Life's Loving Memories

  REAL LIFE MAGIC "Spiritual Power is of no particular value until we use It. We must not only be conscious of this Power, we must be actively conscious of it."   --Ernest Holmes Inside each of us is the ability to be, do, or experience exactly we want in life. This ability comes from a connection with Spirit.  The Creative Intelligence of God is behind all creation, humans, animals, planets, stars. Life is too miraculous to have happened by accident: monarch butterflies, birds, bears--knowing when to migrate or hibernate; spiders knowing how to create webs out of their own bodies; zebra finches with their brown spotted wings, shedding feathers and the growing the same spotted feathers to take their place;  and the list goes on. Each of us has a direct connection with the Infinite, God is in us, around us, and moves through us, and acts as us. We say an affirmative prayer and have faith that the prayer will be answered. Perhaps that prayer is for the right and perfec...

 HONORING YOUR CALLING "There is no greater gift you can give or receive than to honor your calling. It is why you were born and how you become most truly alive."       --Oprah Winfrey My mother was such a loving person. This is a picture of her on her 90th birthday riding the tram in Albuquerque, new Mexico. Her calling in life was a simple one, bringing happiness to other people. At 80  five days a week she would take a 3.3 mile walk with me  around a local park. She was always full of life, truly gave every living creature she met a smile. Everyone has a calling, something we would like to be a part of big or small, it is something we would like to share with others. For me it has been teaching, and ministry. Now that I am retired, writing and Chaplaincy are coming to the forefront. What is it that makes your heart sing? Do you volunteer, participate in playful activities with family and friends, how do you become most truly alive? Are you involved ...

THUNDER AND LIGHTNING  "Don't knock the weather; nine-tenths of the people couldn't start a conversation if it didn't change once in a while." ~ Kin Hubbard BOOM!  Gary and I were startled out of our chairs the other day when thunder sounded near our home. The weather here in Vegas is hot, but we are easing into a week of 90's weather. We've had two lightning storms. The first flooded two golf courses, tore trees from the ground and rolled boulders into the roads, and was the worst rain in 23 years. The second was short but very loud. This was the first time either of us, in all the states we've lived in, experienced such a downpour. Then I started thinking about all the other souls, not only in the U.S., but also around the world who have been through floods, fires,  droughts, earthquakes, tornados and other natural disasters. My heart goes out to all people who have experienced loss in one or more of these situations. One of the only blessings that s...