Inspiration

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    Daniel Sperry Presents the Poem “Shoulders” for

    When Lisa Reagan, Kindred’s editor, suggested the idea of my being the first “artist-in-residence” at Kindred, I noticed some threads coming together that had been wafting through the different spaces of my life for awhile.  (Listen to Daniel and Lisa’s talk on the parallels between conscious parenting and living as an artist here.) One was [...]

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    The Hidden Power of Gratitude – Bread for the Journey

    The Hidden Power of Gratitude – An Interview with Jeremy Adam Smith Saturday, December 1 @ 9am Pacific Time Listen Live at Voice America Jeremy Adam Smith In a moment of natural gratitude, with a heart full of awe, a problem I had been carrying with me disappeared. Dissolved in a moment. That got me thinking [...]

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    The Life of Pi – A Movie Review

    “Faith is the touching of a mystery. It is to perceive another dimension to absolutely everything in the world. In faith the mysterious meaning of life comes through. . . . To speak in the simplest possible terms: faith sees, knows, senses the presence of God in the world,” writes Alexander Schmemann, a Russian Orthodox priest. There are [...]

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    “We Are Unlimited Potential”: An Interview with

    Joseph Chilton Pearce Last week I sat down for a telephone conversation with Joseph Chilton Pearce, an author who has had a big influence not only on my work, but on the way I have raised my children. He alerted me early on to the damage that hospital birthing, day care, television, and modern schooling [...]

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    Considering Suicide: Time for Me to Die to We?

    Next Culture – Expand the Box Distinction: In the moment you seriously consider suicide your authentic life can begin.   Notes: Most people have at one time or another had the thought of committing suicide. Even if the thought only flashed through your mind you still thought it. Killing yourself can seem like an obvious solution to [...]