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 […]
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 […]
Saving it up for a rainy day
There’s the old adage, “Save it for a rainy day”. It refers to holding on to something in the event that it might be needed. Commonly, it refers to hoarding your pennies or dollars for future occasion. However, it can also be applied to other situations as well. We all have things that we hold on […]
Another Type of Fall Cleanse
Fall is a great time to rejuvenate and detox the body. Many people take a retreat or undergo a cleanse at home. What we do with our outer environment is reflected in our inner environment. If our home is a mess, we feel more stressed than if it is tidy. There’s no worry if people drop […]
Declaring Your Independence
Happy 4th of July. It’s the 222nd anniversary of the birth of this nation. July 4, 1776 was a historic moment that has been commemorated annually. It marked a beginning for the country and fresh new start for the people of the U.S. People declared their freedom from what was previously restricting and holding them […]
The First Day of the Second Half of the Year
Today is the beginning of the second half of the year. A time for new beginnings. An opportunity to refresh and renew your resolutions. An opening for making further advancements on your path. So here are some ideas on what you can do to make progress with your goals or resolutions, and to make it […]