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The Power of Purpose in our Lives

Tonight in our Power of Purpose Course, we talked about the fear of failure – of looking stupid, incompetent, less than others. The more fear we have, the less likely we are to obtain those important goals, the ones of which we dream. Instead we settle for our ego's demand to look as if we...
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Sibling-hood

Not long ago, my grandson was seriously ill for a couple of weeks. The doctors ran tests; all of which came up negative. But he was still vomiting and had diarrhea, unable to retain what he ate – getting thinner and thinner. It was a scary time. I asked family, friends, and FaceBook for healing...
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Perspective

When I was in graduate school, learning to diagnose different mental diseases as delineated in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (the DSM), I harbored the secret concern that I, in fact, had almost everything that book described. One day, in the university cafeteria, a group of us were chatting about some assignment,...
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Ground Hog Day

Scene:  Two days after Ground hog day, 9am, local radio station, ready to be interviewed live regarding the More To Life program. I was asked, “Where is William Holt?”  Lifeshock for me. They had William as the interviewer, I was "Guest." Except William didn’t know anything about it, and no one at the radio station...
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2013-2014

Yesterday on the freeway, I was trying to stay out of the way of the back end of a many-car funeral procession. When I broke free of the strict line the motorcycle cops were keeping, I felt more ease as the freeway opened up. Then I spied the hearse. Tears started rolling – tears from...
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Sacred Living Art

During the same conversation with Shelagh Brown (UK artist) as several posts ago, (I have her permission to share this), she talked about her process of creating art. She often doesn't know why she chooses the images from which she begins her projects. Something clicks physically to start the process, and the interaction between Shelagh and...
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