Balance. Purpose. Enlightenment.
Overcoming Fear
My Brush with Death as Cultures Clashed
A brush with death seemed unthinkable as I started a store on a lovely Pacific island. But I had a lot to learn. Ships visited Ruo island every three months to buy the islanders’ copra and sell food and supplies. Between ships, the people had no way to make money or buy goods, so they were…
Read MoreFear Attracts Its Object (Hope Does Too)
If you are afraid of something, you give it power over you. Moroccan Saying One intriguing fact of life is how we can envelop ourselves in failure by trying to avoid it. We’ve heard that fear is right up there with love in its intensity and all-consuming effects. And the Lemurian Philosophy goes so far…
Read MoreHow Illness Helped Me
Just when everything finally seemed to be in place in my life – a wonderful wife and family, my medical career where I wanted it to be, the good health to enjoy it all – I got a headache over my left eye. I’d never had headaches. An eye exam was normal, yet I had to…
Read MoreStanding Up To My Father
One of the hardest things I ever did was standing up to my father and telling him he could not stay in my home. I’d thought of courage as brave acts. But I came to see it as overcoming the fear of looking bad in others’ eyes. After I married, Dad asked if he could stay…
Read MorePower of Thoughts – for Better or Worse
After years of tranquility in my apartment, I thought I knew something about the power of thoughts to create the environment we want. But just then, I began to experience the insidious intrusion of fear and insecurity. Someone seemed intent on making trouble for me and the accusations were making my life miserable. The trouble…
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