Magic Crayons

Today I would like to tell you a story about my friend Judy and magic crayons. The previous week Judy needed her students to stand in line for a short period of time. Though within a few minutes she could feel several of her students beginning to have a meltdown. In a flash of genius…

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Grateful

Video from KarmaTube As the conflict in Ukraine increases and the Covid virus continues to ravage the world, I think it is important to focus on the good, and the joy because they can be a pathway to empathy and compassion. This insightful video highlights how gratefulness impacted seven different individuals all with different life…

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Cartwheels

Since every day we seem to be bombarded with more and more stress, Alex and I would like to share some simple tips, and stories with you to hopefully put a smile on your face and help you keep your head screwed on straight in these very challenging times. Back in the mid –seventies, I…

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Let the Sun Rise

A film by Green Renaissance. Video from KarmaTube This wonderful video reminded me that everyone has days when things don’t turn out the way we’d hoped and when this happens we have to find a way to make peace with things as they are. Fortunately the sun rises again each morning for all of us…

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Be A Big Tree

Many years ago, actually many decades ago, one of my teachers told me that when there was a tsunami I needed to run to the highest ground and tie myself to the biggest tree. To me a tsunami is an unexpected large force of energy that our system is not expecting and may have difficulty…

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Study War No More

Video from KarmaTube What if we as a society decided to live a life propelled with the spirit of love, cooperation and nonviolence? What would it look like? What if we as a society decided we were going to “Study War No More”? This uplifting video reminded me that each of us has the capacity…

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Grabbing an Opportunity

It is not the cards we are dealt that decide our happiness; it is how we respond to the situation. Every turn of the road we have an opportunity to view ourselves as a victim or choose to be the hero in our own life. This is not something imaginary. As the Molecules of Emotion by Candace…

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