Best Friends: A Warm Refuge
December 14, 2009 by Editor
By the time we reach adulthood, many of us have had the good fortune to have at least one best friend. If we have moved around or changed our life situation repeatedly, we may be lucky enough to have had several. The best friend relationship is often our earliest intimate peer relationship, and it can be a source of great warmth and connection throughout our lives. The details of best friendship change as we grow up and grow older, but the heart of it remains the same. Our best friends are a warm refuge in which we feel free to be fully ourselves, to share our deepest secrets, to rest when we are tired, to celebrate when we are happy, a place in which we feel utterly welcome to give and receive that most precious of all gifts, love. Read more
Dr. Rob On My Mind, October 30th, 2009
October 30, 2009 by Dr. Rob
Dr Rob on my mind; thank you for this day, and blessings brought to me each and every way. Salsa and spice, this is life. Thank you to Joelle and Alain for allowing me to share in their kitchen, Joelle’s French Bistro yesterday. All there make me feel at home. Mom was there and enjoying, dancing away, with all of our friends and family. All connected as one and food is an amazing link in the Universe. Share food and drink each and every day, and to really get to know someone, get in their kitchen and cook with them. Cook away and add spice each day of your life.
Love,
Dr. Rob
The King of Golden Gate Park
October 5, 2009 by Editor
He’s on a trip around the world and whenever he gets there he gets there. He’s got time for everybody he meets up with. –Alexander, on Jacob Alexander
The Same Walk, for 27 Years:
For 27 years, he has walked the same path, Monday through Friday, rain or shine. His presence has become as familiar to early morning parkgoers as the cool gray mist that accompanies most mornings. He is noticed, not just because he is always there, but because as he walks, he raises a brown weathered hand and waves to everyone who crosses his path — the joggers, the walkers, the gardeners. He smiles from beneath a wild white beard. He says hello. His hand reaches out for a human touch. “He’s a fixture,” says Vera Rogers, who has said hello to Alexander for the past 12 years. “He’s like the mayor — no, he’s the King of Golden Gate Park.” [more here]
Be The Change:
On Sep 8th, Jacob passed away at the age of 78. Next time you’re on a walk, remember Jacob and spread cheer in his honor.
Power in numbers
April 17, 2009 by Editor
Like tiny ripples that merge to form great waves, combined human intent is worth more than the sum of its parts. A single individual can initiate worldwide improvement by emitting conscious frequencies of love, beauty, goodness, and wisdom. A group of people focusing their energy on sending out light to the world can set the stage for positive global transformation. All of us possess the ability to channel love energy, to heal, to be a conduit for white light, and to positively influence our fellow humans from afar. Yet one person can only do so much. Imagine if each one of us took a few moments at the start of each day to send out light to the world from our hearts. Mother Earth would be quickly eased and the planet, as well as every organism and being on it, would be bathed in loving light. The world would be an infinitely beautiful place. Read more
Handmade hugs
February 24, 2009 by Editor
~From HelpOthers.org posted by Shannanigans on Feb 22, 2009
I work in a casino and deal with customers everyday. Unfortunately the majority of the time that means dealing with negativity as people are losing money and not generally happy.
Well last night I was working the grave shift and stopped to give change to a customer. He said I looked like I needed a hug. I just smiled. He opened up his jacket and pulled out a ziplock bag. Inside were a bunch of “hugs.” They were the word “hug” carved out of wood and attached to a pin. He had obviously made them himself. He handed me one as well as a card that goes with it (talking about the benefit of hugs and the low, low cost).
He made my day and I attached the hug to my ID badge so I could be reminded of how good a hug feels, especially when you least expect it.
Connecting art and ecology
January 30, 2009 by Editor
Speak to me about art and I will learn more about you. Nature is also like that. When you look deeply into the natural world you look deeply into yourself — when you describe nature, you describe yourself. –Adam Wolpert
Connecting Art and Ecology:
“There is an unmistakable link between art and ecology. Art is a process of discovering connections both within us and in the outside world. Ecology is the study of interactions among living beings and their environment. So both are really the study of relationships. Read more
Afraid of opening your heart?
It is not easy to have an open heart in a world that offers us a full plate of experiences. This life gives us much joy, love, and light, but it also shows us a fair amount of pain, sadness, and suffering. When our hearts are open, we take everything into ourselves, and we are deeply affected by what we see. We do not hold ourselves separate from the pain of others. In addition, our own personal disappointments may begin to take their toll. We may feel small, alone, and overwhelmed. Most of us may feel like we are not up to the task of living with our hearts open, and we might begin to close down, little by little, so that we can get through our days without having to feel too much. Read more
This I believe, Robert Heinlein
January 28, 2009 by Editor
[Robert A. Heinlein wrote these words in 1952 and delivered them to a national radio audience in a broadcast interview by Edward R. Murrow. His wife, Virginia Heinlein, read them when she accepted on his behalf NASA's Distinguished Public Service Medal on October 6, 1988, awarded him posthumously.]
“I am not going to talk about religious beliefs, but about matters so obvious that it has gone out of style to mention them.”
“I believe in my neighbors.” Read more
Words of wisdom, “Don’t we all?”
January 13, 2009 by Editor
One evening I was parked in front of the mall wiping off my car. I had just come from the car wash and was waiting for my wife to get out of work. Coming my way from across the parking lot was, what society would consider, a bum. From the looks of him, he had no car, no home, no clean clothes, and no money. There are times when you feel generous but there are other times that you just don’t want to be bothered. This was one of the “don’t want to be bothered” times.
“I hope he doesn’t ask me for money,” I thought. He didn’t. He came and sat on the curb in front of the bus stop and he didn’t look like he could have enough money to even ride the bus. After a few minutes he spoke. “That’s a very nice car,” he said. He was ragged but had an air of dignity around him. Read more
“The best day”
The ten minute energy boost, something we all can do!
Yesterday I was feeling a little sad, no blue, or maybe just a moment of an uncertain sense of the day. Read more
