Welcome to the Positive.
What Channel Are You Watching? It's a question we should ask ourselves more often. It's easy to be in the middle of our day somewhere and realize that we've spent so much time worrying about other people's lives--the car who cut us off in traffic, the person on the ...
Have You Ever Been Robbed of Something?
Like all good teachers, Jesus used vivid stories to illustrate his points, and like all good stories, they were meant for a specific audience, in a specific time, at a specific place, and with specific culture references and techniques. The preferred story of Jesus' time for his audience was something called a parable. Parables are unique in that they are clearly ...
Let Go Of My Ego
At some point Jesus told us to deny ourselves. In fact, I think he may have said the actual words "Deny yourself." There's more to what he said than just that, but I want to focus on this concept of denying ourselves.
Jesus was speaking metaphysically, of course, and Christians have been ...
An Homage to My Troubled Childhood
As Julie Andrews once sang "somewhere in my youth or childhood...." It seems the Number One excuse we use in our daily lives has something to do with having a traumatic childhood. "A bully beat me up." "My parents were alcoholics." "I was abused." "I was abandoned." "I was locked in a closet with a mountain of rotting fruit." "No one ...
This Blog Is Now Made With Natural Sugar
I'm joining the ranks of the super corporations of the planet. Pepsi, Starbucks, 7Up, "the big cereal monopolies", heck even Snapple... they all agree: Natural Sugar is the way to go. This opens the door to a Big Giant Question: Were they using UNnatural sugar before? Actually, they were using artificial sweeteners and "high fructose corn syrup" and such like that. ...
The Dilemma of Personal Responsibility
If you are serious about improving yourself and your current situation, there will come a time where you have to face yourself in the mirror with a startling recognition: You are responsible for everything in your life. You constantly create the circumstances that form your life's reality. Every moment, you make choices based on how you have defined--and continue to define--yourself. ...
On the Passing of Michael Jackson
I heard the news. Michael Jackson is dead at 50 years old. And then I heard it again and again. I saw the streams of people who took off from work to drive to the hospital and crowd around the door. I saw the people openly weeping on city sidewalks around the globe. And I have this to say about ...
The Importance of “It Already Happened”
Which would have the greater impact on your life right now? 1. Knowing that someone deposited $1 million into your bank account yesterday. 2. Knowing that someone will deposit $1 million into your bank account at an undetermined date in the future. If you're like me, chances are knowing that someone deposited money into your bank account yesterday (that is, it has already ...
What Do I Believe?
People ask me everyday. What do I believe? I've thought about this question a lot. And I think it's something everyone should answer. In writing. There is something about writing out your beliefs that makes you question where your beliefs come from, why you have them, and what they ultimately mean to you. Whenever I would get upset, a close friend ...
To Do: Centering Prayer
I have found the simplest and often most effective centering prayer, and a couple of variations of it, to be breathing.
Many ancient cultures (and quite a few people I meet today) believed that the breath is the holiest part. Our breath is God, spirit, and soul.
Find a quiet place. Sit with your feet ...
My Current Spiritual Songlist
I am at the mercy of the radio gods at my satellite radio company. They select my music. But I also believe there's just a tinge of divine intervention. Every now and then, I find myself "spiritually attracted" to a few different songs that seem to speak to me. They often come in small groups and seem to play just ...