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  HELLO SPRING The spring wakes us, nurtures us and revitalizes us. How often does your spring come? If you are a prisoner of the calendar, it comes once a year. If you are creating authentic power, it comes frequently, or very frequently.        -- Gary Zuka My favorite time of year is Springtime; flowers bloom in so many vibrant colors: Canadian Geese squawk through the air; weather warms up; and birds share there song, while rabbits hop lazily through the flowering bushes. Nature shares its natural beauty, and I feel like I am fueled with joy/ What is your earliest memory of Spring? Mine was planting a vegetable garden with my Mom. We were up to our ears in dirt, busily planting green peppers, radishes, and string beans. My mother planted vegetables to save money, but to me, it was just a fun day spent with her. I think my happiest memories came from activities that didn't cost any money. Perhaps that's a great lesson to think about. I wish you well this Spri...
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  Love is the Only Truth "Love is Patient, Love is kind...It always protects, always trusts, always perseveres. Love never fails."    --1 Corinthians 13:4 This past week, I spent time in Reno, Nevada, at the "Together in Joy-Honoring, Connecting, Growing" Convention. It spoke of the importance of truly knowing one another and valuing  the gifts each person brings to the world. I bought a Tee-shirt that reads, "Love is the only truth", from ohmygodlife.com, that really says it all. People are not made with a cookie cutter. We come in different shapes, shades and genders; from different places and faith traditions; and when we connect with each other, and honor our similarities, we learn and grow. The thread that ties us all together is Love. Ralph Waldo Emerson  tells us  that, "Love is a synonym for God." Let Kindness, Truth, and Love lead the way. May curiosity about others allow us to ask  questions that form connections with each other. Curios...
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EVERYTHING NEW "I am ready for my next thing to do, everything different, everything new." Daniel Nahmod  Image what it would be like to be a baby chick still inside it's shell, just waiting to break out of confinement. There you are, cramped inside the shell just waiting to emerge into the unknown. Tentatively you start tapping on the outer wall. You tap harder, and slowly you break out. There you are in a new environment, feathers still damp from your old experience. You wiggle and stretch you wings, take a few wobbly steps, ready for your next thing to do. As humans, we are a little bit like that baby chick. Events happen in our lives that cause us to try something new, to resurrect into a new experience. Losing a loved one; changing jobs; moving to a new state, into a new home; or recovering from an illness; something different, something new--all can cause us to freeze up, or all those same moments may eventually waken us to new possibilities.  Ernest Holmes reminds ...
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  MY THOUGHTS AND WORDS ARE POWERFUL "No creative process can begin until a decision is made.....Having made the decision, every right idea will flow into my consciousness. Each idea will reveal itself at the instant I need it." The Power of Decision,                        --Raymond Charles Barker Have you ever had an idea about something you would like to do, but you never followed through on it because it never seems that the time was right, or you just don't know exactly how you would go about it? Try sitting down for a half hour or so and start writing about it. Sometimes your creative process needs some fuel, a little bit of kindling to ignite the idea. If writing isn't your thing, find a trusted friend to bounce some of your ideas off of. There are so many things in my own life that started with an idea. Once I decided  that my idea had merit, I decided to pursue it. When I wrote my first book, I wrote it, an...
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  PEACE WITH PURPOSE "Let there be Peace on earth and let it begin with me." I remember reading a bumper sticker some years past, that read, "If thoughts are things, think Peace." Then, while browsing the internet today I saw a posting, by the Baha'i Faith, asking for the entire globe to put one minute aside, each day to prayer for Peace. There is a list for times around the world to take the time each day to pray for peace, the United State's time slot is 1:00 pm. Studies have shown that group consciousness is very affective. If you have been wondering what you can do for world consciousness, perhaps this is a small start. Set the timer on your phone for 1:00 pm, and add to the vibration of thoughts for Peace. "Peace consciousness". The last Sunday of this month, March 29th, The Las Vegas Center for Spiritual Living, is having a "Heart of Peace" service that starts at 9:30, come in person or join us on line. It is devoted to  praying for...
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