The empty robin's nest nestled in the crook of the Japanese maple tree right outside my door reminds me everyday of letting go. For weeks, I have watched the baby robins release their shells, open their mouths, and develop just as I did my own children, delighting in each new milestone. As this nest is now vacant, so is the space of my life awaiting new opportunities. For I'm not only completing my life cycle as a parent, but opening to the future which signals a beginning more than an end.Letting go is the greatest guide to our spiritual existence. When we release anyone or anything, we give way to the flow of our being. Releasing a job, a … [Read more...]
Humor, Spontaneity, and Play: Keys to Sustaining Light Energy
"One should dance because the soul dances." - Holbrook JacksonBeing silly, spontaneous, and playful are keys to sustaining a flow of light energy in our lives. Because society often frowns upon adults being spontaneous and playful, we can sometimes feel inhibited about expressing ourselves freely. If we follow the advice to take life more seriously, grow up and act like adults, we lose our sense of life as a passionate adventure to be enjoyed and shared.Children are our best teachers of playfulness because they endlessly infuse light-force energy into their daily interactions with life. Observe a child in imaginative play and you will see … [Read more...]
Personal Integrity: A Higher Order of Being
Having a foundation of personal integrity cultivates life-enriching relationships with ourselves and others. Like the links in a chain, integrity is the strength we have that holds us to a higher order of "being." Personal integrity aligns our thoughts, words, and actions with the powerful flow of energy that is who we are. In aligning with this energy, we must hold true to ourselves, open our hearts to new information, and make impeccable choices.Recently, I had the opportunity to have a heart to heart conversation with my daughter concerning several lies she had told to cover up a series of poor choices she had made. What she needed to … [Read more...]
Cultivating a Healthy Partnership with Ourselves
To create a fulfilling life with amazing relationships, we have to first cultivate a healthy partnership with ourselves. Although this is the most important relationship we have in our lives, it can be the most difficult one to develop and sustain. Society places such emphasis on being in a romantic relationship, with the message that we are nobody unless we have somebody. So, we often set aside our own values, needs, and desires for those of another even when it comprises our very "being"-the essence of who we truly are. Until we cultivate a soul-hearted partnership with ourselves, however, we cannot possibly choose and develop healthy … [Read more...]