Back to You

When I was studying this teaching with my mentor, the class would sometimes get rowdy over a question or a heated discussion. Our teacher would simply speak over the rumble: “Back to me.” He knew who he was, and he knew who was in charge of that class. When life gets noisy and rowdy, when […]

Music is My Medicine

Tonight, after more than eight months of preparation alongside my work as a Spiritual Director, I am ready to stand on the stage and present a full concert of the music of Stephen Sondheim. I’m not sure how many will be in the audience. The books show 50, but it doesn’t matter. I manifested a […]

Say Yes to What’s Next

My week has been quite a journey because of the passing of Dolly Parton. I wrote a blog about how the love she expressed in life was released into the world through all of us — the tributes, the songs, the essays, the photos. It was as if love had been plucked from a turbulent […]

Thank You Dolly!

I don’t claim to know what happens after we die, other than that life continues. I do believe this, and I have seen and felt much evidence of it. So, with that in mind, I didn’t want this week to end without saying something about the passing of Dolly Parton. I did not know her, […]

Saying Yes to Generosity

What is generosity? I believe it is a state of consciousness where one is totally confident in themselves and their gifts. They understand that those gifts, when given freely, are inevitably replenished. When I write, for example, I do not worry that someone else is writing the same thing I am writing. I understand there […]

Edwene Gaines, I Love You

If I had to list the most influential people in my New Thought journey, Edwene Gaines would be at the top of my list. When I heard that she recently left this earth plane, I felt a hole in my heart that was rapidly filled by the spirit of her life. If you do not […]

Pivoting Towards Abundance: Transform Your Mindset

I had an experience today on my morning walk. I must be honest: I have this fear of loose dogs. I know Principle is not bound by precedent, but my fear is based on some past reality. I lost my cat to a loose dog. My friend was bitten by a loose dog. Anyway, I […]

Beyond Maybe

There is a song from the musical Ragtime called “Back to Before.” I got asked at the last minute this Sunday to sing something. I went through my song catalogue trying to find something that would fit our new topic this month, “Say Yes to Life,” and also our talk title today, “Beyond Maybe.” This […]

Free to Change

Free to Change We are entering what we call in Hawaiʻi “hurricane season.” It began with Fausto, now Genevieve is being watched, and so starts the familiar rhythm of storm tracking, flood advisories, high surf warnings, and that quiet hum of readiness that settles over the islands from June through November. In 1992, Hurricane Iniki […]

Freedom to Choose

Every day, I have the opportunity to walk by the ocean, contemplate, and let the beauty of nature set my day. I don’t always take that opportunity, but I do have that choice every day. Sometimes, I wonder if the day will come when I regret that I didn’t take that walk every day. I […]