Feed Your Soul

Have you ever followed a dirt road to the very end? I grew up in the country. To this day, there is a stimulating and relaxing feel to leaving the cold, hard pavement behind and hitting a good old dirt and gravel road.

I can recall a sense of pure, raw living, when I was able to run barefoot through the grass. My sisters and I used to rake-up huge piles of autumn leaves and lay in them to watch the puffy white clouds pass overheard. Of course, we tried to find every shape and animal imaginable in each cloud. I had a blast hiking through the woods and tempting my sense-of-direction to the brink of getting lost, only to find the return path home without much effort.


I can remember the sacred feel of nature always around me in my youth. Sometimes, I smell certain scents on the wind and I am taken back to that childhood association, immediately. No matter how many ancient and beautiful churches, monasteries, synagogues or temples that I have been in, none of them compare to the rejuvenating, playful, loving and refreshing connection that I feel to our Creator, then the natural environment.

Get up! Get out and Get High on Nature!

So, on that note, the quote of the day is:

"Feed your soul at the end of the road, where there is nothing but natural energies to replenish you." tc

Is it Black and White?

There are events and/or milestones that transpire in Western culture that are pretty customary. Not all of these events are viewed as positive. However, the majority of the people living in the USA incorporate spiritual or religious affiliation with many of them. Here is a brief list:


Birth day, school recognition, failed exam, puberty, lose football game, 1st car, graduation, 1st job, wedding day, promotion, vacation, fired or laid off, birth of child, 1st home purchase, major sickness, own company, damaging storm, place parent(s) in hospice and bodily death.

How many of us think or say, “Thank you God for……” when something that we perceive as good happens or when something seen as negative happens we say, “ Why did you let this……. happen God?”

The Divine Creator is Always with us. But, it is important to remember that although God is everywhere, we have been given the tremendous power of ‘free will.’ We ARE responsible for the things that we create and destroy in life. How many times has a ‘bad thing’ actually turned out to be a ‘good thing’ in your experiences? Being fired from a job may seem negative. However, oftentimes, when one door closes, another door opens. It is all a matter of perspective. Nothing is black and white. How we CHOOSE to respond to the milestones and events in our life, determine the outcome. It is the law of Cause and Effect!

So, on that note, the quote of the day is:

“When we view everything as black and white, we eliminate the opportunity to see all the beautiful colors that craft our memorable experiences.” tc