Every end marks a beginning. The end of the year is not the end of life. We are about to start over. Prepare for another go-round on the journey. ... Read More about Preparing
Cycle-of-Life Season
Interlude
Ivan Aivazovsky, Moon Path (1886) An interlude is a brief rest, a brief time of calming or reflection. Take a breath: a new year is just around the corner. ... Read More about Interlude
Triumph
Here, triumph refers to a way of looking at things. It is a way of continuing your celebration, and you can do it alone. ... Read More about Triumph
Appreciating Ritual
Ritual is to values, ideals, practices and the like as roots are to a tree. When people participate in rituals that engage their bodies, emotions, thoughts and sensations, their brains store memories ... Read More about Appreciating Ritual
Celebrating
In summer we calmed ourselves and rested. Now, at the beginning of winter and the end of the calendar year, many people restore their souls and refresh their spirits in another way: with joyous and ... Read More about Celebrating
Living Religiously
Living religiously is living in harmony with the divine. We may see the divine as the highest good and the most important values; life's central concerns. Each of the values in this model is a part of ... Read More about Living Religiously
Following a Sacred Calling
A sacred calling is a person's sense of being drawn into the life activity that best fulfills the person's commitment to the most meaningful thing(s) in the person's life. It expands on commitment ... Read More about Following a Sacred Calling
Ineffability
Suffering, cheerfully endured, ceases to be suffering and is transmuted into an ineffable joy. [Mohandas Gandhi, October 13, 1921] . . . those rare souls whose spirit gets magically into the hearts of ... Read More about Ineffability
Living Purposefully
As a young man, I had a vision of how life might be - how I wanted it to be. I made some choices, sacrificing some things for other things, with a wordless conviction that the path of my life would be ... Read More about Living Purposefully