Disbelief. Grief. Worry. Sadness. Helplessness. These are just a few of the emotions I felt watching the waters of the Bow and Elbow Rivers rise rapidly over the last few days. How rapidly? Like nothing we have ever seen in recent history. My scientist’s brain leapt to the data and I saw some staggering hydrographs [...]
If all pain caused by another only happens because they themselves are in pain, then there is no end the chain of blame. There is also little use in travelling far down that route. Blaming is not fixing. Compassion is the route I pick when I hear about something terrible in the news. Having a [...]
I am relishing this spring. So many things are coming together. There are sprouts of green all around me. It is a traditional time for clearing house. I am swept along in the energy of the season. Happily, I am letting go. But even more I am happily making room for good to flow in. [...]
One of my favourite concepts is the power of focus. Indeed, focus is all meditation is - deliberately focusing on a chosen thought. Being able to hold your mind steady in the midst of chaos is really the training that happens when we sit in meditation. "Look at the road, not the ditch" There is [...]
Spring. It has filled me with a tremendous patience. Watching the new buds turn into small leaves, I am reminded if the power of focusing on tiny changes. Those tiny green leaves are the result of months and years of preparation. It can be deceiving, when we are in the midst of big changes, to [...]
A funny thing happened on the way home from writing class... I witnessed a motorcyclist crash, get up, and run away from the scene. I found myself writing a witness statement for the police who later informed me that the man I had tried to help was running from the law, with several outstanding warrants. [...]
As a small kid I always loved sneaking into the living room in the early morning to plug our Christmas tree lights in and watch them twinkle; just to sit in the stillness of early morning and watch the magic that permeates this ancient and sacred holiday. […]
A couple of days ago, I sat down to write about a book on Reiki that I think is an amazing read. It vanished. Instead of saving, it got obliterated. Gone poof into the nameless digital void. I always pay attention when these seemingly random events occur. I ask myself: What is the deeper meaning [...]
I'll admit it; I'm a dreamer. I always get a little misty eyed when I hear John Lennon's "Imagine" or Satchmo's "What a Wonderful World". So much of my life has been driven by a desire to make the world a better place. I remember, as a little kid, being overwhelmed with the state the [...]
I’m a big believer of the Law of Attraction. This is a basic law of the universe, which is: “You get what you think about”. I would also say that this Law is also “You get what you feel about”. Some might call it karma or ‘reaping what you sow’ or just plain common sense. [...]
