Angels on Your Shoulder

Actually the most effective ways to avoid holiday stress is to change your thinking and the way you feel about life. The best way I have ever found to do that is by committing random acts of kindness.

I am still amazed by images of spirit orbs. Some of my Lithuanian friends have been kind enough to send me more images.

It is amazing what a difference our perspective makes. Perspective actually influences our lives more than anything else, so learning to expand or change our perspective is an incredibly valuable skill.

Great ideas come into the world quietly as doves. Perhaps then, if we listen attentively, we shall hear among the uproar of empires and nations a faint fluttering of wings, the gentle stirrings of life and hope.

I have always love Charles Schultz, the author of the Peanuts comic strip. For now, with love I share this simple "test."

One of the most important questions I ever pondered was, "Is this a safe universe or a hostile one?"

I am about to put the finishing touches on my Thanksgiving dinner. When I sit down to eat I will give thanks for all my blessings, the angels in my life and each of you

May all of you be blessed by angel kisses, love, peace and joy. Here are some photos of a few of things in my life I am grateful for.

Here in the US we are getting ready to celebrate Thanksgiving 2009. I offer you a short prayer and some interesting facts about Thanksgiving.

I think gratitude is a wonderful spiritual practice and dedicating a whole day to gratitude is awesome. I challenge you this week to commit at least two random acts of kindness.

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