The Lakota shaman Black Elk once said, "We don't have to heal the Earth; she can heal herself. All we have to do is stop making her sick." To this simple truth I would add that the Earth can heal us, too.
04102 – Alternative to Faith?
I cannot believe that God would bless us with a critical intelligence, with an ability to extend the frontiers of knowledge and understanding when it comes to biology and psychology, and then say to us, “Stop, go no further” when it comes to theology. For me, the...
03860 – Thankfulness: Good Medicine
When you are emotionally, physically, or spiritually weary: stop, look, and find anyone or anything that helps you to say thank you. Being thankful is good medicine for whatever ails us.
03650 – A Person is Great…
A man is great not because he hasn't failed; a man is great because failure hasn't stopped him. ------------------------------------------------Gender-inclusive version: A person is great not because she or he hasn't failed; a person is great because failure hasn't...
03590 – Growing Old?
We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.
03452 – Productivity vs. Presence
Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence.
03397 – Stop Interrupting!
Looking back, you realize that everything would have explained itself if you had only stopped interrupting.
03338 – Obstacles in Your Way?
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it. It's true for individuals, families, teams, businesses, and churches.
03263 – Shifting Our Thinking
When we begin to shift our thinking away from only making our life better to making the world a better place for all God's children, we stop believing the lie that their gain is our loss.
03060 – Swim in Silence
I think 99 times and find nothing. I stop thinking, swim in silence, and the truth comes to me.