Monthly Archive for April, 2011

Who Do You Think You Are?

Your whole idea about yourself is borrowed – borrowed from those who have no idea of who they are themselves.” ~ Osho

I was at Staples yesterday making copies for an upcoming workshop. As I stood trying to figure out the multi-functional copier, I heard someone say, “Idiot! You’re such an idiot!”

I turned around to see who was talking and was surprised to find an elderly man standing at the copier to my right. He was pushing buttons and talking to himself. I turned back toward my machine and then heard it again.

“You’re such an idiot!”

I looked over my right shoulder and the man was shaking his head. I was just about to offer help when he pushed one last button and the machine responded with satisfying… Continue reading

Published on Friday April 29, 2011 in Blogs and Self. 0 Comments Tags: , , .

GPS – Guidance Provided by Spirit

As a faculty member, I had the privilege of attending the graduation for the Circle of Miracles Ministry School Class of 2011 this past weekend. Annabella Wood, a fellow instructor, shared the following story during the ceremony (some poetic license taken):

Ever notice how the GPS in your car never criticizes you? It never tells you that you’re on the wrong path, or going in the wrong direction. You simply input the destination and go on your way. If, you should make a right turn, rather than a left, the GPS simply says, “Recalculating…” It occurred to me how much SPIRIT is like a GPS. We simply tell SPIRIT where we want to go and start the journey. We can choose any path to get us there

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Published on Thursday April 21, 2011 in Blogs, Healing from Cancer and Spirit. 4 Comments Tags: , , .

Sap Rising

Whew! These past few weeks have been a doozy.

I’ve been struggling with a sense of inertia – like I’m not moving forward fast enough. Life’s been busy, but my busyness has not produced a lot of tangible results lately.

For instance, I’ve been trying to set up more workshops locally but dates aren’t coming together. New web seminar technology hasn’t worked the way I wanted. Even on a personal level, dinner dates with friends have fallen through and no one responded to an ad I placed to sell an item on Craigslist. I could go on, but I don’t need to bore you to prove a point.

I wanted more results, faster, but wasn’t sure how to make it happen.

It reminded me of how I felt shortly after I… Continue reading

Published on Friday April 15, 2011 in Blogs and Healing from Cancer. 2 Comments Tags: , , .

Romping with Fear

And the wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws.”                           ~ Maurice Sendak ~

Fear goes hand and hand with a diagnosis of cancer.

In fact, from the moment I thought I might have cancer, fear started gnashing its terrible teeth and showing its terrible claws. My first reaction to fear was to push it down. Ignore it. Fight it.

Admitting my fear felt like I was giving it power – like admitting the boogie man under the bed was real. But fighting the fear didn’t diminish it either. I just wanted to move past the fear and re-connect with my power… Continue reading

Published on Friday April 8, 2011 in Blogs and Healing from Cancer. 0 Comments Tags: , , .