Throughout history, the imagery of having wings has been used in many facets. It has been used as a sign from the Divine Messenger, the concept of wings of ambition, triumph and fall, to the metaphorical concept of inner evolution, intellectual reach, and spiritual liberation. One of the most common, and often misconstrued, is that … Continue reading Where Are Your Wings?
A Victim of Our Own Success
What happens when we become successful at something? We do really well, possibly make a lot of money. We develop tools traits and even inheritance that can be passed on to others.Unfortunately, in some cases it can become something that we feel we must continue to do in order to survive. In order to keep … Continue reading A Victim of Our Own Success
Faith and Action: Our Personal Dualities
"To be or not to be", one famous writer penned in his Soliloquy so many years ago, is still a question many of us ask today. Although, in today's society it is less of whether we would rather live life miserably than die, and more of us living life at the expense of another. In … Continue reading Faith and Action: Our Personal Dualities
Creating Our Own Reruns
How many movies have you watched, so far, in your lifetime? According to Redbox, the average American watches over 5,000 movies in their lifetime. Though I could not find a statistic for it, imagine now how many of those movies are a rerun of our favorite films? No matter if it is Star Wars, a … Continue reading Creating Our Own Reruns
Hospitality
The term hospitality has been widely used for many years. It is defined as the positive treatment of guests and visitors, in a home, work or many other situations. There is a historical aspect of the term hospitality, which goes back to ancient times. In southwest France, in the town of Montignac-Lascaux, the Lascaux caves … Continue reading Hospitality
Freedom to Contemplate
In many places, democracy contributes to much of the freedoms we have. Where we work, what we eat, what things we own and how we live in our homes... the list goes on. Though as we think about these freedoms, most of them are somehow related to material aspects of our lives. Look then at … Continue reading Freedom to Contemplate
Life As We Know It- Changing Frequencies
When you think of your life, how do you see it? Do you see what it is as it exists right now, or living in the past? Is it based on someone else, a career or job, or do you live your life based on how others see you? Or how you want others to … Continue reading Life As We Know It- Changing Frequencies
Seasons of Change
Change… of all the challenges we have in our lives, the hardest and most unaccepted by most everyone is that of change. No matter positive or negative, expected or unexpected, whenever change happens, at some point we are left with some level of uncertainty. We may even have regrets and long for things to return … Continue reading Seasons of Change
Spirit for Life
The meaning and background of the song I'll be home for Christmas can be seen in many lights.Originally written in 1943, it was a song set to the scene of a soldier during wartime when they were not able to be home with families and loved ones. Separated soldiers during World War II, the Korean … Continue reading Spirit for Life
Simple By Choice
I hear it all the time. From little elderly ladies, to television series and movies, to daytime news. It’s the simple things in life that should be important. Why then do we continue to not see or live this? To preface a little, about me and a little bit of my story (just to set the … Continue reading Simple By Choice
