A SOULFUL NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTION Make 2017 the year you take back your power. By choosing to see the light even when you are told there is only darkness. By choosing to see all humanity as kin even when you are told some must be your enemy. By choosing to believe in the beauty of humanity even while you are often only shown the horrors. By choosing to have faith in the power of the heart even…..
PEACE ON EARTH AND GOODWILL TOWARDS MEN. As the light returns and the nights begin to grow shorter, let your light shine for all to see. The world needs your heart. So offer it freely to all you meet with no exceptions. Then and only then can “Peace on Earth and Goodwill Towards Men” become our truth. It begins with you! You are more powerful than you realize. Your heart can change the world. Peace and Love to all. …..
Take a moment today to send some love to the peoples of Syria. It doesn’t matter what your politics are or what religion you practice. Our humanity is being tested. The brutality that is happening is happening to us all. I have faith that at some point we as a people will see war and violence as unacceptable and choose peace over war but until that time, please hold these lovely people in your heart. Take a moment today and…..
I know the world looks crazy to many as if it is moving backwards towards fear and hate and separation. But I believe there is more love on the planet than ever before. In times past, and not that far into the past, few would have been openly outraged at racist or bigoted talk or behavior. In times past, and not that far into the past, few would have championed women’s equality and rights to be in charge…..
We are always at a crossroad when it comes to honoring the different paths that our fellow humans are treading. It is part of our evolution in consciousness. Do we choose to love or to fear those that are different than us? The universe does not care if we all believe the same “myths” or move through this world in the same manner. The universe does care however how we handle those differences. While we are…..
KIRKUS INDIE REVIEW (Oct 2016) TITLE INFORMATION HOW LEARNING TO SAY GOODBYE TAUGHT ME HOW TO LIVE Joffre McClung BalboaPress (166pp.) $30.95 hardcover $12.99 paperback 8.99 e-book ISBN 978-1-5043-3909-4; September 25, 2015 CLICK HERE TO ORDER BOOK REVIEW McClung muses on the spiritual insights learned during the last six months of her best friend’s life in this debut memoir. When McClung, just emerging from a two-year grieving process over her mother, found out that her best friend, Rob, had stage…..
SELF-TRUST is the knowing that no matter what your head is saying your heart will always choose love. There can be no self-trust without a solid foundation of SELF-LOVE. SELF-LOVE reveals the love that is always available within. SELF-TRUST is the belief that the love within will always guide you towards your greatest potential. It is impossible to trust yourself when you don’t love yourself. Heal your heart so it can be the compass of love…..
The real test of a wise person is what they choose to do in the dark times. It takes a wise person to choose love when fear is all around. It takes a wise person to choose to see goodness when hatred is so visible. It takes a wise person to choose inclusiveness when bigotry is so popular. It takes a wise person to know that if they choose to dance with the darkness they will…..
SELF-LOVE is about valuing you not for what you can or will do but for the fact that you are you. Just be YOU and LOVE being YOU! It is more than good enough. And know by doing so, you have fulfilled the only requirement for living a successful life. So love yourself and honor that love in all that you do. It is worth more than all the riches in the world. Until next time…..
My neighbor just put in a raised patio that can now see over my six-foot fence into my backyard. Needless to say, I was not thrilled when I first saw it. My backyard is my sanctuary, and now it is on full display. This recent development got me thinking about those small inconvenient changes that appear on our doorstep? We all know that life-altering changes such as death, or loss of home, or career can knock us down. But what…..
