Lots of things on my mind this morning as we celebrate the bold and courageous spirit that guided the founding of these United States of America: For the Founding Fathers, the creation of this nation state was perhaps the largest burden they could bear in their lifetimes, and they bore it. What is mine, what …
I’m fortunate and proud to be a citizen of the United States of America, but I’m concerned about our collective reluctance to acknowledge and address the fact that we as a nation: 1. Have more government debt than any other country in the world. China and Japan hold nearly 34% of the total debt we …
Let every setback be a catalyst for learning to let more deeply. To let what? To let your heart come to rest, so that you can listen and hear more clearly and so that you can see more clearly. Listen to what more clearly? To listen with your heart to the still small voice within. …
The measure of a man is what he does when he is chastened and rebuked by an ideal, or the ideal, be it God or kindlier Nature. The petty tyrant will take offense and mount a self-righteous crusade. The coward will retreat into the shadows of shame and futility. The wicked will double down on …
The unwillingness to forgive has long been an impediment to human progress, but nowadays it seems as if we're accumulating unforgiven things in the individual body and in the body of humanity–of which we are all a part–faster than any other period of time in human history. Scan the news and the social feeds of …
Good morning! It is a great day to be alive. I recognize what a privilege it is to be here, on earth, in this day and age, and I am delighted to acknowledge and fully discharge the responsibility that comes with the gift of life I have been given. No matter what comes my way …
"The heavens themselves, the planets and this centreObserve degree, priority and place,Insisture, course, proportion, season, form,Office and custom, in all line of order."(Shakespeare, Ulysses, Act 1 Scene 3) Appearances can be deceiving. In fact, most of what we observe in our daily affairs in the world as it now is, is illusory. This is not …
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”—John 15:13 To lay down your life is to serve selflessly: to protect the weak, to uplift the poor in spirit, and to demonstrate decency and draw forth dignity, regardless of the circumstance. This is not sacrifice; this, my …
Every situation you face, every conversation you engage in, and every feeling you choose to back with the weight of your thoughts, words and deeds gives you the opportunity to either refine or coarsen on the physical, mental, and 'spiritual expression' planes of being. Choose refinement and you will move closer to an experience of …
Nations grown corruptLove bondage more than liberty;Bondage with ease than strenuous liberty.~ John Milton If history tells us anything, it is that the greater part of men prefer security to liberty. Most it seems are not even aware that they are making a choice. They go about their lives, entranced by the world around them, …
Gregory Hake 