Life's Loving Memories

  OUT OF THE MIRE, AND INTO LIFE "When life gives you lemons, make lemonade." Does life get you down sometimes? Something you were once great at is presenting you challenges in the present? Are there things you need to let go of to make room for different ways to use your talents? How often do you get out and share community with friends; take walks in the park by yourself or with others; listen to music you enjoy? Here's an idea that I am going to try this week, and  I invite you to join me. Call a few friends or family this week, and find out what is going on in their lives. Ask about what books they have read or good movies they have watched. If they live close by, find out if they would like to go out for a cup of coffee, go for a walk, or come to your house to play a game. Maybe there is a class you could take together or a hobby you would like to share. Maybe there is an organization nearby where you could share your talent of being in service to others.  I think th...

  REFLECTIONS-CAUSE AND EFFECT "There is no such thing as your mind, my mind and God's Mind. There is only Mind, in which we all "live and move and have our being." Ernest Holmes,   -- The Science of Mind Textbook January is a time of reflection for me. I think of how life has unfolded for me: teaching theatre from the middle of my thirties into my early fifties; a divorce in my forties; finding my first Science of  mind Church in Bonita, California; surviving colon cancer; all of these experiences have brought me to who I am today. Every change in my life experiences were causes that led to the right and perfect action. Finding a spiritual teaching like Science of Mind was the perfect catalyst for life-enhancing change. Studying the teaching made me realize that everything happens for a reason, and that new pathways open to new and better ideas. If you have had some less-than-perfect things happen in your life, when you pause and reflect, very often you realize, day...

A NEW DAY-A NEW YEAR "Love dissolves fear, but we have to give up the fear." Life's Garden Grows ,        --Sandra Lindsey Smith   January, a time when we are reborn into a new year; a chance to let go of the past and embrace newness. Perhaps the new year seems a little scary, in the news there are new events occurring daily that make us fearful of what may  happen next. War, finances, the price of groceries, the security of social security, health care costs, having a safe place to live--all of the uncertainty, the kaleidoscope of  what may happen, looms before us.  But also take a look at the way these challenges are being brought out into the open. Light is being shed on so many inequities. Out of the chaos comes compassion, caring for others, people standing up for what they believe is right. It's a new day, it's a new dawn. Start with your own community, who can you help, how can you share talents with neighbors. Where can you share your idea...

  DONE WITH THE SHEDDING--OPEN TO RENEWING "And when we realize that our true Self is one of pure potentiality, we align with  the power that manifests everything in the universe." The Seven Spiritual Laws of Success,     Deepak Chopra 2025 is coming to it's end, 2026 is on the horizon, and it's time to look forward to a new year with positive eyes that are focusing through  a new lens. The innate desire for observing a world that looks at humanity with just that,  a new way to honor all living beings with love, justice, and equal treatment. Searching with a hunger for the diverse way that all people share heir talents with the world. It's time that we lay down our weapons, and find ways of enhancing our planet that assures its existence for a multitude of years to come. Just last Sunday at our Center, we held a burning bowl ceremony. We wrote down some of the things we realized were no longer serving us that we wished to release. We wrote them down on flas...

 I AM A LIGHT " I am  Light, I am a Light, I am a light in this world, and I shine, I shine, I shine..." Karen Drucker What is one thing that most people who believe in a faith tradition of any kind believe in? I think it is light. I am the light of the world, says Christianity. Kwanza uses candles to represent important qualities in life, such as work and responsibility, unity, self-determination, purpose, creativity and faith. In the Jewish tradition, eight candles represent the miracle of the one day's worth of oil that lasted eight days until the rededication of the new Temple. Buddhism and Hinduism light candles for enlightenment and tradition.  In New thought, light represents that which dispels the darkness, or enlightenment. What does light mean to all of us in our daily lives? I think it means the kindness we can share with others; the openness of our eyes and heart to see and feel what needs our loving attention; opening the blinds to let the light in. The world...

DIFFERENT IS NOT BAD, IT'S JUST DIFFERENT "We have to be flexible and tolerant as well as positive and affirmative. And even if someone throws a brick at us we need not catch it. It is far better just to step aside." Ernest Holms,    -- Living the Science of Mind           I've picked up a saying through the years I've been on this Earth, "It isn't bad, it isn't good, it just is." I have discovered that holiday's are the times when this saying comes to life for me. At holiday gatherings, topics often turn to politics or religion, and in all reality, no matter what comments are added to the conversation, neither your thoughts or another's thoughts are very likely to change. My key phrase, when someone is saying something I totally disagree with is, "I never thought of it that way before", and then I shift the topic to something else. I come from a long line of people who like to be right, who insist something should be done their...