Category: Faith
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Learning to Swim
Trust: A Cornerstone of Faith To have faith is to trust yourself to the water. When you swim you don’t grab hold of the water, because if you do you will sink and drown. Instead you relax, and float. Alan Watts How to Find Purpose in Life What does it mean to let go and […]
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A Seedling of Faith
Words of Inspiration Engaging The Myth Within What can you do with a bit of faith? In this passage, we are reminded of the true nature of faith. Belief in the unknown. This forms the foundation of any first step we undertake to realize the brevity of our dreams. However, as with any human condition, […]
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Faith… Growing through Lived Patience
Inspiration Each life is made up of mistakes and learning, waiting and growing, practicing patience and being persistent. Billy Graham A Father’s Guide to Wisdom What once was is now in the not so distant past. To be, or not to be, this is a source of true anxiety. Just be. Be present, now. Breathe […]
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Love Is… A Secret Unto Itself
Inspiration I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love. Mother Teresa Love is the beauty of the soul. Saint Augustine The Philosopher’s Corner In the aftermath of this Easter Sunday, and at the doorstep of the Eastern Orthodox Holy Week, I have […]
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Resurrection: A Day for New Hope and New Beginnings
Inspiration God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. Saint Augustine What God intended for you goes far beyond anything you can imagine. Oprah Winfrey The Philosopher’s Corner Happy Easter Everyone. Today we celebrate the resurrection. Whether one is Christian or not, the idea behind resurrection is paramount to the […]
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Doubt: A Pain Too Lonely to Know Its Intent is Love
Inspiration Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother. Khalil Gibran Our intention creates our reality. Wayne Dyer The Philosopher’s Corner Define your reality with intent. To doubt it, is to lose faith in your capacity to live life to its full extent. Khalil Gibran and Dr. Wayne Dyer […]
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Love… The Nature of Hope
Inspiration To love another person is to see the face of God. Victor Hugo As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Jesus Christ The Philosopher’s Corner Today, I will explore the nature of hope through love. No, both terms on not synonymous with one another, but both seem to stand at […]
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Inspiration: The Inner Journey Called Faith
Inspiration What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you. Ralph Waldo Emerson Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man. Victor Hugo The Philosopher’s Corner Hope is an integral part of our human journey. It’s nature is […]
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Inspiration: Hope… The Learning Curve of Life
Inspiration To live without Hope is to Cease to live Fyodor Dostoevsky Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow. The important thing is not to stop questioning. Albert Einstein The Philosopher’s Corner Hope… what a much needed concept today. Like Faith, Hope is the belief in that unknown element that cannot be touched, […]
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Inspiration: Faith… A Key to Wonder
Inspiration Prayer should be the key of the day and the lock of the night. George Herbert Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. Khalil Gibran The Philosopher’s Corner Faith is Belief in the unknown. It moves the inner essence of the […]
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Inspiration: The Nature of Faith
Inspiration Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you. Faith is the strength by which a shattered world shall emerge into the light. Helen Keller The Philosopher’s Corner As the world is asked to quarantine, we have an extra-ordinary gift available to us. Time… In the philosophy of psychology, […]
