You could think of it as spring cleaning. A universal chore, it’s practiced yearly. It marks the change from winter to spring. It represents the shift from darkness and shorter days to extended periods of light and activity. All of us may not participate, but most would agree that it’s a […]
By Mara Carrico © 2021
I’ve chosen ahimsa – nonviolence – as February’s theme. Usually I let my theme come to me spontaneously on the first day of each month, but the seed was planted far earlier this time, January 6th, to be exact. Need I say more? Not really, but I will…
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Oh my, this word is packed with so many meanings and not the best of memories for me. Yet I’ve chosen it as my theme this year. Yes, I will take it on in a new and informed way.
As I reconcile differences on a personal level, can I also take responsibility as a […]
Connectivity is my teaching theme for January. It goes hand-in-hand with my personal 2021 theme of Reconciliation. I enjoy and use the themes and “word of the month” suggested by my own teachers and mentors; they help me focus and reflect, and it’s my wish that my monthly themes do the same […]
“Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory.” William Barclay – Twentieth century Scottish author and theologian
April’s theme came to […]
“Three things in life are important: the first is to be kind; the second is to be kind; and the third is to be kind.” Henry James
Kindness is the theme for March. It’s a virtue, a strength, a behavior, all in one. When we are […]
Harmony is my theme for February. As I’ve been doing for some years now, I allow the theme to come spontaneously, opening my mind to “catch” the first thing which surfaces. Then I meditate on it and relate it to my circumstances. I start and end all […]
It’s February and once again I’m weaving together my theme of harmony and the “word of the month” from my meditation groups. Jackie Valdez – Intuitive Counselor and Saints in Training Founder – has given wisdom as her “word of the month” with intellectualism as its saboteur. […]
Recently I reviewed a 2013 Oprah interview with Maya Angelou in which Angelou emphasized that courage is the most important of the virtues. It takes courage to practice all the others and live a virtuous life. Courage comes from the Latin cor, which means heart. In one […]
It’s a new year in a new decade and for this month’s theme I chose “beginner’s mind.” It came to me before dawn on New Year’s Day. Putting on my Uggs and wrapping myself in my warm comfy robe, I stepped outside before the sun peeked above […]
