The Bridge, a Story about Consequences

Posted by on Sep 17, 2010 in Emotions, Happiness, Loss and Letting Go, ponderings | Comments Off on The Bridge, a Story about Consequences

“To confront a person with their own shadow is to show them their own light…” ~~Carl Jung This is a story about fear, about our choices and ultimately what we are responsible for in our lives…To what do we owe ourselves and the Other, whomever that may be?   How do we face our fears?  If you like this story and the following questions, I wrote a post on the Blessings Blog called Smiling at Fear, about how we face these choices and deal with these inevitable situations in our lives.   If you are interested, you can find that here. I got this story some time ago from...

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Smile at Fear…

Posted by on Sep 14, 2010 in Healing, Spirituality or Religion | Comments Off on Smile at Fear…

Many of us crucify ourselves between two thieves – regret for the past and fear of the future… ~~~Fulton Oursler Because we are afraid, we develop all kinds of habits which over time lead to addictions.  Human beings are funny like that–We look for strength in the things that weaken us… ~~Pema Chodron,  Dharma Teacher I took this picture over Labor Day weekend while hiking the Continental Divide Trail (CDT) in New Mexico.  For those of you with eyes over 40, that is a cow patty with flowers growing out of it.  You have to understand the enormity of the canyon and the...

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Interfaith Service Against Intolerance

Posted by on Sep 10, 2010 in Spirituality or Religion | Comments Off on Interfaith Service Against Intolerance

Hello all 🙂 In the post below this one, you will see an interfaith gathering of remembrance of 9/11.  Sorry to fill your in-box, but this deserves an honorable mention as well.  Peace and blessings to all… STANDING TOGETHER AGAINST INTOLERANCE: INTERFAITH SERVICE  SATURDAY, SEPT. 11, 3:00-4:OO P.M. Christ Church Cathedral, 1210 Locust Street With representation from leaders in the Muslim, Christian, and Interfaith communities, with the list of participants  growing, we stand together with one voice to reclaim the value of our shared humanity and honor the Sacred that sustains all of...

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9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance

Posted by on Sep 10, 2010 in Events and Education | Comments Off on 9/11 Day of Service and Remembrance

Hello all!  From some info I received from College Church in Midtown, this is just a direct cut/paste of the info.  Sounds like the music will be great, the choir at College Church is always wonderful.  Have a great weekend.  peace to all… 🙂 “College” Church has been invited by our neighborhood churches in planning a day of service on Saturday, 9/11, the 9th anniversary of the terrorist attacks. This is an opportunity to meet, serve alongside, and worship with folks from other congregations in memory of the victims of the 9/11 attacks and in honor of all of our local heroes...

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Spirituality of Grief and Joy

Posted by on Sep 1, 2010 in Grief, ponderings, Spirituality or Religion | Comments Off on Spirituality of Grief and Joy

Hello! 🙂 I received a few questions this week about the differences in the blogs I write, so allow me to clarify a few things about the differences in the blogs from Blessings Enterprises… The Blessings Blog  you are now reading was created to discuss topics specifically related to the work we do at Blessings Enterprises.  So I will post things about events, education, cool healing things happening around town, blog about healing or techniques, have a thought of the day or whatever. But since so many of my clients are out of town, I didn’t want to just fill your in-box with...

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