God must become an activity in our consciousness.— Joel S. Goldsmith  God is not separate from this beautiful world that he created. He is the creative force behind everything…

We can accept ourselves as people who have needs—the need for comfort, love, understanding, friendship, healthy touch. We need positive reinforcement, someone to listen to us, someone to give…

If you see Buddha, kill him.— Zen koan  For the first several hundred years after the Buddha died, there were no images of him. Only his dharma, or teachings,…

Practice tolerance. Tolerate our quirks, our feelings, our reactions, our peculiarities, our humanness. Tolerate our ups and downs, our resistance to change, our struggling and sometimes awkward nature. Tolerate…

We don’t have to play with fire. But we can get close enough to it to warm our heart. Prayer: Please send me what I need to come fully…

“I never intended to be successful. Never intended to be a millionaire,” said a man who has been extremely successful. “I just wanted to do something I had a…

“Stomp. Scream. Spit. Cry,” a friend said. “Just don’t go numb again. Maybe what you’re really angry about is that you’ve been dead longer than Abe Lincoln, and now…

“This week, I went scuba diving,” a man told me. “Hadn’t done it for years. I forgot how much doing something I love, even for one afternoon, can change…

Sometimes people have judged my passions as unnecessary obsessions. Sometimes they are. I have been asked, “Why can’t you just go to Al-Anon meetings instead of constantly talking about…

“Write a lead that inspires me. Find the passion in the story,” an editor at a daily paper goaded so long ago. She taught me a valuable lesson. I…