All posts by centeringtools

Being, Owning, Sharing and Generating Light In this time of major global transformation, as evolving spiritual beings of consciousness, we are meant to “come of age”, and recognize, in order to own, our capacity to be, generate and share light. Perhaps some of the metaphor as meaning and higher direction, with the finally-accepted announcement of …

New Day, New Season, New Year Happy New Year.  These heartfelt wishes can sound like quite the oxymoron, can’t they?  In a time of increasing violence, usual personal and family challenges, widespread disease and poverty, and epidemic paranoia, where does “happiness” fit in? We are, at our core, trusting, hopeful, strong creatures.  These are the …

Less Polite, Much Faster Times We don’t speak much, in the twenty-first century, about acknowledgment.  These are less polite, much faster times, and a lot has gone out the window that, in earlier times, covered what we would call healthy interpersonal communications.  Therapeutic lingo describes “boundaries”, assertiveness”, “self-esteem”, but doesn’t directly address acknowledgment.  It has …

  What’s Rubbed Off I have gone to more weddings, including, of course, my oldest daughter’s over this past year, than I have gone to in my entire life.  I think something is significantly rubbing off on me related to something new.  In case you need a refresher, the rhyme goes, “something old, something new, …