In 6th grade there was a little girl in my class who I’ll call Sophie.  She was very quiet and kept mostly to herself, but one thing we all noticed about Sophie was that she often wore the same clothes to school the entire week.  She showed up to school dirty and unkempt, she had [...]

Do you ever stop and take a moment to cast love at someone?  Or a group of people?  Someone you are mad at?  Even someone you hate?  I think that casting love at someone is one of the most wonderful things you can do because it benefits you, the person or people you’re casting love [...]

In fourth grade my teacher, Mrs. Cameron, had the Golden Rule written out and displayed above the chalkboard so we could see it every day.  “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”  So each day while I was learning that Columbus discovered America, that 8 x 2 was 16, and that [...]

“You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims.” – Harriet Woods
All throughout my childhood my dearest and closest friend was my own twin sister, Nicole.  The love between us was really strong.  Sometimes twins can end up competitive, but we were always supportive and loyal to each [...]

Empathy is a powerful tool that you can use to help you connect with other people, which will increase your feelings of oneness.  When you can identify a person’s emotional state it gives you more information about that person, which allows you to make a more informed decision about how you’ll interact with or communicate [...]

“There is a destiny which makes us brothers; none goes his way alone. All that we send into the lives of others comes back into our own.” - Edwin Markham
Many people, including myself, believe that when you die you go through a life review.  It’s like the post-mortem concept in video game development.  When the [...]

One day while I was in graduate school I and my fellow students were waiting for our 70-year-old professor to show up for class.  This man was never late, he had a military precision about him, he was very orderly.  Ten minutes into our scheduled class time we became worried.  Where was Dr. S?  Moments [...]

Question: My friend was murdered by her husband.  She had two children.  Why would God allow this to happen to such a good woman?  I just don’t understand this.
Answer:  God didn’t allow or disallow this to happen.  The man chose to murder his wife.  We have free will during our incarnation here on Earth, which means [...]

I don’t know you, but I know that when you arrived in this world you were overwhelmed by bright lights and many faces.
I don’t know you, but I know when you were young you laid awake in the dark fearing there were monsters under the bed.
I don’t know you, but I know that as a [...]

A friend of mine and member of my mastermind group, Aimmee Riley, wrote a book called Tears of Hope about her experiences growing up in Lebanon during their civil war.  When I first heard about her book I was very hesitant to read it.  I knew she had suffered terrible hardships during her life and [...]