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My Gift from Don Miguel Ruiz

Mar 122012
 
My Gift from Don Miguel Ruiz

Don Miguel Ruiz, A Remarkable Man To summarize a two hour lecture on Life, Death, Matter, and Energy is not easy.  So I won’t.  What I will share are highlights and insights I learned from listening to don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements, speak in Austin, TX this past weekend. In the traditional storyteller fashion, this man: teacher, author, and apparent to anyone experiencing his presence, a very gentle spirit, wove a beautiful story.  A story of his Truths.  So soft spoken, at times he was barely audible, silence permeating the backdrop of his words.  There was respect Continue reading >>

 March 12, 2012  Posted by at 7:04 AM No Responses »

When Will the Fog Clear?

Jan 042012
 
When Will the Fog Clear?

  Pretty bleak.  Dreary.  Even the road looks uninviting. As I left the house on this particular morning, surrounded by fog, I thought how much I’d prefer the sun to be shining.  How starting a day in the sun is so much more uplifting.  Even rain is welcomed over fog.   Rain, at least, provides a good excuse to stay home and tackle projects around the house or get cozy with someone you love. But fog?  I find it a bit evasive, as if it has something to hide.  I’d rather the day, or people, just show me who they are Continue reading >>

 January 4, 2012  Posted by at 12:34 AM 2 Responses »

Still Waters

Sep 152011
 
Still Waters

Please join me in welcoming guest blogger and talented photographer Carla Royal to Trust Life Today, in an original piece of hers that spoke volumes to me.  Thank you for sharing with us, Carla. “Still waters run deep.”  English Proverb It’s been a month since I’ve written in my journal and probably that long since I’ve sat in meditation and read spiritual literature.  I’ve done all three today and intend for this to be the first day of the return to my morning practices.  They are important to me.  They make a difference in the quality of my life and Continue reading >>

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Find Your Voice (Inspired by Maria Shriver)

May 192011
 
Find Your Voice (Inspired by Maria Shriver)

Maria Shriver has a little gem of a book called Just Who Will You Be?  Good, short read.  It asks big questions, in a very small book.  At the end of the book she lists ten things she pledges to herself to keep her focused and centered on who she wants to be. On a side note, I found it interesting that throughout the book, she referenced several times how she was determined to find who she wanted to be, instead of who she is.  I see that as a very distinct difference, but maybe it’s just semantics.  For me, Continue reading >>

 May 19, 2011  Posted by at 7:17 AM No Responses »

To Trust Life is to Trust the Natural Laws of the Universe

Apr 102011
 

Our TLT story today is half philosophy, half story – – told to me by a grown man, reflecting back on an experience he had at age three in his native country of Japan.  This particular friend has been an extraordinary teacher to me, a mentor really. As we settle in to my favorite coffee/tea house, both enjoying egg salad sandwiches with a mutual friend of ours, I can feel myself begin to eagerly anticipate what I know is just minutes away: a story which is sure to be meaningful to me (and hopefully to you as well)…and the teaching Continue reading >>

 April 10, 2011  Posted by at 8:20 AM 3 Responses »