A Complaint Free Me

Yesterday, at 12:30pm, I completed my 21 days of no complaining. It took me more than 45 days to complete the challenge. If you are not familiar with this project, it began with William Bowen. William created these rubber bracelets that are worn on one wrist. When you catch yourself complaining, you move the bracelet […]

Are We Safe? Is Peace Possible?

As this Sunday dawns, I am moved by the idea of safety and peace. There has been so much turmoil and so many challenges for everyone over the last decade in the way of fear of violence and loss that we sometimes wonder if we are really safe and if peace is really possible. I, […]

How Resilient Are You?

I used to do A LOT of theater in my thirties and forties. One of the necessary, but for me, dreaded part of that was auditioning. In order to get a part (the part you wanted), you had to audition. I would prepare extensively for the roles I auditioned for in Musical Theater, sometimes to […]

Please Don’t Blame God

As we encounter much turmoil in the world and a clash of ideas, we wonder if we will be saved. Some people call out to God for help. Some people blame God for our troubles. Some people wonder how God could let such awful things happen. We are very confused by this idea of God. […]

Love by Design

Last night, we had a deep and wonderful Science of Mind Foundations class. The theme of the class was about getting into the flow of life by allowing ourselves to express and unfold as our highest selves. Walking through life without the stress and strain of thinking we have to get something and merely knowing […]

Do You Want to Live Forever?

At this moment, I am getting ready to go to a conference given by Gregg Braden, author and pioneer in bridging spirituality and science. Partnering with him is the author of the Biology of Belief and the Honeymoon Effect – Dr. Bruce Lipton. In preparation I am reading Gregg’s book “Human by Design.” I am […]

Order Up

There is a quote from the story of Auntie Mame that goes something like this, “Life is a banquet and the poor suckers are starving to death.” It reminds me of the story of the woman who traveled the ocean to come to the new country and the whole time was eating sparingly the bread […]

Everything New

This morning my husband and I were talking about identity and how we define ourselves physically, emotionally and mentally. For a moment I wondered what it would be like to so totally let go of my past be brand new. In this moment, what if no one knew me, had any preconceived notions of me […]

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times…

In the mid 1800’s the author Charles Dickens in his famous novel A Tale of Two Cities, wrote: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it […]

Like Flying?

Someone posted on Facebook today, “Did I ever tell you I do not like flying?” or something like that. Well, did I ever tell you I don’t like flying either. I have a trip coming up, too. Flying is my least favorite thing to do. However, over the last few years, I’ve had a change […]

Love Changes everything

Author: Rev. Dr. Rita