Practicing Personal Peace

One week left to live: what would you fear?

But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep, and miles to go before I sleep. ~Robert Frost Six weeks ago, I bounced out of bed with a hundred tennis balls bouncing around in my chest. That’s what it felt like, anyway, and I spent the next 36 hours in a [...]

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Find Your Missing Peace for Free

Of course you can find your missing peace for free, one way or another. But I’m lacking creativity in the headline department at the moment, and I think plain, clear, and direct gets the message across just fine. I’m talking about my recent ebook. Ready? Get your copy of Find Your Missing Peace free! Note: [...]

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Don’t think you’re changing the world if all you’re doing is whining about it

Not too far from where I live, there’s a women’s center where abortions are performed. There’s usually someone hanging around outside with a sign or pamphlets or a bible, and sometimes there’s a large group. They generally pace back and forth or just hang around. Sometimes they kneel and pray. Other times they hold up [...]

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Find Your Missing Peace

This we have now is not imagination. This is not grief or joy. Not a judging state, or an elation, or sadness. Those come and go. This is the presence that doesn’t. ~Rumi An excerpt from Find Your Missing Peace: A Practical Guide: Stop being nice and get real Acting nice about something when you’re [...]

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Raise your expectations, let go of the outcome

A lot of unhappiness or lack of peace stems from discontent with the way things are. Surprise, surprise. Your job sucks. Traffic isn’t budging—again. Your husband forgot it was his turn to cook dinner or your wife forgot it was hers. Your child’s school grades are beyond disappointing, and your long-planned island vacation was so [...]

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