The long summer days stretch before me as I marvel at this precious ‘down’ time.
Durwood’s current project keeps him away from the house for days at a time, and the kids are busy, too. Either away at camp, working diligently at their summer jobs, or house-sitting for friends, the tell-tale signs of their presence are [...]
A spell, a chant, a prayer, rosary beads, or even a daily affirmation are merely the focusing mechanisms by which you develop your creatorship. As we continue to expand in spirit and heart, it seems fitting that we diversify our repertoire of tools.
We are ever-changing beings whose evolution is in a fluid state of growth. [...]
Sure. We may be complex individuals operating in what we often perceive to be a complicated world, but most of us are remembering that our life experience does not always have to be so damn difficult. Recognizing that we are the creators of our life experience is one thing, but practicing it on a daily [...]
When it comes to ritualistic Catholic aerobics, any length of time spent away from church becomes irrelevant. After encountering what may be a brief period of uncertainty, a well-trained former Catholic can resume the proper procedure regarding when to sit, stand, kneel, repeat the words in a congregation-wide reply, and recite at least the last [...]
Durwood likes to throw stuff away. Everything in our home is subject to scrutiny, and any object that poses the slightest question toward usefulness is always in danger of removal.
At this very moment, I could choose any random item in our home, direct Durwood’s attention toward it, and ask, “What about this?”
The odds will always [...]
Seemingly random information appears throughout our life in which we do not attribute any particular significance to at the time. It is not until some moment later in in our life that we realize just how pivotal this occasion had been.
There are rare moments when it can feel like just yesterday, but it has been [...]
As human consciousness expands, we are becoming more in tune with our thought patterns. Most of us understand the concept that our repeated thoughts serve to create our current reality, so we are practicing mindful awareness of what we are allowing to run through our heads.
Although this is an essential component in the creative process, [...]
Last night I talked on the phone with my cousin Candace for four hours and twenty minutes.
“What do you talk about?” Durwood wants to know.
This can never be explained to a man. (Particularly one who is a lifetime member of the Man-Talker Association.) Durwood’s phone conversations are kept to a brief greeting, statements containing five [...]
Our personal relationship with Divine Source may define our sovereignty, but it is our inherent ability to access this common Source of Divine power that also connects us. My Aunt Claudia would poignantly refer to this as “separately alone together.”
The ability to make genuine eye contact with our fellow human beings offers us an opportunity [...]
I love people. It seems most natural for me to strike up a conversation with a cashier, another shopper, someone behind me in line at the bank, or even a woman in the ladies room washing her hands in the sink next to mine. I do not engage in lengthy conversations with everyone that I [...]
