We can all be a teacher at any age

I wish for you what I wish for myself. That as long as I am here in this particular body — a body that will be 80 next May, I remind myself occasionally with wild disbelief — I share my wisdom and my gift as fully as I can. Sometimes, as we get older — and [...]

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Secrets of fearless living from my friend Tess

This is an interview with Tess Marshall of  The Bold Life, a juicy mix of spirituality, inspiration and personal development. Tess has just launched a new ecourse entitled: “Take This Fear and Shove It: Be Bold, Play Big, Shine Bright.” She likes to think of herself as a speaker, author, and “fear-shattering, calculated risk taker obsessed with [...]

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Lots of surprises in Mexico

JoAnn and I visited Mexico for the first time last week, and what a wonderful, magical visit it was. We stayed at the Dreams Resort and Spa just south of Puerto Vallarta, which incidentally, we highly recommend. Three highlights for me were these. First, the warm, hospitable nature of the people. It was a real [...]

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How to make your life soar

Sometimes I see books promising a happy, abundant life that seem kind of complicated to me. As we move into 2012 I offer a recipe for a happy life that is simple and straightforward — but which I guarantee works. I know it works because I’ve proven it in my own life, and I’ve seen its results in [...]

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Welcome a New Year, welcome a New You

I wish you a Happy New Year. Such a special opportunity we have at this time to consider how we can change our lives — and perhaps the lives of others — for the better. Life doesn’t ask for much, but it does ask that we participate with life in making all things new. It asks that [...]

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The true gift of Christmas

  Jesus, it is written, came to earth to bring a gift. The gift of light. The gift of love. The gift of truth. You and I also came to earth to bring a gift — the same gift. It is the gift of our own pristine spirit, the eternal, compassionate, loving spirit that is [...]

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Joy’s journey home

   One of the great fears of aging — no matter what our age — is dying, or losing a loved one. But suppose things are not quite how they seem? Some people think that death is the end of everything. But I am not one of those people. And the reason — one of [...]

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Something calling to you

    There is something in you that is not troubled in the least by the various challenges and upheavals of your life. No matter what has happened to you — or is happening to you now — it is untouched and unharmed by any of it. Good times come and good times go. You meet [...]

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Change your thinking, change your aging

  Would you like to age well? If so, it’s never too soon to change your mind about aging and let go of negative stereotypes — such as the notion that older people are less competent or vital than when they were young, for example. Why? Because negative expectations regarding aging can have a powerful [...]

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