It’s easy at the end of a year to focus on what didn’t happen – which resolutions you didn’t keep, how much weight you didn’t lose, what projects you didn’t complete, the soul mate you didn’t meet, etc. It’s human nature and it’s second nature to look at the half empty glass at the end […]
‘Twas the Night After Christmas
‘Twas the night after Christmas and many were scurrying to & froTrying to figure out exactly where the year did goThere had been so much to doHow the year slipped by, they hadn’t a clueMany a resolution had been madeYet there were foundations for these which hadn’t been laidBefore another year slips by There may […]
Happy Holidays!
Sending some holiday cheerTo you and those you hold dear May you have a festive holiday seasonAnd celebrate for many a reason As the holiday lights shimmer and glow, May circumstances in your life start to smoothly flow May abundance display its many facesMay your worries dissipate and leave no traces Set your intentions strong […]
The Official Day of Giving Thanks
Thoughts of Thanksgiving usually connote food and well, more food. A time to get together with family and friends and share a variety of dishes. It’s a day off and the precursor to the holiday shopping season. Planning for Thanksgiving is often accompanied by great stress, especially if you are the one hosting the dinner. […]
From Yes I Can to Yes I Did
Regardless of your political affiliation, you’ll undoubtedly agree that this has been an historic election. Having been at Grant Park in Chicago on Election Night on November 4, 2008, it was perfectly clear that those of us gathered knew that Obama was going to win; we held the belief that he was going to be […]
Happy Diwali 2008
The Financial Roller Coaster
The financial markets have been quite tumultuous lately, both in the U.S. and abroad. There have been wild swings in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, with it moving in a trading range of 800 – 900 points in a day. This is unprecedented. It is easy to get caught up in the all financial prognostications […]
Nine Nights of the Goddess
Tonight is the ninth evening of the Indian holiday of Navaratri (also spelled Navratri). Navaratri marks nine days of celebrating the goddesses Durga, Lakshmi, and Saraswati. It is time of celebration, dance, feast, and devotion. Friends and families get together to commemorate these nine nights. They attend large dances, called garbas, where they dance to […]
Honoring Our Ancestors
There are so many holidays these days that you can find on a calendar or for which you can send someone a greeting card or e-card. There are months or weeks to honor different charities or medical causes or ethnicities. And retailers often capitalize on any holiday to get the consumer to shop. All these […]
What Are You Holding Onto?
An attachment is something that we are bound, or tied to, joined with, sometimes even devoted to. There is a wide spectrum which attachment can take, depending on the object of the attachment. There are various forms of attachment. We may be attached to our friends and family. We may be attached to a certain […]