discovered the SECRET that I’d like to share with you right now. Here it is:...

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The Passionate Heart—Burning with Love

The heat of our soul, that fire in our belly or the part of us that burns with love. All of us on the path of healing, awakening, and spiritual growth have that inner fire burning, or we would not have even started this journey. We need to be on FIRE for our own...

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