Learning New Things
I've had this food dehydrator sitting on top of my refrigerator for over 2 years – it just sat there, taking up space. I didn't know how to use it. I waited for someone to figure it out with me. No one showed up. A couple of weeks ago, I went to a day of... Learn More
To the College Students of the Huntsville More To Life Weekend – April 16-18, 2010
A few weeks ago I was leading a More To Life Life Pay It Forward Weekend in Huntsville, AL. There were 10 college students in that particular weekend, 9 of whom had completed a Power of Self Esteem Course at their college. My mindtalk (chatter in my head) was less than hopeful, in fact, it... Learn More
Lily Parish – Senior Project
As many of you know, Lily Parish (daughter of Tom and Sharon Parish) went with me to South Africa last summer. Part of the plan was for her to use that time to create the beginnings of her Senior Project, which is integral to graduating from The Waldorf School. During our time there, she interviewed... Learn More
Light in the Midst of Dark
This is a message to the More To Life community in Cape Town, South Africa from Manndi Schuld, Chair of the Steering Committee for the MTL program there – a clarion call to proactivity in the middle of reactivity: Dear More to Life CommunityExactly a week before Way of a Spiritual Warrior SA (South Africa)... Learn More
The Spiritual Case for Eliminating Should from our Vocabulary, Part 3
Discovering the Unnoticed Should's The unnoticed should's seem to pop up frequently in my life. Just when I am imagining myself to be clear and open to whatever Life brings me (I call that a good hair day – everything goes right), I end up being upset, pissed off, hurt, sad, or just plain stunned.... Learn More
The Spiritual Case for Eliminating Should from our Vocabulary, Part 2
Events that Shouldn't Have Happened My sister shouldn't have died of von Recklinghausen's Disease. She was almost 24 years old. Her name was Susie, Mary Susan. My demand that she should have had a full life kept me stuck back in May, 1970, as I watched her being wheeled through our foyer in a body... Learn More