Today’s Daily Peace: Forgiveness
Posted on July 27, 2008 - Filed Under Deep Thoughts, Mantras | Leave a Comment
Forgiveness does not mean inviting the person who hurt you to dinner, it means letting go of the hurt that could be directing your life.
Patricia Lite Hickman, author of Common Sense For the Soul
Desire, Suffering, and the Journey
Posted on February 5, 2008 - Filed Under Just Breathe, Deep Thoughts, Mantras | 1 Comment
I often have difficulty reconciling my desire to be happy in my career with the knowledge that Buddhism teaches that desire leads to more suffering. This makes sense to me; that wanting something inherently means you will get it or not get it, with the latter causing suffering and the previous being hollow and materialistic, […]
Read More..>>Happy Birthday, Dr. King
Posted on January 15, 2008 - Filed Under Deep Thoughts, Peace News, Politics | Leave a Comment
Today is the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of America’s most loved civil rights leaders and an advocate of peace. It’s hard to believe that he was only 39 years old when he was taken from us, and although he passed before I was even born, it hard not to be moved […]
Read More..>>In with the New, Out with the Old
Posted on January 3, 2008 - Filed Under Deep Thoughts | Leave a Comment
Happy New Year Everyone! I cannot believe it’s already January 2008. What are we supposed to call the years from 2000 to 2019 anyway? You have the 70s, 80s, 90s, etc., but what are we supposed to say now? I must admit, although we are already 8 years in, this has never come up for […]
Read More..>>What are your Desire Lines?
Posted on December 12, 2007 - Filed Under Just Breathe, Deep Thoughts | 1 Comment
I have been enamored with the British canoeist (John Darwin) who faked his own drowning death (pseudocide) only to be “reunited” with his wife (Anne) and create a new life together in Panama. Evidently, the house they were living in when his “accident” occurred was rigged with secret entrances so John could continue living there […]
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