Finding peace

A brave young raven journeys from 9/11 to the digital world

I was so excited when I woke up on the morning of 9/11. I looked forward to sending out the first promotional copies of an animal fable I had written about a brave young raven named Joshua and his heroic journey to restore the true honor of ravens spoken of in ancient prophesies. So off I went to the [...]

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The calm after the storm

Life can, and does throw some hard things at us at times. But I have discovered, like so many, that there’s a rhythm in the way life works. Yes, difficult, wrenching times come to us all. But if we persist through our challenges, and trust our own unconquerable spirit, we are led, with absolute certainty, [...]

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Find inner peace in your own pure presence

Soon after the Germans began bombing London in 1940, I was evacuated, like many London children, to the safety of the countryside. I was sent to live with my Aunt Eva, who lived at the end of a country lane near a tiny hamlet called Yelland Cross in North Devon. I didn’t really know my [...]

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A moment of magic on a park bench

Little moments tend to be underrated in our society. We fantasize about “big” moments still to come that will surely bring us happiness and fulfillment — but it is often the little moments that really have power to change or bless our lives. The touch of the divine Many years ago, as a young man, [...]

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How fear can open a door to wholeness

“When there is an openness to fear, where can it be found? What a strange creature fear is. It exists only when there is resistance to its existence! When you stop and open to what you have resisted throughout time, you find that fear is not fear. Fear is energy. Fear is space. Fear [...]

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Hang in there and trust

Are the winds of change blowing more strongly in your life? They sure seem to be blowing more strongly in my life. But there is one thing that isn’t changing at all — and that is the balance that undergirds this universe of love. Life loves balance. It loves to get busy, and move, and [...]

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What is your deepest longing?

What is your deepest longing? One of the reasons I’m so grateful for the privilege of aging is that it has given — and continues to give — more space and time to let my own deepest longing be fulfilled, and enjoyed. And made new. I’m a slow learner, I guess. “Better late than never,” [...]

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Are we really alone?

I was alone, eating supper on a cold winter’s evening 300 miles north of Vancouver, British Columbia. It was cold and cheerless outside, and it was cold and cheerless inside — in my heart, and in my home. My wife, Joy, to whom I had been married 25 years, had died suddenly a month or [...]

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9 steps to a new life

I had a touching message yesterday from a reader of this blog whose life is being turned upside down by a nasty divorce that also affects a number of children. “I’m having a difficult time dealing with the rejection and being all alone in an empty apartment with my clothes and laptop,” says this man. [...]

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