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“Why am I here?” I asked inwardly. I had been living in a deep spiritual state for quite some time when every door closed, and I had the choice between living on the street or staying with my dad.

Dad and I had a long history of hostility. We were left with him after Mom passed; he had a lot of demons and was an abusive alcoholic. I saw him through kinder and gentler eyes after I began having profound spiritual experiences, but I still didn’t want to live with him. God had other plans. Continue Reading »

Deep down, most of us believe that if we look within, we will find the truth about ourselves, which will be too terrible to behold. Furthermore, we often feel that to think this of ourselves is humility.

On the contrary, what we find when we plunge into the inner depths is incomprehensibly beautiful. It’s not arrogance that sees this; we had nothing to do with the beauty that we are. It’s not something we fashioned ourselves; we had nothing to do with it. It’s what we were created to be…and forgot. Continue Reading »

Gratitude is like magic; it opens our eyes to see the beauty all around us. The beauty is always there, but we are often too busy in our heads and our stories to notice.

Sometimes it takes work, determination, and vigilance to see past these stories to the beauty, but that doesn’t mean it’s not always there. It’s rather like the sun that is always shining beyond the clouds and behind every storm.

In some of my darkest times, I found that expressing gratitude could lift me past those clouds. I would express gratitude for anything I could think of–my shoelaces, the leaves on the trees, the blue sky, the flicker of a candle, the way the light reflects on a piece of metal.

I would do this until my tears of pain changed to tears of joy, whether it took a few minutes or an hour. No situation or circumstance is beyond the power of gratitude.

If anyone is looking for me today, you know where to find me. My little merpup and I will be deep-diving to where the sounds and sights are quiet. I highly recommend it.

We all have ideas of what we need, what we want, and what will make us happy. The problem with our ideas isn’t that we ask too much but that we ask too little.

I’m never referring to things or being greedy. The things are the least of it and automatically follow when we dare to pioneer the inner depths. True joy is only found within.

We are usually led either through the willingness to hear and follow directly or Continue Reading »

It always seems like we need to get something “out there” to make us happy. Someone or something needs to change or is withholding something from us. However, this places us at the mercy of the “out there” and can lead to frustration and a deep sense of powerlessness.

The good news is that we actually experience what we give out, however much it might seem otherwise, and we are not at the mercy of anything. I can always choose to see through more loving eyes. Nobody and nothing can stop me from doing this. I can always choose to forgive. I can always choose to be grateful, and as I choose these things, I will see more love, kindness, and forgiveness shining back at me because I gave it.

But as I always say, don’t take my word for it. Take it into the laboratory of your own life and find out for yourself.

Try this simple exercise: Sit quietly with your eyes closed and allow someone to come to mind. While imagining this person, begin offering her or him everything that you want to experience.

May you have a deep sense of peace.
May you know you are always cared for and never alone.
May you feel love fill your heart and see it shining back at you in everything.
Offer this person everything you want to experience.

Then think of someone who annoys you and do the same thing. Eventually, try to work up to those you actively resent or you believe have done you wrong.

Let your own experience teach you that you can never lose by giving and that what you give, you are giving to yourself.