People may call what happens at midlife "a crisis," but it's not. It's an unraveling--a time when you need a desperate pull to live the life you want to live, not the one you're "supposed to live."
03513 – Live the Life You Want to Live
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03512 – Tame God vs. Wild God
I, too, am tired of the tame God and boxed-in-Christ, distorted by control-seeking humans who use religion to maintain the status quo. I'm yearning for a wild God that compels me to full participation in this miraculous dance of life, deepening the meaning in a core...
03498 – A Lifetime of Listening
Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk.
03496 – All Life is Interrelated
It really boils down to this: that all life is interrelated. We are all caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied into a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.
03486 – Changing Ourselves
We must never forget that we might also find meaning in life when confronted with a hopeless situation, when facing a fate that cannot be changed... When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.
03478 – Life is Hard!
Life is hard--not because we're doing it wrong, just because it's hard.
03473 – It’s a Hard Life
Life is hard--not because we're doing it wrong, just because it's hard.
03471 – Experiencing Connection with the Divine
Amid the challenges of life, we seek--consciously or unconsciously--to experience that original connection with the Divine in ourselves and the world. God is on our side. God's loving energy courses through us, inspiring adventure and healing wounds. God is out to...
03468 – Beautiful People Don’t Just Happen
The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with...
03461 – A Simple Life
It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.