Displaying items by tag: InSpiration
Awakening to Spirit
Prayer and Meditation Heal and Free Us
by Richard Davenport
While society abounds with scientific research, products and practices that promise to enhance our mind or body and the mind-body connection, without Spirit in the mix, neither rises to its full potential. A heart open to a higher power exponentially multiplies the effects of...
Recipe for a Happy New Year
Fail-Proof Ingredients for a Glorious 2016...
Grateful for Everything
Create an Attitude of Gratitude All Day Long
by MARY LYNN ZIEMER
Te secret to happiness and finding the enduring joy we all seek is Thanksgiving—the simple act of continually giving thanks. To realize wonderful positive outcomes, up to and including seeming miracles, do one thing: Show gratitude all day long. Seeing everything in a new light, through...
Living a Life We Love is Real Affluence
by JUDITH FERTIG
Traditional economics has us thinking in opposites—in terms of assets and liabilities. We consider the value of the material things we’ve accumulated: We add up our assets, which may include stocks, bonds, real estate, bank accounts and retirement savings. Then we...
Awakening the Global Heart
Compassionate Activists Unite to Write Earth’s New Story
by LINDA SECHRIST
As individuals and in groups, more people today are expressing deep inner caring and compassion for fellow humans and all life on this planet by hitching their heartfelt energies to powerful actions that hold the promise of a...
Heaven Within
by WAYNE DYER
Heaven is a state of mind, not a location, since Spirit is everywhere and in everything. You can begin making a conscious decision to look for the unfolding of Spirit in everything and everyone that...
Be True to Yourself
It’s the Secret to Belonging
by BRENÉ BROWN
Contrary to what most of us think, belonging is not fitting in. In fact, fitting in is the greatest barrier to belonging. Fitting in, I’ve discovered during more than a decade of research, is assessing situations and groups of people, then twisting yourself into a human pretzel in order to get them to let you hang out with them. Belonging is something else entirely—it’s...
The Adventure of Couchsurfing
Stay with Locals and Make New Friends
by LISA ROSINKY
Daniel Sperry, a “couchsurfer” in his late 50s, decided a few years ago to quit his day job and make a living by performing...
Hidden Treasures
Neighbors Discover Their Wealth of Resources
by JOHN MCKNIGHT AND PETER BLOCK
The essential promise of consumerism is that everything fulfilling or needed in life can be purchased—from happiness to healing, from love to laughter and from raising a child to caring for someone at the end of life. What was once the task of relatives and neighbors has been outsourced, costing the family its ...
Satisfaction with Friendship is Hard to Come By...