Read the following statistic. Everyday adults make 35,000 decisions and young children make 3000. (Age of young children is not specified.) Test it. Start counting. Pay attention to the decisions that you make in the morning before you get out of bed. Maybe you decide if and/or when you...
Newsletter posts
Mission Completed Just In Time!
I got the call on a Friday. A food co-op in southeast Portland was holding a 25 pound bag of organic oats for me. Let me be more specific. The co-op was saving a bag that I had special ordered. The price was good and oats could be grounded...
Spirituality on Netflix- Jim and Andy The Great Beyond
I recently watched The Great Beyond, a 2017 Netflix film, staring actor Jim Carrey. The film follows Carrey as he remains in character as Andy Kaufman during the 1999 production of Man on the Moon. (Kaufman was an American entertainer, actor, writer, performance artist and professional wrestler.) Jim Carrey...
Nagging Gut Sends Her Home To Save Tortoise!
I was playing cards as I do every week with three women. and was told the following story.heard this story. I believe the story as I know the story-teller and want to pass it on to you. She was overcome by an uneasy feeling. Something wasn’t right, and “it”...
The Thumb That Said Ouch!!
As my mother’s Norwegian friend said “It is not to be believed.” So it was with my experience waiting for my acupuncture appointment. Unlike my mother’s friend whose subject matter concerned a cancer that returned 28 years later, my experience was completely unrelated except I might have also described...
Following the message saves money. Oatmeal was the subject!!
This is true. It really did happen this morning. I badly wanted a cup of my dark roasted coffee that I special order from Just Coffee in Madison, Wisconsin. (I am partial to supporting small companies and I make special efforts to endorse Wisconsin businesses. I went to...
March Newsletter Features
- Movie review - Interview with a nurse - Asking a question and receiving an answer
2018 Predictions
General What would you do if you were sitting in a boat with four other people and the sailing got rough? The waves were closing in on the boat, threatening to overturn it. You looked at the water, and knew that the waves would bat you around and...
Thousand Miles Separated Grandfather and Grandson. This Didn’t Stop The Communication!!
This story, One Monsoon- From a continent away a young Peace Corps worker senses that all is not well back home, appeared in the Fall 2017 edition of Utne Reader. This story is told by Don Messerschmidt. It is his story from his 1964 days as a Peace Corp...
Meditating in the Parking Lot!
I didn’t know quite what to make of this guy. He was sitting crossed legged on a piece of concrete in a parking lot outside of a store. I had never seen someone just sit in a parking lot. My first thought was that he might be waiting...