When I was a boy, my parents bought an old upright piano and refinished it in the garage. I remember my father stripping the wood and my amazement at the fact that the raw wood was beautiful and alive, despite the fact that it was over a century old. Its color, luster, texture, grain, and …
The union of love and truth permits the projection of life. This is divine magic. When you experience the magic of a spring day, you are particularly open to the appreciation of the beauty of flowers or the loveliness of some grass or some trees or the sky. You are open to appreciation of design …
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven…” – Ecclesiastes 3:1 If you’ve lived for any amount of time you’ve probably noticed that it is said that “timing is everything” for a good reason. Everything works out in a cycle. Those cycles are partly under our control, …
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” – John 15:13 While this quote is commonly referred to in the context of the crucifixion of Jesus, there are many other levels of “laying down [one’s] life for [one’s] friends” which are worthy of consideration and actualization. …
“I never meet a ragged boy in the street without feeling I may owe him a salute, for I know not what possibilities may be buttoned up under his coat.” – James A. Garfield When you refrain from judging others you find that they come to you wearing the judgments they’ve accumulated over the years. …
Have you ever been accused of doing something inappropriate or immature that you used to do but don't anymore? It can be a little frustrating. You go through all this effort to change, but your reputation, how you are viewed in the eyes of others, doesn't change as quickly. Looking back on times that this …
"Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled."—Matthew 5:6 When I was a child, I used to sneak into the freezer in our garage on the way into the house after school and eat a chunk of the icing off of buttermilk brownies my mom had made for …
“I have three precious things which I hold fast and prize. The first is gentleness; the second is frugality; the third is humility, which keeps me from putting myself before others. Be gentle and you can be bold; be frugal and you can be liberal; avoid putting yourself before others and you can become a …
I remember watching a short video in the 80s called Powers of 10. It was a simple idea, really that has been copied many times since its debut in the late 70s. The video begins with an overhead view of a couple having a picnic in a park in Chicago and then zooms out by …
“The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, personal and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.” ― Eckhart Tolle You were born into a state …
Gregory Hake 