Most of my early career was spent in schools where drugs and violence were the norm. My first teaching job was in Detroit just before the summer riots of 1967 when that school was burnt to the ground.
Some of you remember the story of Patty Hearst-Shaw, the granddaughter of the American publishing magnate, William Randolph Hearst. In 1974, she was kidnapped and told that she could either help her captors or be killed by them.
There was a time when women were in power and the number 13 was sacred. We were more connected with the Earth, that is, Mother Earth. Witches were women who used their wisdom and the products of the earth--plants, herbs and flowers--to cure disease.
As a child, did you ever talk to your dead relatives--that is, before someone told you that that was nonsense? I have vivid memories of lying in bed at night and having long conversations with my grandmother, who I loved dearly.
Most of us parent the way we were parented. If we seek to do it better, we search out the best advice we can find. If it's part of mainstream thinking, however, it is probably an improvement but still not giving us the results we want.
Recently I was listening to a news report that about 4% of Drone pilots suffer from PTSD. This seemed to surprise the newscaster since the pilots are not physically on the battlefield. It did not, however, surprise me.
When someone we know seems wise beyond their years, we call them an old soul. This is so common that we don't really think about what it means. In fact, in the next sentence we might say that we don't believe in reincarnation.
Did you know that people with mild anxiety die 7 years earlier than they should? If this shocks you, good. We all ignore stress and anxiety assuming that it’s a normal part of life.
There's a lot of wisdom in Will Bowen's belief that "Hurt people, hurt people." It is easy to judge others for their actions. It takes a lot more humanity to look deeply at the tortured soul who would commit crimes, like murder. Dr.
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About Uplift Your Life: Nourishment of the Spirit
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Learning to see life from a spiritual perspective can change the way we think, which changes everything. As we let go of fear, worry, regret, blame, anger, guilt, resentment, jealousy and shame, we can create the loving, joyful, prosperous, healthy life that we want and deserve.brbr
The best or worst place to live is in our own mind. You will learn how to weed out the negativity and to be grateful and positive in word, thought and deed, resulting in your ever-increasing happiness. Uplift Your Life: Nourishment of the Spirit is broadcast live every Thursday at 8 AM Pacific Time on the VoiceAmerica Empowerment Channel.
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