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Stepping on Toes in the Dance of Spiritual Development
In the Dance of Life we move in syncopation with those around us. As a dance partner, we feel and respond to our partner’s steps following their lead. They move; we respond. We anticipate each other’s movements reassuring ourselves that we know our partner’s reaction...
Adversity “Becomes” You: Overcoming Difficulties Can Hurl You Into Spiritual Growth
Adversity works as a giant stepping-stone in your spiritual growth. You’ve heard the phrase about enduring hardship with its promise to make you a better person, if it doesn’t kill you first. Most likely overcoming difficulties won’t kill you, but undoubtedly it will...
Spiritual Growth Breaks Out of Moderation
Spiritual growth oftentimes butts up against the norm. I’ve been told “everything in moderation”, be a “good girl”, “children are to be seen and not heard”. These admonitions rang through my ears as I grew into adulthood. The “not rocking the boat theory” SEEMED to...
“Cruisin’ on the Spiritual Development Highway”
Have you ever noticed how a newly washed car just seems to run better? The same principle applies to our spiritual development. The engine of the sparkling clean car seems to “purr” along, the ride seems to smooth out, and the parking place that you were...
Can You “Fast Forward” Your Spiritual Development?
My “long-suffering spiritual development” evolved through the years weaving through religion. As a dedicated Catholic I immersed myself in religious practices, going to daily Mass, reciting the rosary, confessing my sin, pleading through novenas, etc. You get the...
Spiritual Awakening Lesson Learned From the Olympics
As the Olympic flame burns in Sochi Russia we can take some spiritual notes. The fear of failure has been conquered. The competitors not only fly through the air at recording breaking speeds and hurl their bodies performing dangerous feats causing me to gasp for...
How Can Being “Selfish” Enhance Your Spiritual Awakening?
How can being selfish or greedy enhance our spiritual lives? Tomorrow, Feb. 14th is Valentine’s Day, the traditional day for chocolates, champagne, and little love notes. It is the day set aside to show someone special that we care. Some of us have advanced degrees in...
Feeling Out of Balance? Growing Spiritually
“This is harder than it looks!” the struggling surfer shouted as he waivered back and forth at the mercy of the waves. Ah, such is the life on the ocean and so too, with our spiritual lives. The constant mix of balancing amidst the elements takes us on some wild waves...
Spirituality Up: Life’s a Beach!
Your spiritual life can be buoyed up by a day at the beach. Spiritual growth can wash over you just by sitting by the ocean’s shore reflecting on LIFE. WHAT CAN WE LEARN FROM THE BEACH? Life is as unpredictable as the waves. The calm quiet lull of the water can...