A new way
of seeing.

An ad for the movie “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood” popped up on my screen.  For some reason, I took a pause.  Perhaps it was because I wanted to reflect on the gentleness and calm of Fred Rogers who for more than thirty years told his young viewers that “helping love grow is the most important thing we can do.”

Successful people follow independent paths.  Asked once how she had developed her unique style, artist Georgia O’Keefe said, “I thought someone could tell me how to paint a landscape, but I never found that person.  They could tell me how they painted their landscape, but they couldn’t tell me how to paint mine.”  

This morning I overheard a...

As I felt an old mind pattern arising today that typically brings me down, I found myself wanting to eat.  The problem was I had just eaten. 

At the end of my life, I want to know that I did all I could with all I had.  The thought of looking back on a life of unrealized dreams is painful.  I want to know that I had the courage to be who I truly am and that I made every effort to fulfill my potential. 

As we look inward, we can discover our unresolved issues that keep us unaware or blocked from living our potential and most importantly, from knowing our essential loving nature.