Are You Feeling It?

There has been a lot of talk about a feeling of something wanting to come forth in different people’s lives. They are saying things like “I don’t know,” and “It’s a feeling that I need to do something, but don’t know what it is,” etc. In my philosophy, we call this Divine Discontent. A spiritual […]

What Do You Really Want?

The question for the week for me is “What Do I Really Want?” I will ask myself this question as I awake in the morning, in every encounter, as I embark on a task, as I think of CSL Kaua’i and its future, and any other time that seems appropriate. I heard about a marriage […]

Before They Call…I Will Answer

There is a statement of Truth, “Before they call, I shall answer.” How can that be? How can someone answer me before I call. This passage in Isaiah is letting us know that all the answers are already here. We just have to accept them and welcome them. What a great and comforting knowing that […]

The Self Knows Best

We bought a grill for our backyard. We were so excited to finally have one. It’s been sitting in the garage for almost a month unopened. Finally, we were having company and we had to open it and put it together. What we thought would be a simple deal turned into 100 screws, and several […]

They Can Take Care of Themselves

We have a lot of feral animals here on Kaua’i. There are feral chickens, feral cats, feral pigs and a myriad of birds, geckos and other creatures.My husband and I have at times over these five years of living here had relationship with all of them. Some we have fed to the point of allowing […]

When It All Comes Up

So, here we are in our new beautiful home and the sh-t has hit the fan – literally. It began like this… We have a big sunken tub and I’d been getting the nudge to use it. It was a strong nudge, not just based on the gift of giving myself a moment of nurturing, […]

Victim or Authority?

This morning I woke up with a full heart. I was thinking of my father again and all that he went through during WWII. (See my blog from May 28). I was struck by the thought of forgiveness and how important it is in our lives. What do I define as forgiveness? I believe it […]

How Do I Communicate?

This is the question for the week in James Mellon’s Mental Muscle Spiritual Boot Camp. It is a good one, too. What I am realizing as I move into my week of communication on many levels is this: if I have a clarity of intention and a lot of self-respect and mutual respect for the […]

In Memory of Rocco Andriello

I was walking on the coastal path here on Kaua’i, and I thought that I would memorialize my father today on Memorial Day. He fought in WWII but on the Italian side. He deserted when he realized that what he was fighting for was not in alignment with what he truly believed. He had to […]

From the Light

We talk about, read about, and some who have had NED’s have actually experienced it. They have seen the Light. They say we go to the Light when we die. Steve Job’s is said to have said, “Wow! Wow!” right before he passed on. He was looking at something. I saw my own mother-in-law do […]

Love Changes everything

Author: Rev. Dr. Rita