A Beacon of Light

A great way to begin and end your day.

“Just be, and enjoy being.”  Eckhart Tolle Every now and then, I find it refreshing to set aside a little time to do nothing. Yesterday was one of those days.  I woke up around 9:00, a bit later than usual, but certainly acceptable for a Sunday morning. My calendar for the day was empty, so…

“Imagination is the  beginning of  creation.”  George Bernard Shaw Our ability to imagine is a tremendous gift. It allows us to visualize a preferred future. Sadly, our imagination can also cause us a great deal of anxiety when we obsess over things we fear about the future — things which, quite often, fail to materialize.…

“Suffering gives a  human depth, humility, and  compassion.” Eckhart Tolle We live in a culture which trains us, from our earliest days, to see life as a competition. During our years in school, we compare height, test scores, grades, playing time on athletic teams, and awards earned. As we get older, we find ourselves comparing car types,…

“I always thought  that record would  stand until it  was broken.”   Yogi Berra After yesterday’s blog post, I thought I’d write about something a little lighter today. On August 6, 1972, just two months after I graduated from high school, Hank Aaron, of the Atlanta Braves, beat Babe Ruth’s record for the most home runs…

“Bad memories have long shadows.” R.J. Ellory Bad memories… we all have them. Some, not surprisingly, are more traumatic than others. The problem with these memories is that, as English writer R.J. Ellory points out, they have long shadows. Try as we might to put them out of our mind, they seem to find a way to…

“Use a picture. It’s worth a thousand words.”Arthur Brisbane I make an effort to keep my blog posts to about 500 words. For this reason, I’m going to let this image speak for itself. I’d love to know what you think. You can respond to: kmc43sjc@gmail.com.

Every summer has a story. Novelist Henry James wrote, “Summer afternoon — summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language.” I am fairly certain that most people would agree with him. I, for one, most definitely do. While I often write about my favorite season of the…

Have a great day!