“Stop playing around,” she said with a look that could turn even the Greek hero, Hercules, to stone. “Be serious! Stop wasting time.” We know that children learn by playing, but at some point we expect them to put away their toys and become adults. What does it mean to grow up? It often means …Read More
Month: July 2019
Hope Springs Institute ~ Retreat Center
“From this place springs hope for inner and global peace” Hope Springs Institute proves that one person can manifest a dream by just being present to the calling. This retreat center has evolved into a non-profit, self-sustaining institute operated by a board of directors. Mission of Hope Springs Institute To provide sacred space for growth, …Read More
Imagine a World Without Story ~ Carmen Deedy
“It is not that we will one day not know how to tell a story, but that one day we will no longer know how to listen to a story.” ~ Carmen Deedy The places where stories get told—person to person, human to human—are disappearing. Family dinners where stories are told at the end of …Read More
Chakras Explained ~ Avatar: The Last Airbender
“Chakras are like Chocolate!” declared my yoga teacher. The one thing I know about Chakras is how to pronounce the word … like “Chocolate.” I do not know that there is any other similarity with the bitter-sweet delicacy made from the roasted and ground cacao bean. What are Chakras? Today, scientists know that the body …Read More
America the Beautiful ~ Katherine Lee Bates
America the Beautiful O beautiful for spacious skies For amber waves of grain For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America! God shed His grace on thee And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! O beautiful for Pilgrim feet Whose stern impassioned stress A thoroughfare for freedom beat Across …Read More