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ADDRESSING DIFFICULT TOPICS WITH WISDOM AND LOVE "If one has courage, nothing  can dim the light which shines from within." Maya Angelou What happens when someone you love says or does something hurts your feelings very deeply? Do you immediately respond in like manner, stinging him or her with biting words of retaliation? Do you storm off to another room to cry, or phone a friend and go over what happened to you blow by blow? There was a time in my life where I would have done any one of these things. Through experience I have found that the only wise and loving thing I can do to resolve the issue is to address it with wisdom and love. This may take leaving the room for a while, allowing myself to think about what happened, but eventually I need to share what I felt in the moment it happened. In my first marriage, I made a very large mistake in my checking account. I had written a check for a bill that was much more than what was really due. As a result, a check my former hu...
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WE ARE ALWAYS AT CHOICE  " Your purpose, big or small, is to be happy in what you do and bring happiness into the lives of others." Sandra Lindsey Smith,                                      --Life's Garden of Weekly Wisdom It's still winter time, and still a little chilly outside. Here in Las Vegas, it was 32 degrees, and I was cold. Then I looked at the weather channel and saw the weather up in the Northeast of the nation, and counted my blessings. I think we are always at choice, at least in the way we react to things that happen.  I was a teacher in the early part of my career, and I had one young student who always came into my room in a very grumpy mood, and after a few weeks went by he arrived early, and not surprisingly, in a grumpy mood. I asked him if he was mad at me, and he said no. Then I replied that I vas very delighted to hear that, and remarked that I wondered if oth...
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  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...
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  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...
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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...
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  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...
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 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...
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