INTO the VALLEY

"Use what talent you possess: the woods would be very silent if no birds sang except those that sang best. " ~ Henry Van Dyke ...

"DO NOT SPEAK UNLESS YOU CAN IMPROVE THE SILENCE." ~ Proverb

"There is a terrible fight going on inside of me. It is between two wolves.One is evil - he is anger, envy, sorrow, regret, greed, arro...

“One can not uncover their purpose in life by asking another...you must look within!" ~ KCH Over the years my blog spot has gone from b...

Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony. Thomas Merton We spent our lives being guided and taught b...

..."so if you think your life is complete confusion 'cause your neighbor's got it made just remember that it's a grand illu...

"Let life unfold like a flower..." ~ KCH When a flower is planted appropriately, feed sufficiently and watered enough, it will blo...

Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again. Joseph Campbell Observing thoughts without judgement, letting images pas...

Self care is essentially about paying attention or being mindful to how you feel and taking action. Self care seems on the surface to be a m...

"We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience." ~ Teilhard de Chardin...

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. ~Abraham Lincoln Two months ago one of my sons was diagnosed with bone cancer...

“One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter.” ~ James Earl Jones Some days as I sit and try to...

"Meditation raises consciousness and spirituality." ~KCH A labyrinth is an ancient symbol of an inward journey that relates to w...

"We do not know God by thinking, but by encountering." ~St.John of the Cross To still the body long enough for the mind to follo...

"When calm your mind and your senses, you become conscious of your always-present inner Self" Meditation has been around for appro...

"When we shift our awareness or "frequency" from self-consciousness - where fear, impossibility or feelings of separation res...

"What makes the desert beautiful is that somewhere it hides a well.” During this journey called life we sometimes find ourselves wander...

" If you are falling....dive."— Joseph Campbell Often when we are faced with trauma or crisis our minds automatically reel from pa...

Two weeks ago, I found out that one of my twins has bone cancer (osteogenicsarcoma). Last week, he began his first round of chemotherapy...

"To Meditate is to exercise the mind in serious reflection." ~ Thomas Merton Meditation, an ancient...

"This is Spirituality: Waking up." ~ Meister Eckhart Are you struggling? Is there a tiny voice deep inside of you whispering...

"Through intellect one seeks...through Meditation one finds!" ~KCH Meditation is an intentional mode of consciousness used to real...

How do the geese know when to fly to the sun? Who tells them the seasons? How do we, humans, know when it is time to move on? As with the mi...

"Breath is the bridge from doing to being..." ~KC HICKS Do you ever feel like an impostor in your own body? When you look in a mir...